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2022 Grand Prix Entries

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Entries: Men, Women, Pairs, Ice Dance

See also: ISU Grand Prix page, Grand Prix tag

Last Updated: Nov. 24, 2022


SKATE AMERICA (Norwood, MA, USA, Oct. 21-23)

Men:

  • Brendan Kerry (AUS)

  • Wesley Chiu (CAN)

  • Roman Sadovsky (CAN)

  • Mikhail Selevko (EST)

  • Daniel Grassl (ITA)

  • Kao Miura (JPN)

  • Yuma Kagiyama (JPN)

  • Sena Miyake (JPN)

  • Koshiro Shimada (JPN)

  • Junhwan Cha (KOR)

  • Donovan Carrillo (MEX)

  • Liam Kapeikis (USA)

  • Ilia Malinin (USA)

  • Eric Sjoberg (USA)

  • Dinh Tran (USA)

Women:

  • Yi Zhu (CHN)

  • Marilena Kitromilis (CYP)

  • Eliska Brezinova (CZE)

  • Nicole Schott (GER)

  • Rino Matsuike (JPN)

  • Kaori Sakamoto (JPN)

  • Haein Lee (KOR)

  • Yeonjeong Park (KOR)

  • Ahsun Yun (KOR)

  • Ekaterina Kurakova (POL)

  • Amber Glenn (USA)

  • Isabeau Levito (USA)

  • Gracie Gold (USA)

Pairs:

  • Anastasia Golubeva/Hektor Giotopoulos-Moore (AUS)

  • Kelly Ann Laurin/Loucas Ethier (CAN)

  • Deanna Stellato-Dudek/Maxime Deschamps (CAN)

  • Letizia Roscher/Luis Schuster (GER)

  • Anna Valesi/Manuel Piazza (ITA)

  • Daria Danilova/Michel Tsiba (NED)

  • Greta Crafoord/John Crafoord (SWE)

  • Sofiia Holichenko/Artem Darenskyi (UKR)

  • Alexa Knierim/Brandon Frazier (USA)

  • Anastasiia Smirnova/Danylo Siianytsia (USA)

  • Maria Mokhova/Ivan Mokhov (USA)

  • Valentina Plazas/Maximiliano Fernandez (USA)

Ice Dance:

  • Holly Harris/Jason Chan (AUS)

  • Marie-Jade Lauriault/Romain Le Gac (CAN)

  • Carolane Soucisse/Shane Firus (CAN)

  • Loicia Demougeot/Theo Le Mercier (FRA)

  • Jennifer Janse van Rensburg/Benjamin Steffan (GER)

  • Kana Muramoto/Daisuke Takahashi (JPN)

  • Allison Reed/Saulius Ambrulevicius (LTU)

  • Oleksandra Nazarova/Maksym Nikitin (UKR)

  • Mariia Holubtsova/Kyryl Bielobrov (UKR)

  • Madison Chock/Evan Bates (USA)

  • Kaitlin Hawayek/Jean Luc Baker (USA)

  • Lorraine McNamara/Anton Spiridonov (USA)


SKATE CANADA (Mississauga, ON, CAN, Oct. 28-30)

Men:

  • Stephen Gogolev (CAN)

  • Keegan Messing (CAN)

  • Conrad Orzel (CAN)

  • Boyang Jin (CHN)

  • Aleksandr Selevko (EST)

  • Matteo Rizzo (ITA)

  • Kao Miura (JPN)

  • Shoma Uno (JPN)

  • Deniss Vasiljevs (LAT)

  • Lukas Britschgi (SUI)

  • Jimmy Ma (USA)

  • Camden Pulkinen (USA)

Women:

  • Ekaterina Ryabova (AZE)

  • Nina Pinzarrone (BEL)

  • Gabrielle Daleman (CAN)

  • Madeline Schizas (CAN)

  • Alison Schumacher (CAN)

  • Eliska Brezinova (CZE)

  • Niina Petrokina (EST)

