ISU to evaluate feasibility of 2020-21 skating season

[shutterbug]

Maybe the events could be held in a rink located in a very isolated spot with no-one around except the cameras, like way up north or something.

There's a rink up in Churchill : Town Centre Complex, Churchill MB

The Town Centre Complex houses a health centre, high school, library, swimming pool, indoor playground, curling rink, theatre, hockey arena, gymnasium and fitness centre. Interior walkways, lit by overhead skylights, are lined with brightly coloured Inuit wall hangings and prints, and a big carved-wood polar bear invites children to slide through his benign mouth.

The skaters can warm up running from the polar bears.

 

[Japanfan]

There's a rink up in Churchill : Town Centre Complex, Churchill MB

The skaters can warm up running from the polar bears.

It would be very expensive to get skaters to Churchill - I grew up in Northern Manitoba Canada, not too far from Churchill. Air Canada, which gives flights to skaters SFAIK (correct me if I'm wrong), does not fly to Churchill. The airline that flies North in Manitoba is ridiculously expensive. I assume skaters would have to fly out of Winnipeg.

 

[shutterbug]

It would be very expensive to get skaters to Churchill - I grew up in Northern Manitoba Canada, not too far from Churchill. Air Canada, which gives flights to skaters SFAIK (correct me if I'm wrong), does not fly to Churchill. The airline that flies North in Manitoba is ridiculously expensive. I assume skaters would have to fly out of Winnipeg.

I wasn't being serious (although it is intriguing to think about). It simply wouldn't be feasible to move that many people to such a remote location. If Skate Canada is held without spectators, I suspect it will be moved to the practice rinks at the Paramount Fine Foods Centre in Mississauga.

 

[Parsley Sage]

I wasn't being serious (although it is intriguing to think about). It simply wouldn't be feasible to move that many people to such a remote location. If Skate Canada is held without spectators, I suspect it will be moved to the practice rinks at the Paramount Fine Foods Centre in Mississauga.

I could see this happening. I looked at the TD Place website the other day and there is nothing on there about Skate Canada.

 

[Lemonade20]

To be honest, I don’t think we will ever see an end to this YKW. The US is out of control and I would not want the border to reopen just to accommodate the skaters

 

[Theatregirl1122]

To be honest, I don’t think we will ever see an end to this YKW. The US is out of control and I would not want the border to reopen just to accommodate the skaters

Yeah, you're totally right. We will literally never get this pan-demic under control. There will never be a vaccine. Sports will never happen. It'll just be a pan-demic forever.

No one has suggested that borders be open to accommodate skaters and no one thinks the pan-demic will end before this fall. The ISU document says that skaters should participate within their own countries or where boarders are open. There are plenty of skaters training in the US.

 

[DreamSkates]

There's a rink up in Churchill : Town Centre Complex, Churchill MB

The skaters can warm up running from the polar bears.

Antarctica has no covid cases at the moment. Oh wait, they want to keep it that way. Also no skating rinks.

 

[MacMadame]

No one has suggested that borders be open to accommodate skaters

Well, TBF, a few have hinted at it.

As far as C19 is concerned, the experts do think it's a disease that probably won't die out. But we should get to a point where we can live with it. Because of vaccines, better therapeutics, and other things, it will eventually become like the common cold or one of the seasonal flu viruses all of which are not deadly enough to shut down society. You can read more about it here:

The Coronavirus Is Never Going Away

No matter what happens now, the virus will continue to circulate around the world.

tinyurl.com

 

[Theatregirl1122]

Well, TBF, a few have hinted at it.

As far as C19 is concerned, the experts do think it's a disease that probably won't die out. But we should get to a point where we can live with it. Because of vaccines, better therapeutics, and other things, it will eventually become like the common cold or one of the seasonal flu viruses all of which are not deadly enough to shut down society. You can read more about it here:

The Coronavirus Is Never Going Away

No matter what happens now, the virus will continue to circulate around the world.

tinyurl.com

Yes, but endemic is very different from pan-demic.

 

[MacMadame]

Yes, but endemic is very different from pan-demic.

Oh definitely.

In a recent interview with Bill Gates, he said he thinks things will be back to "normal" by end of 2021 for the rich countries and 2022 for the poor countries. (Not counting economic recovery which will take years. About 5 he thinks.)

I think this season of skating is kind of toast. We will have some skating but much less and watered down. But I think next season should be fine in the sense that we'll have all the normal comps and then the Olympics in 2022.

I guess we'll see.

 

[Miezekatze]

That sounds realistic.

(plus Bill Gates must know what he's talking about, after all he's behind this whole thing )

 

[MacMadame]

He seems to have a sense of humor about that. I didn't realize he had one (a sense of humor) TBH. He always seems so serious.

I actually do think, of anyone, he does know what he's talking about because he talks to EVERYONE. Not just the people running C19 response in one country or two.

