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Fresh news from Frankfurt Seminar
Frankfurt Global Seminar took place a few days ago in Germany. Judges, technical controllers, technical specialists, data and replay operators took part in this seminar that aims at providing all the people involved in one discipline all the new stuff they need to know to prepare for the new season.
A judge speaks about the main reforms in the scoring system
All the Finnish and Russian senior teams will perform their new short programs for the first time in front of the judges and the audience on Saturday evening. This competition starts the International Synchronized Skating season 2018-19.
How to recognize the new Grades of Execution (GOE)
In order to have more evaluation possibilities, the range of the Grades of Execution (GOE) has been expanded from -3 to +3 to now -5 to +5 in all figure skating disciplines. There are now a total of 10 Grades of Execution.
Recent ISU Changes to GoE Scale
Two years after initially being announced at the 2016 ISU Congress in Croatia, the proposed changes to the Grades of Execution (GoEs) across all Figure Skating disciplines have finally come into effect. The changes expand the GoE scale from -3 to +3 to a larger -5 to +5.
What’s new for synchro in the ISU Congress in Seville?
The International Skating Union’s 57th Ordinary Congress concluded on Friday in Seville. As the International Secretary of the Belgian Federation, Ton Mulder was present this week in Spain. He explains us how was the Congress.
8 things you should know about history of synchro
The ISU is celebrating its 125th anniversary this year. Founded in 1892, the International Skating Union brings together all the disciplines of skating and is based in Lausanne, Switzerland. On the occasion of this jubilee, we return on the history of synchronized skating in eight points.
ISU is working on inclusion of synchro in the Olympics
The ISU announced today that a working group will study conditions for including synchronized skating in the program of the Olympic Winter Games.
Teams with 12 skaters to move closer to Universiade
In one of its last publications, the ISU wrote about conducting trials of having teams with between 12 and 16 skaters in Senior events. In order to understand well this communication, our redaction asked to the Chair of Synchronized Skating, Christopher Buchanan from Great Britain.
International competitions have been announced for 2017-2018
The ISU recently released a first sketch of the 2017-2018 calendar for synchronized skating. Four competitions have already been announced for 2017, including a new event in Spain.
10 things to know about the last ISU Congress
The International Skating Union’s 56th Ordinary Congress took place in Dubrovnik, last Friday. Over 350 Delegates were present from 85 ISU Member federations. Here are the most important decisions or elections for synchronized skating.
Maybe the future ISU President ?
The head of the International Skating Union (ISU) is gonna change in one week. The election for the new ISU President will happen in Croatia. The ISU members will have to vote for one of the four candidates. Christopher Buchanan is one of them. Synchronized skating is close to his heart.
Kirsten Tillmann, little secrets of an international judge
You were waiting for it, let’s discover the 2nd part of the Kirsten Tillmann’s interview. She’s an international judge from Germany and was judging the Worlds in Budapest this year. Go behind the scenes with us and discover her little secrets.
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