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2025 CS Trialeti Trophy
Logo of the Trialeti Trophy
Type:ISU Challenger Series
Date:8 – 11 October
Season:2025–26
Location:Tbilisi, Georgia
Host:Georgian Figure Skating Union
Venue:Ice Palace Tbilisi
Champions
Men's singles:
Georgia (country) Nika Egadze
Women's singles:
Georgia (country) Anastasiia Gubanova
Pairs:
Georgia (country) Anastasiia Metelkina
& Luka Berulava
Ice dance:
Georgia (country) Diana Davis
& Gleb Smolkin
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The 2025 CS Trialeti Trophy is a figure skating competition sanctioned by the International Skating Union (ISU), organized and hosted by the Georgian Figure Skating Union, and the eighth event of the 2025–26 ISU Challenger Series.[1] It was held at the Ice Palace Tbilisi in Tbilisi, Georgia, from 8 to 11 October 2025.[1] Medals were awarded in men's singles, women's singles, pairs, and ice dance, and skaters earned ISU World Standing points based on their results. All of the champions were from Georgia: Nika Egadze in the men's event, Anastasiia Gubanova in the women's event, Anastasiia Metelkina and Luka Berulava in the pairs event, and Diana Davis and Gleb Smolkin in the ice dance event.

Background

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The ISU Challenger Series was introduced in 2014. It is a series of international figure skating competitions sanctioned by the International Skating Union (ISU) and organized by ISU member nations. The objective was to ensure consistent organization and structure within a series of international competitions linked together, providing opportunities for senior-level skaters to compete at the international level and also earn ISU World Standing points.[2] The 2025–26 Challenger Series consists of eleven events, of which the Trialeti Trophy was the eighth.

Changes to preliminary assignments

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The International Skating Union published the initial list of entrants on 17 September 2025.[3]

Discipline Withdrew Ref.
Date Country Skater(s)
Ice dance 15 September  Switzerland
[4]
Men 1 October  Great Britain [5]
 South Korea
Women  Switzerland
 Ukraine
Pairs  Germany
 Italy
Ice dance
Men 3 October  Austria [6]
 Chinese Taipei
Women  Bulgaria
 Japan
Pairs  Philippines
Ice dance  Italy
Men 6 October [7]
 Kazakhstan
Women  Italy
 Switzerland
Men 9 October  Japan [8]
Pairs 10 October  Switzerland [9]
 United States [10]

Required performance elements

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Single skating

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Men and women competing in single skating first performed their short programs on Thursday, 9 October.[1] Lasting no more than 2 minutes 40 seconds,[11] the short program had to include the following elements:

For men: one double or triple Axel; one triple or quadruple jump; one jump combination consisting of a double jump and a triple jump, two triple jumps, or a quadruple jump and a double jump or triple jump; one flying spin; one camel spin or sit spin with a change of foot; one spin combination with a change of foot; and a step sequence using the full ice surface.[12]

For women: one double or triple Axel; one triple jump; one jump combination consisting of a double jump and a triple jump, or two triple jumps; one flying spin; one layback spin, sideways leaning spin, camel spin, or sit spin without a change of foot; one spin combination with a change of foot; and one step sequence using the full ice surface.[12]

Men performed their free skates on Friday, 10 October, while women performed theirs on Saturday, 11 October.[1] The free skate performance for both men and women could last no more than 4 minutes,[11] and had to include the following: seven jump elements, of which one had to be an Axel-type jump; three spins, of which one had to be a spin combination, one had to be a flying spin, and one had to be a spin with only one position; a step sequence; and a choreographic sequence.[13]

Pairs

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Couples competing in pair skating first performed their short programs on Friday, 10 October.[1] Lasting no more than 2 minutes 40 seconds,[11] the short program has to include the following elements: one pair lift, one double or triple twist lift, one double or triple throw jump, one double or triple solo jump, one solo spin combination with a change of foot, one death spiral, and a step sequence using the full ice surface.[14]

Couples performed their free skates on Saturday, 11 October.[1] The free skate performance can last no more than 4 minutes,[11] and has to include the following: three pair lifts, of which one has to be a twist lift; two different throw jumps; one solo jump; one jump combination or sequence; one pair spin combination; one death spiral; and a choreographic sequence.[15]

