Dear Skating Coaches,

The ISU, in collaboration with the International Testing Agency (ITA), is pleased to invite you to the ISU Clean Sport Education Webinar for Coaches and Athlete Support Personnel (ASP) — an engaging and practical session designed specifically for those who play a key role in supporting athletes every day.

As a coach or ASP, you are more than a mentor: you are a trusted guide, a role model, and an essential part of creating a culture of clean sport. This webinar will help you better understand your responsibilities while providing concrete tools and advice to confidently support your athletes and protect yourself in today’s evolving anti-doping environment.

The session will be led by ITA experts who will share valuable insights and practical recommendations drawn from real-life experience.

📅 Date: 23 June 2026
 🕒 Time: 15:00–16:00 CEST
 🌍 Language: English, with simultaneous interpretation in Russian and automated translated captions available in multiple languages.

🔗 Registration: https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_85xXoN8uSkyXYy272rwtAg

✨ Why join?

• Gain a clear understanding of your role and responsibilities in clean sport 
• Learn practical ways to positively influence athletes’ values and behaviours 
• Discover how to better support and protect both your athletes and yourself 

· Hear directly from leading experts in skating integrity and anti-doping education 

Together, we can continue building a strong culture of integrity, respect, and fair play in skating and please feel free to share this invitation with anyone who may be interested in joining the webinar.

The International Skating Union (ISU), in partnership with the ITA, proudly rolled out its Pure as Ice campaign across the first half of the 2025/26 skating season, empowering young athletes and their teams with essential knowledge and practical tools to protect clean sport.

The International Testing Agengy ( ITA) Webinars announced below can be viewed at any time on the ITA YouTube channel.

Ask the Expert: Testing

Event date: 26 February 2026, 02:00 PM CET 

• Panellist: Richard Driscoll, Experienced Doping Control Officer and IDCO Trainer
• Moderator: Mairi Irvine, ITA Education Team
• Registration link: Webinar Registration – Zoom

Join the ITA for the second webinar of 2026 focused on Ask the Expert: Testing, featuring experienced Doping Control Officer and IDCO trainer Richard Driscoll. This session will provide an overview of the topic, along with practical insights and expert answers to your questions.

To make the most of this event, we encourage you to submit your questions in advance using the registration link by 16 February. We will address as many questions as possible during the live session, and there will also be dedicated time at the end for your live questions.

  Don’t miss this opportunity to deepen your understanding and engage with a leading expert in the field!

As always, we are pleased to deliver these webinars in English with simultaneous translation to four additional languages – Arabic, French, Russian, and Spanish.

Ask the Expert: Nutrition

Event date: Jan 29, 2026 02:00 PM CET

• Panellist: Professor Louise Burke, IOC Diploma Programme in Sports Nutrition and Australian Catholic University Director
• Moderator: Armando Urban, ITA Education Team
• Registration link: https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_3R6dBWBRT52FAolMlGlwTA

Clean sport education is a cornerstone for clean sport. As a strategy measure, education aims to empower athletes and others to play clean, and to encourage behaviours in line with the principles and values of clean sport.

As part of the ISU's commitment to clean sport, the IF Webinar Series is brought to you by the International Testing Agency (ITA), in conjunction with the ISU.

We are pleased to provide the Skating Family with access to a series of clean sport education webinars available on the IR`TA YouTube Channel

• These interactive one-hour sessions for athletes and Athlete Support Personnel have been designed to cover key anti-doping topics, and anti-doping rights and responsibilities. 

The webinars are delivered in English, with simultaneous translation into Arabic, French, Mandarin Chinese, Russian and Spanish, with automated translated captions enabled.

1. If you are on the road to Milano Cortina 2026 as an athlete or as Athlete Support Personnel, then this webinar is for you.

   

   
   

   In this session we will be joined by Matteo Vallini, ITA Head of International Federations and Major Events, and Damien Clivaz, ITA Managing Senior Legal Counsel, to cover and answer your questions on:

   • The Milano Cortina 2026 Anti-Doping Rules
   • Doping Control
   • Therapeutic Use Exemptions
   • Results management in the case of a positive tes

2. The goal is to empower you and your team to understand the rules and your responsibilities so you can focus on what you are in Milano Cortina to do — perform at your best.

   This webinar is delivered in English with simultaneous translation into four additional languages – Arabic, French, Russian, and Spanish – with automated translated captions available.

   • Event date: 10 December, 14:00 – 15:00 CET
   • Panellists:
     • Matteo Vallini, ITA Head of International Federations and Major Events
     • Damien Clivaz, ITA Managing Senior Legal Counsel
   • Moderator: Mairi Irvine, ITA Education Team
   • Registration link: Webinar Registration - Zoom

Pure as Ice Education Campaign 2023/24

https://isu-skating.com/news/empowering-young-skaters-through-anti-doping-education-highlights-of-the-2023-24-pure-as-ice-campaign/