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In accordance with the Article 21 of the ISU Constitution and ISU Communication No. 2427, elections for the ISU Athletes Commission are to take place in 2022. The ISU has received 8 nominations for the Athletes Commission elections. The list of nominees is available on https://www.isu.org/inside-isu/about/athletes-commission.

After a tumultous 2020-21 season, the Pure as Ice campaign was back on the road for the 2021-22 season to unify Skaters in solidarity for Clean Sport.

Are you a Speed Skating or Short Track Coach or skating yourself? Are you keen to develop your skills and discover great online content to share with your fellow Coaches or Skaters?

The ISU has refined the Centers of Excellence (CoE) concept and is launching the application process for the new cycle - the Official Phase of the ISU CoE for the period 2022 to 2026.

ISU Transgender polidy is updated as of December 2, 2021.

The ISU invites ISU Members to submit bid applications to host ISU Championships during seasons 2024/25, 2025/26 and 2026/27.

A gifted ice skater, ballroom dancer and fashion designer, Courtney shot to fame by winning the British, European and World Ice Dance Championships with his first partner, June Markham, then retaining all three titles with a new partner, Doreen Denny.

We are back with the third Quick P.L.A.Y (Pocket Learning Anti-Doping & You) for the month of November,2021 and the topic for this month is the ‘Prohibited List’ published by WADA.

With the start of the Olympic Winter Games Beijing 2022 scheduled for February 2022, the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) has announced the launch of a new interactive education course on its Anti-Doping Education and Learning Platform (ADEL), earlier this month, for athletes and coaches aiming to attend the Olympic Winter Games.

A report is now available on the ISU Development Program 2020. The report covers all aspects of the Development Program in 2020, from ISU Member Projects, to Scholarships, to Development Commission initiatives such as the Visiting ISU Coach initiative, to eLearning and CoEs.

The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) has published the 2022 List of Prohibited Substances and Methods (List), which will come into force on January 1, 2022.

We are pleased to announce the Pocket Learning Anti-Doping & You (P.L.A.Y) series by Pure as Ice, for our Skating community to learn about various aspects of Anti-Doping & Clean Sport.

The ISU Special Regulations and Technical Rules for Short Track Speed Skating 2021 have been published.

The ISU has decided to hold an Online Workshop for Coaches & Team Leaders in Short Track Speed Skating, which will be organized by the ISU Short Track Speed Skating Technical Committee using the Zoom Communication software.

The ISU Transgender policy, based on the IOC Consensus Meeting on Sex Reassignment and Hyperandrogenism (2015)1, on data collected on Skaters, on discussions and exchanges between medical experts, sports physicians, as well as other International Federations, aims to define the conditions enabling Transgender Skaters to compete in ISU Events in the category of competition that is consistent with their gender identity.