Russia has been dropped as a determine skating Grand Prix host and Russian and Belarusian skaters banned, the Worldwide Skating Union (ISU) mentioned because it introduced the 2022-3 program on Thursday.
The Chinese language occasion was additionally scratched from the calendar for the second straight 12 months.
“As a result of ongoing conflict in Ukraine and the deteriorating Covid-19 sanitary scenario in China, the ISU Grand Prix of Determine Skating Rostelecom Cup (RUS) and the ISU Grand Prix of Determine Skating Cup of China can’t be held as deliberate,” mentioned the ISU assertion.
“Substitute options are to be discovered.”
The assertion added that “following the IOC advice….no skaters belonging to the ISU Members in Russia and Belarus shall be invited or allowed to take part in Worldwide ice skating competitions.”
The Grand Prix occasions are an important in determine skating exterior the Olympics and the World and European Championships.
The Rostelecom Cup, previously the Cup of Russia, had been held yearly since 1996. It moved to Sochi for the primary time final season.
The China Cup was added to the Grand Prix schedule in 2003 in Beijing. Each the boys’s and girls’s occasions moved to Chongqing in 2019 and 2020 and had been because of be held within the metropolis final 12 months.
The calendar announcement on Thursday accommodates seven slots, though the ISU continues to be trying to find a bunch for the fourth occasion.
Determine Skating, 2022-23 Grand Prix Calendar
21-23 October, Skate America, Norwood, Massachusetts
28-30 October, Skate Canada, Mississauga, Ontario
4-6 November, French Worldwide, Angers (FRA)
11-13 November, metropolis to be decided
18-20 November, NHK Trophy, Sapporo, Japan
25-27 November, Finnish Grand Prix, Espoo
8-11 December, Ultimate in Turin, Italy
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