Olympic figure skating pairs champions Sui Wenjing and Han Cong will make their aggressive return next season after being named to China’s roster for the 2025-2026 ISU Grand Prix sequence.
The Chinese language Figure Skating Affiliation introduced late Friday that the Beijing 2022 gold medalists and PyeongChang 2018 silver medalists will compete in each the Cup of China and NHK Trophy occasions.
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The adorned duo has been absent from competitors because the Beijing Winter Video games, throughout which period China’s pairs skating has struggled. China didn’t qualify for this yr’s World Championships, which doubled as an Olympic qualifier, leaving September’s qualifying occasion in Beijing as China’s last likelihood to safe pairs’ berth for the Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics.
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The six-stop Grand Prix sequence will start in France on October 17, with the Cup of China scheduled for October 24-26 in Chongqing. The circuit will then transfer to Canada, Japan, the USA and Finland.
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China’s Junior Grand Prix Last pairs champions Zhang Jiaxuan and Huang Yihang will make their senior debut this season in Finland.
In males’s singles, Jin Boyang and Dai Dawei will compete on the Cup of China, with Jin additionally entered for NHK Trophy and Dai for Skate America. Girls’s skater Zhu Yi and ice dance pairs Ren Junfei/Xing Jianing and Xiao Zixi/He Linghao may even take part within the Cup of China.
