Single and Pair Skating and Ice Dance
On the third day of the 51st Ordinary ISU Congress in Budapest (HUN) delegates reiterated their support for the ISU Judging system and confirmed their approval of maintaining the anonymity of Judges as well as the system of a random draw of the Judges scores which count towards the result. The system has allowed officials to work in an independent manner, while the anonymity of the Judges for major ISU Events has ensured objectivity as evaluating bodies are not informed of the identity of the Judge under review until an Assessment (official warning) has been confirmed.

The Congress approved a number of amendments proposed by the Pair Skating Technical Committees to harmonize rules across Ice Dance and Single and Pair Skating in order to make the rules consistent across both disciplines.

Qualifying Free Skating- Congress approved a motion to cancel the Qualifying Free Skating round at all ISU Championships, thus making the Championships shorter, more appealing to the public and cost effective.

Synchronized Skating
Team Composition – Congress agreed that Synchronized Skating teams will consist of 16 skaters (previously team size could vary between 12 and 20).

Speed Skating

ISU World Allround Speed Skating Championships – Congress approved a proposal put forward by the Netherlands which gives the organizer (in consultation with the ISU Speed Skating Technical Committee) the option to schedule the event over 2 or 3 days.

Head protection - the Technical Committee proposed and Congress approved the option to use speed skating helmets to protect against injury.

World Junior Speed Skating Championships - Congress approved a fixed format for the World Junior Speed Skating Championships. Individual distances will be raced on the first two days with the last day reserved for Team Pursuit.

Olympic Winter Games - the Speed Skating section accepted a proposal to hold the Team Pursuit events after the completion of the individual speed skating events at the Olympic Winter Games.

Qualifying times – a proposal from the Speed Skating Technical committee to reinforce minimum qualifying times was approved. Minimum Qualifying times are now required at all ISU Speed Skating Championships except for at the World Single Distances Championships, which has a different qualification system.

On Thursday the Congress will continue discussions in the separate sections for Figure Skating and Speed Skating.