  • Wakaba Higuchi (JPN)

  • Rika Kihira (JPN)

  • Yuhana Yokoi (JPN)

  • Rinka Watanabe (JPN)

  • Eunsoo Lim (KOR)

  • Young You (KOR)

  • Lindsay van Zundert (NED)

  • Starr Andrews (USA)

  • Lindsay Thorngren (USA)

  • Kate Wang (USA)

  • Ava Marie Ziegler (USA)

Pairs:

  • Brooke McIntosh/Benjamin Mimar (CAN)

  • Kelly Ann Laurin/Loucas Ethier (CAN)

  • Evelyn Walsh/Trennt Michaud (CAN)

  • Jelizaveta Zukova/Martin Bidar (CZE)

  • Alisa Efimova/Ruben Blommaert (GER)

  • Sara Conti/Niccolo Macii (ITA)

  • Riku Miura/Ryuichi Kihara (JPN)

  • Emily Chan/Spencer Akira Howe (USA)

  • Katie McBeath/Nathan Bartholomay (USA)

  • Valentina Plazas/Maximiliano Fernandez (USA)

Ice Dance:

  • Holly Harris/Jason Chan (AUS)

  • Piper Gilles/Paul Poirier (CAN)

  • Marjorie Lajoie/Zachary Lagha (CAN)

  • Miku Makita/Tyler Gunara (CAN)

  • Marie-Jade Lauriault/Romain Le Gac (CAN)

  • Lilah Fear/Lewis Gibson (GBR)

  • Mariia Nosovitskaya/Mikhail Nosovitskiy (ISR)

  • Misato Komatsubara/Tim Koleto (JPN)

  • Emily Bratti/Ian Somerville (USA)

  • Molly Cesanek/Yehor Yehorov (USA)

  • Caroline Green/Michael Parsons (USA)


GRAND PRIX DE FRANCE (Angers, FRA, Nov. 4-6)

Men:

  • Wesley Chiu (CAN)

  • Georgii Reshtenko (CZE)

  • Mikhail Selevko (EST)

  • Kevin Aymoz (FRA)

  • Landry Le May (FRA)

  • Adam Siao Him Fa (FRA)

  • Luc Economides (FRA)

  • Nika Egadze (GEO)

  • Yuma Kagiyama (JPN)

  • Sena Miyake (JPN)

  • Kazuki Tomono (JPN)

  • Sota Yamamoto (JPN)

  • Mikhail Shaidorov (KAZ)

  • Sihyeong Lee (KOR)

  • Lukas Britschgi (SUI)

  • Ivan Shmuratko (UKR)

Women:

  • Olga Mikutina (AUT)

  • Loena Hendrickx (BEL)

  • Maia Mazzara (FRA)

  • Lea Serna (FRA)

  • Mae Berenice Meite (FRA)

  • Mana Kawabe (JPN)

  • Rino Matsuike (JPN)

  • Rion Sumiyoshi (JPN)

  • Yelim Kim (KOR)

  • Haein Lee (KOR)

  • Lindsay van Zundert (NED)

  • Audrey Shin (USA)

Pairs:

  • Deanna Stellato-Dudek/Maxime Deschamps (CAN)

  • Cheng Peng/Yang Jin (CHN)

  • Camille Kovalev/Pavel Kovalev (FRA)

  • Ocreane Piegad/Denys Strekalin (FRA)

  • Aurelie Faula/Theo Belle (FRA)

  • Karina Safina/Luka Berulava (GEO)

  • Annika Hocke/Robert Kunkel (GER)

  • Rebecca Ghilardi/Filippo Ambrosini (ITA)

  • Maria Mokhova/Ivan Mokhov (USA)

Ice Dance:

  • Laurence Fournier-Beaudry/Nikolaj Soerensen (CAN)

  • Molly Lanaghan/Dmitre Razgulajevs (CAN)

  • Juulia Turkkila/Matthias Versluis (FIN)

  • Loicia Demougeot/Theo Le Mercier (FRA)

