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Figure Skating 2025-2026 Season
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Figure skating news, stats & analysis from events around the world. Kicking off with the Interclub League of China, we’ll be keeping you up-to-date with the 2025-2026 season via video analysis on our Youtube, Instagram & Tiktok channels. Stay tuned for some new figure skating merch and gifts too!

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Winter Olympics

The next figure skating event at Milano-Cortina Winter Olympics 2026 starts in Italy soon. Stay tuned to our social media for lots of Olympic figure skating news & updates.

The Winter Olympics take place 06-22 February 2026.

The Men’s Figure Skating Final is up next with the Free Program…

Ilia Malinin, of the United States, leads the field as we head into the Men’s Figure Skating final at the Milano-Cortina Olympics. He is followed closely, in 2nd place, by Yuma Kagiyama, of Japan, behind by just five points.  Once again the men’s field is stacked with popular names like Adam Siao Him Fa of France, in 3rd and world silver medalist Mikhail Shaidorov of Kazakhstan in 5th.  Another major talent to look out for is Russian skater Petr Gumennik in 12th.  He is participating as a neutral athlete, and many felt he was underscored in the Short Program. Let’s see if he can close the gap today! 
 
And keep an eye out for Ilia Malinin who may break out the 4A, or something even more, in his free skate.
Good luck to everyone taking part today.
 

Can’t wait to see everyone out there on the ice! 

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The Men’s Singles Figure Skating Free Program (Final) will take place in Milano-Cortina, Italy, on 13 February 2026 starting at 6pm GMT. 

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With the 2025 figure skating season upon us, we’re working hard to bring you lots of skating news & improve our website each week.  

Our site will be fully functional throughout these changes & updates, so feel free to browse around & drop by regularly!

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FIGURE SKATING 2025

Junior Grand Prix

Here’s a look at the figure skating calender for the Junior Grand Prix Series 2025.  As of last year, you can now watch these competitions on the main ISU Youtube Channel.

🇱🇻 Stage 1 - JGP Riga Cup
20 - 23 August, 2025.
*Including Pairs

Location: Riga, Latvia.

🇹🇷 Stage 2 - JGP Ankara
27 - 30 August, 2025.
*Including Pairs

Location: Ankara, Türkiye.

🇮🇹 Stage 3 - JGP Varese
03 - 06 September, 2025.

Location: Varese, Italy.

🇹🇭 Stage 4 - JGP Bangkok
09 - 13 September, 2025.

Location: Bangkok, Thailand.

🇦🇿 Stage 5 - JGP Baku
24 - 27 September, 2025
* NEW STAGE

Location: Baku, Azerbaijan.

🇵🇱 Stage 6 - JGP Solidarity Cup
01 - 04 October 2024
*Including Pairs

Location: Gdansk, Poland.

🇦🇪 Stage 7 - JGP Abu Dhabi
08 - 11 October, 2025.
*New Stage

Location: Abu Dhabi, UAE.

🇯🇵 Junior Grand Prix Final
04 - 07 December, 2025.

Location: Nagoya, Japan.

🇪🇪 World Junior Championships
03 - 08 March, 2026.

Location: Tallinn, Estonia.

FIGURE SKATING 2025

GRAND PRIX SERIES

Here are the Grand Prix dates to pencil into your diary for the 2025 – 2026 season.  Lots of big names will be in attendance including Mikhail Shaidorov, Ilia Malinin, Adam Siao Him Fa, Kaori Sakamoto and more.

Grand Prix de France - Stage 1
17 - 19 October 2025

Location: Angers, France.

Cup of China - Stage 2
24 - 26 October 2025

Location: Chongqing, China.

Skate Canada - Stage 3
31 Oct - 02 November 2025

Location: Saskatoon, Canada.

NHK Trophy - Stage 4
07 - 09 November 2025

Location: Osaka, Japan.

Skate America - Stage 5
14 - 16 November 2025

Location: Lake Placid, USA.

Finlandia Trophy - Stage 6
21 - 23 November 2025

Location: Helsinki, Finland.

Grand Prix Final (Junior & Senior)
04 - 07 December 2025

Location: Nagoya, Japan.


About the Grand Prix Series:

  • ISU Grand Prix series started in 1995
  • Skaters are seeded based on their results in the previous ISU World Figure Skating Championships
  • The top 12 individuals and couples are guaranteed 2 Grand Prix assignments
  • Skaters acquire points at their Grand Prix assignments that count towards potential qualification for the Grand Prix Final
  • Only the top 6 Skaters/Couples in each discipline qualify for the GP Final
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Watch Figure Skating

The Russian figure skating season starts in August with Test Skates.  Watch the season and how it plays out on Channel 1 and Фигурное катание Youtube channel.  As we find more ways to watch, we’ll update them here.

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You can watch figure skating events on the ISU Youtube Channel , Channel 1 (Russia), NHK (Japan), Eurosport / TNT & more…

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If you’d like to see more videos about figure skaters including Ilia Malinin, Mikhail Shaidorov, Adam Siao Him Fa, Kaori Sakamoto, Adeliia Petrosian and more, stop by our channel…

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