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Isn't the marketing manager for speed skating/short track reporting to Marketing & Media Rights Director (I guess this director position will be replaced by this new Chief Commercial and Marketing Officer role) too? She also reports to the the Sports Director Speed Skating because she is doing...

This is the current ISU staff organization chart https://www.isu.org/docman-documents-links/isu-files/documents-communications/about-isu/18457-isu-organization-chart-isu-secretariat/file

Is this new role replacing/inglabating the current Marketing & Media Rights Director (currently held by Pierre Eymann, who has been working for ISU for over 27 years)?

Yes. Currently, only Senior and Junior competitions are considered to achieve the service requirements to be re-appointed as ISU/international officials. Except for Ice Dance where also International Advanced Novice competitions with 4 or more entries from 3 ISU members are also considered as...

I was suppose to write "competitions" (Advanced novice competitions) but it got autocorrected into competitors for whatever reason and I didn't realize it.

Here we go https://www.isu.org/inside-isu/isu-communications/communications/33753-isu-communication-2629/file 126 pages. Congress will take place in Las Vegas from 8 to 14th June. USFSA is proposing a technical commentate exclusively for Pairs. ISU Council is against the proposal. ISU...

They fell both in the Original Dance and in the Free Dance at 2006 Nationals. It was between them and Jamie Silverstein/Ryan O'Meara for the third Olympics spot Compulsary Dance: Matthews/Zavozin 33.98 Silverstein/O'Meara 32.24 Original Dance: Silverstein/O'Meara 54.46 Matthews/Zavozin 52.81...

Taking advantage of the afternoon's rain...if ISU go back in implementing the service requirements for re-appointments, the judges who would fall fools of the requirement of Rule 414-Point B ("have served, during the thirty-six months preceding July 31st of the calendar year of the nomination...

How is it worded? Skaters or quotas? Because if it is skaters, 2 Japanese ice dancers and 2 Korean pair skaters (if they find someone...and give him/her a snap citizenship) would already take 4 out of 5 spots.

There is also an Olympic trip out there in 2 years (at least Team event).

Yes, Balkov was the one on tape with Senft. Kortyek was foot-tapping with Sviatoslav Babenko (Russia). He got in trouble also during Men event at Lausanne Worlds (1997). He was sitting next to George Iashvili (Georgia) during the SP and they apparently talked to each other during the whole SP at...

Tap dancer was Alfred Kortyek at 1999 World Championships. Kortyek switched from Ukraine to Israel a few years later and he ended his judging career around 2006. There have been various switches between ex Soviet Union Feds. For instance, Irina Medvedieva (currently Ukraine) used to be a judge...

I think she meant that when you fall in the execution of an element, you get negative GOEs and so you are already "punished" with the GOEs, the -1 deduction is a double punishment for that mistake.

Is the Jamie McGrigor listed there the 70's pair skater, former Director of Development of Skate Canada British Columbia and the ISU technical specialist (who called Pair event at Junior Worlds last month)?

At Junior Worlds, Fradji/Forneaux said they plan to do JGP next season and then some Senior Challengers. Tali/LaFornara want to stay Junior and are waiting for rule changes regarding age eligibilities.