Ice dance

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See also: Competition elements in ice dance

Couples competing in ice dance performed their rhythm dances on Thursday, 9 October.[1] Lasting no more than 2 minutes 50 seconds,[11] the theme of the rhythm dance this season was "music, dance styles, and feeling of the 1990s". Examples of applicable dance styles and music included, but were not limited to: pop, Latin, house, techno, hip-hop, and grunge.[16] The rhythm dance had to include the following elements: one pattern dance step sequence, one choreographic rhythm sequence, one dance lift, one set of sequential twizzles, and one step sequence.[16]

Couples then performed their free dances on Friday, 10 October.[1] The free dance performance could last no longer than 4 minutes,[11] and had to include the following: three dance lifts, one dance spin, one set of synchronized twizzles, one step sequence in hold, one step sequence while on one skate and not touching, and three choreographic elements.[16]

Judging

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Further information: ISU Judging System

For the 2025–2026 season, all of the technical elements in any figure skating performance – such as jumps and spins – were assigned a predetermined base point value and were then scored by a panel of nine judges on a scale from -5 to 5 based on their quality of execution.[17] The judging panel's Grade of Execution (GOE) was determined by calculating the trimmed mean (that is, an average after deleting the highest and lowest scores), and this GOE was added to the base value to come up with the final score for each element. The panel's scores for all elements were added together to generate a total element score.[18] At the same time, judges evaluated each performance based on five program components – skating skills, transitions, performance, composition, and interpretation of the music – and assigned a score from .25 to 10 in .25 point increments. The judging panel's final score for each program component was also determined by calculating the trimmed mean. Those scores were then multiplied by the factor shown on the following chart; the results were added together to generate a total program component score.[19]

Program component factoring[20]
Discipline Short progam
or Rhythm dance 		Free skate
or Free dance
Men 1.67 3.33
Women 1.33 2.67
Pairs 1.33 2.67
Ice dance 1.33 2.00

Deductions were applied for certain violations like time infractions, stops and restarts, or falls.[21] The total element score and total program component score were added together, minus any deductions, to generate a final performance score for each skater or team.[22]

Medal summary

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Nika Egadze at the 2025 World Championships
Anastasiia Gubanova at the 2019 Russian Championships
Anastasiia Metelkina and Luka Berulava at the 2024 World Championships
Diana Davis and Gleb Smolkin at the 2024 World Championships
The 2025 Trialeti Trophy champions: Nika Egadze of Georgia (men's singles); Anastasiia Gubanova of Georgia (women's singles); Anastasiia Metelkina and Luka Berulava of Georgia (pair skating); and Diana Davis and Gleb Smolkin of Georgia (ice dance)
Medalists[23]
Discipline Gold Silver Bronze
Men Georgia (country) Nika Egadze United States Jason Brown United States Tomoki Hiwatashi
Women Georgia (country) Anastasiia Gubanova Israel Mariia Seniuk South Korea Lee Hae-in
Pairs
Ice dance

Results

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Men's singles

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Kyrylo Marsak of Ukraine was forced to withdraw prior to the free skate after he came down with food poisoning.

Men's results[24]
Rank Skater Nation Total points SP FS
1st place, gold medalist(s) Nika Egadze  Georgia 261.02 1 89.60 1 171.42
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Jason Brown  United States 249.30 2 85.26 2 164.04
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Tomoki Hiwatashi  United States 237.11 5 79.55 3 157.56
4 Arlet Levandi  Estonia 223.53 8 72.70 4 150.83
5 Vladimir Samoilov  Poland 222.32 9 72.32 5 150.00
6 Lee Si-hyeong  South Korea 217.77 7 73.22 6 144.55
7 Daniel Martynov  United States 217.20 4 79.70 8 137.50
8 Vladimir Litvintsev  Azerbaijan 209.71 12 68.68 7 141.03
9 Aleksandr Selevko  Estonia 208.14 3 79.97 11 128.17
10 Donovan Carrillo  Mexico 205.05 10 70.92 9 134.13
11 Adam Hagara  Slovakia 192.46 6 78.94 12 113.52
12 Nikita Starostin  Germany 189.77 14 61.09 10 128.68
13 Georgii Reshtenko  Czech Republic 171.43 13 64.98 14 106.45
14 Pablo García  Spain 165.50 15 55.46 13 110.04
WD Kyrylo Marsak  Ukraine Withdrew 11 68.79 Withdrew from competition

