Full entries for 2017 Worlds

Worlds entries are now online! (For those who may be wondering, entries are the numbered names, the rest are substitutes. Names are listed in alphabetical order by country.)

2017 ISU Championships: List of announced entrants

Rockerskating’s list of skaters for the 2017 ISU Championships (and other select competitions)

Changes to Regulations and Technical Rules for Singles and Pairs Skating Accepted at the 56th ISU Congress

Detailed communication on some important changes for singles and pairs skating (all starting 2016-17, presumably). Changes from the previous rules are underlined in the text. The document does not mention the changes discussed at the ISU Congress that will take effect in the 2018-19 season. (More info on that here.) Summary of important points:

• First skater to go in a warmup group will no longer have 1 minute to start and will have 30 seconds like everyone else.

• Increased deductions for multiple falls in senior singles skating: -1 for the first and second fall, -2 for the third and fourth falls, -3 for any further falls.

• Judges’ scores no longer anonymous on protocols.

• Short program length in senior and junior pairs and singles is 2 minutes and 40 seconds, +/- 10 seconds.

• Program components renamed to Skating Skills, Transitions, Performance, Composition, and Interpretation of the Music /Timing (for ice dance). Some changes to their definitions as well; see the document for more info.

• At ISU Events and the Olympics/Youth Olympics, skaters in the last two groups of the FS will draw their skating order in two subgroups within each group. The higher-placing skaters in the SP will draw in the later subgroups. (Ie. The top skaters after the SP are guaranteed to skate at the end of the FS in some order.)

• Spin combinations in singles and pairs must have 3 basic positions to get full value. Combination spins with 2 positions will be marked with a “V” and receive lower BV.

• Layback spin now optional in the junior and senior ladies’ SP; seniors can do a camel or sit spin without change of foot instead, and juniors can do a sit spin without change of foot.

• If the solo jump in a singles SP is repeated in the combo, only the invalid jump will have no value, instead of the entire combination. If an invalid jump occurs in a combination in the FS, only the invalid jump will have no value, instead of the entire combination.

See also: 2016-17 Scale of Values and Level/GOE Guidelines

56th ISU Congress - June 5-10, 2016

Things are pretty slow right now (hence the lack of updates on this blog), but the 2016 ISU Congress is currently taking place in Croatia. The ISU will elect a new president for the first time in 22 years. There are also some weird interesting proposals this year. If you’re curious/bored enough to browse through a hundred pages of proposals, here they are:

Agenda of the 56th Ordinary Congress
Urgent Proposals

General proposals start on page 9 of the agenda. Figure skating proposals start on page 98. Jeroen A. Prins, an ISU referee and judge, has been tweeting some updates from the Congress, as well as the ISU figure skating twitter.

(Note: The 2016-17 Grand Prix assignments will not be determined at the ISU Congress; the GP meeting will take place on June 29-30 in New York City.)

A few proposals that caught my eye:

• #49 (pg. 24), etc. Establish an Athletes Commission, composed of five skaters elected by their peers, to represent skaters’ interests and opinions to the ISU and promote the popularity of skating. [Passed, effective 2016-17]

• #86-90 (pg. 50-51) Changes to eligibility rules for skaters competing for countries of which they are not a citizen; skaters would no longer have to acquire a release from their previous federation, and will only have to sit out from international competitions for a certain length of time. [Rejected]

• #239-240 (pg. 98) The first skater to go after the warmup group will have 30 seconds (like all subsequent skaters) to get into their starting position, instead of 1 minute. [Passed, effective 2016-17]

• #243 (pg. 99) One throw jump, SBS jump, and lift or twist in the second half of a pairs’ free skate will receive a 10% bonus. If there is more than one of any of those elements in the second half, only the element with the highest base value will receive the bonus. [Rejected]

• #245 (pg. 99) Increased deductions for falls in senior singles skating: -1 for first and second fall, -2 for third and fourth fall, -3 for any further falls. [Passed, effective 2016-17]

• #247 (pg. 99) Abolish anonymous judging. [Passed, effective 2016-17]

• #276 (pg. 107) Shorten program lengths starting from the 2018-2019 season. All short programs to be 2 minutes and 40 seconds. All senior free programs to be 4 minutes, all junior free programs to be 3.5 minutes. [Passed with amendments, effective 2018-19]

• #278 (pg. 108) Starting in 2018-2019, increase GOE range from ± 1-3 to ± 1-5. [Passed with amendments, effective 2018-19]

• #280 (pg. 108) A few changes to PCS definitions. [Passed with amendments, effective 2016-17]

• #281 (pg. 109) Changes to the free skate draw at ISU Championships and the Olympics to ensure that the top 2 or 3 skaters/teams after the SP skate at the end of the last group in the FS. [Passed with amendments, effective 2016-17]

• #282 (pg. 109) Starting from 2018-2019, reduce SP/SD warmups to 4 minutes and FS/FD warmups to 5 minutes. [Rejected]

• #285 (pg. 112) & #298 (pg. 115) All combination spins in singles and pairs should have 3 basic positions. Combination spins with fewer positions will be marked with a “V” and have lower base value. [Passed with amendments, effective 2016-17]

• #287 (pg. 112) Layback spin optional in ladies’ short programs, skater can substitute with a spin in one basic position without change of foot. [Passed, effective 2016-17]

