Background

Following the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, the International Olympic Committee suspended the Olympic Committees of Russia and Belarus. 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 the Skate to Milano 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. ^{[1] [2]} Adeliia Petrosian of Russia and Viktoriia Safonova of Belarus earned spots at the Olympics as Individual Neutral Athletes. ^[3]

Qualification

Twenty-four quota spots in the women's event were awarded based on results at the 2025 World Figure Skating Championships. ^[4] An additional five spots were awarded at the Skate to Milano. ^[3]

Quota spots in women's singles ^{[4] [3]}

Event	Athletes per NOC	Qualifying NOCs	Total
2025 World Championships	3	United States   Japan	24
	2	South Korea   Switzerland
	1	Belgium   Estonia   Canada   Italy   Kazakhstan   France   Israel   Austria   Finland   Romania   Poland   Bulgaria   Great Britain   Lithuania
Skate to Milano	1	Individual Neutral Athletes   Georgia   Belgium   Individual Neutral Athletes   China	5
Total			29

Required performance elements

Skaters will perform their short programs on 17 February. ^[5] Lasting no more than 2 minutes 40 seconds, ^[6] the short program has to include the following elements: one double or triple Axel; one triple jump; one jump combination consisting of a double jump and a triple jump; 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 a step sequence using the full ice surface. ^[7]

The top twenty-four highest scoring skaters after the short program will advance to the free skate, which will be held on 19 February. ^[5] The free skate can last no more than 4 minutes, ^[6] and has to include the following: seven jump elements, of which one has to be an Axel-type jump; three spins, of which one has to be a spin combination, one has to be a flying spin, and one has to be a spin with only one position; a step sequence; and a choreographic sequence. ^[8]

Judging

All of the technical elements in any figure skating performance –such as jumps and spins  –are assigned a predetermined base value and are then scored by a panel of nine judges on a scale from -5 to 5 based on their quality of execution. ^[9] Every Grade of Execution (GOE) from -5 to 5 is assigned a value (a percentage of the particular element's base value) as shown on the Scale of Values (SOV). ^[10] For example, a triple Axel is worth a base value of 8.00 points, and a GOE of 3 is worth 2.40 points, so a triple Axel with a GOE of 3 earns a skater 10.40 points. ^[11] The judging panel's GOE for each element is determined by calculating the trimmed mean (the average after deleting the highest and lowest scores). The panel's scores for all elements are added together to generate a total elements score. ^[10] At the same time, judges evaluate each performance based on three program components –skating skills, presentation, and composition –and assign a score from .25 to 10 in .25 point increments. ^[12] The judging panel's final score for each program component is also determined by calculating the trimmed mean. Those scores are then multiplied by the factor shown on the following chart; the results are added together to generate a total program component score. ^[13]

Deductions of one point each are applied for certain violations like time infractions, stops and restarts, or falls. ^[15] The total elements score and total program component score are added together, minus any deductions, to generate a final performance score for each skater. ^[16]

Results

Code key

Short program

Women's short program results ^[17]

Pl.	Skater	Nation	TSS	TES	PCS	CO	PR	SS
1	Ami Nakai	Japan	78.71	45.02	33.69	8.25	8.54	8.54
2	Kaori Sakamoto	Japan	77.23	40.08	37.15	9.25	9.29	9.39
3	Alysa Liu	United States	76.59	41.34	35.25	8.75	9.11	8.64
4	Mone Chiba	Japan	74.00	38.72	35.28	8.89	8.89	8.75
5	Adeliia Petrosian	Individual Neutral Athletes	72.89	40.44	32.45	8.04	8.29	8.07
6	Anastasiia Gubanova	Georgia	71.77	38.28	33.49	8.32	8.61	8.25
7	Loena Hendrickx	Belgium	70.93	36.92	34.01	8.39	8.68	8.50
8	Isabeau Levito	United States	70.84	36.77	34.07	8.54	8.57	8.50
9	Lee Hae-in	South Korea	70.07	37.61	32.46	8.18	8.11	8.11
10	Niina Petrõkina	Estonia	69.63	36.80	32.83	8.32	8.29	8.07
11	Nina Pinzarrone	Belgium	68.97	36.86	32.11	8.07	8.14	7.93
12	Sofia Samodelkina	Kazakhstan	68.47	36.42	32.05	8.00	8.21	7.89
13	Amber Glenn	United States	67.39	34.19	33.20	8.39	8.07	8.50
14	Shin Ji-a	South Korea	65.66	35.79	30.87	7.82	7.46	7.93
15	Iida Karhunen	Finland	65.06	36.22	28.84	7.29	7.32	7.07
16	Julia Sauter	Romania	63.13	34.15	28.98	7.07	7.43	7.29
17	Olga Mikutina	Austria	61.72	32.64	29.08	7.43	7.32	7.11
18	Lara Naki Gutmann	Italy	61.56	29.50	32.06	8.25	7.86	8.00
19	Ekaterina Kurakova	Poland	60.14	31.56	28.58	7.07	7.46	6.96
20	Zhang Ruiyang	China	59.38	32.64	26.74	6.86	6.64	6.61
21	Kimmy Repond	Switzerland	59.20	29.84	29.36	7.39	7.36	7.32
22	Mariia Seniuk	Israel	58.61	32.15	26.46	6.61	6.68	6.61
23	Livia Kaiser	Switzerland	55.69	30.62	26.07	6.50	6.46	6.64
24	Lorine Schild	France	55.63	29.32	26.31	6.68	6.43	6.68
25	Madeline Schizas	Canada	55.38	26.39	28.99	7.36	7.11	7.32
26	Viktoriia Safonova	Individual Neutral Athletes	54.57	29.15	25.42	6.57	6.11	6.43
27	Meda Variakojytė	Lithuania	53.86	29.77	24.09	6.14	6.18	5.79
28	Alexandra Feigin	Bulgaria	53.42	28.77	24.65	6.14	6.21	6.18
29	Kristen Spours	Great Britain	45.54	21.55	23.99	6.04	5.86	6.14

Overall

Women's results

Rank	Skater	Nation	Total	SP		FS
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5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25	Madeline Schizas	Canada	55.38	25	55.38	Did not advance to free skate
26	Viktoriia Safonova	Individual Neutral Athletes	54.57	26	54.57
27	Meda Variakojytė	Lithuania	53.86	27	53.86
28	Alexandra Feigin	Bulgaria	53.42	28	53.42
29	Kristen Spours	Great Britain	45.54	29	45.54

References

Works cited

• "Special Regulations & Technical Rules – Single & Pair Skating and Ice Dance 2024" (PDF). International Skating Union. Archived (PDF) from the original on 3 June 2025. Retrieved 15 August 2025.