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Special Regulations and Technical Rules
11 September 2012

The ISU Special Regulations and Technical Rules for Single and Pair Skating and Ice Dance and Speed Skating & Short Track Speed Skating 2012 have been published and are available under the Rules section of this website or by following link below:

Constitution and General Regulations 2012:
"Provisory Version - not yet fully scrutinized"
http://www.isu.org/vsite/vfile/page/fil ... ile,00.pdf

Special Regulations & Technical Rules
Single and Pair and Ice Dance 2012
http://www.isu.org/vsite/vfile/page/fil ... ile,00.pdf

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http://www2.isu.org/vsite/vnavsite/page ... ml?id=1137

ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final 2012 - Sochi (RUS)
02 October 2012

Announcement, Visa Form and Entry Form for the ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final 2012 are available for download.

Entries/Results:
http://www.isuresults.com/events/fsevent00051420.htm

Announcement:
http://isu.sportcentric.net/db//files/serve.php?id=3781

Forms:
http://isu.sportcentric.net/db//files/serve.php?id=3783

Russian Visa application procedure for OWG Test Events 2012-2013:
http://isu.sportcentric.net/db//files/serve.php?id=3782

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http://www.isu.org/vsite/vcontent/page/ ... em,00.html

Olympic Winter Games
7 - 23 Feb 2014 Sochi, Russia

Qualification Systems (zip):
http://isu.sportcentric.net/db//files/serve.php?id=3686

Guidelines Regarding Authorised Identifications (PDF):
http://isu.sportcentric.net/db//files/serve.php?id=3661

Event Website:
http://sochi2014.com/en/

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ISU Communication 1767:
Decisions of the ISU Council - Prague (CZE) 16/10/2012
http://isu.sportcentric.net/db//files/serve.php?id=3854 (PDF)

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Decisions of the ISU Council

The ISU Council met on October 5-7, 2012 in Prague, Czech Republic. The following were among the decisions taken by the ISU Council during the meeting:
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2. Provisional Allotment ISU Championships 2015
ISU World Junior Figure Skating Championships, March 2-8, 2015 in Tallinn, Estonia,
hosted by the the Estonian Skating Union.

3. ISU Junior Grand Prix of Figure Skating – Calendar Season 2013/14:
Riga, Latvia August 27-September 1, 2013 (incl. Pair Skating)
Mexico City, Mexico September 4-8, 2013
Kosice, Slovakia September 11-15, 2013 (incl. Pair Skating)
Gdansk, Poland September 18-22, 2013
Minsk, Belarus September 25-29, 2013 (incl. Pair Skating)
Ostrava, Czech Rep. October 2-6, 2013 (incl. Pair Skating)
Tallinn, Estonia October 9-13, 2013 (incl. Pair Skating).

5. Kuala Lumpur ISU Congress decision – Article 9 – Election period
The Kuala Lumpur Congress decided that the next ISU Ordinary Congress with elections will be held in 2016 instead of 2014, thereby extending the current election period until 2016...
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7. Kuala Lumpur Congress decision concerning the ISU Figure Skating Championships
Removal of Preliminary Rounds (Rule 378, paragraph 1)
Further to the above-mentioned Congress decision and subsequent ISU Council decision to adjust the Minimum Total Technical Scores (see ISU Communication 1742, item 7), the ISU Council continued to monitor the situation during the initial part of the ongoing season.
As already pointed out in the Kuala Lumpur ISU Council decision, the ISU Council decided that if it became evident that the number of entries into the ISU Figure Skating Championships 2013 based on the Minimum Total Technical Scores listed in Communication 1742 would be significantly higher or lower than expected, the ISU Council reserves the right to subsequently slightly re-adjust the Minimum Total Technical Scores in order to achieve entry numbers in line with the objectives mentioned in Communication 1742. The ISU Council decided that for each Championships such final determination of the Minimum Total Technical Scores shall be made 2 weeks before the entry deadline of each 2013 Figure Skating Championships and Members will be informed accordingly.
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9. ISU Special Regulations Single & Pair Skating – Olympic Winter Games
The ISU Council noted that based on a proposal from the ISU Single & Pair Skating Technical Committee and Ice Dance Technical Committee (Proposal No 177 of the 2012 Congress Agenda), Rule 400, A/B, paragraphs 5 have been amended by the 2012 Congress. The two paragraphs 5 of the 2010 Regulations have been deleted. This means that in case the Single & Pair Skating and Ice Dance competitors of the ISU Member of the country hosting the Olympic Winter Games do not qualify through the normal qualifying procedure, one competitor per discipline of the host Member shall no longer have the right to participate in the Olympic Winter Games.

