INTERNATIONAL SKATING UNION

Communication No. 1622
Decisions of the ISU Council
The ISU Council met on June 13, 19 and 20, 2010 in Barcelona, Spain. The following wereamong the decisions taken by the Council during the meeting:1.
Allotment of 2011 ISU Championships
In accordance with Rule 127 of the ISU Regulations the Council has definitely allotted theChampionships for 2011 as follows.
Speed Skating
Essent ISU European Speed Skating Championships, January 7-9, 2011
Federazione Italiana Sport Del Ghiaccio: Collalbo/ Italy
Essent ISU World Sprint Speed Skating Championships, January 22-23, 2011
Koninklijke Nederlandsche Schaatsenrijders Bond: Heerenveen/Netherlands
Essent ISU World Allround Speed Skating Championships, February 11-13, 2011
Speed Skating Canada: Calgary/Canada
ISU World Junior Speed Skating Championships, February 25-27, 2011
Suomen Luisteluliitto: Seinäjoki/Finland
Essent ISU World Single Distances Speed Skating Championships, March 10-13, 2011
Deutsche Eisschnellauf-Gemeinschaft: Inzell/Germany
Short Track Speed Skating
ISU European Short Track Speed Skating Championships, January 14-16, 2011
Koninklijke Nederlandsche Schaatsenrijders Bond: Heerenveen/Netherlands
ISU World Junior Short Track Speed Skating Championships, February 25-27, 2011
Federazione Italiana Sport Del Ghiaccio: Courmayeur/Italy
ISU World Short Track Speed Skating Championships, March 11-13, 2011
National Ice Skating Association of UK Ltd: Sheffield/Great Britain
ISU World Short Track Speed Skating Team Championships, March 19-20, 2011
Polish Speed Skating Association: Warsaw/Poland1

Single & Pair Skating/Ice DanceISU European Figure Skating Championships, January 24-30, 2011
Schweizer Eislauf-Verband: Bern/ Switzerland
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ISU Four Continents Figure Skating Championships, February 15-20, 2011
Chinese Taipei Skating Union: Taipei City/Chinese Taipei
ISU World Junior Figure Skating Championships, February 28 - March 6, 2011
Korea Skating Union: Gangneung City /Republic of Korea
ISU World Figure Skating Championships, March 21-27, 2011
Japan Skating Federation: Tokyo/Japan
Synchronized Skating
ISU World Synchronized Skating Championships 2010, April 8-9, 2011
Suomen Taitoluisteluliitto: Helsinki/Finland

2.
Provisional Allotments ISU Championships 2012
In accordance with Rule 127 of the ISU Regulations the Council has maintained the previous
provisional allotments as follows:
Speed Skating
Essent ISU European Speed Skating Championships, January 6-8, 2012
Hungarian National Skating Federation: Budapest/ Hungary
Essent ISU World Sprint Speed Skating Championships, January 28-29, 2012
Speed Skating Canada: Calgary/Canada
Essent ISU World Allround Speed Skating Championships, February 17-19, 2012
The Russian Skating Union: Moscow/Russia
ISU World Junior Speed Skating Championships, March 2-4, 2012
Japan Skating Federation: Obihiro City/Japan
Essent ISU World Single Distances Speed Skating Championships, March 22-25, 2012
Koninklijke Nederlandsche Schaatsenrijders Bond: Heerenveen/Netherlands
Short Track Speed Skating
ISU European Short Track Speed Skating Championships, January 27-29, 2012
Czech Speed Skating Federation: Mlada Boleslav/Czech Republic2ISU World Junior Short Track Speed Skating Championships, February 24-26, 2012
Australian Ice Racing Inc.: Melbourne/Australia
ISU World Short Track Speed Skating Championships, March 9-11, 2012
Chinese Skating Association: Beijing/ChinaSingle & Pair Skating/Ice DanceISU European Figure Skating Championships, January 23-29, 2012
National Ice Skating Association of UK Ltd: Sheffield/Great Britain
ISU Four Continents Figure Skating Championships, February 7-12, 2012
pending
ISU World Junior Figure Skating Championships, February 27 - March 4, 2012
Skating Union of Belarus: Minsk/Belarus
ISU World Figure Skating Championships, March 26 - April 1, 2012
Fédération Française des Sports de Glace: Nice/FranceSynchronized Skating
ISU World Synchronized Skating Championships, April 6-7, 2012
Svenska Skridskoförbundet: Goteborg/Sweden

