Germany’s Hase and Volodin gear up for Olympic season

Minerva Fabienne Hase and Nikita Volodin
The 2026 Olympic season has just begun for Germany’s Minerva Fabienne Hase and Nikita Volodin. The 2025 World silver medalists presented their new programs for the first time in public at the test skates in Oberstdorf. The team, or rather Russian-born Volodin, has overcome another important hurdle on to their way to Milano Cortina 2026 after passing the German language and citizenship test that is required to receive the German passport.
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