For the Sochi 2014 Olympic Winter Games, the ISU Council, conscious of the 2014 Olympic Winter Games Qualifying System already approved by the IOC Executive Board and therefore prevailing over the ISU Regulations, decided that based on the powers granted to the ISU Council as per the ISU Constitution, Article 17.1.q)ii), Rule 400, A/B, the two paragraphs 5 as stated in the 2010 Special Regulations Single & Pair Skating/Ice Dance remain in force. The amendment decided by the 2012 ISU Congress becomes effective for the 2018 Olympic Winter Games only.

11. ISU Council meetings
The ISU Council agreed to meet again on June 7- 9, 2013 in Vienna/Austria and on October 11 – 13, 2013 in Paris/France.

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ISU WORLD TEAM TROPHY 2013
2012年10月20日


Date: 11-14.4.2013

Venue: Yoyogi National Gymnasium (2-1-1 Jinnan, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo)

Categories: Men, Ladies, Pairs, Ice Dance

Participants: Japan and other 5 countries (Men - 2 persons per country, Ladies - the same as men, 6 pairs, 6 dance couples)

Time schedule:
11.4.2013
- 14:35 Opening ceremony
- 15:15 Ice Dance SD
- 16:35 Men SP
- 18:40 Ladies SP
12.4.2013
- 16:00 Pairs SP
- 17:25 Ice Dance FD
- 19:00 Men FS
13.4.2013
- 15:15 Pairs FS
- 16:50 Ladies FS
- 18:35 Victory ceremony
14.4.2013
- 14:00 EX

Ticket:
11-12.4.2013
- On-ice SS 17000 JPY
- On-ice S 14000 JPY
- S 14000 JPY
- A 11000 JPY
- B 6500 JPY
- C 3500 JPY
13-14.4.2013
- On-ice SS 18000 JPY
- On-ice S 15000 JPY
- S 15000 JPY
- A 12000 JPY
- B 7000 JPY
- C 4000 JPY
* The tickets will be sold from 19.1.2013

Box office: Kyodo Tokyo

Tel (English): 03-5405-8686 *9:00-18:00

Website: http://www.tv-asahi.co.jp/figure/wtt/


http://skatingjapan.or.jp/whatsnew/detail.php?id=1975

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ISU Communications 1777: (PDF)
http://isu.sportcentric.net/db//files/serve.php?id=4071

ISU Development Trophy

As announced in ISU Communications No. 1722 and No. 1767, the International Skating Union has initiated a new international competition, the “ISU World Development Trophy”. This initiative that is in line with the Mission Statement and Objectives of the ISU Development Program (as specified in ISU Communication No. 1531) has the objective of providing an incentive to ISU Members currently being inactive or having only a limited level of activity in one or several ISU sport disciplines.

In order to assess the level of activity of the ISU Members, the ISU Development Coordinator has conducted a global investigation using as criteria the Members participation at ISU Championships during the past two seasons (2010/11 and 2011/12) with a focus on Figure Skating (Ladies, Men), Ice Dance and Short Track Speed Skating.
Based on the analysis and conclusions of the above-mentioned investigation, by taking into account the indicated interest for participation in the ISU World Team Trophy by the potential participating Members, the Council agreed to launch the ISU Development Trophy competitions during the ongoing season 2012/13 at the locations and dates and with the participation of the Members for each competition as listed in the Annex attached.

Based on the experience gained, the Council will evaluate this initiative and decide upon future editions, possibly including also the other ISU sports disciplines (Speed Skating, Pair Skating, Synchronized Skating) and additional and/or different participation of Members.

Figure Skating (Single Skating)
March 26-30, 2013 Cieszyn, Poland

1. Federacio Andorrana d’Esports de Gel
2. Armenia Skating Federation
3. The Skating Federation of Azerbaijan Republic
4. Skating Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina
5. Cyprus Skating Federation
6. Hellenic Ice Sports Federation
7. Ice Skating Association of Ireland
8. Icelandic Skating Association
9. The Latvian Skating Association
10. Union Luxembourgeoise de Patinage
11. Skating Association of Montenegro
12. Association of Moroccan Ice Sports
13. Fédération Monegasque de Patinage
14. Norges Skøyteforbund
15. Serbian Skating Association
16. Slovene Skating Union


