Федерация фигурного катания на коньках Украины запросила пересмотр нейтрального статуса у Марка Кондратюка, Григория Федорова, Софии Дзепка и Камилы Валиевой!

В письме, направленном в ISU в августе 2026 года, украинская федерация приводит конкретные примеры:

Марк Кондратюк, Григорий Фёдоров и София Дзепка, по их данным, имеют прямую связь с российскими военными структурами.
Камила Валиева, согласно письму, представляет клуб Татьяны Навки, которая находится под санкциями за поддержку действий, угрожающих территориальной целостности Украины.

Требования к ISU:
Провести новый прозрачный пересмотр статуса спортсменов, связанных с армией РФ или подсанкционными лицами.
Учесть документальные свидетельства таких связей.
Обязать каждого претендента сделать публичное заявление с осуждением агрессии против Украины.
Ввести постоянный мониторинг соблюдения нейтралитета с немедленным отзывом статуса при нарушении.
Внедрить меры безопасности для защиты украинской делегации.

as the ss says, more info will appear in the coming days

EDIT : Link not working nor is me posting the ss in the comments.

It just says "Mark Kondratiuks Neutral status has been temporarily revoked

More information will become known in the coming days"

EDIT 2 : The ISU website page is showing all AIN2 as Russia due to technical issues, the rest of the participants at the Kinoshita Cup are still going to compete. The app is working fine apparently.

What does everyone think of this idea that galas will slowly disappear completely from competitions?

https://www.instagram.com/p/Dcv1X5hjm1n/?img_index=2&igsi=MXBqd3ZoaWtyaWQxbw==

There is also quite a long video about what she is packing, her dress and overall how she is feeling when I find a translated version I will add it here probably.

As per the official letter, these are the official reasons

If someone posted this as i was cropping the images ill delete, ive only seen one on investigations and not the reasoning behind it

Not sure what flair this should have lmk if to change it if im the first to post it

- Evgenjy Semenenko

- Kamila Valieva

- Mark Kondratiuk

- Alexandra Ignatova

- Sofiia Dzepka

- Grigoriy Fëdorov

3S and 2A

I'm not entirely sure what the original source is, a TikTok user is saying it's from today.

He will be replaced by Vladislav Dikidzhi

🤩"For the first time in a long time, the excitement suddenly became pleasant."

🌟Alexandra Ignatova talks about her return to competitive ice skating and her last training session before Japan.

Yesterday's training session was the last one before flying to Japan.

When I was a child, I would have definitely stayed on the ice until the very moment of leaving for the airport, but thankfully, I'm an adult now and I understand that it wouldn't be beneficial for me. So, today I dedicated myself to packing and making some effort to relax and unwind one last time.

Just the other day, I truly realized that for the first time in four years, I would be back on the competitive ice, and in one of my favorite countries. For the first time in a long time, the excitement suddenly became pleasant.

@fkdacha / figure skater's social media

🤩«Впервые за долгое время волнение вдруг стало приятным»

🌟Александра Игнатова — о возвращении на соревновательный лёд и последней тренировке перед Японией

Вчерашняя тренировка – последняя перед вылетом в Японию.

В детстве я бы, конечно, торчала на льду до самого отправления в аэропорт, но, благо, я уже взрослая и понимаю, что это не пойдёт мне на пользу. Поэтому сегодняшний день я полностью посвятила сборам и каким-никаким попыткам немного отдохнуть и расслабиться напоследок.

Кстати, только на днях я действительно осознала, что впервые за четыре года выйду на соревновательный лёд, да ещё и в одной из моих любимых стран. Впервые за долгое время волнение вдруг стало приятным.

@fkdacha / соцсети фигуристки

After spending hours of googling, I have finally found some insight on whether Isabeau is trying to add more difficult technical elements in the future.
In an interview shortly after the Olympics, Isabeau claims she won't rest until she "adds a triple axel to her repertoire" (Patrice Hutton, 2026).
What are y'alls thoughts? To me, her axel is a lot prettier than her other jumps and she might have the potential to have a solid triple axel (in my opinion!).

I was just checking because I was bored in class and noticed this??

Sorry for weird wording English is not my native language

This is so cool

Poland May Be Barred from the Olympic Games

The Polish national team is at risk of being excluded from the Olympics due to a corruption scandal.

Last week, the head of the Polish Olympic Committee, Radosław Piesiewicz, was arrested in connection with the bankruptcy of the cryptocurrency exchange Zondacrypto. He is accused of corruption.

The IOC is offering three options:
Piesiewicz's voluntary resignation (but he denies any wrongdoing);
Suspension of his powers by a decision of the Council of the Polish National Olympic Committee;
IOC intervention, which could lead to the suspension of Poland's membership in the organization. This would mean that the national team would not be represented at the Olympic Games.

@fkdacha / Onet

Польшу могут отстранить от Олимпийских игр

Сборная Польши под угрозой недопуска к Олимпиаде из-за коррупционного скандала.

На прошлой неделе глава Олимпийского комитета Польши Радослав Песевич был арестован по делу обанкротившейся криптовалютной биржи Zondacrypto. Его обвиняют в коррупции.

МОК предлагает три варианта:
добровольная отставка Песевича (но он отрицает вину);
приостановка его полномочий решением Совета НОК Польши;
вмешательство МОК, что может привести к приостановке членства Польши в организации. Это значит — сборная страны не будет представлена на Олимпийских играх.

@fkdacha / Onet

Channel 43 by deadmau5, Wolfgang Gartner,

Opr by Gesaffelstein

Choreo by Adam Solya

Source: https://www.instagram.com/reel/DcvMhDDtO6n/?igsi=MXE0dzdvOHdyNWsyOQ==

(Mod note: This is a 100% free academic research project. No paywalls or ads)

Hey everyone, following up on the Federation Bias chart from the other day, I wanted to zoom in on the specific events where the most extreme judging behavior actually happens.