• #289 (pg. 113) Singles short programs: If the solo jump is repeated in a jump combination, only the repeated jump will be invalid, not the entire combination. (Eg. If a skater does 3T, 3A and 3Lz3T, the 3T in the combo will be invalid but the 3Lz will still count.) [Passed, effective 2016-17]

• #292 (pg. 114) If program lengths are shortened, as proposed in #276: Starting in 2018-2019, reduce the number of both junior and senior men’s jumping passes in the free skate from 8 to 7. [Passed, effective 2018-19]

• #293 (pg. 114) Singles free programs: If an invalid jump occurs in a jump combination, only the invalid jump will have no value, not the entire combination. (Eg. If a skater does a 2T and later does 3Lz2T2T, the last 2T in the combo will be invalid, but the other two jumps in the combo will still count.) [Passed, effective 2016-17]

• #306 (pg. 118) If program lengths are shortened, as proposed in #276: Starting in 2018-2019, there will be no more choreographic sequence in the pairs free skate. Choreo elements will be marked under Transitions. [Passed, effective 2018-19]

• #311 (pg.120) Duration of the Short Lift in the SD increased from 6 to 7 seconds. [Passed, effective 2016-17]

What do you guys think about some of these proposals?

Full 2016-17 International Competition Schedule

Dates and locations are subject to change.

Final Entries for Team Challenge Cup

Team Europe:

• Ladies: Evgenia Medvedeva*, Roberta Rodeghiero, Elena Radionova

• Men: Sergei Voronov, Michal Brezina, Maxim Kovtun

• Pairs: Ksenia Stolbova/Fedor Klimov, Nicole Della Monica/Matteo Guarise

• Dance: Gabriella Papadakis/Guillaume Cizeron, Anna Cappellini/Luca Lanotte

*Medvedeva replaced Tuktamysheva, who withdrew due to injury.

Team North America:

• Ladies: Gracie Gold, Gabrielle Daleman, Ashley Wagner

• Men: Jason Brown, Nam Nguyen, Adam Rippon

• Pairs: Meagan Duhamel/Eric Radford, Alexa Scimeca/Chris Knierim

• Dance: Kaitlyn Weaver/Andrew Poje, Madison Chock/Evan Bates

Team Asia:

• Ladies: Satoko Miyahara, Elizabet Tursynbaeva, Rika Hongo

• Men: Denis Ten, Shoma Uno, Boyang Jin

• Pairs: Xuehan Wang/Lei Wang*, Sumire Suto/Francis Boudreau-Audet

• Dance: Rebeka Kim/Kirill Minov, Shiyue Wang/Xinyu Liu

*Wang/Wang replaced Sui/Han, who withdrew.

For more information, see the TCC website.

2016 Team Challenge Cup Entries

The inaugural Team Challenge Cup will take place in Spokane, WA, USA from April 22-24. All of the teams have now been announced, and voting for the third singles skater in each team is now open.

More information: Website, ISU announcement

TEAM NORTH AMERICA

• Captain: Kristi Yamaguchi

• Men: Jason Brown (USA), Nam Nguyen (CAN), TBD (Choices: Max Aaron, Adam Rippon, Liam Firus)

• Ladies: Gracie Gold (USA), Gabrielle Daleman (CAN), TBD (Choices: Ashley Wagner, Polina Edmunds, Alaine Chartrand)

• Pairs: Meagan Duhamel/Eric Radford (CAN), Alexa Scimeca/Chris Knierim (USA)

• Dance: Kaitlyn Weaver/Andrew Poje (CAN), Madison Chock/Evan Bates (USA)

TEAM EUROPE

• Captain: Christopher Dean

• Men: Sergei Voronov (RUS), Michal Brezina (CZE), TBD (Choices: Mikhail Kolyada, Maxim Kovtun, Alexei Bychenko)

• Ladies: Elizaveta Tuktamysheva (RUS), Roberta Rodeghiero (ITA), TBD (Choices: Angelina Kuchvalska, Elena Radionova, Evgenia Medvedeva)

• Pairs: Ksenia Stolbova/Fedor Klimov (RUS), Nicole Della Monica/Matteo Guarise (ITA)

• Dance: Anna Cappellini/Luca Lanotte (ITA), Gabriella Papadakis/Guillaume Cizeron (FRA)

TEAM ASIA

• Captain: Shizuka Arakawa

• Men: Denis Ten (KAZ), Shoma Uno (JPN), TBD (Choices: Han Yan, Misha Ge, Boyang Jin)

• Ladies: Satoko Miyahara (JPN), Elizabet Tursynbaeva (KAZ), TBD (Choices: Rika Hongo, Zijun Li, So Youn Park)

• Pairs: Wenjing Sui/Cong Han (CHN), Sumire Suto/Francis Boudreau-Audet (JPN)

• Dance: Rebeka Kim/Kirill Minov (KOR), Shiyue Wang/Xinyu Liu (CHN)

2016 Worlds Entries

The World Championships will take place in Boston, MA, USA from March 28th to April 3rd.

2016 Junior Worlds Entries

The 2016 Jr. World Championships will take place March 14-20 in Debrecen, Hungary. Website

Entries for 2016 Four Continents

Four Continents will take place Feb. 16-21 in Taipei City. Website