Figure Skating (Single Skating – Ice Dance)
April 16-20, 2013 Manila, Philippines

1. Federacion Argentina de Patinaje Sobre Hielo
2. Brazilian Ice Sports Federation
3. Chinese Taipei Skating Union (only in Ice Dance)
4. Skating Association of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea
5. Hong Kong Skating Union Ltd (only in Ice Dance)
6. Grenada Figure Skating Association
7. Ice Skating Association of India
8. Ice Skating Association of Malaysia
9. Federacion Mexicana de Patinaje Sobre Hielo y Deportes de
Invierno, A. C. (only in Single Skating)
10. Skating Union of Mongolia
11. New Zealand Ice Figure Skating Association Inc. (Figure) (only in Single Skating)
12. Korea Skating Union (only in Ice Dance)
13. Philippine Skating Union
14. Puerto Rican Figure Skating Federation
15. Singapore Ice Skating Association
16. South African Figure Skating Association
17. Figure and Speed Skating Association of Thailand
18. Winter Sports Association of Uzbekistan

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Minimum Total TES for 2014 Olympics (singles/pairs/dance) will be decided by the ISU at the beginning of the 2013-14 season

http://www2.isu.org/vsite/vnavsite/page ... ml?id=1264

2014 Olympic Winter Games (OWG) - Sochi - Qualification Systems & Rules for the Figure Skating Team Event
18 February 2013

The basic Qualification Systems for the Sochi 2014 Olympic Winter Games had been posted on the ISU website early 2012. At the same time, the IOC had informed the NOCs accordingly.

In the meantime, the Qualification System for Figure Skating and the Rules for the Figure Skating Team Event have been reviewed and updated by the ISU Council in consultation with the IOC (Rule 400, paragraph C) also taking into account the latest Rule changes adopted during the 2012 ISU Congress.

Attached please find the relevant templates.
The IOC has posted the same documents on the NOCnet.

Qualification Systems Figure Skating: (PDF)
http://isu.sportcentric.net/db//files/serve.php?id=4263

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http://www.icenetwork.com/news/article. ... y=ice_news

ISU's Dore talks Olympic team figure skating event
Terms ISU minimum scores a success; blasts 'injury timeout' rule

(03/16/2013) - With ISU President Ottavio Cinquanta in Sochi, Russia, attending organizational meetings and site visits for the 2014 Olympic Winter Games, David Dore conducted the annual ISU press conference held at the World Figure Skating Championships.

The longtime Canadian figure skating official, and current ISU first vice president, covered a range of topics, but reporters leapt on his comments about the figure skating team event, set to debut in Sochi.

"It is a new venture," Dore said. "Will it be perfect? Probably not. ... It is an opportunity for our young skaters to earn an extra medal, and we have to jump at it."

According to Dore, the ISU considered holding the team event at the end of the Games, after figure skating had concluded. NBC, the U.S. television rights holder, wanted to stick with tradition and broadcast the ladies discipline as the final event.

"You're fighting television contracts, and ladies is the big thing," Dore said. "U.S. television is the biggest monetary contributor to the IOC."

The top 10 figure skating countries, as determined by a points system based on finishes here in London, Ontario, and on the fall Grand Prix Series, will qualify to participate in the Sochi team event.

ISU negotiations with the International Olympic Committee (IOC), which carefully manages the number of athletes participating in the Games, resulted in a compromise: 10 extra entries for skaters who did not qualify for their country's Olympic figure skating teams ("additional athletes' quota").

An ice dance team or pair counts as one entry. The 10 "extra" entries will be offered to the 10 countries participating. In order to compete in the team event, a country must field entries in three of the four disciplines.

"So, if the team that qualified third needs to fill in a fourth discipline, with someone not necessarily qualified to compete at the Olympic Games, it can," Dore said.

A minimum technical element score (TES), which is yet to be determined, will be set for Olympic entrants, but these additional athletes will not need to post this score. A lower score will be set for them.

This provision will affect Japan and Italy, home to several of skating's biggest stars, including Mao Asada, Daisuke Takahashi and Carolina Kostner. Japan did not enter a pair at the 2013 World Figure Skating Championships, and the two Italian men entered failed to qualify for the free skate. Both countries will likely enter competitors at the 2013 Nebelhorn Trophy in Oberstdorf, Germany, in September, the Olympic qualifier for open spots. If they do not succeed, this additional athlete quota will come into play.

