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Skate to Milano
Logo of Skate to Milano
Date:18 – 21 September 2025
Season:2025–26
Location:Beijing, China
Host:Chinese Figure Skating Association
Venue:National Indoor Stadium
Champions
Men's singles:
Individual Neutral Athletes Petr Gumennik
Women's singles:
Individual Neutral Athletes Adeliia Petrosian
Pairs:
China Zhang Jiaxuan
and Huang Yihang
Ice dance:
Lithuania Allison Reed
and Saulius Ambrulevičius

The ISU Skate to Milano Figure Skating Qualifier was a figure skating competition sanctioned by the International Skating Union (ISU), organized and hosted by the Chinese Figure Skating Association. It was held at the National Indoor Stadium in Beijing, China, from 18 to 21 September 2025. This was the final figure skating qualification competition for the 2026 Winter Olympics in Milan. Seventeen quota spots for the Olympics that had not been awarded at the 2025 World Figure Skating Championships in Boston were assigned. Medals were also awarded in men's singles, women's singles, pair skating, and ice dance.[1]

The Figure Skating Federation of Russia and the Skating Union of Belarus were each permitted to nominate one skater or team from each discipline to participate at this event as a means to qualify for the 2026 Winter Olympics as Individual Neutral Athletes (AINs). Each nominee was required to pass a special screening process to assess whether they had displayed any active support for the Russian invasion of Ukraine or any contractual links to the Russian or Belarusian military or other national security agencies.[2][3] Petr Gumennik and Adeliia Petrosian, both of Russia, won the men's and women's events, respectively. Zhang Jiaxuan and Huang Yihang of China won the pairs event, while Allison Reed and Saulius Ambrulevičius of Lithuania won the ice dance event.

Changes to preliminary assignments

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In May 2025, the International Skating Union (ISU) announced the Russian and Belarusian skaters who had been granted AIN status. No Russian pair skating and ice dance team nominations were approved by the ISU.[4][5] The ISU published the initial list of entrants on 20 August 2025.[6][7][8][9]

Discipline Withdrew Added Ref.
Date Country Skater(s) Date Country Skater(s)
Men 28 August  Bulgaria
— [10]
Women  Cyprus 28 August  Cyprus
Ice dance  Individual Neutral Athletes —
Women 7 September  Estonia 7 September  Estonia [11]
Pairs  Sweden —
Ice dance  Italy 7 September  Italy
14 September  Ukraine 14 September  Ukraine [12]
Women —
15 September  India — [13]

Required performance elements

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Single skating

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Men competing in single skating first performed their short program on Saturday, 20 September, while women performed their short program on Friday, 19 September.[1] Lasting no more than 2 minutes 40 seconds,[14] the short program had to include the following elements:

For men: one double or triple Axel; one triple or quadruple jump; one jump combination consisting of a double jump and a triple jump, two triple jumps, or a quadruple jump and a double jump or triple jump; one flying spin; one camel spin or sit spin with a change of foot; one spin combination with a change of foot; and a step sequence using the full ice surface.[15]

For women: one double or triple Axel; one triple jump; one jump combination consisting of a double jump and a triple jump, or two triple jumps; one flying spin; one layback spin, sideways leaning spin, camel spin, or sit spin without a change of foot; one spin combination with a change of foot; and one step sequence using the full ice surface.[15]

Women performed their free skates on Saturday, 20 September, while men performed theirs on Sunday, 21 September.[1] The free skate performance for both men and women could last no more than 4 minutes,[14] and had to include the following: seven jump elements, of which one had to be an Axel-type jump; three spins, of which one had to be a spin combination, one had to be a flying spin, and one had to be a spin with only one position; a step sequence; and a choreographic sequence.[16]

Pairs

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Couples competing in pair skating first performed their short program on Friday, 19 September.[1] Lasting no more than 2 minutes 40 seconds,[14] the short program had to include the following elements: one pair lift, one double or triple twist lift, one double or triple throw jump, one double or triple solo jump, one solo spin combination with a change of foot, one death spiral, and a step sequence using the full ice surface.[17]

Couples performed their free skates on Saturday, 20 September.[1] The free skate performance could last no more than 4 minutes,[14] and had to include the following: three pair lifts, of which one has to be a twist lift; two different throw jumps; one solo jump; one jump combination or sequence; one pair spin combination; one death spiral; and a choreographic sequence.[18]

Ice dance

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See also: Competition elements in ice dance

