ISU Congress summary~

[kingsnvagabonds]

After a week filled with proposals, elections and more, the ISU Congress concluded on Friday, releasing a brief summary of the changes we can expect to be implemented next season.

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[kingsnvagabonds]

I wish I could tell you bb. There's not much of anything been out yet, soon as the ~new ISU Communication~ turns up we'll know more.

Honestly I'm sort of hoping it means CD's for the National level still.

[kingsnvagabonds]

looks like it's going to be the weekend before. But it's a whole load of crap tbh.

[mirror_hands]

I don't like the rule of qualifications... Looks like it's going to be hard for the small federations :( (They have to pay the expenses of the skaters who take part in them)

[warmuse]

Also passed at the ISU Congress were new ISU Championships qualification guidelines. More information will be posted once it is available.

I don't really know how this will turn out but it doesn't sound entirely positive :/

Immediately after Gorshkov's RFSF election, speculation abounded that Alla Shekhovtseva, an ISU judge -- and wife of Valentin Piseev -- would run for the vacancy. This week she was elected.

[knigolubka]

My thoughts EXACTLY? WTF, ISU - it's not enough that Pisseev is a curse of the Russian FS, now the family will be the global FS's problem?

[glacierice]

ISU, actually, this do not see as problem....

... btw.. do you see this translation from russian newspapper?

Anton Sikharulidze: “The results of the presidential elections of the Russian figure skating federation can be annulled”
http://worldskating.blogspot.com/2010/06/anton-sikharulidze-results-of.html

russian source: http://www.sovsport.ru/news/text-item/390911

[knigolubka]

Yes, I've read it, I hope Sikh will actually O something about it.
Tarasova said that it wan't the wisest decision for Anton to withdraw, because he could do something from the inside if he would get elected.

[glacierice]

I try to collect "short" infos :-S

Return to qualifying rounds… sort of
Also passed at the ISU Congress were new ISU Championships qualification guidelines.

From same place:
http://www.isu.org/vsite/vcontent/content/transnews/0,10869,4844-128590-19728-18885-308030-3787-4771-layout160-129898-news-item,00.html

"... to be effectively reduce the number of entries at Championships and has also accepted a reduction of the number of skaters in the Free Skating.http://www.theglobeandmail.com/sports/more-sports/figure-skating-shakes-up-schedule/article1610360/?cmpid=rss1&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed% ( ... )

[goldenbubble]

Is this good or bad that ladies´ spirals and men´s choreo step sequence have no levels? I suppose it gives some room to be creative and not frantically change positions/edges just to receive a higher level? But how to differ really superior step sequences from the mediocre ones in this case?

[glacierice]

I don't know .... they deliberately more complicated skating, that no one could catch them in their "backstage activities" :-(

[likeviolins]

Yeah, just what the system needed, more areas to be subjective. -_-

[kohikki]

I don't... what are you doing, ISU?