Fedor Klimov is now on the staff of FS Technical Committee (many approve, as there are very few pairs specialists).
Спортсмен завершил карьеру в 2018 году
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Спортсмен завершил карьеру в 2018 году
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Российский экс-фигурист, олимпийский чемпион в командных соревнованиях 2014 года Федор Климов стал одним из членов технического комитета Международного союза конькобежцев.
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Fedor Klimov is now listed on the ISU web site as a member of the Technical Committee for Single & Pairs Skating:
https://www.isu.org/inside-isu/about/meet-the-team/isu-office-holders/single-and-pair-skating.
What is interesting is that the ISU has changed the qualifications for this position--i.e., the athlete representative member on the ISU Technical Committees. I was not aware of this until now.
1.
In 2016, the elected members of the ISU Athletes Commission--who are elected by current skaters--were given voting seats on the Technical Committees, as outlined in
ISU Communication 2043:
Provided that the Athletes Commission members are not actively competing, the elected Skaters will also be full members of the respective Technical Committee with a right to vote (See Article 20 of the 2016 ISU Constitution).
So, that was the first time ever that athletes had a role in electing representatives to the influential Technical Committees. In 2016, John Coughlin of USA and Alper Ucar of Turkey were elected Athlete Commission members and assumed voting seats on the Technical Committees, as confirmed in this
ISU statement. ETA: Apparently since Ucar was still competing, he could
not assume his seat on the Committee and was replaced by Natalie Pechalat and later someone else.
2.
Now in 2019, the ISU Athletes Commission still continues, but these elected athlete representatives no longer receive voting seats on the ISU Technical Committees. Instead, the
2018 ISU Constitution now calls for the Technical Committee athlete representatives to be
appointed by the ISU Council (Article 20).
The ISU Council, in consultation with the respective Technical Committee and the respective Sports Director(s) shall appoint a Skater to each Technical Committee. An appointed Skater must have been a Competitor in at least one ISU Event in the 8 seasons (i.e. August 1 - April 30) preceding the election Congress.
As of now, the
elected ISU Athletes Commission members are Eric Radford of CAN for singles/pairs and Yuri Helitski (BUL) for ice dance, but neither sit on the Committees. Instead, Alper Ucar of Turkey remains the ice dance athlete representative on the Ice Dance Technical Committee, and Fedor Klimov is now the appointed single/pairs athlete representative on that committee.
I didn't notice this change when the 2018 Constitution came out, and I am curious as to how it came about, and why. In 2016, it seemed like a good thing for current athletes to finally have a say in who would be representing their interests on the committees. I am not sure why the ISU would have changed this rule. Would be interested if anyone has further knowledge/insight.