  • Evgeniia Lopareva/Geoffrey Brissaud (FRA)

  • Marie Dupayage/Thomas Nabais (FRA)

  • Maria Kazakova/Georgy Reviya (GEO)

  • Charlene Guignard/Marco Fabbri (ITA)

  • Oleksandra Nazarova/Maksym Nikitin (UKR)

  • Eva Pate/Logan Bye (USA)

  • Katarina Wolfkostin/Jeffrey Chen (USA)


MK JOHN WILSON TROPHY (Sheffield, GBR, Nov. 11-13)

Men:

  • Vladimir Litvintsev (AZE)

  • Corey Circelli (CAN)

  • Roman Sadovsky (CAN)

  • Graham Newberry (GBR)

  • Edward Appleby (GBR)

  • Morisi Kvitelashvili (GEO)

  • Daniel Grassl (ITA)

  • Shun Sato (JPN)

  • Koshiro Shimada (JPN)

  • Tatsuya Tsuboi (JPN)

  • Deniss Vasiljevs (LAT)

  • Tomoki Hiwatashi (USA)

  • Jimmy Ma (USA)

Women:

  • Nina Pinzarrone (BEL)

  • Gabrielle Daleman (CAN)

  • Natasha McKay (GBR)

  • Anastasiia Gubanova (GEO)

  • Nicole Schott (GER)

  • Mai Mihara (JPN)

  • Young You (KOR)

  • Ekaterina Kurakova (POL)

  • Julia Sauter (ROU)

  • Alexia Paganini (SUI)

  • Gabriella Izzo (USA)

  • Isabeau Levito (USA)

  • Bradie Tennell (USA)

Pairs:

  • Lori-Ann Matte/Thierry Ferland (CAN)

  • Evelyn Walsh/Trennt Michaud (CAN)

  • Anastasia Vaipan-Law/Luke Digby (GBR)

  • Anastasiia Metelkina/Daniil Parkman (GEO)

  • Letizia Roscher/Luis Schuster (GER)

  • Irma Caldara/Riccardo Maglio (ITA)

  • Sara Conti/Niccolo Macii (ITA)

  • Alexa Knierim/Brandon Frazier (USA)

  • Katie McBeath/Nathan Bartholomay (USA)

Ice Dance:

  • Alicia Fabbri/Paul Ayer (CAN)

  • Marjorie Lajoie/Zachary Lagha (CAN)

  • Haley Sales/Nikolas Wamsteeker (CAN)

  • Natalie Taschlerova/Filip Taschler (CZE)

  • Lilah Fear/Lewis Gibson (GBR)

  • Maria Kazakova/Georgy Reviya (GEO)

  • Charlene Guignard/Marco Fabbri (ITA)

  • Mariia Holubtsova/Kyryl Bielobrov (UKR)

  • Oona Brown/Gage Brown (USA)

  • Christina Carreira/Anthony Ponomarenko (USA)


NHK TROPHY (Sapporo, JPN, Nov. 18-20)

Men:

  • Maurizio Zandron (AUT)

  • Stephen Gogolev (CAN)

  • Conrad Orzel (CAN)

  • Boyang Jin (CHN)

  • Adam Siao Him Fa (FRA)

  • Nika Egadze (GEO)

  • Gabriele Frangipani (ITA)

  • Matteo Rizzo (ITA)

  • Kazuki Tomono (JPN)

  • Shoma Uno (JPN)

  • Sota Yamamoto (JPN)

  • Junhwan Cha (KOR)

  • Tomoki Hiwatashi (USA)

Women:

  • Olga Mikutina (AUT)

  • Eva-Lotta Kiibus (EST)

  • Ekaterina Ryabova (AZE)

  • Niina Petrokina (EST)

  • Wakaba Higuchi (JPN)

  • Kaori Sakamoto (JPN)

  • Rion Sumiyoshi (JPN)

  • Rinka Watanabe (JPN)

  • Seoyeon Ji (KOR)

