57th Ordinary ISU Congress - Day 3 Summary
SYWTW FS
Figure Skating Branch Session:
The following were accepted: 204, 206, Urgent Proposal No. 12, 207, 210, 211, 213, 214, 215 (with amendments), 217, 218, 220, 221, 222, 223, 224, 225, 226, Urgent Proposal No. 13, 227, 228, Urgent Proposal No. 14, 229, 230, 231 (with amendments), 232, 236 (with amendments), 238, 240, 241, 242, 243 (with amendments), 244 (with amendments). Three Proposals were rejected (209, 216, 234) while 205 (with a resolution to task the Technical Committee to work on this Proposal), 208, 212, 219, 233, 235, 237, 239 were withdrawn.
Reference: Proposals, Urgent Matters
Summary of important figure skating decisions:
ACCEPTED:
Proposal 204: Create a calculation system for Team Results at international competitions based on a country’s results in each discipline. Team Results will be announced after each international competition.
Proposal 210: Amended - Skaters will be presented in the order of third, second, first at medal ceremonies.
Proposal 211: Modification of qualifying procedure for the Winter Olympics. Countries that earned 2 or 3 spots for the Olympics at Worlds will no longer automatically receive those spots. They will only receive 2 or 3 spots if 2 or 3 of their skaters, respectively, qualified for the free skate at Worlds. For countries that earned 2 or 3 spots but did not have enough skaters qualify for the FS at Worlds, they may send one skater to the Olympic Qualifying Event (Nebelhorn) to fight for Olympic spot(s). This skater cannot have qualified for the free skate at Worlds.
Proposal 236: Amended - Judges must turn off electronic communication devices (such as mobile phones, tablets or smart watches) while at the judges’ stand. Addition - An ISU Official cannot serve both as a team leader and as referee, judge, technical specialist, technical controller or Officials Assessment Commission member in ISU Championships or Olympic Games in the same season.
Proposal 243: “The Officials Assessment Commission members shall prepare a report for each competition including the identification of those anomalies and suspected national bias in the Judges scores.”
REJECTED:
Proposal 234: Amended - Add to duties of judges: “Evaluate each Program Component according to its individual criteria.” Unnecessary to mention, as judges are already supposed to do this.
WITHDRAWN:
Proposal 205: Establish separate World Standing lists for junior and senior skaters. Withdrawn, but the Technical Committee will work on the proposal for possible future inclusion.
Proposal 208: Fixed number of entries at the ISU World Championships (42 singles, 28 pairs, 35 ice dance), effective 2020-21. Withdrawn because it is too far from the implementation date, but the proposal may return in the future.
Proposal 233: “Officials must not bring any other documents to the Judges’ or Technical Panel’s stand except those specified in an ISU Communication.”
Proposal 237: “An official must not post specific comments about the results of ISU events or post pictures/videos of competitive athletes on social media.” Impractical to enforce, withdrawn for further clarification.