UPDATE JAN. 20
2022 ROC OLYMPIC TEAM
Men: Mikhail Kolyada, Mark Kondratiuk, Andrei Mozalev
Alternates: Evgeni Semenenko, Petr Gumennik
Women: Anna Shcherbakova, Alexandra Trusova, Kamila Valieva
Alternates: Elizaveta Tuktamysheva, Maya Khromykh
Pairs: Aleksandra Boikova/Dmitrii Kozlovskii, Anastasia Mishina/Aleksandr Galliamov, Evgenia Tarasova/Vladimir Morozov
Alternates: Daria Pavliuchenko/Denis Khodykin, Iullia Artemieva/Mikhail Nazarychev
Ice Dance: Victoria Sinitsina/Nikita Katsalapov, Alexandra Stepanova/Ivan Bukin, Diana Davis/Gleb Smolkin
Alternates: Elizaveta Khudaiberdieva/Egor Bazin, Annabelle Morozov/Andrei Bagin, Elizaveta Shanaeva/David Naryzhnny
UPDATE JAN. 17
The St. Petersburg skaters/teams received their Olympic team uniforms. All skaters/teams will go to a training camp in Krasnoyarsk the week of Jan. 17. The Russian Olympic team (in all sports) will be announced on Jan. 20.
UPDATE DEC. 27:
Russia has announced the team that will compete at the 2022 European Championships:
Women
Kamila Valieva, Alexandra Trusova, Anna Shcherbakova
Subs: Elizaveta Tuktamysheva, Maiia Khromykh
Men
Mark Kondratiuk, Mikhail Kolyada, Evgeni Semenenko
Subs: Andrei Mozalev, Petr Gumennik, Alexander Samarin
Pairs
Anastasia Mishina/Aleksandr Galliamov, Aleksandra Boikova/Dmitrii Kozlovskii, Evgenia Tarasova/Vladimir Morozov
Subs: Daria Pavliuchenko/Denis Khodykin, Yulia Artemieva/Mikhail Nazarychev, Karina Akopova/Nikita Rakhmanin
Ice Dance
Victoria Sinitsina/Nikita Katsalapov, Alexandra Stepanova/Ivan Bukin, Diana Davis/Gleb Smolkin
Subs: Elizaveta Khudaiberdieva/Egor Bazin, Annabelle Morozov/Andrei Bagin, Elizaveta Shanaeva/David Narizhny
The Russian federation will announce the 2022 Olympic Winter Games team following the 2022 European Championships.
The 2022 Russian Championships take place Dec. 22-26 in St. Petersburg.
RESULTS/VIDEO LINKS FOR THE 2021 Cup of Russia series
Dec. 2021 Russia has unveiled its uniforms and flag for the 2022 Olympic Winter Games.
Sep. 2021 At a press conference prior to the start of the fourth stage of the 2021 Junior Grand Prix Series, Alexander Gorshkov, the president of the Russian Figure Skating Federation, announced that “Krasnoyarsk will be the main training base (for Russian figure skaters selected to compete at the 2022 Olympic Winter Games) for the final stage of preparation of our skaters for the Olympic Games in Beijing. Our athletes will go to Beijing from Krasnoyarsk.″
Two young talents, Maria Talalaikina and Anastasia Gubanova, are switching countries. Talalaikina, 19, is moving to and will represent Italy starting this season. She will train with Angelina Turenko. Gubanova, 18, will remain in Russia but will compete for Georgia. Gubanova was released by the Russian federation in 2020 but, according to Alexander Kogan, Talalaikina has not been released as at August 31, 2021.
