Petrosian Wins Beijing Olympic Qualifier Under Neutral Status
The result gives Russia a federation quota under ISU neutral-athlete rules, with vetting curbing which disciplines the federation can field for Milan-Cortina.
Overview
- Adeliia Petrosian scored 209.63 to win the final Olympic qualifier in Beijing, finishing ahead of Anastasiia Gubanova (206.23) and Loena Hendrickx (204.96).
- Competing as an Individual Neutral Athlete, Petrosian skated without national symbols in Russia's first international appearance since 2022.
- Her victory secures a quota place for the Russian federation rather than an automatic Olympic berth for herself.
- Petr Gumennik led the men's short program and must finish the free skate on Sunday to clinch a men's quota place.
- Russia will not compete in pairs or ice dance at Milan-Cortina after no entries were approved; the ISU has detailed a vetting process and has not commented on individual cases, while China's Zhang Jiaxuan and Huang Yihang won the pairs qualifier.