Women's singles

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Women's results[25]
Rank Skater Nation Total points SP FS
1st place, gold medalist(s) Anastasiia Gubanova  Georgia 203.69 1 65.76 1 137.93
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Mariia Seniuk  Israel 185.80 5 61.39 2 124.41
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Lee Hae-in  South Korea 183.28 3 62.10 3 121.18
4 Anna Pezzetta  Italy 178.13 2 64.32 7 113.81
5 Yun Ah-sun  South Korea 177.34 6 60.10 4 117.24
6 Kim Seo-young  South Korea 165.36 14 49.99 5 115.37
7 Rinka Watanabe  Japan 164.52 15 49.95 6 114.57
8 Iida Karhunen  Finland 162.31 7 56.73 12 105.58
9 Linnea Ceder  Finland 161.95 8 54.82 10 107.13
10 Ava Marie Ziegler  United States 161.48 16 49.22 8 112.26
11 Stefania Yakovleva  Cyprus 158.75 13 50.75 9 108.00
12 Starr Andrews  United States 158.38 4 61.65 15 96.73
13 Olivia Lisko  Finland 157.44 11 51.38 11 106.06
14 Nargiz Süleymanova  Azerbaijan 150.22 19 47.21 13 103.01
15 Natalya Langerbaur  Estonia 147.09 10 52.42 16 94.67
16 Meda Variakojytė  Lithuania 146.94 18 47.95 14 98.99
17 Kristina Lisovskaja  Estonia 141.79 17 49.03 17 92.76
18 Elizabet Gervits  Israel 141.79 12 51.22 18 90.57
19 Eliška Březinová  Czech Republic 141.18 9 53.25 19 87.93
20 Andrea Montesinos Cantú  Mexico 131.58 20 44.54 20 87.04
21 Sarah Marie Pesch  Germany 119.34 21 44.50 21 74.84
22 Sabina Alieva  Azerbaijan 96.12 22 39.92 23 56.20
23 Sofia Farafonova  Kazakhstan 93.33 23 29.20 22 64.13
24 Amina Alexeyeva  Kazakhstan 78.24 24 25.29 24 52.95
25 Russalina Shakrova  Kazakhstan 61.68 25 24.07 25 37.61

Pairs

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Pairs results[26]
Rank Skater Nation Total points SP FS
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Georgia 225.20 1 77.13 1 148.07
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Germany 208.28 2 74.67 2 133.61
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  United States 193.70 3 71.17 4 122.53
4  Armenia 188.85 4 65.14 3 123.71
5  United States 176.32 5 62.74 5 113.58
6  Poland 163.59 7 55.41 6 108.18
7  Italy 160.02 6 56.10 7 103.92
8  Germany 148.10 9 52.86 8 95.24
9  France 140.41 10 51.23 9 89.18
WD  Netherlands Withdrew 8 55.20 Withdrew from competition

Ice dance

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Ice dance results[27]
Rank Skater Nation Total points RD FD
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Georgia 203.39 1 80.35 1 123.04
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Australia 180.84 4 69.88 2 110.96
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  France 178.09 2 71.49 3 106.60
4  Great Britain 174.37 3 70.27 4 104.10
5  Japan 167.96 5 69.69 7 98.27
6  France 165.37 6 64.17 5 101.20
7  Ukraine 161.77 7 62.11 6 99.66
8  Azerbaijan 150.39 11 56.83 8 93.56
9  Georgia 146.75 12 56.63 9 90.12
10  Cyprus 144.47 10 57.86 11 86.61
11  Poland 142.94 8 59.62 13 83.32
12  Azerbaijan 142.71 13 55.92 10 86.79
13  Germany 140.78 9 59.10 14 81.68
14  Brazil 136.44 14 50.24 12 86.20
15  Spain 127.32 15 49.92 15 77.40