May 2021. At a meeting of the Russian Figure Skating Federation executive committee on May 13, the main composition of senior members of Team Russia 2020-2021 was determined. Neither Alina Zagitova nor Evgenia Medvedeva were named to the team. Zagitova is pursuing a career in television, skating in shows and attending university. Medvedeva is currently scheduled to perform in a new Ilia Averbukh production and will be an athlete ambassador at the 2020 Olympic Summer Games in Tokyo. Following the announcement, Medvedeva, who has not competed since late 2019, posted a note on Instagram:
″I consider my absence from the expanded squad to be fair. I skipped last season due to health problems and it would be unfair to include me on the list for past accomplishments. There are girls who objectively more deserve to be in the lineup right now. I am for the sporting principle. But figure skating is a sport where everything changes very quickly. There are different situations. You can skip a season, another, then come back and achieve results. And there were many such examples in the world of figure skating. Therefore, I reacted normally to the decision of the federation and do not plan to quit training.″
The line-up has a very different look this year with three junior ladies from last season assigned to the main team for the Olympic campaign. Alena Kostornaia is currently on the reserve list. Neither Anastasia Gulyakova or Sofia Samodurova, who were on the reserve list a year ago, are included. Dmitri Aliev, the 2020 European champion, Petr Gumennik and Artur Danielian were all on the main team last season but this year are reserves. Evgeni Semenenko and Mark Kondratiuk are on the team for the first time.
Following the senior test skates in September, Kondratiuk was selected as the representative to compete at Nebelhorn Trophy with the goal of earning a third berth at the upcoming Winter Games.
The 2021 senior test skates took place in Chelyabinsk, Sep. 11-12. Alexandra Trusova′s Five Quad Free Skate
The Ministry of Sport Russia approved the team composition, which was published on June 1.
SENIOR:
Ladies: Anna Shcherbakova, Kamila Valieva, Elizaveta Tuktamysheva, Alexandra Trusova, Daria Usacheva, Maiia Khromykh
Reserve: Alena Kostornaia, Elizaveta Nugumanova
Men: Mikhail Kolyada, Evgeni Semenenko, Mark Kondratiuk, Andrei Mozalev, Alexander Samarin, Makar Ignatov
Reserve: Dmitri Aliev, Petr Gumennik, Artur Danielian
Pairs: Anastasia Mishina/Alexander Galliamov, Aleksandra Boikova/Dmitrii Kozlovskii, Evgenia Tarasova/Vladimir Morozov, Iasmina Kadyrova/Ivan Balchenko, Daria Pavliuchenko/Denis Khodykin, Apollinariia Panfilova/Dmitry Rylov
Reserve: Karina Akopova/Nikita Rakhmanin, Iuliia Artemeva/Mikhail Nazarychev, Alina Pepeleva/Roman Pleshkov
Ice Dance: Victoria Sinitsina/Nikita Katsalapov, Alexandra Stepanova/Ivan Bukin, Tiffani Zagorski/Jonathan Guerreiro, Anastasia Skoptcova/Kirill Aleshin, Elizaveta Khudaiberdieva/Egor Bazin, Sofia Shevchenko/Igor Eremenko
Reserve: Diana Davis/Gleb Smolkin, Annabelle Morozov/Andrei Bagin, Elizaveta Shanaeva/Devid Naryzhnyy
JUNIOR:
Ladies: Sofia Akatieva, Elizaveta Berestovskaia, Sofia Muravieva, Adelia Petrosian, Sofia Samoldelkina, Anna Frolova
Men: Aleksandr Golubev, Vladislav Dikidzhi, Egor Rukhin, Daniil Samsonov, Nikolay Ugozhaev, Ilya Yablokov
Pairs: Anastasia Mukhortova/Dmitrii Evgeniev, Ekaterina Petushkova/Evgenii Malikov, Natalia Khabibullina/Ilya Knyazhuk, Ksenia Akhanteva/Valerii Kolesov, Daria Boyarintseva/Maxim Shagalov, Polina Kostiukovich/Aleksei Briukhanov
Ice Dance: Vasilisa Kaganovskaia/Valery Angelopol, Olga Mamchenkova/Mark Volkov, Margarita Svistunova/Dmitrii Studenikin, Irina Khavronina/Dario Cirisano, Arina Ushakova/Maxim Nekrasov, Elizaveta Shichina/Gordey Khubulov