Azerbaijani figure skater Vladimir Litvintsev has won a license for the 2026 Winter Olympic Games in Italy.

Axar.az informs that this was reported by the Winter Sports Federation.

He achieved this success at the World Figure Skating Championships in Boston, USA.

The athlete scored 233.31 points in the short and free programs and took 15th place among 39 people, earning the right to participate in the Olympics.

Other Azerbaijani representatives who competed in the competition, Nargiz Suleymanova, as well as the ice dance pair Samantha Ritter - Daniel Brikalov, fell behind their competitors in the short program and failed to qualify for the next stage.

It should be noted that the Winter Olympic Games will be held from February 6 to 26, 2026, in the Italian cities of Milan and Cortina d'Ampezzo.