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Another hot-button topic: the elimination of the preliminary round at the world championships, and setting of higher TES minimums for world championships entrants.

"The elimination of the preliminary round was done at the [2012] ISU Congress, by member nations," Dore said. "The ISU went to great lengths in 2010 to get the rounds [instituted]. Many compromises were made, one of which was that they would have to be renewed in 2012. ... Our intent to renew the preliminary rounds was defeated, and they went into cyberspace."

Setting the new minimum standard, which has resulted in 14 fewer countries entering skaters here, had the desired effect: smaller fields.

"Having 65 or 68 ladies compete in a short program doesn't work," Dore said. "It's something like 10 hours of skating, and it doesn't work for the young people, and especially not for the officials. I cannot imagine it would be popular with spectators. So, we made the decision [to up the TES] so we would be looking at between 30 and 40 skaters."

In the end, Dore judges the ISU minimum scores a success.

"We're happy; yes, we hit the mark," he said. "We did the responsible thing, and we have not heard any comment."

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Finally, Dore addressed the ramifications of ISU Rule 551, which permits skaters to pause their programs for up to three minutes with no specified deduction. It reads, in part:

"If a competitor gets injured during the performance or another adverse condition related to him or his equipment (such as health problems or unexpected damage to his clothing or equipment) impedes his/their skating, the competitor must stop skating. If he does not stop, he will be ordered to do so by an acoustic signal of the Referee. ... the referee will allow an up to three minutes period for the competitor to resume skating from the point of interruption."

At the 2013 World Junior Figure Skating Championships in Milan last month, three teams -- French ice dancers Gabriella Papadakis and Guillaume Cizeron, winners of the silver medal; Chinese ice dancers Zhang YiYi and Wu Nan; and Italian pair Giulia Foresti and Leo Luca Sforza -- halted and then re-started their programs. In the case of the ice dancers, it was due to injury. Sforza had an open boot lace.

Papadakis injured her ankle during an off-ice warm-up, not while performing the free dance. When the team halted its program, though, referee Rossella Ceccattini encouraged them to take the three-minute break and then resume skating -- even though the injury was sustained earlier that day.

Asked whether Rule 551 was working well, Dore replied, "No, no, no. We just don't have the right rule in place. The skaters have done nothing wrong. It's created considerable discussion in the ISU. Something will come out of this shortly."

While the ISU constitution dictates that a rule change must wait for the 2014 ISU Congress, held the summer after the Sochi Games, Dore said steps would be taken before that.

"We can make some modifications. The referee, in my opinion, can move faster to clean up the situation. My problem with it is everybody is looking at one another, saying, 'Who is doing this?' That will be clarified."

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ISU Communications 1790: (PDF)

Single & Pair Skating - Scale of Values, Levels of Difficulty,Guidelines for marking+GOE of singles .

http://www.isu.sportcentric.net/db//files/serve.php?id=4455

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http://rsport.ru/figure_skating/20130516/662415033.html

ФФККР утвердила составы сборных России на олимпийский сезон

МОСКВА, 16 мая - Р-Спорт, Артем Кузнецов. Исполком Федерации фигурного катания на коньках России (ФФККР) ратифицировал составы сборных команд, в том числе основной состав, представители которого имеют наибольшие шансы выступить на Олимпийских играх в Сочи, сообщил агентству "Р-Спорт" генеральный директор ФФККР Валентин Писеев.
Заседание исполкома прошло в четверг. На нем были утверждены основной, резервный и юниорский составы. "Все фамилии хорошо знакомы. Незнакомых у нас, в принципе, нет", - отметил Писеев в телефонном разговоре.

Основной состав сборной России: The main part of the Russian team:
пары: Татьяна Волосожар/Максим Траньков, Вера Базарова/Юрий Ларионов, Юко Кавагути/Александр Смирнов, Ксения Столбова/Федор Климов, Лина Федорова/Максим Мирошкин, Юлия Антипова/Нодари Маисурадзе;
танцы на льду: Екатерина Боброва/Дмитрий Соловьев, Елена Ильиных/Никита Кацалапов, Ксения Монько/Кирилл Халявин, Екатерина Рязанова/Илья Ткаченко, Виктория Синицына/Руслан Жиганшин;
одиночники: Евгений Плющенко, Максим Ковтун, Константин Меньшов, Сергей Воронов, Артур Гачинский;
одиночницы: Аделина Сотникова, Елизавета Туктамышева, Алена Леонова, Николь Госвияни, Юлия Липницкая.