Nikita Volodin

In November, they won the junior gold medal at the NRW Trophy, outscoring silver medalists Anna Dušková / Martin Bidař by 19.22 points.

Following this, Volodin did approach Russian women's singles skater, Evgenia Medvedeva, asking if she was interested in trying to pair skating with him but she declined his offer.

[6] In June 2022, Volodin was introduced by coach, Dmitri Savin, to German pair skater, Minerva Fabienne Hase, whose long partnership with Nolan Seegert had ended following the 2022 Winter Olympics.

It was subsequently announced that the pair would train in Berlin Germany with coaches, Rico Rex and Knut Schubert.

[9][10][11] Hase/Volodin debuted as a team at the 2023 CS Lombardia Trophy, where they won the silver medal behind reigning Italian European champions Conti/Macii, and finishing ahead of domestic rivals Hocke/Kunkel.

"[12] They went on to win a Challenger gold medal on home soil at the 2023 CS Nebelhorn Trophy, after coming back from placing third in the short program.

"[14] They went on to win the 2023 NHK Trophy as well, improving on all their personal bests in the process and qualifying to the Grand Prix Final as the second seed.

Returning to China for the Final, held in Beijing, they performed their first full run-through since the NHK Trophy in training.

Despite Hase making a Salchow error in the free skate, they came third in that segment, and rose to third overall to claim the bronze medal.

"[18] Hase/Volodin started the season by winning gold at the 2024 CS Nebelhorn Trophy, defeating reigning World Champions, Stellato-Dudek/Deschamps, and scoring personal bests in all competition segments.

[20] They went on to compete at the 2024 Trophée Métropole Nice Côte d'Azur, however after completing the short program segment, the senior pairs free skate event was cancelled due to poor weather conditions.

"[20][22] Three weeks later, prior to the pairs short program at the 2024 Cup of China, Hase would suffer with food poisoning.

Despite this, the pair would go on to complete their short program, finishing second in that segment behind Conti/Macii due to Volodin taking an unexpected fall during the step sequence.

[20] Note: The senior pairs free skate at the 2024 Trophée Métropole Nice Côte d'Azur was cancelled on account of inclement weather.

Ustimkina and Volodin at the 2016-17 ISU Junior Grand Prix Final
Hase and Volodin during their free skate at the 2024 World Championships