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f g h "Trialeti Trophy" (PDF). International Skating Union. Retrieved 17 September 2025.
  2. ^ "Challenger Series". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 29 March 2025. Retrieved 14 May 2025.
  3. ^ "ISU Figure Skating Challenger Series Trialeti Trophy 2025". International Skating Union. Retrieved 10 October 2025.
  4. ^ @AnythingGOE (15 September 2025). "🇨🇭 Gina Zehnder / Beda Leon Sieber are withdrawing from Nepela Memorial and Trialeti Trophy due to Zehnder having a small surgery on her foot" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  5. ^ @AnythingGOEs (1 October 2025). "🇬🇧 Edward Appleby, 🇰🇷 Juheon Lim, 🇨🇭 Kimmy Repond, 🇺🇦 Sofiia Hryhorenko, 🇺🇦 Taisiia Spesivtseva, 🇩🇪 Annika Hocke/Robert Kunkel, 🇮🇹 Rebecca Ghilardi/Filippo Ambrosini, and 🇮🇹 Noemi Maria Tali/Noah Lafornara have withdrawn from Trialeti Trophy" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  6. ^ @AnythingGOE (3 October 2025). "🇦🇹 Maurizio Zandron, 🇹🇼 Yu-Hsiang Li, 🇧🇬 Alexandra Feigin, 🇯🇵 Wakaba Higuchi, 🇵🇭 Isabella Gamez / Aleksandr Korovin, and 🇮🇹 Laura Finelli / Massimiliano Bucciarelli have withdrawn from Trialeti Trophy" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  7. ^ @AnythingGOE (6 October 2025). "🇮🇹 Raffaele Francesco Zich, 🇰🇿 Dias Jirenbayev, 🇮🇹 Lara Naki Gutmann, and🇨🇭 Livia Kaiser have withdrawn from Trialeti Trophy" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  8. ^ "🇯🇵 Sota Yamamoto is withdrawing from Trialeti Trophy due to back pain". X. Anything GOEs. Retrieved 11 October 2025.
  9. ^ "Trialeti Trophy - Pairs Short Program results". X. Anything GOEs. Retrieved 11 October 2025.
  10. ^ "🇺🇸 Reagan Moss / Jakub Galbavy have withdrawn from Trialeti Trophy due to Galbavy's skates not arriving". X. Anything GOEs. Retrieved 11 October 2025.
  11. ^ a b c d e f International Skating Union 2024, p. 82.
  12. ^ a b International Skating Union 2024, p. 106.
  13. ^ International Skating Union 2024, pp. 110–111.
  14. ^ International Skating Union 2024, p. 119.
  15. ^ International Skating Union 2024, p. 122.
  16. ^ a b c "Communication No. 2704: Ice Dance Requirements for Technical Rules, Season 2025/26" (PDF). International Skating Union. U.S. Figure Skating. 8 August 2025. Retrieved 31 August 2025.
  17. ^ International Skating Union 2024, pp. 83–84.
  18. ^ International Skating Union 2024, pp. 15–16.
  19. ^ International Skating Union 2024, pp. 16–17.
  20. ^ International Skating Union 2024, p. 17.
  21. ^ International Skating Union 2024, pp. 18–19.
  22. ^ International Skating Union 2024, p. 20.
  23. ^ "2025 Denis Ten Memorial". Skating Scores. Retrieved 4 October 2025.
  24. ^ "2025 Trialeti Trophy – Mens Final Results". Skating Scores. Archived from the original on 10 October 2025. Retrieved 10 October 2025.
  25. ^ "2025 Trialeti Trophy – Womens Final Results". Skating Scores. Retrieved 11 October 2025.
  26. ^ "2025 Trialeti Trophy – Pairs Final Results". Skating Scores. Retrieved 11 October 2025.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  27. ^ "2025 Trialeti Trophy – Ice Dance Final Results". Skating Scores. Archived from the original on 10 October 2025. Retrieved 10 October 2025.

Works cited

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