Couples competing in ice dance performed their rhythm dances on Friday, 19 September.[1] Lasting no more than 2 minutes 50 seconds,[14] the theme of the rhythm dance this season was "music, dance styles, and feeling of the 1990s". Examples of applicable dance styles and music included, but were not limited to: pop, Latin, house, techno, hip-hop, and grunge.[19] The rhythm dance had to include the following elements: one pattern dance step sequence, one choreographic rhythm sequence, one dance lift, one set of sequential twizzles, and one step sequence.[19]

Couples then performed their free dances on Sunday, 21 September.[1] The free dance performance could last no longer than 4 minutes,[14] and had to include the following: three dance lifts, one dance spin, one set of synchronized twizzles, one step sequence in hold, one step sequence while on one skate and not touching, and three choreographic elements.[19]

Judging

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For the 2025–2026 season, all of the technical elements in any figure skating performance – such as jumps, spins, and lifts – were assigned a predetermined base point value and were then scored by a panel of nine judges on a scale from -5 to 5 based on their quality of execution.[20] The judging panel's Grade of Execution (GOE) was determined by calculating the trimmed mean (that is, an average after deleting the highest and lowest scores), and this GOE was added to the base value to come up with the final score for each element. The panel's scores for all elements were added together to generate a total element score.[21] At the same time, judges evaluated each performance based on five program components – skating skills, transitions, performance, composition, and interpretation of the music – and assigned a score from .25 to 10 in .25 point increments. The judging panel's final score for each program component was also determined by calculating the trimmed mean. Those scores were then multiplied by the factor shown on the following chart; the results were added together to generate a total program component score.[22]

Program component factoring[23]
Discipline Short progam
or Rhythm dance 		Free skate
or Free dance
Men 1.67 3.33
Women 1.33 2.67
Pairs 1.33 2.67
Ice dance 1.33 2.00

Deductions were applied for certain violations like time infractions, stops and restarts, or falls.[24] The total element score and total program component score were added together, minus any deductions, to generate a final performance score for each skater or team.[25]

Medal summary

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Petr Gumennik on the ice
Adeliia Petrosian at the 2025 Russian Championships
Zhang Jiaxuan and Huang Yihang at the 2025 Junior Grand Prix Final
Allison Reed and Saulius Ambrulevičius at the 2022 Lombardia Trophy
The 2025 Skate to Milano champions: Petr Gumennik of Russia (men's singles); Adeliia Petrosian of Russia (women's singles); Zhang Jiaxuan and Huang Yihang of China (pair skating); and Allison Reed and Saulius Ambrulevičius of Lithuania (ice dance)
Medalists[26]
Discipline Gold Silver Bronze
Men Individual Neutral Athletes Petr Gumennik South Korea Kim Hyun-gyeom Mexico Donovan Carrillo
Women Individual Neutral Athletes Adeliia Petrosian Georgia (country) Anastasiia Gubanova Belgium Loena Hendrickx
Pairs
Ice dance

Results

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Men's singles

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Petr Gumennik of Russia earned a spot at the 2026 Winter Olympics as an "Individual Neutral Athlete". Gumennik led after the short program and despite some errors on his quadruple Lutz and quadruple loop, he finished first in the free skate and won the competition. The other four quota spots in men's singles were awarded to South Korea, Mexico, Ukraine, and Chinese Taipei. As Mexico's dominant men's skater, Donovan Carrillo will undoubtedly be chosen to compete at the Olympics. "It's what I was dreaming, what I've been working for, and I'm just so happy that it's now a reality and also excited for the next chapter," Carillo stated after learning that he had qualified for the Olympics.[27] Li Yu-Hsiang of Taiwan finished in fifth place, earning Chinese Taipei its first Olympic berth since David Liu competed at the 1998 Winter Olympics.[27]