I'm sure he has his biases too. But the analysis seems sound and the dates seem reasonable to me based on what has gone on so far.

 

[taz'smum]

Some good news for once
Enzymes in Humans are Mutating the Novel Co******rus in an Accelerated Fashion to Make it Less Harmful.

 

[Sylvia]

ISU Communication No. 2341 (Decisions of the Council - International Figure Skating Competitions season 2020/21) was published by the ISU on Aug. 10: https://www.isu.org/figure-skating/...mpetitions-world-standing-points-and-tes/file

Further to ISU Communication 2339 (Decisions of the Council August 3, 2020), the Council herewith clarifies that same as for the Challenger Series in Figure Skating season 2020/21, the holding of other International Figure Skating Competitions during the season 2020/21 will most likely be complicated and if held, only be accessible to a limited number of Competitors. The Council therefore decided that for the sake of fairness and related to International Figure Skating Competitions, no World Standing/Ranking points will be awarded and the scores obtained by the Competitors shall count towards the Minimum Total Elements Scores only if the respective ISU Rules (Rule 420 and ISU Communication 2303) are respected.

The Council furthermore reiterates that, as stated in ISU Communication 2332 and 2339, the Council decided to keep the same Minimum Total Element Scores necessary for participation in the 2021 ISU Figure Skating Championships and earned at competitions in the season 2019/20 and in the season 2020/21 as approved for the 2020 Championships. However, the Council at that time also indicated, and herewith reiterates, that in case that due to the COVID- 19 pandemic an extended number of International Competitions will be cancelled during the fall of 2020, that the Council will review the situation in regard to the Minimum Total Elements Score again latest at the time of the October Council meeting.

 

[Yazmeen]

Some good news for once
Enzymes in Humans are Mutating the Novel Co******rus in an Accelerated Fashion to Make it Less Harmful.

Lovely blog -- only that I can't find any other sources to back up what he's saying, so I'm not going to take this as gospel, thank you.

 

[sk8pics]

He seems to have a sense of humor about that. I didn't realize he had one (a sense of humor) TBH. He always seems so serious.

Well, he did appear on an episode of Big Bang Theory once, so I figured he had to have something of a sense of humor.

 

[4rkidz]

Antarctica has no ********* cases at the moment. Oh wait, they want to keep it that way. Also no skating rinks.

Actually there are Rinks in the Arctic though , my daughter lives there in Nunavut and they have a rink as she’s the coach of the speed skating club and she’s a former figure skater too! They have no Covid there but also nobody is allowed in (fly in only) lol .

 

[Orm Irian]

A bunch of Senior Bs have just been added to the ISU event calendar - open question as to how many of them will actually run, though. Some usually have junior competitions attached to them too.

And Nebelhorn's entry page is up, though unpopulated as yet, along with other Challengers (entries by name aren't required for Nebelhorn until about 26 or 28 August, but they must have had enough countries submit planned numbers to know that it's viable for them to run the competition).

ETA: LOL. Hard to say if it's the lurgi or just bad planning, but the Winter Universiade, Bavarian Open, Euros, Dragon Tophy and Tivoli Cup, and Reykjavik Games are all within the same seven-day span: 25-31 January. There's not usually quite that much overlap..!

 

[Sylvia]

The Japan Open (singles invitational originally scheduled for October 3, 2020) also is listed as postponed on the ISU's current figure skating calendar:

Calendar of Events - International Skating Union

The International Skating Union is the international sport federation administering Ice Skating sports throughout the world.

www.isu.org

 

[Orm Irian]

The Japan Open (singles invitational originally scheduled for October 3, 2020) also is listed as postponed on the ISU's current figure skating calendar:

Calendar of Events - International Skating Union

The International Skating Union is the international sport federation administering Ice Skating sports throughout the world.

www.isu.org

And Tayside Trophy in the UK, for obvious reasons.

 

[reut]

Due to the corona restrictions, Nebelhorn Trophy will take place without audience.

Pirouette Eiskunstlaufmagazin

Wichtige Info zur Nebelhorn Trophy 2020: Nach aktuellem Stand wird dieser Wettbewerb leider aufgrund der Corona-Einschränkungen ohne Zuschauer stattfinden müssen. Es ist sehr unwahrscheinlich, dass...

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[Sylvia]

I've started a new thread for the uncertain season of ISU international competitions here: https://www.fsuniverse.net/forum/th...ompetitions-2020-21-subject-to-change.107490/

The Japan Open (singles invitational originally scheduled for October 3, 2020) also is listed as postponed on the ISU's current figure skating calendar:

It doesn't say "postponed" today but maybe it's a glitch?

