Kamila Valieva will not perform at the Russian Grand Prix in Kazan.

Russian figure skater Kamila Valieva will not participate in the Russian Grand Prix, which will be held in Kazan on October 17-18, 2026. The participant of the 2022 Olympic Games withdrew from the competition due to illness. The athlete confirmed this information in her Telegram channel, appealing to the fans.

"Unfortunately, I will not be able to compete at the Grand Prix in Kazan due to illness. I wish you good health, please take care of yourself. We will definitely see you at other stages of the Russian Grand Prix," Valieva wrote.

In the 2026/2027 season, the figure skater trains under the guidance of Svetlana Sokolovskaya. The programs for the current competition cycle were directed by French choreographer Benoit Richaud.

The beginning of the rental: The Russian Grand Prix starts in Kazan without Kamila Valieva

International prize-winners led by Evgeny Semenenko, Anna Frolova and other favorites will compete for the first medals of the season.

The Russian Figure Skating Federation (FFKKR) has already announced the preliminary list of participants in the competition in Kazan. According to the rules, each skater has the right to perform at a maximum of two stages of the series.

Anna Frolova, Sofya Muravyeva, Ksenia Sinitsyna, Kamilla Nelyubova, Ksenia Gushchina, Elizaveta Kulikova, Alexandra Chatkina, Sofya Lukina, Ekaterina Koltsova, Riana Kadyrova, Alisa Yurova and Anastasia Fursova are announced in women's single skating on Kazan ice.

Evgeny Semenenko, Matvey Vetlugin, Andrey Mozalev, Yuri Sidorov, Artyom Kovalev, Konstantin Safonov, Semyon Solovyov, Ivan Konikhin, Daniil Samsonov, Roman Savosin, Vyacheslav Protsenko and the representative of Belarus Evgeny Puzanov will take part in the men's tournament.

Yulia Artemyeva and Alexey Bryukhanov, Anastasia Mukhortova and Dmitry Evgeniev, Taisiya Shcherbinina and Artem Petrov, Valeria Khodykina and Daniil Butenko, Veronika Merenkova and Danil Galimov, Alisa Blinnikova and Alexey Karpov, Anna Karpuk and Ilya Mironov, as well as Eva Khmelkova and Vladislav Antonyshev will compete in sports pairs.