3.
Provisional Allotments ISU Championships 2013
In accordance with Rule 127 of the ISU Regulations the Council has provisionally allotted thefollowing 2013 Championships:
Speed Skating
Essent ISU European Speed Skating Championships, 11-13 January 2013,
Koninklijke Nederlandsche Schaatsenrijders Bond: Heerenveen/Netherlands
Essent ISU World Sprint Speed Skating Championships, 26-27 January 2013,
US Speedskating: Salt Lake City/United States
Essent ISU World Allround Speed Skating Championships, 15-17 February 2013,
Norges Skøyteforbund: Hamar/Norway
ISU World Junior Speed Skating Championships,pending
Essent ISU World Single Distances Speed Skating Championships, 14-17 March 2013,
The Russian Skating Union: Sochi/Russia

3Short Track Speed Skating
ISU European Short Track Speed Skating Championships, 18-20 January 2013,
Svenska Skridskoförbundet: Malmö/Sweden
ISU World Junior Short Track Speed Skating Championships,pending
ISU World Short Track Speed Skating Championships, 8-10 March 2013,
Hungarian National Skating Federation: Budapest/Hungary
Single & Pair Skating/Ice DanceISU European Figure Skating Championships, 21-27 January, 2013,
Croatian Skating Federation: Zagreb/Croatia
ISU Four Continents Figure Skating Championships, 5-10 February 2013,Pending
ISU World Junior Figure Skating Championships, February 25 - 3 March 2013,Federazione Italiana Sport Del Ghiaccio: Milano/Italy
ISU World Figure Skating Championships, 10-17 March 2013,
Skate Canada: London (Ontario)/Canada
Synchronized Skating
ISU World Synchronized Skating Championships,
Pending

4.
Suspension of the Association of Skating Sports of Serbia Membership
Based on evidence presented and in compliance with Article 17, paragraph 1. g) of the ISU
Constitution the ISU Council decided that the Association of Skating Sports of Serbia has failedto maintain the minimum requirements for ISU membership. As a result the Council decided tosuspend the ISU membership of the Association of Skating Sports of Serbia until the Council
will be in a position to decide on the ISU membership in Serbia
5.
Decision of the ISU Council on Eligibility of Mr. Evgeny Plushenko (RUS)
Based on evidence presented the Council has concluded that Mr. Evgeny Plushenko breached theISU eligibility rule 102, paragraph 2, i) of the ISU General Regulations and as a consequence has
become ineligible under paragraph 7 a) of that rule. The evidence has proved to the satisfactionof the Council that Mr. E. Plushenko, a skater and member of the Figure Skating Federation ofRussia (FSFR), skated in exhibitions held in March and April 2010, in Russia and othercountries, without the express prior authorization of the FSFR. Such activity is a breach of theISU eligibility rules and results in the loss of eligibility.

