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Skaters from 19 countries compete at the Asian Open Figure Skating Trophy 2025 in Pasay City on August 3, 2025. 

Skaters from 19 countries compete at the Asian Open Figure Skating Trophy 2025 in Pasay City on August 3, 2025. The competition marks the start of the 2026 Winter Olympics season. Mark Demayo, ABS-CBN News

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Asian Open Figure Skating Trophy 2025

Paige Javier

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<div><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/175429293723520250804-asian-skating-open-MQD28370-MD.jpg" style="width:960px" class="fr-fic fr-dib" alt="Skaters from 19 countries compete at the Asian Open Figure Skating Trophy 2025 in Pasay City on August 3, 2025. The competition marks the start of the 2026 Winter Olympics season. Mark Demayo, ABS-CBN News"/>Skaters from 19 countries compete at the Asian Open Figure Skating Trophy 2025 in Pasay City on August 3, 2025. The competition marks the start of the 2026 Winter Olympics season. Mark Demayo, ABS-CBN News</div>MANILA -- Five Filipina figure skaters took the ice on Sunday at the Asian Open Figure Skating Trophy 2025 at the Mall of Asia skating rink in Pasay City. The home crowd cheered on 2024 Nationals champion Maxine Bautista, two-time Nationals champion Sofia Frank, 2024 Nationals silver medalist Cathryn Limketkai,  Skye Frances Patenia, and Charmaine Skye Chua. Limketkai, Bautista and Frank finished as the top-ranked Filipinas after the Senior Women short program category, slightly similar to the results of the Philippine National Figure Skating Championships 2024 last November. Limketkai led all Filipinos with a score of 36.42 points for rank nine, Bautista garnered 35.82 points for rank ten, while Frank got 34.93 points for rank eleven.<div><a class="fr-green fr-strong" href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/sports/othersports/2025/8/2/asian-open-figure-skating-trophy-2025-kicks-off-in-pasay-1920">READ: Asian Open Figure Skating Trophy 2025 kicks off in Pasay</a></div>&quot;It wasn&#x27;t what I practiced. I&#x27;m pretty disappointed, I slipped twice on my big jumps. I wish I executed better. But considering the ice and all the other issues, I was able to push through,&quot; she said.Despite being the top-ranked Filipina skater, Limketkai is still hungry to perform better in the free skating category on Tuesday. &quot;I know my competitors didn&#x27;t skate the skates they wanted to. I&#x27;m disappointed in all of us because as team Philippines we didn&#x27;t get to show what we are capable of doing. So I was quite surprised on my placement and score. Right now I&#x27;m not looking at the scores. I want to skate well for myself and my standards,&quot; she said.&quot;I just need to trust my training. Hopefully the ice will be fixed by then and I don&#x27;t have to worry about that. I hope to execute the jumps that I plan to do and do what I do in practice,&quot; Limketkai added.<div><a class="fr-green fr-strong" href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/sports/othersports/2025/8/2/philippine-skating-union-seeks-dedicated-training-time-for-figure-skaters-0027">READ: Philippine Skating Union seeks dedicated training time for figure skaters</a></div>Bautista was also surprised with her ranking and performance, but she said it gives her confidence ahead of the free skating on Tuesday.&quot;It was a really rough today, the ice was really bad. But I did the best that I could with what I had. In the short program the jumps were a bit of a struggle but I still pulled through with everything else so I feel good about that,&quot; she said.&quot;I have a high standard for myself. Obviously I know I could do a little bit better today. But I am a little surprised considering I missed a couple of things today but still happy where I ended up,&quot; Bautista added, citing the need to be more consistent.Following the short program, Frank said she is more positive heading into the free skating.&quot;I definitely wouldn&#x27;t say satisfied, I think I just tried my best despite the Zamboni being broken and all of us doing our best to get through our programs. I&#x27;m definitely excited for the long program and to see what happens,&quot; she said.&quot;I think I just need to trust myself a little bit more. [Because] in the short program, I wasn&#x27;t quite sure what was going to happen. I think I just need to trust my training and I think I&#x27;ll be okay,&quot; the 19-year-old shared. &quot;I surprised myself a little bit by being able to do the triple lutz double toe, I wasn&#x27;t able to do it in my warm-up,&quot; Frank added.China took the top two spots in the Senior Women short program category. Yi Zhu reigned supreme with 61.94 points, Ruiyang Zhang followed with 58.61 points. Hong Kong&#x27;s Tsz Ching Chan came in third with 49.62 points.Rounding up the top five are Australia&#x27;s Sienna Kaczmarczyk with 48.23 points and China&#x27;s Wandi Xu garnering 47.87 points.After the Asian Open Figure Skating Trophy, the Filipina skaters will turn their focus to other competitions to gain points for the Four Continents Figure Skating Championships and World Figure Skating Championships.They will also prepare to earn a spot for the upcoming 2026 Winter Olympics qualifiers in September and the 2025 Southeast Asian Games in December. As they compete with fellow Asian skaters, the Filipina athletes believe this gives them more confidence ahead of the regional meet.&quot;I feel like I definitely have the content and everything to compete with them. I just need to put it all together and be more consistent. Being consistent is key to keep gaining those points and it helps me gain confidence for future competitions,&quot; Bautista said.&quot;It&#x27;s a pretty big deal. I think we&#x27;ll see what happens in the long program so we see what it determines who goes to Beijing for the Olympic qualifiers. So I&#x27;m wishing everybody like the best of luck,&quot; Frank said. &quot;If I just keep going and keep going hard, I think it will be good for December,&quot; she added.The Asian Open Figure Skating Trophy 2025 will run until August 5.

Five Filipina figure skaters took the ice on Sunday at the Asian Open Figure Skating Trophy 2025 at the Mall of Asia skating rink in Pasay City.

Five Filipina figure skaters took the ice on Sunday at the Asian Open Figure Skating Trophy 2025 at the Mall of Asia skating rink in Pasay City.

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Filipina figure skaters aim to improve performance at Asian Open Figure Skating Trophy

Paige Javier,

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Published August 04, 2025 01:08 PM PHT

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Updated August 04, 2025 03:35 PM PHT

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