For Part 3, we plotted the Nationalistic Bias Level (% of score inflation or deflation by compatriot judges) across the 2022–2026 quadrennial.

• 🔴 Red (Right): Extreme Generosity / Inflation (Judges boosting their own skaters).
• 🟢 Green (Center): True Equilibrium (Objective scoring).
• 🔵 Blue (Left): Extreme Punitive / Deflation (Judges actively scoring their own skaters lower than the rest of the panel).

The Biggest Takeaways:

1. Ice Dance dominates the extreme inflation: Look at the top 10 most extreme cases of compatriot generosity (boosting scores by +6% to over +8%). 9 out of the top 10 events are Ice Dance segments.

2. Singles dominates the deflation: Conversely, look at the top 10 most punitive cases. When judges are brutally harsh to their own skaters, it happens almost exclusively in Men's and Women's Singles events (penalizing them by up to -6.5%).

3. Objective judging is possible: The Green column proves that near-perfect equilibrium does happen across all disciplines.

(Quick note: If you want to filter specific countries, skaters or judges on the interactive dashboard, just search for PhenoLogic on Google to find the site.

The full academic paper is also linked on that dashboard page. If you find this data interesting, taking 10 seconds to click and download the PDF from the SSRN link is incredibly helpful for my research, as academic download metrics help get this data taken seriously by institutions like the national federations and the ISU!)

Lucaz is a three times Brazilian champion! He trains in a shopping mall and has all his triples!!

He is locally trained and lives in Porto Alegre-Rio Grande do Sul and trains in Gramado-Rio Grande do sul (two very close by cities)

This season he will be skating to Dune for his SP and pirates of the Caribbean for the free!!

His instagram handle is in the video, feel free to show support by following him ❤️

I was just looking into ways to watch Bolero Cup this week (September 3rd and 4th), and it looks like BIS will be streaming it live on their YouTube channel. It might be geoblocked, but I can't tell as I'm in the UK.

I believe this is the link to the scheduled livestream for anyone who's curious.

It looks like BIS will also be live-streaming a few other events on their YouTube channel later in the season, including the Robin Cousins Cup in January (pairs and singles), and British Nationals and Synchro Nationals, among other things.

The senior lineup for Bolero Cup (tbc) is:

-Louise Bordet/Martain Chadain (France)
-Natacha Lagouge/Arnaud Caffa (France)
-Layla Karnes/Freddie Leggott (GB)
-Lilah Fear/Lewis Gibson (GB)
-Shira Ichilov/Mikhail Nosovitsky (Israel)
-Chelsea Verhaegh/Sherim van Geffen (Netherlands)
-Philomene Sabourin/Raul Bermejo (Spain)
-Caroline Mullen/Brendan Mullen (USA)
-Raffaela Adele Koncius/Alexey Schepetov (USA)
-Vanessa Pham/Anton Spiridonov (USA)

The junior lineup (tbc) is:

-Kristyna Stanclova/Karel Kostron (Czechia)
-Marina Belovodjaninova/Aleksandr Tokarev (Czechia)
-Iris Lahti/Oskari Liedenpohja (Finland)
-Ambre Perrier-Gianesini/Samuel Blanc-Klaperman (France)
-Emi Dufour/Juan Carlos Maravilla (France)
-Annabel Mann/Jack Hammond (GB)
-Mimi Marler Davies/Joseph Black (GB)
-Aletta Lanyi/Ilya Laurenau (Hungary)
-Diane Gallix/Elod Egyed-Zsigmond (Hungary)
-Anna Waugh/Matthew Jacoby (Ireland)
-Maite van Mulders/Tudor Dominic Andrei (Romania)
-Carlota Garcia Barranco/Aleksandr Ostrovskii (Spain)
-Lara Sundberg/Hector Gonzales Elvira (Spain)
-Clara Fugate/Warren Fugate (USA)
-Marian Carhart/Denis Bledsoe (USA)
-Sophia Feige/Wiles Middlekauff (USA)

I am half convinced at this point that USFS is just spawning new dance teams left, right and center, because how have I never heard of half of them?

The schedule is as follows (I think):

Thursday, September 3rd:

8:20am - 12:10pm BST: Official practice (not sure if this will be streamed)
14:15 - 16:15 BST: Junior Rhythm Dance
16:35 - 17:55 BST: Senior Rhythm Dance

Friday, September 4th:

8:00am - 11:00am BST: Official practice (not sure if this will be streamed)
13:10 - 15:30 BST: Junior Free Dance
15:50 - 17:30 BST: Senior Free Dance
17:30 - 18:00 BST: Medal ceremony

The draw and unofficial practices will happen tomorrow, but won't be streamed. Starting orders will be released sometime after the draw, and then we should get a final entry list, since I could only find unofficial lists (thank you, Rocker Skating).

ETA: Looks like it isn't geoblocked in the US and Canada (yet). No idea about elsewhere.

Translation:

Guys….

During the Junior Grand Prix of figure skating in Latvia, Danish skater Wendell Hansson- Orarergaard used a Brazilian funk in his presentation

Reactions are kinda mixed, on one side people are very happy wirh Brazilian music being used on the other the lyrics are extreme inappropriate for a junior to be skating to

Considering Brazil is not at all a country that really cares about skating outside the Winter Olympics (and even then sometimes), this left the bubble by a lot

If anyone is interested on what is the song

https://genius.com/Werve-tokyosleep-and-mc-gw-toma-toma-toma-lyrics