  • Yelim Kim (KOR)

  • Seoyeong Wi (KOR)

  • Starr Andrews (USA)

  • Amber Glenn (USA)

  • Audrey Shin (USA)

Pairs:

  • Maria Chernyshova/Harley Windsor (AUS)

  • Brooke McIntosh/Benjamin Mimar (CAN)

  • Jelizaveta Zukova/Martin Bidar (CZE)

  • Camille Kovalev/Pavel Kovalev (FRA)

  • Annika Hocke/Robert Kunkel (GER)

  • Irma Caldara/Riccardo Maglio (ITA)

  • Riku Miura/Ryuichi Kihara (JPN)

  • Daria Danilova/Michel Tsiba (NED)

  • Emily Chan/Spencer Akira Howe (USA)

Ice Dance:

  • Laurence Fournier-Beaudry/Nikolaj Soerensen (CAN)

  • Shiyue Wang/Xinyu Liu (CHN)

  • Yuka Orihara/Juho Pirinen (FIN)

  • Evgeniia Lopareva/Geoffrey Brissaud (FRA)

  • Kana Muramoto/Daisuke Takahashi (JPN)

  • Misato Komatsubara/Tim Koleto (JPN)

  • Allison Reed/Saulius Ambrulevicius (LTU)

  • Madison Chock/Evan Bates (USA)

  • Caroline Green/Michael Parsons (USA)

  • Katarina Wolfkostin/Jeffrey Chen (USA)


GRAND PRIX ESPOO (Espoo, FIN, Nov. 25-27)

Men:

  • Keegan Messing (CAN)

  • Arlet Levandi (EST)

  • Aleksandr Selevko (EST)

  • Valtter Virtanen (FIN)

  • Kevin Aymoz (FRA)

  • Morisi Kvitelashvili (GEO)

  • Lucas Tsuyoshi Honda (JPN)

  • Shun Sato (JPN)

  • Tatsuya Tsuboi (JPN)

  • Mikhail Shaidorov (KAZ)

  • Nikolaj Majorov (SWE)

  • Ilia Malinin (USA)

  • Camden Pulkinen (USA)

Women:

  • Loena Hendrickx (BEL)

  • Madeline Schizas (CAN)

  • Eva-Lotta Kiibus (EST)

  • Linnea Ceder (FIN)

  • Emmi Peltonen (FIN)

  • Janna Jyrkinen (FIN)

  • Jenni Saarinen (FIN)

  • Anastasiia Gubanova (GEO)

  • Mana Kawabe (JPN)

  • Rika Kihira (JPN)

  • Mai Mihara (JPN)

  • Bradie Tennell (USA)

  • Lindsay Thorngren (USA)

Pairs:

  • Anastasia Golubeva/Hektor Giotopoulos-Moore (AUS)

  • Lori-Ann Matte/Thierry Ferland (CAN)

  • Cheng Peng/Yang Jin (CHN)

  • Anastasiia Metelkina/Daniil Parkman (GEO)

  • Karina Safina/Luka Berulava (GEO)

  • Alisa Efimova/Ruben Blommaert (GER)

  • Rebecca Ghilardi/Filippo Ambrosini (ITA)

  • Anna Valesi/Manuel Piazza (ITA)

  • Daria Danilova/Michel Tsiba (NED)

  • Nika Osipova/Dmitry Epstein (NED)

  • Greta Crafoord/John Crafoord (SWE)

  • Sofiia Holichenko/Artem Darenskyi (UKR)

  • Anastasiia Smirnova/Danylo Siianytsia (USA)

Ice Dance:

  • Piper Gilles/Paul Poirier (CAN)

  • Carolane Soucisse/Shane Firus (CAN)

  • Shiyue Wang/Xinyu Liu (CHN)

  • Natalie Taschlerova/Filip Taschler (CZE)

  • Yuka Orihara/Juho Pirinen (FIN)

  • Juulia Turkkila/Matthias Versluis (FIN)

  • Natacha Lagouge/Arnaud Caffa (FRA)

  • Oona Brown/Gage Brown (USA)

  • Christina Carreira/Anthony Ponomarenko (USA)

  • Kaitlin Hawayek/Jean Luc Baker (USA)

ISU Communication 2488: Four Continents Moved, 2022-23 Technical Minimum Scores

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ISU Communication 2488

The 2023 Four Continents Championships (Feb. 7-12) has been moved from Sydney, Australia to Colorado Springs, USA.

