Figure skater Petrosyan secured her participation in the OI-2026 with a victory at the tournament in China.

Two-time Russian women's singles champion Adelia Petrosyan won the qualification tournament for the 2026 Olympic Games in Beijing on Saturday, September 20.

She received 209.63 points for her performance.

Anastasia Gubanova, a representative from Georgia, took the second place with 206.23 points. Belgian figure skater Luna Hendricks took third place, scoring 204.96 points.

Parisian patterns: our top athletes will miss the Olympic Games again

Hopes for the new IOC leadership turned out to be in vain, but there is still good news.

Earlier, on September 19, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) announced that Russian and Belarusian athletes will be able to participate in the 2026 Olympics in Milan on the same terms. It was specified that they would participate under a neutral flag. At the same time, the IOC stressed that representatives of the Russian Federation and Belarus will not be able to participate in the team competitions.

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