Stepanova and Bukin: “Unfortunately, this isn’t the first time we’ve been barred from the Olympics in our careers.” & “We plan to return to the international stage as soon as we’re allowed. We’ve decided that we’re aiming for the next Olympics.
Stepanova and Bukin Intend to Continue Their Careers Until the 2030 Olympics original source: Championat photo [...]
Stepanova and Bukin: “We really love him, absolutely sincerely. We have great respect for Guillaume and the work he does, no matter who his partner is. He’s amazing. Awesome!”
Russian ice dance duo Aleksandra Stepanova and Ivan Bukin shared their thoughts on the return of French skater [...]
Stepanova and Bukin: “We haven’t shown everything yet or fully revealed our potential. Of course, we want to return to the stage we’ve performed on our entire lives – the international scene.”
Stepanova and Bukin Express Desire to Return to the International Stage source: TASS View this post on [...]
“Ending our career would have been the weak choice. That decision would have proven that all their actions have an impact on us.” Stepanova and Bukin on their exclusion from Olympic qualification and not appealing to CAS
Stepanova and Bukin: "Ending Our Career Would Have Been the Weak Choice" source: Sports / TASS View this [...]
Aleksandra Stepanova and Ivan Bukin who had previously been denied neutral athlete status will take part in the Bol on Ice show in Italy
Aleksandra Stepanova and Ivan Bukin to Perform in Ice Show in Italy original source: Championat View [...]
“We trained at full capacity, but things turned out the way they did. Let that decision weigh on their conscience.” Stepanova and Bukin on non getting the neutral status for Olympic qualifying event
Stepanova and Bukin react to news of their Olympic ban original source: MatchTV View this post on [...]
Russian pair skaters and ice dancers did not appeal neutral status denials to CAS
Russian figure skaters choose not to appeal neutral status denials to CAS. original source: Sport Express [...]
ISU declined to comment on Stepanova and Bukin’s appeal to the IOC as well as on participation of Russian coaches in the Olympic qualification
ISU declines to comment on Stepanova and Bukin’s appeal to the IOC. original source: RSport / TASS photo [...]
ISU: “There is absolutely no chance that Russian pairs and ice dance duos will participate in the upcoming Winter Olympics in Milan.”
ISU confirms no chances for Russian pairs and ice dance duos to participate in the 2026 Milan Olympics. original [...]
“We are not politicians; we are athletes. We are asking for the right to fair competition to be returned to us.” Aleksandra Stepanova and Ivan Bukin appeal to IOC President
Stepanova and Bukin appeal to IOC President, requesting permission to compete in Olympic qualification. original [...]
Egor Bazin: “If Russian skaters had participated in this Worlds with fair judging, Stepanova and Bukin could have easily fought for a spot in the top three. If the judging had been fair, Chock and Bates wouldn’t even have been in the top five.”
Egor Bazin about the results in ice dance at the 2025 World Championships. original source: Sport24 View [...]
Russian figure skaters are preparing to challenge the denial of neutral status through CAS. Work on this process has already begun, and documents are being prepared (Sports)
Russian figure skaters plan to appeal neutral status denial in CAS. original source: Sports View this [...]
Russian pairs and ice dance duos will not compete at the 2026 Olympics
Russian Pairs and Ice Dance duos will not compete at the 2026 Olympics. original source: ISU View this [...]
Russian Figure Skating Federation has decided which country representatives will be named for participation in the Olympic qualifying competition (MatchTV)
Russian Figure Skating Federation has decided which country representatives will be named for participation in the [...]
Aleksandra Stepanova: “We’re trying to find the positives in this situation. But of course, we very much want to compete internationally.”
Translation of Aleksandra Stepanova and Ivan Bukin comments about return to competitions. original source: [...]
Aleksandra Stepanova and Ivan Bukin: “We decided that after the break, we would return to competitions because what we achieved in our careers isn’t enough for us.”
Translation of the pre-season interview with Aleksandra Stepanova and Ivan Bukin. photo Dmitri Chelyapin [...]
Aleksandra Stepanova: “How to get into such shape quickly? Not eating – that’s all. You just don’t have time to eat, you forget.”
Aleksandra Stepanova and Ivan Bukin commented on their performance at the test skates. photo Aleksandr Safonov / [...]
Aleksandra Stepanova and Ivan Bukin: “Zhulin has a genius vision in ice dance.”
Aleksandra Stepanova and Ivan Bukin about continuing their career, switching to Zhulin's team and past season in ice [...]
“No flag, no anthem, can’t support special operations, you’re from CSKA like Trusova so you’re not allowed? Go to hell then.” Big interview with Alexandr Zhulin
Big Interview with Alexander Zhulin. About Stepanova/Bukin, Davis/Smolkin, current situation in world ice dance and [...]
Aleksandra Stepanova and Ivan Bukin: “The most challenging element to restore after come back? It’s probably the twizzles.”
Interview with Aleksandra Stepanova and Ivan Bukin. The duo told how the training is going, what they like about the [...]
Ivan Bukin: “I want to admire Sasha! We are already training with her at full strength, two workouts per day. Although it’s only been a little time since she gave birth.”
Ivan Bukin about returning to trainings with Aleksandra Stepanova and switching to the group of Alexander Zhulin. [...]
Aleksandra Stepanova: “I have always dreamed of motherhood and I knew I would come back to sports.”
Interview with Aleksandra Stepanova who has recently became and mom but plans to return to competetive ice. [...]
“There isn’t much of our sports career left, and we want to try something new. I hope everything will get better, and we will be able to compete internationally.” Ivan Bukin about switching to Zhulin
Interview with Ivan Bukin. About moving to Zhulin's group, Alexandra Trusova and World Championships. View [...]
Alexandra Stepanova and Ivan Bukin plan to continue their careers with Alexander Zhulin
Aleksandra Stepanova and Ivan Bukin plan to continue their career and switch to the coaching group of Alexander [...]