58th ISU Ordinary Congress 2020 Phuket/Thailand: the squaring of the circle ...

[cs.berlin]

In June 2020 the next ISU Congress will take place in Thailand, which could bring far-reaching and even unusual changes. The commission is already busy preparing the motions to the congress than there are:

• no lifting of the ban on quadruple jumps in the ladies' short program
• on the other hand, the raising of the age limit should be discussed, although it is not yet clear whether this limit should apply to both women and men
• in addition, a change in the programmes is to be discussed, for example the elimination of the short programme and freestyle
• instead, there will be an artistic and a technical programme
• in the technical programme, the elements should make up 60% and the components 50% - in the artistic programme the opposite is true
• there should be individual medals for each programme, plus a medal for overall performance

 

[Tinami Amori]

info...

Do you by chance have an official link to the ISU page with this info? these points have been listed on russian sites, but without any links, with comments "we heard".

 

[clairecloutier]

There is an article in the Russian press, which was linked to on Twitter:

Запрет на четверные не уберут, а зрелое катание простимулируют. Какие реформы ждут фигурное катание

Конгресс ISU летом 2020 года может обсудить идею разделения фигурного катания на техническое и артистическое.

www.sport-express.ru

 

[Tinami Amori]

There is an article in the Russian press, which was linked to on Twitter:

Запрет на четверные не уберут, а зрелое катание простимулируют. Какие реформы ждут фигурное катание

Конгресс ISU летом 2020 года может обсудить идею разделения фигурного катания на техническое и артистическое.

www.sport-express.ru

... that's what i was talking about in the previous post.... someone said it on a russian site, and then it was quoted, re-requoted and spread around to english-language sources.

 

[Vagabond]

• in the technical programme, the elements should make up 60% and the components 50%

Arithmetic has never been the ISU's forte.

 

[Marco]

Perhaps they should consider the gymnastics route where they have a separate competition for each major element type (i.e. one for spins, one for footwork, one for jumps, one for lifts etc). They will produce a lot more medals and a whole lot more specialists.

I really think they should consider bringing back the short program required jump requirement for the seniors.

 

[Colonel Green]

• in the technical programme, the elements should make up 60% and the components 50% - in the artistic programme the opposite is true

Honestly, if that's all the change is, it's really not that big a change.

 

[jiejie]

Sounds like the ISU brass just wanted a tropical beach holiday. Unfortunately, somebody neglected to tell them that June is monsoon season in Phuket. Maybe they'll get stuck indoors and actually accomplish something.

 

[Orm Irian]

Honestly, if that's all the change is, it's really not that big a change.

Though it does suggest the ISU is not very good at maths.