From the 2014 U.S. Figure Skating Governing Council Report of the President, Pat St. Peter provided information on international skating scene activities by U.S. Figure Skating officials... At the recent World Championships in Tokyo, we organized a planning meeting for the Forum with the leadership of the interested figure skating federations attending Worlds, and a further planning meeting among all ISU members has been scheduled in mid-May. In addition to U.S. Figure Skating’s leadership role at the Forum, we submitted a critical proposal that will be decided at the ISU Congress regarding anonymity of the judges’ scores. As we previously reported, U.S. Figure Skating, along with Russia and Greece, submitted proposals to eliminate the anonymity of the judges’ scores at ISU Championship events and the Olympic Winter Games. We are working with other figure skating members to pass this proposal, and it is critical that it is passed for the betterment of the sport and its image. Passage of the proposal will need a two-thirds majority vote of the figure skating members. I am also extremely pleased to report that one of our top officials, Charlie Cyr, has accepted an offer from the ISU to fill the position of Sports Director for Figure Skating. We are thrilled for Charlie personally, and we are confident that Charlie will have a positive influence in the ISU. I will also take this opportunity to comment on recent reports about what has been labeled as ISU President Cinquanta’s “proposal” to eliminate the short program. Some ask why U.S. Figure Skating has not made a public statement against President Cinquanta’s “proposal” and criticize U.S. Figure Skating for its “silence.” We have not issued a public statement opposing President Cinquanta’s “proposal” because there is no proposal to eliminate the short program that has been submitted for vote at the next ISU Congress. We have confirmed with the ISU that what has been labeled as the ISU President’s “proposal” to eliminate the short program was a statement he made in an internal email he sent to all ISU officeholders to elicit their opinions on a variety of topics. The statements in the ISU President’s email were his personal opinions, and he was seeking comment on them from ISU officeholders. Please be assured that if a proposal to eliminate the short program had been submitted for the 2014 Congress agenda, U.S. Figure Skating would have strongly and vigorously advocated against it.
Posted on: Sat, 26 Apr 2014 01:45:03 +0000
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