Technical Minimum Scores, 2023 ISU Championships:

2023 World Championships:

  • Men: 34.00 SP, 64.00 FS

  • Women: 32.00 SP, 53.00 FS

  • Pairs: 29.00 SP, 46.00 FS

  • Ice Dance: 33.00 RD, 49.00 FD

2023 European & Four Continents Championships:

  • Men: 28.00 SP, 46.00 FS

  • Women: 25.00 SP, 42.00 FS

  • Pairs: 25.00 SP, 42.00 FS

  • Ice Dance: 28.00 RD, 45.00 FD

2023 Junior World Championships:

  • Men: 25.00 SP, 44.00 FS

  • Women: 25.00 SP, 40.00 FS

  • Pairs: 23.00 SP, 34.00 FS

  • Ice Dance: 24.00 RD, 38.00 FD

58th ISU Congress: Day 5 - Election Results

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Press release and full election results

President: Jae Youl Kim (KOR)

Vice President, Figure Skating: Benoit Lavoie (CAN)

ISU Council (Figure Skating):

  • Patricia St. Peter (USA)

  • Tatsuro Matsumura (JPN)

  • Susanna Rahkamo (FIN)

  • Gyorgy Elek (HUN)

  • Maria Teresa Samaranch (ESP)

Athlete Commission Member: Eric Radford (CAN)

Ice Dance Technical Committee:

  • Chair - Shawn Rettstatt (USA)

  • Hilary Selby (GBR)

  • David Molina (FRA)

  • Ingrid Charlotte Wolter (GER)

Singles and Pairs Technical Committee:

  • Chair - Fabio Bianchetti (ITA)

  • Leena Laaksonen (FIN)

  • Yukiko Okabe (JPN)

  • Emilie Billow (SWE)

  • Susan Lynch (USA)

58th ISU Congress: Day 4 Summary

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See this post for a summary of notable figure skating proposals and the results of voting.

The 58th Ordinary ISU Congress continued on June 9, 2022 with the split Sessions for the Figure Skating and Speed Skating Branches.

Special Regulations and Technical Rules Single & Pair Skating, Ice Dance and Synchronized Skating

During the Figure Skating Branch Session, Delegates debated the Special Regulations Single & Pair Skating, Ice Dance and Synchronized Skating Proposals and voted on the Technical Rules, which were presented in four packages: General Technical Rules, Single and Pair Skating Technical Rules, Ice Dance Technical Rules and Synchronized Skating Technical Rules.

The Delegates accepted Urgent Proposals 3 and 4, and Proposals 174, 184 to 198, 222 to 225 as well as 158. Proposal 192 was rejected and 176 withdrawn.

Proposal 163 was withdrawn yesterday in favor of a resolution. The Delegation from Hungary presented the resolution. The Congress accepted to mandate the ISU Council to form a Working Group with the purpose of evaluating possible modifications and amendments to Rule 400 (Olympic Winter Games Qualification System for Figure Skating disciplines) and related provisions in the ISU Statutes, and ultimately prepare a Proposal for the 2024 Congress.

Technical Rules were discussed during the workshops that took place on June 6 and were voted in packages today. As part of the General Technical rules, Proposals 199 to 207 were approved with amendments to 201. The Single & Pair Skating (208-214), Ice Dance (215-221) and Synchronized Skating Technical Rules (226-249) were all approved.

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58th ISU Congress: Day 3 Summary

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See this post for a summary of notable figure skating proposals and the results of voting.

