2025 CS Tallinn Trophy
International figure skating competition
2025 Tallinn Trophy
Logo of the Tallinn Trophy
Type:ISU Challenger Series
Date:25 – 30 November
Season:2025–26
Location:Tallinn, Estonia
Host:Estonian Skating Union
Venue:Tondiraba Ice Hall
Champions
Men's singles:
Estonia Aleksandr Selevko
Women's singles:
Finland Olivia Lisko
Ice dance:
Spain Olivia Smart
and Tim Dieck
Previous:
2024 CS Tallinn Trophy
Previous CS:
2025 CS Warsaw Cup
Next CS:
2025 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb

The 2025 Tallinn Trophy is a figure skating competition sanctioned by the International Skating Union (ISU), organized and hosted by the Estonian Skating Union, and the tenth event of the 2025–26 ISU Challenger Series. It was held at the Tondiraba Ice Hall in Tallinn, Estonia, from 25 to 30 November 2025.[1] Medals were awarded in men's singles, women's singles, and ice dance, and skaters earned ISU World Standing points based on their results. Aleksandr Selevko of Estonia won the men's event, Olivia Lisko of Finland won the women's event, and Olivia Smart and Tim Dieck of Spain won the ice dance event.

Background

The Tallinn Trophy debuted in 2002 as a regional competition,[2] and became an international competition in 2011.[3] 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.[4] The Tallinn Trophy was a Challenger Series event from 2015 through 2018, and again in 2024. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the 2020 Tallinn Trophy was held exclusively for skaters in Estonia.[5]

The 2025–26 Challenger Series consists of eleven events, of which the Tallinn Trophy was the tenth. The International Skating Union published the initial list of entrants on 12 November 2025.[6]

Required performance elements

Single skating

Men and women competing in single skating first performed their short programs on Thursday, 27 November.[1] Lasting no more than 2 minutes 40 seconds,[7] 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.[8]

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.[8]

Men and women performed their free skates on Friday, 28 November.[1] The free skate performance for both men and women could last no more than 4 minutes,[7] 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.[9]

Ice dance

Couples competing in ice dance performed their rhythm dances on Saturday, 29 November.[1] Lasting no more than 2 minutes 50 seconds,[7] 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.[10] 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.[10]

Couples then performed their free dances on Sunday, 30 November.[1] The free dance performance could last no longer than 4 minutes,[7] 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.[10]

Judging

For the 2025–26 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 seven or nine judges on a scale from -5 to 5 based on their quality of execution.[11] 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.[12] At the same time, judges evaluated each performance based on three program components – skating skills, presentation, and composition – and assigned a score from .25 to 10 in .25 point increments.[13] 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.[14]

Program component factoring[15]
Discipline Short program
or Rhythm dance 		Free skate
or Free dance
Men 1.67 3.33
Women 1.33 2.67
Ice dance 1.33 2.00

Deductions were applied for certain violations like time infractions, stops and restarts, or falls.[16] 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.[17]

Medal summary

Medalists[18]
Discipline Gold Silver Bronze
Men Estonia Aleksandr Selevko Italy Matteo Rizzo Estonia Arlet Levandi
Women Finland Olivia Lisko United States Sarah Everhardt United States Alina Bonillo
Ice dance
  • Spain

Results

Men's singles

Men's results[19]
Rank Skater Nation Total points SP FS
1st place, gold medalist(s) Aleksandr Selevko  Estonia 237.67 1 84.74 2 152.93
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Matteo Rizzo  Italy 231.45 2 78.23 1 153.22
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Arlet Levandi  Estonia 228.52 3 77.45 3 151.07
4 Maxim Naumov  United States 223.04 7 74.53 4 148.51
5 Kyrylo Marsak  Ukraine 221.25 5 75.29 6 145.96
6 Genrikh Gartung  Germany 216.65 6 75.08 7 141.57
7 Corey Circelli  Italy 212.41 11 64.84 5 147.57
8 Liam Kapeikis  United States 211.74 4 75.88 9 135.86
9 Tomàs-Llorenç Guarino Sabaté  Spain 205.69 9 67.96 8 137.73
10 Georgii Reshtenko  Czech Republic 191.36 8 74.03 18 117.33
11 Ean Weiler  Switzerland 190.93 16 62.08 11 128.85
12 Nikita Starostin  Germany 190.92 18 61.07 10 129.85
13 Makar Suntsev  Finland 188.05 10 65.22 12 122.83
14 Davide Lewton Brain  Monaco 185.59 12 64.37 13 121.22
15 Nico Steffen  Switzerland 183.36 13 63.90 17 119.46
16 Tobia Oellerer  Austria 180.99 17 61.27 15 119.72
17 Valtter Virtanen  Finland 179.36 19 58.06 14 120.71
18 Hugo Bostedt  Sweden 177.56 20 58.06 16 119.50
19 Xavier Vauclin  France 174.64 15 62.12 20 112.52
20 Alexander Zlatkov  Bulgaria 167.56 14 62.35 21 105.21
21 Noah Bodenstein  Switzerland 166.19 21 52.82 19 113.37
22 Gabriel Martinez  Ecuador 139.79 22 49.13 22 90.66
23 Adrian Jiménez de Baldomero  Spain 136.51 23 47.10 23 89.41

