Cup of China 2026, the program's best Composition mark so far. Video on YouTube, uploaded by the fan channel Figure Skating Universe.
Elements
Cup of China 2026, short program · 7 elements · 58.06 technical points- 14Lz+3TQuad Lutz + triple toe loop Rare: only 3 skaters this season · also Genrikh Gartung, Mikhail Shaidorov15.70+3.6119.31
- 24SqqQuad Salchow9.70−1.258.45
- 3FCSp4Flying camel spin, level 43.80+0.814.61
- 43AxTriple Axel8.80+2.2911.09
- 5StSq4Step sequence, level 44.10+1.115.21
- 6CCoSp4Change foot combination spin, level 44.20+0.724.92
- 7CSSp4Change foot sit spin, level 43.60+0.874.47
Points are the base value plus the GOE, the judges' mean grade of execution without the highest and lowest mark. Each square is one judge's grade, -5 to +5. q: landed on the quarter. x: second half, +10%. ★ marks an execution among the season's five best of its kind, out of at least 10. ◆ marks an element at most three skaters skate this season and worth at least the usual base value of its kind.
About the program
Vladislav Dikidzhi, a neutral athlete (AIN), built his Amélie short around Ludovico Einaudi and Yann Tiersen. After winning the Kinoshita Group Cup in September he told sports.ru the concept came from him: "It's entirely my own idea."
The costume hides a flower he unfastens from his chest during the program. At Kinoshita he said it was the first time it hadn't fallen off. By Cup of China practice, the flower was painted on his glove.
At Cup of China he landed a quad Lutz with a triple toe, a quad Salchow and a triple Axel, with every spin and step at level 4, and scored 98.86 for fourth. Fans loved his arm work and a spread eagle into the Axel, though some argued his components ranked too high.