Men's results[28]
Rank Skater Nation Total points SP FS
1st place, gold medalist(s) Petr Gumennik  Individual Neutral Athletes 262.82 1 93.80 1 169.02
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Kim Hyun-gyeom  South Korea 228.60 4 74.69 2 153.91
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Donovan Carrillo  Mexico 222.36 2 84.97 9 137.39
4 Kyrylo Marsak  Ukraine 217.57 6 72.33 4 145.24
5 Li Yu-Hsiang  Chinese Taipei 216.98 8 70.31 3 146.67
6 Davide Lewton Brain  Monaco 216.12 5 73.56 5 142.56
7 François Pitot  France 214.57 3 81.24 11 133.33
8 Georgii Reshtenko  Czech Republic 213.06 7 71.03 6 142.03
9 Genrikh Gartung  Germany 211.17 9 69.51 7 141.66
10 Tamir Kuperman  Israel 201.60 16 63.82 8 137.78
11 Semen Daniliants  Armenia 200.00 17 63.59 10 136.41
12 Aleksandr Vlasenko  Hungary 194.18 11 68.30 12 125.88
13 Jari Kessler  Croatia 190.54 12 66.50 14 124.04
14 Dias Jirenbayev  Kazakhstan 189.14 15 64.92 13 124.22
15 Maurizio Zandron  Austria 188.95 14 66.21 15 122.74
16 Yauhenii Puzanau  Individual Neutral Athletes 185.15 13 66.38 17 118.77
17 Douglas Gerber  Australia 182.84 18 62.08 16 120.76
18 Edward Appleby  Great Britain 174.12 10 69.35 21 104.77
19 Jarvis Ho  Hong Kong 164.00 23 51.91 18 112.09
20 Burak Demirboğa  Turkey 163.97 19 61.02 22 102.95
21 Valtter Virtanen  Finland 163.19 21 56.95 19 106.24
22 Paolo Borromeo  Philippines 158.46 22 52.77 20 105.69
23 Fang Ze Zeng  Malaysia 155.87 20 57.27 23 98.60
24 Dillon Judge  Ireland 133.73 24 50.20 24 83.53
25 Gabriel Martinez  Ecuador 124.23 25 43.94 25 80.29
26 David Gouveia  Portugal 109.21 26 43.13 26 66.08

Women's singles

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Adeliia Petrosian of Russia and Viktoriia Safonova of Belarus each earned a spot at the 2026 Winter Olympics as "Individual Neutral Athletes". The other three quota spots in women's singles were awarded to Georgia, Belgium, and China. Petrosian had led after the short program, and maintained her lead with a "passionate tango program" that featured seven clean triple jumps. Safonova had been in seventh place after the short program, but rallied back in the free skate to finish in fourth place. Anastasiia Gubanova had had a very disappointing performance at the 2025 World Figure Skating Championships, which left Georgia without a berth for the Olympics, but she redeemed herself with a silver medal finish and a quota spot for Georgia. Likewise, Loena Hendrickx, who had missed almost the entire 2024–25 season due to injury, was able to secure a second quota spot for Belgium with her "sophisticated flamenco program" that featured five triple jumps and precise spins. "For me, this competition was very important after coming back from my injury; I am proud to stand here again. I know I can do better, but I am satisfied and happy how this competition went," Hendrickx stated afterward.[29]

Women's results[30]
Rank Skater Nation Total points SP FS
1st place, gold medalist(s) Adeliia Petrosian  Individual Neutral Athletes 209.63 1 68.72 1 140.91
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Anastasiia Gubanova  Georgia 206.23 2 68.08 2 138.15
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Loena Hendrickx  Belgium 204.96 3 66.92 3 138.04
4 Viktoriia Safonova  Individual Neutral Athletes 181.91 7 57.71 4 124.20
5 Zhang Ruiyang  China 179.76 4 62.78 6 116.98
6 Stefania Yakovleva  Cyprus 177.53 5 59.37 5 118.16
7 Mia Risa Gomez  Norway 161.69 6 59.30 7 102.39
8 Kristina Lisovskaja  Estonia 158.69 8 57.36 8 101.33
9 Josefin Taljegård  Sweden 154.61 9 54.19 9 100.42
10 Petra Lahti  New Zealand 148.14 11 53.40 11 94.74
11 Andrea Montesinos Cantú  Mexico 148.10 10 53.59 12 94.51
12 Nargiz Sueleymanova  Azerbaijan 142.55 13 50.47 15 92.08
13 Vanesa Šelmeková  Slovakia 141.15 15 44.42 10 96.73
14 Julija Lovrenčič  Slovenia 140.01 12 51.94 16 88.07
15 Gian-Quen Isaacs  South Africa 135.93 19 43.16 14 92.77
16 Anastasia Gracheva  Moldova 135.61 20 41.84 13 93.77
17 Chan Tsz Ching  Hong Kong 129.83 18 43.38 17 86.45
18 Audrey Lee  Malaysia 126.66 16 43.66 18 83.00
19 Michaela Vrašťáková  Czech Republic 123.53 21 40.63 19 82.90
20 Antonina Dubinina  Serbia 122.41 17 43.59 20 78.82
21 Maxine Bautista  Philippines 117.09 14 44.99 21 72.10
22 Sophia Natalie Dayan  Argentina 107.48 23 37.34 22 70.14
23 Niki Wories  Netherlands 106.34 22 39.50 23 66.84
24 Victoria Alcantara  Australia 92.26 24 31.80 24 60.46
25 Dimitra Korri  Greece 87.08 25 27.55 25 59.53

