ISU

The next ISU Council meeting takes place on June 14 to 16, 2019 in Rome (Italy). On the eve of the meeting, the ISU Council had the honor to obtain a private hearing with His Holiness Pope Francis to discuss the importance of sport within society and how Sports including ice Skating can help to find a path for many young people.

The ISU Examinations to become an ISU Judge in Single & Pair Skating and Ice Dance will be held in Oberstdorf (GER) from September 25th to September 28th, 2019 on the occasion of the 2019 Nebelhorn Trophy International Competition.

As a step towards the fulfilment of the ISU Development Program objectives, we are pleased to announce that the ISU eLearning Platform is going live.

The initiative launched in 2018 to support Skaters who have retired within the previous 4 seasons to become Coaches, Officials, Administrators or any other appropriate function connected to Skating will continue in 2019. Further details of the application process can be found in ISU Communication No. 2252 and the deadline for nominations is June 30, 2019.

Supported by the ISU Development Commission, this project primary objective is to educate Singles Figure Skating Coaches in South-East Asia, Asia and Oceania, particularly at the developing level (Novice to Junior).

A seminar on The Art of Components will be held in Bergamo, Italy on June 21 to 23 2019, with the support of the ISU Development Commission.

The ISU Anti-Doping Procedures have been updated to meet the WADA requirements to implement an effective, intelligent and proportionate Test Distribution Plan (TDP) and to clarify responsibilities. This Communication replaces ISU Communication No.2214, effective May 1, 2019.

The ISU Development Commission is pleased to announce the continuation of the Visiting ISU Coach initiative for 2019.

Guidelines for international novice competitions.

Further to ISU Communication No 2231, the summary of Championships application received by the ISU for Seasons 2021/22 is now available.

Technical Rules specify that some of them need to be completed by requirements decided by the Ice Dance Technical Committee.

The Development Commission invites ISU Members to put forward for consideration the names of Coaches of Speed Skating and Short Track Speed Skating, who fulfil the requirements of ISU Communication No. 2052. Such support is available for a maximum of 4 Coaches.

o promote clean, true sport, the International Skating Union (ISU) and the Japan Anti-Doping Agency (JADA) worked in partnership to deliver the joint “Pure As Ice” and “PLAY TRUE 2020” campaigns during the ISU World Figure Skating Championships in Saitama City, Japan.

The Ice Dance Coaches meeting that will take place on Saturday 23 March 17:00-19:00 (local time in Japan) during the ISU World Figure Skating Championships will be live-streamed on the ISU Development YouTube channel.

The Pure As Ice campaign made its last stop this season at the ISU World Junior Synchronized Skating Championships in Neuchâtel (SUI). 16 out of 23 teams, including the 2019 World Champions, silver and bronze medalists teams, participated in the quiz, discussed topics around clean sport and took fun Pure As Ice pictures.