ISU

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.

The ISU announces that the Single & Pair Skating Technical Committee, through an initiative supported by the ISU Development Program, is organizing an International Pair Skating Development Training Seminar for Coaches and Pair Skaters.

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.

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.

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).

List of Referees, Judges, Technical Controllers, Technical Specialists, Data & Replay Operators season 2021/22 for Single & Pair Skating, Ice Dance and Synchronized Skating – updated August 26, 2021

ISU Figure Skating Centers of Excellence (CoE) continue the webinar series - Inside CoE's: The fourth webinar will take place on August 24, 2021 in Detroit, USA.

This Communication replaces ISU Communication No. 2369 with immediate effect.

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.

Following the online voting by ISU Members in June 2021, the Constitution and General Regulations have been updated to reflect the accepted proposals and have been published on the ISU website

ISU Figure Skating CoEs continue the webinar series - Inside CoE’s: The third webinar will take place on August 16th in Oberstdorf, Germany!

The Ice Dance Technical Committee have published the Handbook for Referees and Judges, Handbook for Technical Panels, Handbook for Pattern Dances together with all the relevant information for the season 2021/22.