Figure Skating pair Anastasia Golubeva and Hektor Giotopoulos Moore have secured an Olympic quota place for Australia in the pairs event at the Milano-Cortina 2026 Olympics after a ninth place finish at the ISU World Figure Skating Championships in Boston, USA.
The pair started the event in great form, with a career best score of 66.73 in the short program, the eighth best score of the round.
In the final free skate program, they had another great skate scoring a season’s best 122.51, the ninth highest of the round.
The combined total score of 188.24 gave them a final ranking of ninth, securing a place for Australia at the Milano-Cortina games.
Ice Dance couple Holly Harris and Jason Chan have come heartbreakingly close to also securing a quote place, missing out by one spot after finishing 19th, and will have to attend an Olympic Qualification event later this year to secure a quota for Australia in 2026.
The couple opened with a score of 63.84 points in the rhythm dance, putting them in 18th and through to the top-20 free dance.
In the free dance, the couple scored 104.94 in the 19th highest score of the round, for a combined score of 174.78 and final ranking of 19th.
The skaters will be able to compete for additional Olympic quota places at the ISU Qualifying Competition in Beijing, China in late September 2025.
Quotes from Giotopoulos Moore and Golubeva (Courtesy of Golden Skate)
Giotopoulos Moore: “We’re definitely happy to have reached the end of this season and to have gotten through it fairly well today. Anastasia, I think, is a little upset about some small mistakes, but overall, we’re just happy to be done with this season.”
Golubeva: “Yeah, it was definitely a tough season. We missed a lot of competitions, but luckily, we’re healthy again now.”
Both shared that they feel really sad about letting go of this free program. “I loved it so much,” Golubeva said. “I think it’s our Favorite program that we’ve ever skated together.”
The pair started the event in great form, with a career best score of 66.73 in the short program, the eighth best score of the round.
In the final free skate program, they had another great skate scoring a season’s best 122.51, the ninth highest of the round.
The combined total score of 188.24 gave them a final ranking of ninth, securing a place for Australia at the Milano-Cortina games.
Ice Dance couple Holly Harris and Jason Chan have come heartbreakingly close to also securing a quote place, missing out by one spot after finishing 19th, and will have to attend an Olympic Qualification event later this year to secure a quota for Australia in 2026.
The couple opened with a score of 63.84 points in the rhythm dance, putting them in 18th and through to the top-20 free dance.
In the free dance, the couple scored 104.94 in the 19th highest score of the round, for a combined score of 174.78 and final ranking of 19th.
The skaters will be able to compete for additional Olympic quota places at the ISU Qualifying Competition in Beijing, China in late September 2025.
Quotes from Giotopoulos Moore and Golubeva (Courtesy of Golden Skate)
Giotopoulos Moore: “We’re definitely happy to have reached the end of this season and to have gotten through it fairly well today. Anastasia, I think, is a little upset about some small mistakes, but overall, we’re just happy to be done with this season.”
Golubeva: “Yeah, it was definitely a tough season. We missed a lot of competitions, but luckily, we’re healthy again now.”
Both shared that they feel really sad about letting go of this free program. “I loved it so much,” Golubeva said. “I think it’s our Favorite program that we’ve ever skated together.”
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