Can the German Couple Run European Champions also convince at the World Cup? The duo Hase/Volodin travels to the USA with medal ambitions. In the singles of women, however, a German starter is missing according to the EM debacle.
With the self-confidence of European Championship Gold 2025 and World Cup bronze of the past year, the German couple runners Minerva Hase and Nikita Volodin lead the German figure skating contingent for the World Cup in the USA at the end of March.
“Potential is there”
As the German ice skating union announced on Tuesday (February 25, 2025), a second German couple running duo starts in the title fights from March 26 to 30 March in Boston with the World Cup fifth from 2024 Annika Hocke/Robert Kunkel. “The two duos can once again ensure that the German couples were cut strongly at the World Championships”it says in the press release of the association. Hase/Volodin won their first gold medal at a big tournament at the end of January. The second World Cup medal is now to follow in Boston.
“The potential is there“, said Deu sports director Pfeifer after the European Championships that she was confident in the United States with a view to the World Cup in March in Boston
Even after the end of the career of the former Olympic champion Aljona Savchenko/Bruno Massot, the hopes of the German figure skaters are in the couple.
For the first time since 2003, no German woman to the World Cup
In the women’s singles, however, the Germans travel to the USA without a participant, “Since the starting requirements of the World Association ISU (Technical Minimum Scores) were not met”as it says in the DeU-Memeung. At the European Championship, the German starter Kristina Isaev had a short program-28. the freestyle missed. The 24-year-old then ended the season for health reasons. For the first time, a World Cup without a German starter has been taking place since 2003.
Nikita Starostin was nominated for men, who was a short program at the European Championship. also missed the freestyle. At the World Cup, he should now make it under the top 24 and thus to the freestyle. For this, the 22-year-old rehearsed a new short program after the European Championship.
The four -time German champions Jennifer Janse van Rensburg/Benjamin Steffan take part in the Eisanz.
The World Cup is already about Olympics
The World Cup in Boston is not just about medals, but also the qualification for the Olympic Games in Milan and Cortina d’Ampezzo 2026. 24 quota places are awarded in Boston, in Eisanz 19 and in pairing 16 . At the beginning of the coming season, a qualification competition in Beijing is about the remaining Olympic start.