2025 ISU World Figure Skating Championships in Boston

[Lanie]

she's got a year to get in shape we'll have her trained

She and Mini can go hardcore on their watching 10 hours of skating a day training, when should we start?

They can even be a pair team

 

[Rukia]

As a follow up I got a quick reply and apparently there had been a typo in my email they sent my seat assignments to, but everything is squared away now.

also i got my assignments on this most holy of skating days (aka christina carreira's birthday ) i'm already manifesting for next season

 

[Karen-W]

As a follow up I got a quick reply and apparently there had been a typo in my email they sent my seat assignments to, but everything is squared away now.

also i got my assignments on this most holy of skating days (aka christina carreira's birthday ) i'm already manifesting for next season

signs one has crossed the rubicon into uber-uber fandom...

 

[jamesy]

"Keeper of Christina Carreira's blown-out birthday candles"

 

[Sylvia]

Online application form to volunteer is available now: https://isuworlds2025.com/volunteer/

 

[Poptarts]

As a follow up I got a quick reply and apparently there had been a typo in my email they sent my seat assignments to, but everything is squared away now.

also i got my assignments on this most holy of skating days (aka christina carreira's birthday ) i'm already manifesting for next season did tjey

As a follow up I got a quick reply and apparently there had been a typo in my email they sent my seat assignments to, but everything is squared away now.

also i got my assignments on this most holy of skating days (aka christina carreira's birthday ) i'm already manifesting for next season

Is [email protected] the email you used? I want to anxiously email them and make sure I send it to the right one.

 

[Rukia]

Is [email protected] the email you used? I want to anxiously email them and make sure I send it to the right one.

I used the one on the ticketing page ([email protected])

 

[alizadavida]

Online application form to volunteer is available now: https://isuworlds2025.com/volunteer/

Filled that out!

 

[ice coverage]

Just noticed that Canopy by Hilton Boston Downtown has been added as an official event hotel.

Canopy by Hilton Boston Downtown – ISU World Figure Skating Championships® 2025

isuworlds2025.com

 

[Karen-W]

Sooooooooo - the Qualifying Rounds just got tossed out at the ISU Congress and we're back to the old system of qualifying for Worlds and the Worlds schedule which means Worlds will start on Tuesday instead of Monday.

 

[Sylvia]

Worlds official practices usually take place on Monday and Tuesday - Wednesday is the first scheduled day of competition in Boston without qualifying rounds now: https://isuworlds2025.com/competition-schedule/

 

[Aceon6]

Sooooooooo - the Qualifying Rounds just got tossed out at the ISU Congress and we're back to the old system of qualifying for Worlds and the Worlds schedule which means Worlds will start on Tuesday instead of Monday.

Boo! Snarking on the ladies QR costumes is one of my guilty pleasures.

 

[Evgeniafan]

Boo! Snarking on the ladies QR costumes is one of my guilty pleasures.

I was planning on going to the qualifying rounds, it was supposed to be Sunday/Monday.

 

[AngieNikodinovLove (ANL)]

Sooooooooo - the Qualifying Rounds just got tossed out at the ISU Congress and we're back to the old system of qualifying for Worlds and the Worlds schedule which means Worlds will start on Tuesday instead of Monday.

So that means no having to do the free program twice? Good.

Now bring back the classic layback spin, spiral sequence and ban music with lyrics, #NotSorryOnTheLastOne

 

[Frau Muller]

… ban music with lyrics, #NotSorryOnTheLastOne

…especially if sung by Billie Eilish!!!!!!!

https://celebmafia.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/billie-eilish-photoshoot-for-the-new-york-times-march-2020-3.jpg

 

[YukiNieve]

Worlds official practices usually take place on Monday and Tuesday - Wednesday is the first scheduled day of competition in Boston without qualifying rounds now: https://isuworlds2025.com/competition-schedule/

Without QRs, will all official practices on Monday and Tuesday be held at TD Garden?

Since the public cannot watch the practices in the practice rink, this can be an factor considering when to get there as a spectator.

 

[Debbie S]

Without QRs, will all official practices on Monday and Tuesday be held at TD Garden?

Since the public cannot watch the practices in the practice rink, this can be an factor considering when to get there as a spectator.

I'm assuming the schedule will be very similar to this year's, with practices at both rinks Monday and Tuesday and then only at the practice rink starting Wed (with Saturday warmups possibly at the main arena).

ETA: OK, checked last year's sched and they did have a few practices (pairs on Wed and Thurs and women on Fri) early morning Wed-Fri at the main arena.

