[2020.07.13] News Roundup
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1) The Japanese Skating Federation will not send skaters to the 2020 Junior Grand Prix Series or the first five Challenger Series events (Asian Trophy, Autumn Classic International, Nebelhorn Trophy, Finlandia Trophy, Budapest Trophy) due to the situation surrounding COVID-19. [source]
2) ISU releases Communication 2335 detailing decisions made at the Council’s July 6th meeting. [source]
The 2021 World Championships will have the same allotment of spots per country as the 2020 World Championships, which did not take place.
The remaining 5 events of the Junior Grand Prix Series will still take place for the moment. Skaters will not receive rankings for their placements. A decision on whether the JGPF will be held and how skaters would qualify without rankings is pending and will be discussed in a later meeting. There will be no pre-allocated entries to the JGP and national federations can choose which events to send their skaters to.
Competitions in the 2020 Challenger Series will no longer be held as a series, but as individual events. There will be no Challenger Series rankings or prize money for skaters who participate in these events. Skaters may still gain World Standing points if the events meet the criteria to qualify as Challenger events (minimum number of entries, etc.)
The next ISU Council meeting will take place on Aug. 3.
3) GP Cup of China is still scheduled to take place. The Chinese General Administration of Sport announced last week that China would no longer hold international sporting events through 2020 except for Olympic trial events. The ISU confirmed with the Chinese Olympic Committee that as Cup of China is related to the Grand Prix Final, the Olympic trial event, it is still scheduled to take place for the moment. [source]