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The 57th Ordinary ISU Congress continued on June 6, 2018 with the spilt Sessions for the Figure Skating and Speed Skating Branches.

During the split sessions Delegates can only vote on the Special Rules and Technical Regulations with a 2/3 majority required.

Speed Skating Branch Session

The Speed Skating Branch Session voted on all the Special Regulations Speed Skating. Urgent Proposal No. 7, Proposals 87, 88, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 100, 102, Urgent Proposal No. 8 were accepted and by accepting Proposal 95 consequently Proposals 96 and 97 became void. Only Proposal 89 was rejected and Proposals 98, 99, 101, 103, 104 were withdrawn.

Special Regulations Short Track Speed Skating

During the Speed Skating Branch session all the Special Regulations Short Track Speed Skating were also discussed and voted on.

The following Proposals were accepted 116, 118, 119, 121 (with amendments), 122, 124, 125 (with amendments), 126, 127,128, 129 (with amendments), 131 (with amendments), 132, 133, 134, 135 (with amendments), 136, 137, 138, 139, 140, Urgent Proposal No. 10, 141, 142, 143, 144, 145, 146, 147, 149,150, 152, 153,154, 155, 156, 157 (with amendments), 158, 159, 160 (with amendments), 161, 162 (with amendments), 163, Urgent Proposal No. 11. Proposal 130 was rejected and five Proposals were withdrawn (117, 120, 123, 148, 151).

Finally, the Branch accepted all the Technical Rules Speed Skating and Technical Rules Short Track Speed Skating. The Branch will reconvene on June 8, 2018 for the Presentation of a status report by each Technical Committee on the existing four-year for the ISU for the period since the 2016 Congress.

 

Figure Skating Branch Session

During the Figure Skating Branch Session, Delegates debated on the Special Regulations Single & Pair Skating and Ice Dance Proposals.

The following were accepted: 204, 206, Urgent Proposal No. 12, 207, 210, 211, 213, 214, 215 (with amendments), 217, 218, 220, 221, 222, 223, 224, 225, 226, Urgent Proposal No. 13, 227, 228, Urgent Proposal No. 14, 229, 230, 231 (with amendments), 232, 236 (with amendments), 238, 240, 241, 242, 243 (with amendments), 244 (with amendments). Three Proposals were rejected (209, 216, 234) while 205 (with a resolution to task the Technical Committee to work on this Proposal), 208, 212, 219, 233, 235, 237, 239 were withdrawn.

As a consequence of the voting of the Figure Skating Branch for the Special Regulations Single & Pair Skating and Ice Dance the following Special Regulations Synchronized Skating are also accepted, 291, 293, 299, 304, 308, 310, 312, 315, 318, 319, 321, 322, 325, 331, 332, 336, 337, 340 and 341.

The 57th Ordinary ISU Congress continues on June 7, 2018 at 9:00 (CEST) with the split Figure Skating and Speed Skating Sessions which are available as a live stream on the ISU YouTube Channel.