 

[peibeck]

Since the public cannot watch the practices in the practice rink, this can be an factor considering when to get there as a spectator.

All the practices can't happen at TD Garden. There are usually practices in the alternate rink happening while competition is going on.

On a different note, our All Event ticket was advertised to include these QR events. REFUND!!! (Yeah, like that'll happen.)

 

[Iceblink]

As someone who bought the all event ticket but didn't add on an exhibition ticket yet--offering an exhibition option to us at no charge would be awfully nice!
(Although I'm not mad at getting a little extra free time to sightsee in Boston.)

 

[Rukia]

Yeah I kind of agree there should at least be like a free bottle of water or something lol I mean technically we bought tickets thinking we were paying for a qr too but I'm guessing we'll get nothing

 

[Jarrett]

Yes I was looking forward to the qualifying round. Why exactly was it even voted on to remove it before it even happened again once?

 

[ice coverage]

Yes I was looking forward to the qualifying round. Why exactly was it even voted on to remove it before it even happened again once?

I think(?) the answer simply is that the federation from Austria had submitted Proposal 188 regarding Rule 378 (Entries ISU Championships Single & Pair Skating & Ice Dance) for inclusion on the agenda, so the Congress needed to vote on the proposal (as it would need to for any proposal on the agenda).
Proposal 188 called for removal of all language written for "ISU World Championships starting with the 2024/25 season" that established the structure/rules for the qualifying round.

ETA:​

My answer is a reply to what I perceived to be a procedural question from Jarrett???
I was addressing only the mechanics of why a vote was held on removing the qualifying round.​

(I too was looking forward to the qualifying round.)

 

[YukiNieve]

All the practices can't happen at TD Garden. There are usually practices in the alternate rink happening while competition is going on.

That's exactly what I meant. As Debbie mentioned, once the competitions started, there will be just a few practice sessions at TD Garden. So if I really want to watch the practices, I'd better go before the competitions begin.

 

[Karen-W]

Yes I was looking forward to the qualifying round. Why exactly was it even voted on to remove it before it even happened again once?

I think(?) the answer simply is that the federation from Austria had submitted Proposal 188 regarding Rule 378 (Entries ISU Championships Single & Pair Skating & Ice Dance) for inclusion in the agenda, so the Congress needed to vote on the proposal (as it would for any proposal on the agenda).
Proposal 188 called for removal of all language written for "ISU World Championships starting with the 2024/25 season" that established the structure/rules for the qualifying round.

(I too was looking forward to the qualifying round.)

Here is the timestamped link to the discussion this morning - https://www.youtube.com/live/xeLd2u-QPYg?si=NyuMyBQEieUjH8bg&t=5054

Austria made the proposal but it was, most significantly, supported by both the USFS (Boston 2025) and the Czech FS (Prague 2026) delegations and they provided very sound financial, logistical and practical implications of the QR proposal that hadn't been fully fleshed out in Phuket 2 years ago when the QR proposal was adopted.

 

[Jarrett]

Here is the timestamped link to the discussion this morning - https://www.youtube.com/live/xeLd2u-QPYg?si=NyuMyBQEieUjH8bg&t=5054

Austria made the proposal but it was, most significantly, supported by both the USFS (Boston 2025) and the Czech FS (Prague 2026) delegations and they provided very sound financial, logistical and practical implications of the QR proposal that hadn't been fully fleshed out in Phuket 2 years ago when the QR proposal was adopted.

What is the whole 2030 vision thing they keep talking about? Skating on the moon?

Answering my own question: https://www.isu.org/inside-isu/isu-communications/communications/31376-isu-vision-2030/file

 

[Karen-W]

What is the whole 2030 vision thing they keep talking about? Skating on the moon?

That's been discussed in the ISU Congress thread more in depth.

 

[Jarrett]

That's been discussed in the ISU Congress thread more in depth.

I like the idea of the gala being an important part of the events again. When was the last time a gala was on TV?

 

[Aceon6]

I like the idea of the gala being an important part of the events again. When was the last time a gala was on TV?

Hardly ever in the US ,due to music rights issues. The gala is classified as “entertainment” not a “sporting event” and the royalties for the former are substantially higher than the latter.

 

[Coco]

Ok...they should turn it into sporting event, pick captains, let them draft teammates, then let the audience and a few skating celebrities judge

 

[Jarrett]

Hardly ever due o music rights issues. The gala is classified as “entertainment” not a “sporting event”and the royalties for the former are substantially higher than the latter.

I remember when Michelle Kwan was skating I felt like every single gala she did was broadcast even grand prix events. Did this change after 2006?