4The present decision communicated to both Mr E. Plushenko and the FSFR may be appealed tothe Court of Arbitration for Sport, Lausanne, Switzerland, within 21 days upon receipt of thedecision, in accordance with Article 25, paragraph 2, c) of the ISU Constitution.
6.
Recognition of new World Records Speed Skating
In accordance with Article 19, paragraph 5. j) of the ISU Constitution the Council homologates
the following World Records:
Men 1500 meters
1.41,04

Shani Davis

USA

Salt Lake City, 11.12.2009

GER

Salt Lake City, 11.12.2009

Ladies 500 meters
37,00

Jenny Wolf

Ladies Team Pursuit
2.55,79

CanadaCAN
Calgary, 06.12.2009(Kristina Groves, Christine Nesbitt, Brittany Schussler)

Junior Men 1500 meters
1.44,52

Brian Hansen

USACalgary, 05.12.2009

1.44,45

Brian Hansen

USA

Salt Lake City, 11.12.2009

Junior Men Team Pursuit
3.54,40

Netherlands
NEDBerlin, 06.03.2010(Lucas van Alphen, Frank Hermans, Maurice Vriend)

3.50,02

NorwayNORMoscow, 14.03.2010(Sverre L. Pedersen, Håvard H. Lorentzen, Simen S. Nilsen)

Junior Ladies Team Pursuit
3.05,45

Kazakhstan
KAZ
Salt Lake City, 13.12.2009(Yekaterina Aydova, Tatyana Sokirko, Olga Zhigina)

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7.
Recognition of new World Records Short Track Speed Skating
In accordance with Article 19, paragraph 5. j) of the ISU Constitution the Council homologates
the following World Records:
Men 500 meters
40,651

Si-Bak Sung

KORMarquette, 14.11.2009

CHN

Vancouver, 26.02.2010

Ladies 1000 meters
1.29, 049

Yang Zhou

Ladies 3000 meters Relay
4.06,610

China
CHN
Vancouver, 24.02.2010(Linlin Sun, Meng Wang, Hui Zhang, Yang Zhou)

8.
Summary of Figure Skating Officials Evaluation Season 2009/10
During the 2009/2010 season the Assessments (warnings) were determined jointly by theassigned Officials Assessment Commission members and by the Technical Committees. The
Council reviewed and ratified the following Assessments:a) Single and Pair Skating:Assessment 1:
Assessment 2:
Assessment 3:
Total season 2009/10:
Out of whichPrevious Seasons Assessments:
Total season 2008/09:
Total season 2007/08:
Total season 2006/07:
Total season 2005/06:
Total season 2004/05**:
Total season 2003/04**:
Total season 2002/03*:614
100Assessments
Assessments
Assessments

24
Assessments
16 concerning Program Components
5 concerning Technical Elements
1 concerning both Program Components
and Technical Elements
2 for non-attendance

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42
20
11

Assessments
Assessments
Assessments
Assessments
Assessments
Assessments
Assessmentsb) Ice Dance:
Assessment 1:
Assessment 2:
Assessment 3:
Total season 2009/10:
Out of which

15
20Assessments
AssessmentsAssessments

17Assessments
5 concerning Program Components
9 concerning Technical Elements
3 concerning both Program Component
and Technical Elements

Previous Seasons Assessments:
Total season 2008/09:
Total season 2007/08:
Total season 2006/07:
Total season 2005/06:
Total season 2004/05**:
Total season 2003/04**:
Total season 2002/03*:

1121
2025
56
94

Assessments
Assessments
Assessments
Assessments
Assessments
Assessments
Assessmentsc) Synchronized Skating:Assessment 1:
Assessment 2:

11

Assessments
Assessments

Total season 2009/10:
Out of which

2
Assessments
2 concerning Technical Elements

Previous Seasons Assessments:
Total season 2008/09:
Total season 2007/08:
Total season 2006/07:
Total season 2005/06:
Total season 2004/05**:
Total season 2003/04**:
Total season 2002/03*:

23
100
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2

Assessments
Assessments
Assessments
Assessments
Assessments
Assessments
Assessments* = Assessments based on the previous 6.0 based Judging System.
** = Assessments based on partly the ISU Judging System, partly the previous 6.0 based
Judging System.
The concerned Officials have been notified about the Assessments by letter and through theirMembers.

Milan,

Ottavio Cinquanta, President
June 28, 2010

Lausanne,Fredi Schmid, Director General7