Cypriot figure skater Olivia Bazlova achieves top-10 finishes in ISU Junior Grand Prix

Thirteen-year-old figure skater Olivia Bazlova, representing Cyprus, has achieved top-10 finishes at two consecutive ISU Junior Grand Prix series events. Competing against 35 other athletes, she placed 7th in Ljubljana, Slovenia, with a score of 163.84, and 8th in Gdańsk, Poland, with a personal best of 166.03 points. Her performance in Gdańsk also included career-best segments of 55.13 in the short programme and 110.90 in the free skate.

These results are considered among the most significant for Cyprus in international junior women’s figure skating in recent years. Bazlova, who has lived in Cyprus since early childhood and trains in Limassol, has previously placed third in the junior women’s event at the Tallinn Open. Her success highlights the challenges faced by athletes in Cyprus, where the limited availability of professional ice rinks and specialized coaches forces her to spend the majority of the year training and competing abroad. Bazlova has noted that she only returns to Cyprus for brief periods, such as during Christmas and her birthday, as the local infrastructure does not support high-level training.