ISU

The ISU Council met on-line on April 24, 2022. The ISU Council continues to follow the developments in Ukraine and their impact on ISU activity. The Council reaffirms its solidarity with all those affected by the conflict and reiterates its condemnation of the Russian invasion of Ukraine in the strongest possible terms.

At its meeting on April 1-2, 2022 in Lausanne (SUI), the ISU Council approved the recommendations of the ISU Center of Excellence (CoE) Project Group for the new cycle of the ISU CoE project and the selection of 11 entities for the 4-year period of April 2022 to April 2026.

Further to ISU Communication No. 2439, the Summary of Championships applications received by the ISU for seasons 2022/23, 2023/24, 2024/25, 2025/26 and 2026/27 is now available.

It is a requirement for certain Technical Rules to be announced annually by the Ice Dance Technical Committee and all other rules are published in Special Regulations & Technical Rules.

Due to unforeseen reasons, the ISU Recognized Ice Dance Referees’ and Judges’ Seminar in Seoul (Republic of Korea) scheduled from April 15 to 17, 2022 is postponed.A new seminar will be organized as soon as possible.We thank you for your understanding.

Today Viktor Knoch from Hungary was elected to the ISU Athletes Commission as the Short Track representative.

Today Evan Bates from USA was elected to the ISU Athletes Commission as the Ice Dance representative and Eric Radford as the Single & Pair Skating representative. Evan Bates was elected by the Ice Dance athletes competing at the ISU World Figure Skating Championships 2022 in Montpellier, France. The vote was done online in order to minimize contacts and be Covid-19 safe during the Championships.

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 2022 – recertification program.

Ice Dance Technical Committee has published the  Communication 2463 - GUIDELINES FOR INTERNATIONAL NOVICE COMPETITIONS 2022/23 .

The ISU is launching a new edition of the Level 1 online course of the ISU Coach Education Qualification Framework (Figure Skating) on the ISU eLearning Platform. The second edition of the course, open for two groups of 30 Figure Skating Coaches each (in total 60 Coaches) to be enrolled from different ISU Members will take place between April 11 and May 30, 2022.

ISU Development Commission invites ISU Members to make applications for Scholarship support for their Junior Skaters. ISU Members are advised to read the above-mentioned Communication carefully to understand the conditions and requirements of the Scholarship Program.

The ISU Development Commission is pleased to announce the fifth year of the Visiting ISU Coach initiative to support Coaches and their education.

The Challenger Series is an International Figure Skating Series, introduced during the 2014/15 season. Through ISU support, the objective is to ensure the proper and consistent organization and conduct of up to ten (10) International Competitions linked together within the Challenger Series. The Series gives adequate opportunities for many Skaters to compete at the international senior level and earn World Standing Points.

An Ice Dance Tryout Seminar will be held at the Oberstdorf ISU Center of Excellence (CoE) from May 15  to 18, 2022.

Further to ISU Communication No. 2445 and after having received ISU Members’ applications, the ISU recognized the Seminars listed in ISU Communication 2455.