Here we go
126 pages.
Congress will take place in Las Vegas from 8 to 14th June.
USFSA is proposing a technical commentate exclusively for Pairs. ISU Council is against the proposal.
ISU Council is proposing the following age limits for Junior
Pairs: 21 for women, 23 for men. Max 7 years age gap
Ice Dance: 21 for both partners. max 7 years age gap
USFSA wants 16 years old as minimum age for Senior Pairs for next season. ISU Council is against.
Skate Canada proposes a release procedure in which previous ISU member can't deny release if "proper document" are provided. ISU Council is against.
Skate Canada on music rotations during the practices: Rotation of Music for Official Practices when not in start order: In seasons that begin with an odd year (e.g. 2023-2024) music rotation will be alphabetical by country from A to Z. In seasons that begin with an even year (e.g. 2024-2025) music rotation will be alphabetical by country from M to L
Japan Fed don't want events finishing after 10 pm
Germany wants a -1 deduction for adjsting the original tempo of a piece of music to meet the tempo requirements or to facilitate the execution of requirements (e.g. keypoints, difficult steps and turns)
Netherlands want to reduce by 50% the base values of elements in which there is a fall.
USFSA don't want the use of the stopwatch to determine the penalties for long lifts. Instead the the clock on the screen must be used to confirm the time of the dance lift prior to a deduction being taken.
Skate Canada wants advanced novice competitions being used for service requirements of pairs technical controllers and specialists.
ISU Technical committees proposed lowering the minimum age of international judges to 21.
In-person seminars for re-certification of judges to be valid for 4 years. Prosed by the Technical Committees.
ISU council proposes to eliminate the participation to victory ceremonies from the duties of referees and technical controllers. In the Covid years, they were not present and nobody missed them.
Japan proposes tablets being available in technical panel stands because...they may need to check the rule book.
ISU Council wants Free Skating/Dance to be in reverse order of the first segment because the media loves it
Back to a pool to 9 judges for 4 Continents rather than 10. Proposed by the Tech Committees to save money.
Backflips to be made legal because...they are spectacular. Proposed by Singles & Pair Skating Technical Committee.
Euler to become a not-listed jump. And cannot be included in the jump combination of the Short Program. In the FS
after the execution of an Euler (half- loop) no change of foot is allowed.
Pairs FS: lifts down from 3 to 2. One choreographic lift added. Choreographic pair spin added. Pair spin combination and
choreographic sequence gone. Jump combinations/sequences must have 2 jumps, not 3.
126 pages.
Congress will take place in Las Vegas from 8 to 14th June.
USFSA is proposing a technical commentate exclusively for Pairs. ISU Council is against the proposal.
ISU Council is proposing the following age limits for Junior
Pairs: 21 for women, 23 for men. Max 7 years age gap
Ice Dance: 21 for both partners. max 7 years age gap
USFSA wants 16 years old as minimum age for Senior Pairs for next season. ISU Council is against.
Skate Canada proposes a release procedure in which previous ISU member can't deny release if "proper document" are provided. ISU Council is against.
Skate Canada on music rotations during the practices: Rotation of Music for Official Practices when not in start order: In seasons that begin with an odd year (e.g. 2023-2024) music rotation will be alphabetical by country from A to Z. In seasons that begin with an even year (e.g. 2024-2025) music rotation will be alphabetical by country from M to L
Japan Fed don't want events finishing after 10 pm
Germany wants a -1 deduction for adjsting the original tempo of a piece of music to meet the tempo requirements or to facilitate the execution of requirements (e.g. keypoints, difficult steps and turns)
Netherlands want to reduce by 50% the base values of elements in which there is a fall.
USFSA don't want the use of the stopwatch to determine the penalties for long lifts. Instead the the clock on the screen must be used to confirm the time of the dance lift prior to a deduction being taken.
Skate Canada wants advanced novice competitions being used for service requirements of pairs technical controllers and specialists.
ISU Technical committees proposed lowering the minimum age of international judges to 21.
In-person seminars for re-certification of judges to be valid for 4 years. Prosed by the Technical Committees.
ISU council proposes to eliminate the participation to victory ceremonies from the duties of referees and technical controllers. In the Covid years, they were not present and nobody missed them.
Japan proposes tablets being available in technical panel stands because...they may need to check the rule book.
ISU Council wants Free Skating/Dance to be in reverse order of the first segment because the media loves it
Back to a pool to 9 judges for 4 Continents rather than 10. Proposed by the Tech Committees to save money.
Backflips to be made legal because...they are spectacular. Proposed by Singles & Pair Skating Technical Committee.
Euler to become a not-listed jump. And cannot be included in the jump combination of the Short Program. In the FS
after the execution of an Euler (half- loop) no change of foot is allowed.
Pairs FS: lifts down from 3 to 2. One choreographic lift added. Choreographic pair spin added. Pair spin combination and
choreographic sequence gone. Jump combinations/sequences must have 2 jumps, not 3.
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