Recente Inhoud door Kristian

See: "21. Decisions on Proposals of the Council and the ISU Members" and this article regarding figure skating https://anythinggoe.com/bigchangesfromisu/ and https://www.isu.org/news/one-month-to-go-elections-and-future-governance-of-skating-on-top-of-the-agenda-of-the-60th-isu-congress/

https://www.isu.org/isu-congresses/

I dont know Stanuch and Tataruch and what they stand for. Similar to Mona Adolfsen they come from their national bond (obviously). The Polish Bond has had their share of criticism in the past? ...As Vicepresident Espeli has had a powerful position to influence. That position (in Council) is...

The Congress votes so why should all the Member Fedrations vote for a candidate that is willing to arrange a super-WK? Board meeting, NSF 22/1-26 "Participation at the ISU Ordinary Congress in June 2026 The Board considered the issue of NSF's participation at the ISU's 60th Ordinary Congress...

Board meeting NSF, 13/9-25: "As a commercial product, the World Cup, as it stands today, has less value than other global sports such as football and alpine skiing. In Norway, it has been challenging for the company Infront to sell the TV rights to Norwegian media, but an agreement was reached...

Could this simply be a misunderstanding in the communication between the ISU and the Polish federation? Gee, I wish that the ISU could come up with something profound and new regarding the Calendar. Spark and trigger the interest of Speed Skating.

You dont have to attach the EK to the World Cup Events in Europe -- the participating nations dont come from outside Europe. ;-) . The 4CC of course included several Continents.

Interesting quote from the new president in Poland: " The World Federation announced its international event calendar for the next season a few days ago, and Poland isn't included. Recently, we've usually hosted short- or long-track events. Could we return to this in future seasons? I need to...

...there will be a WSD Champs in 2028 but first they must see if they can fulfill the idea of a combined Event. I.e. location.

4CC? WSD 2028: I guess the ISU is still examining the idea of a combined World Championship Event with Short Track, Figure Skating and Synchronized Skating.

Anandkumar Velkumar is an interesting name. World Inline Champ 1000m and maraton last season. This Week End the member of the Swings on Wings team won the samalog Event unofficially ahead of Metodej Jilek. Would be fun to see a skater from india among the best in Long Track! (slightly off topic...

Of course, corrected ;-)

Will Zakopane be ready for the EK in 2028...

https://isu.org/news/isu-launches-global-fan-survey-to-shape-the-future-of-ice-skating/

...or swap the 4CC at the start of the next season with a "Continental Match" between Asia, America, Europe and the Netherlands. Single Classical Distance Match including two pairs on the 10k for women, 3k men and 100m with bigger fields etc. Then arrange a Super World Cup Event in Stavanger...