ISU

We are pleased to announce that the ISU Healthy Skater seminar series is back and shall take place during the ISU World Junior Figure Skating Championships 2023 in Calgary, Canada. The theme for this edition’s seminar is "The Junior Elite Skater- Understanding Adolescent Development".

All Officials who continue to meet the criteria as outlined in the Special Regulations and who, considering the period of time elapsed since their initial appointment, require re-certification are eligible for acceptance to the Frankfurt Seminar 2023 – recertification program.

The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) has published the 2023 List of Prohibited Substances and Methods (List), which came into force on January 1, 2023.

The Council has updated the ISU Infectious Disease Guideline for ISU Events, which can be found on the Clean Sport and Medical section of the website. 

The ISU Council has decided to withdraw with immediate effect the provisional allotments to the Russian Skating Union of two ISU Events for which ISU Members are invited to submit applications.

Further to ISU Communication No. 2518, the Summary of Championships applications received by the ISU for seasons 2023/24, 2024/25, 2025/26 and 2026/27 is now available.

The first Junior Short Track Challenge Competition of the season took place in Bialystok, Poland on November 18-20 and the next will be held in Torino, Italy on November 25-27.

The ISU Council met online on November 24, 2022. The following were among the decisions taken by the Council during the meeting.

Application to hold ISU Seminars for Ice Dance Referees and Judges in 2023 hosted by ISU Members

Application to hold ISU Sponsored and Recognized Single & Pair Skating Judges’ Seminars 2023.

The 11 recognized ISU Centers of Excellence (CoEs) have entered a new cycle. For the first time, the representatives of the Figure Skating CoEs met in person at Ice Lab in Bergamo (ITA) on the occasion of the annual ISU Centers of Excellence workshop held on October 5-7, 2022.

We are back with the eighth edition of P.L.A.Y (Pocket Learning Anti-Doping & You) for the month of October 2022 and the topic for this month is ‘Unintentional Doping’ a topic which deals with the very common mistake among athletes that is ‘Unintentional Doping’ (also known as ‘inadvertent’ or ‘accidental’ doping).

The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) has published the 2023 List of Prohibited Substances and Methods (List), which will come into force on January 1, 2023.

This Communication is announcing the Judges who have passed the Examinations to be ISU Judges in Single & Pair Skating and Ice Dance.

The ISU Center of Excellence in Heerenveen is organizing a series of Short Track training camps during the season 2022/2023, offering their expertise, experience and facilities to the Short Track family of the world.