 

[Winnipeg]

I think events without audience could be possible. Better to watch on t.v. than to cancel the whole season/

 

[Fairuza]

Finlandia Trophy is cancelled

Finlandia Trophy Espoo is canceled; The Finnish Figure Skating Association wants to organize the competition virtually - Finlandia Trophy

Due to the current COVID-19 situation, Finnish government has decided to further tighten the travel restrictions. As a result, Finnish Figure Skating Association (FFSA) board made a decision to cancel the Finlandia Trophy Espoo in the form it has been admitted to it. The traditional competition...

www.finlandiatrophy.com

 

[Orm Irian]

Finlandia Trophy is cancelled

Finlandia Trophy Espoo is canceled; The Finnish Figure Skating Association wants to organize the competition virtually - Finlandia Trophy

Due to the current COVID-19 situation, Finnish government has decided to further tighten the travel restrictions. As a result, Finnish Figure Skating Association (FFSA) board made a decision to cancel the Finlandia Trophy Espoo in the form it has been admitted to it. The traditional competition...

www.finlandiatrophy.com

Damn. I was worried that might happen when I saw the news about tightened restrictions on the Guardian liveblog last night. Not sure the virtual version they're proposing would be feasible at such very short notice.

 

[Jeschke]

Nebelhorn Trophy published the new guidelines

https://www.eislauf-union.de/files/Events/NT/NT20_Information_No_2.pdf

As known without audience;
World wide stream is promised as well as TV Asahi for JPN.
(@Braulio 1st event of the season and I already need to count on you again )

 

[Jeschke]

Here we have the 1st Entries of the season
Nebelhorn Trophy 2020

http://www.isuresults.com/events/fsevent00110213.htm

MEN
1 Maurizio ZANDRON AUT
2 Jiri BELOHRADSKY CZE
3 Aleksandr SELEVKO EST
4 Mihhail SELEVKO EST
5 Valtter VIRTANEN FIN
6 Paul FENTZ GER
7 Kai JAGODA GER
8 Thomas STOLL GER
9 Graham NEWBERRY GBR
10 Gabriele FRANGIPANI ITA 7
11 Matteo RIZZO ITA
12 Deniss VASILJEVS LAT
13 Sondre ODDVOLL BOE NOR
14 Nikolaj MAJOROV SWE
15 Noah BODENSTEIN SUI
16 Lukas BRITSCHGI SUI
17 Nurullah SAHAKA SUI
18 Burak DEMIRBOGA TUR
19 Ivan SHMURATKO UKR

LADIES
1 Natalie KLOTZ AUT
2 Dorotea LEITGEB AUT
3 Olga MIKUTINA AUT
4 Stefanie PESENDORFER AUT
5 Eliska BREZINOVA CZE
6 Maia SORENSEN DEN
7 Eva-Lotta KIIBUS EST
8 Gerli LIINAMAE EST
9 Jenni SAARINEN FIN
10 Lea Johanna DASTICH GER
11 Aya HATAKAWA GER
12 Kristina ISAEV GER
13 Nicole SCHOTT GER
14 Nargiz SULEYMANOVA GER
Nathalie WEINZIERL GER S
15 Kristen SPOURS GBR
16 Julia LANG HUN
17 Regina SCHERMANN HUN
18 Bernadett SZIGETI HUN
19 Greta MORKYTE LTU
20 Lindsay VAN ZUNDERT NED
21 Alisson Krystle PERTICHETO PHI
22 Alexandra Michaela FILCOVA SVK
23 Cassandra JOHANSSON SWE
24 Anita OSTLUND SWE
25 Josefin TALJEGARD SWE
26 Noemie BODENSTEIN SUI
27 Anna LA PORTA SUI
28 Alexia PAGANINI SUI
29 Guzide Irmak BAYIR TUR
30 Sinem KUYUCU TUR

PAIRS
1 Elizaveta ZHUK / Martin BIDAR CZE
2 Minerva Fabienne HASE / Nolan SEEGERT GER
3 Annika HOCKE / Robert KUNKEL GER
4 Rebecca GHILARDI / Filippo AMBROSINI ITA


ICE DANCE
1 Natalie TASCHLEROVA / Filip TASCHLER CZE
2 Natacha LAGOUGE / Arnaud CAFFA FRA
3 Jennifer JANSE VAN RENSBURG / Benjamin STEFFAN GER
4 Sasha FEAR / George WADDELL GBR
5 Hanna JAKUCS / Alessio GALLI NED
6 Arianna WROBLEWSKA / Stephane WALKER SUI
7 Darya POPOVA / Volodymyr BYELIKOV UKR

Admins will there be a Challenger Section again in KnC?
Feel free to move!

 

[Jeschke]

This event is OES at its best!
This would have been the event for @alchemy void for sure
Great to see AUT got more than 3 entries, regarding the small distance.

at the very small pairs and dance fields

Perticheto only overseas skater.
(but she is parcticing in SUI or?)

 

[MsZem]

That is an extremely European list of entries is there anyone representing a 4CC country other than Perticheto?

 

[whiteskates]

Glad to see there will be a live stream so we get to watch some skating this season.