The 58th Ordinary ISU Congress continued on June 8, 2022 with the split Sessions for the Figure Skating and Speed Skating Branches. During the sessions, Delegates can only vote on the Special Rules and Technical Regulations, with a two-thirds majority required.

Special Regulations Single & Pair Skating, Ice Dance and Synchronized Skating

During the Figure Skating Branch Session, Delegates debated the Special Regulations Single & Pair Skating, Ice Dance and Synchronized Skating Proposals.

The following were accepted: 155, 156, 161, 160, 162, 165. Proposals 166, 178-181 were voted as a package plus a recommendation will be given to the full Congress to accept Proposal 31 on June 10. Proposals 168 and 172 were also voted as a package along with Proposals 169, 171, 173, 175, 177, 182, 183. Finally, 170 was accepted with amendments.

Three Proposals were rejected (157, 159 and 167), while Proposal 154 was withdrawn in favor of a resolution to test the concept of a split Judging panel over the next 2 years and, depending on the results of the test, a new Proposal will be submitted to the Congress in 2024.

Proposals 153 and 164 were withdrawn and 163 was also withdrawn in favor of another resolution.

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58th ISU Congress: Day 2 Summary - Senior Age Limit Raised

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See this post for a summary of notable figure skating proposals and the results of voting.

The ISU Congress voted in favor of the ISU Council Proposal 22 to gradually increase the age limit for Senior Skaters from 15 to 17 years for the sake of protecting the physical and mental health, and emotional well-being of the Skaters. There will be no change for the season 2022/23. An increase to 16 years for the season 2023/24 and an increase to 17 years for the season 2024/25 and subsequent seasons will then be implemented.

The 58th Ordinary ISU Congress continued on June 7, 2022 with a report from the ISU Disciplinary Commission and with the full Congress session where over 250 Delegates voted on a number of Proposals regarding the ISU Constitution and General Regulations. These were discussed and voted on during the full Congress session and needed a two-thirds majority to be accepted.

Proposals 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 9, 10 (with amendments) and Urgent Matter 1, were all accepted. Proposals 11, 13, 15, 19, 20 (with amendment), 21, 29 (with a clarification), 32-34, 37 and 40 were also accepted.

Proposal 7 was withdrawn by the Figure Skating Federation of Russia, Proposal 8 was withdrawn by Skate Canada in favor of Urgent Matter 1, Finland withdrew their Proposal 12 and Norway withdrew Proposal 23 in favor of the ISU Council Proposal 22 (age limit). Other Proposals which were withdrawn by the respective ISU Members were 24, 26 and 30.

Proposal 1 was voted via secret ballot and was rejected by the Congress. Urgent Matter 2 was also voted by secret ballot and although it was rejected, ISU Communication 2469 remains valid until further notice. Proposals 14, 25, 27, 35, 39  did not obtain the required two-thirds majority and therefore were rejected.

Finally Proposals 16, 17, 18, 31, 36 and 38 have been deferred to the Figure Skating and Speed Skating Branch Sessions to be further debated, before being submitted to a vote during the next plenary session on June 10.

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2022-23 Ice Dance Scale of Values, Singles & Pairs Level & GOE Guidelines

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Communication 2473: Ice Dance Scale of Values, Season 2022-23

Notable changes:

  • Increase base values of all dance lifts

  • Increase base values of sequential twizzles in the RD

  • Separate BVs for women and men for the Step Sequence in Hold/Not Touching (total BV is sum of woman’s and man’s BV)

  • Add Choreographic Assisted Jumps (ChAJ1) with BV of 1.10, max GOE of +4.15 and min GOE of -1.10

  • Add Choreographic Rhythm Sequence (ChRS1) with BV of 2.00, max GOE of 7.50 and min GOE of -2.00


Communication 2474: Levels of Difficulty and Guidelines for marking Grade of Execution and Program Components, Season 2022-23

Notable changes to level guidelines:

Step sequences (singles): “Two combinations of 3 difficult turns on different feet executed with continuous flow within the sequence. Only one difficult turn may be repeated in the two combinations.

