Overview

• Minerva Hase and Nikita Wolodin earned silver in the pairs competition at the 2025 World Figure Skating Championships with a personal best score of 219.08 points.
• The Japanese duo Riku Miura and Ryuichi Kihara won gold, edging out Hase and Wolodin by just 0.71 points.
• Germany secured two Olympic quota spots in pairs skating, but Wolodin's unresolved citizenship process could hinder their participation in the 2026 Winter Olympics.
• Germany's struggles in singles skating were highlighted, with Nikita Starostin failing to qualify for the men's free skate and no female skaters competing at the event.
• A final opportunity for Germany to qualify singles skaters for the 2026 Olympics will take place in September 2025 in Beijing.