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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.

The ISU is currently investigating the reported homophobic comments by a Coach who is not an ISU Official relating to participants of the recent Finlandia Trophy. This investigation may result in disciplinary proceedings in line with the ISU Code of Ethics.

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 four-part short-form documentary series, which follows athletes who competed at the ISU World Figure Skating Championships 2021 is now available

The four-part short-form documentary series, which follows athletes who competed at the ISU European Short Track Speed Skating Championships and the ISU World Short Track Speed Skating Championships 2021 is now available

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.

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

The ISU is launching the official online course for Level 1 of the ISU Coach Education Qualification Framework (Figure Skating) on the ISU eLearning Platform. The first edition of the course will be open for two groups of 25 Figure Skating Coaches each (in total 50 Coaches) to be enrolled from different ISU Members between October 25 and December 13, 2021.

The ISU Council met on October 1-2, 2021 in Geneva, Switzerland. The full decisions are published in ISU Communication 2431, below is a summary of some of the decisions:

The ISU has decided to hold a series of Online Video Seminars for ISU Referees and ISU Starters in Speed Skating, which will be organized by the ISU Speed Skating Technical Committee using the ISU eLearning Platform and Zoom Communication software.

Following the online voting by ISU Members in June 2021, the Special Regulations & Technical Rules Synchronized Skating have been updated to reflect the accepted proposals and have been published on the ISU website.

The ISU releases detailed information on the qualification process, entry quotas and entry procedures for the ISU European, Four Continents, World Juniors and World Speed Skating Championships 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.

Following the online voting by ISU Members in June 2021, the Special Regulations & Technical Rules Single & Pair Skating and Ice Dance have been updated to reflect the accepted proposals and have been published on the ISU website (https://www.isu.org/figure-skating/rules/fsk-regulations-rules/file).

“His legacy is the Youth Olympic Games, his achievements are far more extensive. An accomplished president" is how IOC President Thomas Bach portrayed his predecessor Jacques Rogge, who has died at the age of 79, as announced by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) on Sunday (29 August 2021).