Overview

• Germany’s skating federation confirmed it did not enter a woman for the Olympic qualifier in Beijing scheduled for September 19–21.
• This leaves Germany on course to have no women’s singles entrant at Milan–Cortina for the first time since 2006.
• Genrikh Gartung, 17, was nominated for the men’s qualifier as the athlete considered most likely to secure a quota place.
• Gartung must both earn a spot at the qualifier and obtain German citizenship in time to be eligible for the Games.
• Germany already holds two pairs and one ice-dance quota, and a women’s slot could still emerge only if the country qualifies for the Olympic team event.