This week on Strictly Judging: A Figure Skating Fan Podcast, we discuss the just released list of competitors for the all-important “last chance” Olympic Qualifying Event. Informally known as “Chinese Nebelhorn”, The 2025 Olympic Winter Games Figure Skating Qualifying Competition will be held on September 18–21 2025, in Beijing, China.

5 Olympic Spots are available for Men's and Women’s Singles, while 4 are available for Ice Dance, and 3 for Pairs Figure Skating.

In December 2024, the International Skating Union designated this event as the official qualification competition for the 2026 Winter Olympics. Countries that had already earned an entry to the Olympics will not be allowed to qualify additional entries at this final qualifying competition.

Many skaters and teams are discussed, including these featured athletes:

Pairs: Zhang / Huang (CHN), Akopova / Rakhmanin (ARM), Shin / Nagy (USA)

Dance: Reed / Ambrulevicius (LTU), Harris / Chan (AUS), Val / Kazimov (ESP), Wang / Liu (CHN)

Men: Petr Gumennik (AIN/RUS), Genrikh Gartung (GER), Donovan Carrillo (MEX), Francois Pitot (FRA), Hyungyeom Kim (KOR)

Women: Adeliia Petrosian (AIN/RUS), Loena Hendrickx (BEL), Anastasia Gubanova (GEO), Viktoriia Safonova (AIN/BLR), Ruiyang Zhang (CHN)

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