Kazakhstan has named 12 skaters for the first two World Tour stops, and half of them are new to our pool. The squad is six men and six women, led by ◆2M Gleb Ivchenko and ◆3M Malika Yermek. Denis Nikisha (◆5M), Yana Khan and Olga Tikhonova (◆3M each) are not on the list.
The national team's Instagram account (@shorttrackkz, posted jointly with @qaz.iceteam) published the squad for World Tour #1 and #2 on October 6. The post gives names and stops only. It does not say how the squad was chosen, who skates which distance, or why anyone is missing.
| Stop | Dates | Venue |
|---|---|---|
| World Tour #1 | Oct 23-25 | Vancouver |
| World Tour #2 | Oct 30-Nov 1 | Montréal |
Sportarena.kz reported the national championships took place in Astana in mid-September, with Bogdan Vekhov, Aibek Temirkhan and Gleb Ivchenko sharing the men's distance wins and Malika Yermek and Alina Azhgaliyeva winning the women's. The federation has not said that those results decided the squad, so treat that link as unconfirmed.
Prices are from the game's market on October 6, not a promise about the next competition. They will move after each result.
| Skater | Category | Price | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malika YERMEK | Women | ◆3M | Up |
| Gleb IVCHENKO | Men | ◆2M | Down |
| Alina AZHGALIYEVA | Women | ◆2M | Up |
| Aibek NASSEN | Men | ◆1M | Flat |
| Aibek TEMIRKHAN | Men | ◆1M | Flat |
| Zeinep KUMARKAN | Women | ◆1M | Down |
Yermek is the most expensive woman on the list and Ivchenko the most expensive man. Nobody in the squad costs more than ◆3M, so a Kazakh pick does not eat a budget the way a ◆25M name does.
The other six are being added to the game. ISU's skater database confirms all six as Kazakh skaters, and new skaters enter at the base price of ◆1M.
| Skater | Category | ISU profile |
|---|---|---|
| Bogdan VEKHOV | Men | Age 18 |
| Tamirlan ZHOLDAS | Men | Age 19 |
| Maksat UALIULLA | Men | Age 20 |
| Anastassiya GALECHINA | Women | Age 19 |
| Guldana ZHALMUKHAN | Women | Age 20 |
| Polina OMELCHUK | Women | Age 19 |
Ages come from the ISU profiles. Galechina is listed as "Anastasia" in the federation's post, while ISU's own record spells her given name "Anastassiya" and the game follows ISU's spelling, so search for her under that. A ◆1M skater with a confirmed place in the squad is the cheapest kind of slot, but a start is not a podium, and the federation's post says nothing about which events any of them skate.
| Skater | Category | Price | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|
| Denis NIKISHA | Men | ◆5M | Up |
| Abzal AZHGALIYEV | Men | ◆5M | Up |
| Yana KHAN | Women | ◆3M | Down |
| Olga TIKHONOVA | Women | ◆3M | Flat |
| Adil GALIAKHMETOV | Men | ◆2M | Down |
Abzal Azhgaliyev announced his retirement on September 3, after four Olympic Games, so he will not be on the ice. For Nikisha, Khan and Tikhonova the post gives no reason, and we found no retirement or injury report for any of them. Galiakhmetov was named in an earlier squad report on September 22 but is not on the October 6 list, and again no reason is given. A skater who is not on the team scores nothing, so do not read the absence as a decision either way until Kazakhstan says more.
| Relay | Price | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| Kazakhstan Women's 3000m Relay | ◆7M | Up |
| Kazakhstan Men's 5000m Relay | ◆7M | Up |
| Kazakhstan Mixed Relay | ◆7M | Up |
All three relays cost ◆7M, a price set by past results, while the squad that will skate them is young, and half of it is new to our game. The announcement names no relay line-ups. Relay points count triple toward this season's Team Crystal Globe, so the first Kazakh relay finals in Vancouver will show whether ◆7M was a bargain.
A reminder: prices move. Every athlete and relay team is repriced after each competition, so treat these figures as a starting point, not a fixed cost.
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