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Mia Kalin has retired at age 17.

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GP Update

Josephine Lee and Starr Andrews have been added as the host picks for Skate America.

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The U.S. Junior Team Cup ended today.

It is used to help decide JGP spots, but is not the only decider.

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Congrats to Alexa and Chris Knierim on the birth of their new baby!

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The U.S. Junior Team Cup started today.

While not the sole decider for JGP spots, it does assist in who gets JGP spots.

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First GP withdrawal... Tanaka/Nishiyama have split as Tanaka has retired.

Japan likely to relinquish their host spot now.

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2025-26 International Selection Pool

The International Selection Pool (ISP) includes junior- and senior-level athletes and teams who meet criteria approved by the U.S. Figure Skating International Committee. These athletes and teams are eligible to be considered for assignment to international competitions.

Updated as of July 10, 2025

Men

Ryan Azadpour

Patrick Blackwell

Lucas Broussard

Nicholas Brooks

Jason Brown 

Thomas Chen

Lorenzo Elano

Goku Endo

Caleb Farrington

Aleksandr Fegan

Henry Gao

Kirk Haugeto

Tomoki Hiwatashi 

Liam Kapeikis 

Lucius Kazanecki

Joonsoo Kim

Joseph Klein 

Kai Kovar

Zachary LoPinto

Jimmy Ma

Ilia Malinin 

Louis Mallane

Brendan Man

Daniel Martynov

Samuel Mindra

Daniil Murzin

Maxim Naumov 

Evan Neuhaus

Yaroslav Paniot

Camden Pulkinen 

Marlo Rosen

Ryedin Rudedenmen

Jacob Sanchez

Emmanuel Savary

Jared Sedlis

Taira Shinohara

Beck Strommer

Alek Tankovic

Andrew Torgashev

Vaclav Vasquez

Michael Xie

Women

Starr Andrews 

Mia Barghout

Sofia Bezkorovainaya

Alina Bonillo

Allison Brooks

Annika Chao

Madison Chong

Alayna Coats

Ting Cui

Alex Evans

Sarah Everhardt

Alexa Gasparotto

Brooke Gewalt

Amber Glenn 

Jill Heiner

Sonja Hilmer

Logan Higase-Chen

Jiaying Ellyse Johnson

Jessica Jurka

Mia Kalin

Hannah Kim

Teryn Kim

Josephine Lee

Michelle Lee

Isabeau Levito 

Elyce Lin-Gracey

Alysa Liu

Erica Machida

Emilia Nemirovsky

Cleo Park

Rachel Samiri

Angela Shao

Leah Sharpe

Katie Shen 

Bradie Tennell 

Kaya Tiernan

Sophie Joline von Felten

Anabel Wallace

Lindsay Wang

Annabelle Wilkins

Sherry Zhang

Ava Ziegler

Pairs

Saya Carpenter / Jon Maravilla

Emily Chan / Spencer Howe 

Nica Digerness / Mark Sadusky

Alisa Efimova / Misha Mitrofanov

Linzy Fitzpatrick / Keyton Bearinger

Olivia Flores / Luke Wang

Sofia Jarmoc / Luke Witkowski

Ellie Kam / Danny O'Shea

Milada Kovar / Jared McPike

Chelsea Liu / Ryan Bedard

Katie McBeath / Daniil Parkman

Addyson McDanold / Aaron Felberbaum

Juliet Meek / Devin Meek

Reagan Moss /Jakub Galbavy

Valentina Plazas / Maximiliano Fernandez

Audrey Shin / Balazs Nagy

Naomi Williams / Lachlan Lewer

Ice Dance

Hana Maria Aboian / Daniil Veselukhin

Emily Bratti / Ian Somerville

Oona Brown / Gage Brown 

Christina Carreira / Anthony Ponomarenko 

Madison Chock / Evan Bates

Amy Cui / Jonathan Rogers

Michelle Deych / Ryan Hu

Caroline Green / Michael Parsons 

Olivia Ilin / Dylan Cain

Raffaella Koncius / Alexey Shchepetov

Anaelle Kouevi / Yann Homawoo

Caroline Mullen / Brendan Mullen

Leah Neset / Artem Markelov

Eva Pate / Logan Bye 

Elliana Peal / Ethan Peal

Vanessa Pham / Anton Spiridonov

Jasmine Robertson / Chase Rohner

Maia Shibutani / Alex Shibutani

Annelise Stapert / Maxim Korotcov

Aneta Vaclavikova / William Lissauer

Katarina Wolfkostin / Dimitry Tsarevski

Emilea Zingas / Vadym Kolesnik

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So much fun already!! Going for a playful and cheeky SP is a great idea for oly season I'd say.

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Spartacus | Prologue [Yokohama, Day 1]

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Wakaba Higuchi will retire at the end of the 25/26 season.

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Kaori Sakamoto will retire at the end of the 25-26 season, and is planning on becoming a coach.

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2025-26 Grand Prix Entries

Entries are preliminary as of June 6th, 2025.

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The ISU has published the list of international competitions for the 2025-26 season.

The season officially starts with the Lake Placid Ice Dance International in Lake Placid, NY, USA from July 27-31 while it will officially end with the Oceania International Figure Skating Competition in Auckland, New Zealand from May 19-21.

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That yearly wait for the GP assignments like:

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Akopova / Rakhmanin will represent Armenia moving forward.

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Grimm / Savitsky have split.

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宇野 昌磨 Shoma Uno (JPN)

2018 Olympic Winter Games Short Program (104.17)