Women's singles

Women's results[20]
Rank Skater Nation Total points SP FS
1st place, gold medalist(s) Olivia Lisko  Finland 196.23 1 67.47 1 128.76
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Sarah Everhardt  United States 184.88 2 66.83 4 118.05
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Alina Bonillo  United States 183.59 4 61.10 2 122.49
4 Niina Petrõkina  Estonia 178.61 5 58.86 3 119.75
5 Starr Andrews  United States 178.40 3 66.33 5 112.07
6 Chiara Minighini  Italy 164.55 6 57.55 6 107.00
7 Josefin Taljegård  Sweden 158.14 8 55.09 7 103.05
8 Kristina Lisovskaja  Estonia 154.70 7 55.38 9 99.32
9 Julia Grabowski  Germany 151.16 9 51.08 8 100.08
10 Elena Agostinelli  Italy 148.62 11 50.52 11 98.10
11 Anna Grekul  Germany 145.73 15 47.39 10 98.34
12 Clémence Mayindu  France 139.75 17 47.15 12 92.60
13 Minja Peltonen  Finland 139.74 13 48.45 13 91.29
14 Livia Kaiser  Switzerland 137.38 10 50.80 14 86.58
15 Janna Jyrkinen  Finland 131.70 16 47.18 16 84.32
16 Angelīna Kučvaļska  Latvia 131.32 12 49.00 18 82.32
17 Ksenija Heimane  Latvia 130.50 18 46.98 17 83.52
18 Olesja Leonova  Estonia 129.26 20 44.30 15 84.96
19 Alexandra Odman  Sweden 117.86 23 38.51 19 79.35
20 Nikola Fomchenkova  Latvia 115.44 19 44.36 21 71.08
21 Sofiia Hryhorenko  Ukraine 112.67 22 39.44 20 73.23
22 Karoliine Raudsepp  Estonia 112.16 14 48.23 23 63.93
23 Ina Jungmann  Germany 105.97 21 40.62 22 65.35
WD Marianne Must  Estonia Withdrew 24 30.03 Withdrew from competition
Michelle DiCicco  Argentina 25 25.70

Ice dance

Ice dance results[21]
Rank Team Nation Total points RD FD
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Spain 192.67 4 73.03 1 119.64
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Germany 192.31 2 75.45 2 116.86
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Czech Republic 191.00 1 77.35 3 113.65
4  United States 182.81 3 74.03 5 108.78
5  Spain 181.45 5 70.59 4 110.86
6  France 175.02 6 69.31 6 105.71
7  Italy 171.43 7 68.32 7 103.11
8  Ireland 167.55 8 64.56 8 102.99
9
  • Amy Cui
  • Jonathan Rogers
  United States 160.01 12 60.01 9 100.00
10  Switzerland 154.42 9 61.69 11 92.73
11
  • Lilia Schubert
  • Nikita Remeshevskiy
  Germany 153.58 13 60.00 10 93.58
12
  • Laura Finelli
  • Massimiliano Bucciarelli
  Italy 150.54 10 60.20 12 90.34
13
  • Arianna Sassi
  • Luca Morini
  Switzerland 147.67 11 60.02 13 87.65
14
  • Carlotta ArgenteriI
  • Francesco Riva
  Italy 139.65 14 54.04 14 85.61

References

  1. ^ a b c d e "Challenger Series Tallinn Trophy 2025 – Announcement" (PDF). International Skating Union. Archived (PDF) from the original on 3 October 2025. Retrieved 11 November 2025.
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  3. ^ "2011 Tallinn Trophy". Skating Scores. Archived from the original on 4 February 2024. Retrieved 4 June 2025.
  4. ^ "Challenger Series". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 29 March 2025. Retrieved 14 May 2025.
  5. ^ "Tallinn Trophy 2020". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 16 December 2024. Retrieved 4 June 2025.
  6. ^ "ISU Figure Skating Challenger Series Tallinn Trophy 2025". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 11 November 2025. Retrieved 11 November 2025.
  7. ^ a b c d S&P/ID 2024, p. 82.
  8. ^ a b S&P/ID 2024, p. 106.
  9. ^ S&P/ID 2024, pp. 110–111.
  10. ^ 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. Archived (PDF) from the original on 30 September 2025. Retrieved 31 August 2025.
  11. ^ S&P/ID 2024, pp. 83–84.
  12. ^ S&P/ID 2024, pp. 15–16.
  13. ^ S&P/ID 2024, pp. 84–85.
  14. ^ S&P/ID 2024, pp. 16–17.
  15. ^ S&P/ID 2024, p. 17.
  16. ^ S&P/ID 2024, pp. 18–19.
  17. ^ S&P/ID 2024, p. 20.
  18. ^ "2025 Tallinn Trophy CS". Skating Scores. Retrieved 1 December 2025.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  19. ^ "2025 Tallinn Trophy CS – Mens Results". Skating Scores. Retrieved 29 November 2025.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  20. ^ "2025 Tallinn Trophy CS – Womens Results". Skating Scores. Retrieved 29 November 2025.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  21. ^ "2025 PGE Warsaw Cup – Ice Dance Final Results". Skating Scores. Retrieved 21 November 2025.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)

Works cited

  • "Special Regulations & Technical Rules – Single & Pair Skating and Ice Dance 2024" (PDF). International Skating Union. Archived (PDF) from the original on 3 June 2025. Retrieved 15 August 2025.
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