Step sequences (pairs): “Two different combinations of 3 difficult turns: One of the combinations must be executed in a hold. Only the first two combinations can be counted.”

Spins (singles): “Difficult exit” added as level feature. “Difficult entrance and Difficult exit are two different features. To get credit for both features they must be executed in two different spins and the movements must be of different nature.”

Solo spins (pairs): “Difficult entrance and/or difficult exit: Only one of them can be accepted as a level feature in the solo spin.”

Pair spins (pairs): “Lifting the woman while the man is on 1 foot is a level feature when executed for at least 2 revolutions.”

Pair lifts (pairs): “No carry is considered as a feature for Juniors. A difficult carry will be awarded for Seniors in Free Skating. Inside Axel take-off is no longer awarded as a difficult take-off in 5ALi or 5SLi. Group 4 Lift can also start with a hand to arm grip to allow difficult variation of take-off. In lifts with one arm hold the second point of contact can only be given if it is not used for support. Difficult take-off must be executed before full extension of the arms.”

Jump sequences (singles & pairs) (pending ISU Congress decision): “A jump sequence consists of two or three jumps of any number of revolutions, in which the second and/or the third jump is an Axel type jump with a direct step from the landing curve of the first/second jump in to the take-off curve of the Axel jump. One full revolution on the ice between the jumps (free foot can touch the ice, but without weight transfer) keeps the element in the frame of the definition of a jump sequence. Jumps executed in a jump sequence receive their full value.

Choreographic sequence (singles) (pending ISU Congress decision): “A Choreographic Sequence consists of at least two different movements like steps, turns, spirals, arabesques, spread eagles, Ina Bauers, hydroblading, any jumps with maximum of 2 revolutions, spins, etc.”

Notable changes to GOE guidelines:

Step sequences (singles & pairs): “Good ice coverage or interesting pattern” added as +GOE feature

Jumps (singles & pairs): “Changes of edge in between jump combo: The reduction in GOE is -1 to -2. Poor take-off: For example a toe-assisted jump is taken off from the full blade, Toe Loop is executed like a Toe Axel or there is excessive rotation on the ice at the take-off. The reduction in GOE is -1 to -3. Touch down of the free foot in between jumps: The reduction in GOE is -1 to -2.”

58th ISU Congress: Agenda and Proposals

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The 58th ISU Ordinary Congress will take place in Phuket, Thailand from June 6-10, 2022. ISU Members will discuss and vote on several proposals regarding the organization itself and figure skating rules (as well as speed skating, short track, and synchronized skating rules). Elections for ISU office will take place on the last day of the Congress.

The ISU Congress will be livestreamed on the Skating ISU Youtube channel.

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ISU Communication 2469: Decisions of the ISU Council - War in Ukraine/Protective Measures

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Communication 2469

Summary of the decisions made by the ISU Council at their Apr. 24 meeting:

  • Addition of a new paragraph to the ISU Constitution regarding “Extraordinary Events” such as “terrorism, riot, civil unrest, war (regardless of whether declared or not), strike, nuclear or chemical contamination, epidemic, etc.” that compromise the “safe and/or regular conduct of ISU’s activities”. In the case of such an Extraordinary Event, the ISU Council will have the power to implement “protective measures” that include the temporary suspension of ISU members and persons affiliated with them. Protective measures will stay in effect or be lifted depending on changes in the circumstances leading to the measures.

  • No skaters or officials from Russia or Belarus will be allowed at international competitions until further notice.

  • No international competitions will be held in Russia or Belarus until further notice. The 2022 Rostelecom Cup will not be included in the 2022-23 Grand Prix Series and other ISU members are invited to submit bids to host another Grand Prix event in its place.

  • The ISU Council has not banned the participation of Russia and Belarus in the 2022 ISU Congress. A vote by ISU members on the participation of Russia and Belarus may be held at the beginning of the ISU Congress itself.