Pairs

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The three quota spots in pair skating were awarded to China, Armenia, and Japan. Zhang Jiaxuan and Huang Yihang, who had won the 2025 Junior Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final, finished first in both the short program and the free skate, securing another berth for China at the 2026 Winter Olympics. Although Zhang and Huang won this competition, they are still not guaranteed a spot at the Olympics as China has several dominant pairs teams."[29] At this competition, we showed our level from what we can do in practice," Huang stated afterward.[29] Karina Akopova and Nikita Rakhmanin finished in second place, earning Armenia its first Olympic berth in pair skating since Maria Krasiltseva and Artem Znachkov competed at the 2002 Winter Olympics. Yuna Nagaoka and Sumitada Moriguchi of Japan had finished in fourth place after the short program, but rallied back in the free skate to finish third overall and earn Japan another Olympic berth.[29]

Pairs results[31]
Rank Team Nation Total points SP FS
1st place, gold medalist(s)  China 191.52 1 66.68 1 124.84
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Armenia 186.84 3 63.85 2 122.99
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Japan 178.66 4 62.68 3 115.98
4  France 171.58 2 64.28 5 107.30
5  Ukraine 169.41 6 57.17 4 112.24
6  United States 158.66 7 53.99 6 104.67
7  Czech Republic 156.11 5 57.17 7 98.94
8  Iceland 152.03 9 53.14 8 98.94
9  Austria 139.86 10 53.09 10 89.04
10  North Korea 138.30 11 50.82 9 91.35
11  Philippines 133.69 8 53.14 11 80.55

Ice dance

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The four quota spots in ice dance were awarded to Lithuania, Australia, Spain, and China. Allison Reed and Saulius Ambrulevičius won the ice dance event by a significant margin. They had narrowly missed out on earning Lithuania a quota spot to the 2026 Winter Olympics when they finished in twenty-first place at the 2025 World Figure Skating Championships.[32] Their bid to compete at the 2022 Winter Olympics had also been thwarted when Reed's application for Lithuanian citizenship was denied.[33] "We're there to perform, we're there to place, and our goals are way, way higher and, just really, really looking forward to representing Lithuania," Reed stated.[32] Holly Harris and Jason Chan had also narrowly missed out on competing at the 2022 Winter Olympics, and also narrowly missed out on earning Australia an Olympic berth at the 2025 World Championships. They finished in second place in both the rhythm dance and free dance. Sofía Val and Asaf Kazimov of Spain had been in fifth place after the rhythm dance, but lucked out when Utana Yoshida and Masaya Morita of Japan, who had been in fourth place after the rhythm dance, scored lower enough in the free dance to allow Val and Kazimov to earn Spain a second quota spot in ice dance.[32]

Ice dance results[34]
Rank Team Nation Total points RD FD
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Lithuania 198.73 1 80.95 1 117.78
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Australia 183.50 2 73.35 2 110.15
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Spain 170.32 5 68.35 4 101.97
4  China 168.83 6 67.59 5 101.24
5  Sweden 168.60 3 69.30 6 99.30
6  Hungary 167.73 7 64.58 3 103.15
7  Japan 167.63 4 69.14 7 98.49
8  Italy 158.52 12 60.04 8 98.48
9  Ireland 158.42 8 64.53 11 93.89
10  Israel 157.65 9 62.55 10 95.10
11  Cyprus 156.31 11 60.87 9 95.44
12  Ukraine 153.81 10 62.11 12 91.70
13  Georgia 148.78 13 59.53 13 89.25
14  Poland 141.74 14 56.43 14 85.31
15  Kazakhstan 134.78 16 50.64 15 84.14
16  Netherlands 127.54 18 48.15 17 79.39
17  Azerbaijan 125.63 19 45.78 16 79.85
18  Armenia 125.11 15 52.27 19 72.84
19  Mexico 123.38 17 49.82 18 73.56

Olympic qualification event

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Main article: Figure skating at the 2026 Winter Olympics – Qualification

At Skate to Milano, a total of five quota spots were granted in each singles events, three in the pairs event, and four in the ice dance event.[35]

Men's singles Women's singles Pairs Ice dance
Individual Neutral Athletes Petr Gumennik
 South Korea
 Mexico
 Ukraine
 Chinese Taipei 		Individual Neutral Athletes Adeliia Petrosian
 Georgia
 Belgium
Individual Neutral Athletes Viktoriia Safonova
 China 		 China
 Armenia
 Japan 		 Lithuania
 Australia
 Spain
 China

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