Russia urges ISU to lift ban on figure-skater Plushenko


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ISU COMMUNICATION 1672

Amendments to the Scale of Values, Guidelines for Marking GOE and Levels, 2011-12

( EXPLANATION STOLEN FROM FSU OF THE IMPORTANT BITS )

Makarova benefits from move; the return of the quad
By Lynn Rutherford, special to icenetwork.com(04/30/2011) - At his annual world championships press conference, ISU president Ottavio Cinquanta spent most of the time discussing his favorite initiative, the new Olympic team figure skating event ( Read more... )

Rink notes: Cinquanta outlines team event By Lynn Rutherford, special to icenetwork.com ( Read more... )

They released a new comm today with some things relevant to our interests:

Decisions of the ISU Council
The ISU Council met on April 8-10, 2011 in Helsinki/Finland. The following were among the decisions taken by the Council during the meeting:

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3. Olympic Winter Games (OWG) 2014 - Sochi - inclusion of Figure Skating Team event
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2011-2012 SHORT AND FREE DANCE REQUIREMENTS!


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JAPAN WORLDS 2012?

PRESS RELEASE FROM THE FFSGThe French Federation of Ice Sports has officially submitted to the Board of International Skating Union (ISU) and its President Ottavio Cinquanta a proposal that the 2012 World Championships which were originally planned to be hosted by France be held in Japan instead ( Read more... )

March 21st, 13:47

Hello everyone! We recently returned from Japan, which was postponed because of the recent tragedy. We sympathize with the Japanese people and we hope that they can deal with their problems as soon as possible. In this post we’ll talk about our trip the land of the rising sun, what we saw there, and what we’re doing now while ( Read more... )