Team Japan for 2024 ISU Championships

World Championships

• Men: Shoma Uno, Yuma Kagiyama, Kao Miura (alt: Sota Yamamoto, Shun Sato, Kazuki Tomono)

• Women: Kaori Sakamoto, Mone Chiba, Hana Yoshida (alt: Mai Mihara, Rinka Watanabe, Rion Sumiyoshi)

• Pairs: Miura/Kihara, Nagaoka/Moriguchi*

• Ice Dance: TBD

Four Continents Championships

• Men: Yuma Kagiyama, Sota Yamamoto, Shun Sato (alt: Kazuki Tomono, Tatsuya Tsuboi, Nozomu Yoshioka)

• Women: Mone Chiba, Mai Mihara, Rinka Watanabe (alt: Hana Yoshida, Yuna Aoki, Rion Sumiyoshi)

• Pairs: Miura/Kihara

• Ice Dance: Komatsubara/Koleto, Tanaka/Nishiyama, Yoshida/Morita

Junior World Championships

• Men: Shunsuke Nakamura, Rio Nakata, Haru Kakiuchi (alt: Daiya Ebihara, Seigo Tauchi)

• Women: Mao Shimada, Rena Uezono, Ikura Kushida (alt: Yo Takagi, Ayumi Shibayama)

• Pairs: Shimizu/Honda*

• Ice Dance: Kishimoto/Tamura (alt: Yamashita/Nagata*)

*Pending TES minimums

Source: 1, 2, 3

Solo Ice Dance Introduced as International Discipline

From the International Skating Union:

Solo Ice Dance is a parallel discipline to Ice Dance. Skaters perform the same Pattern Dances, Rhythm Dance and Free Dance segments. Ice Dance and Solo Ice Dance both draw from the fundamentals of ballroom dance and emphasize the techniques of edge work, flow and motion where Skaters must always skate to a defined beat, rhythm or theme. Solo Ice Dance has required elements that competitors must perform, creating well-balanced Ice Dance programs (Rhythm Dance, Free Dance); these programs include a dance spin, a step sequence, a twizzle sequence, a pattern dance element, edge elements, and choreographic elements. Edge elements, which replace lifts in partnered Ice Dance, consist of movements like spread eagles, bauers, hydroblades, and spirals to highlight edge control, flexibility and musicality. Solo Ice Dance follows the same elements and requirements for levels that are published annually by the ISU for Ice Dance. Each year new Rhythms and Pattern Dances are chosen to keep the sport current, fresh and entertaining.

Solo Dance is an opportunity for Skaters to develop Ice Dance skills without a partner, allowing for the sport of Figure Skating to grow. Solo Ice Dance demonstrates artistry, expression and musicality. Solo Ice Dance will also serve as a developmental tool for the discipline of Ice Dance and is an educational tool to assist our sport's developing nations in growing their athletes.  Solo Ice Dance will allow Skaters to “learn how to skate to music” which is essential in Figure Skating across all disciplines.

Documents:

• Solo Ice Dance Requirements 2023-24

• Solo Ice Dance Levels 2023-24

• Solo Ice Dance Scale of Values 2023-24

2023 Grand Prix Final Qualifiers

MEN

• Adam Siao Him Fa (FRA)

• Ilia Malinin (USA)

• Kao Miura (JPN)

• Yuma Kagiyama (JPN)

• Shoma Uno (JPN)

• Kevin Aymoz (FRA)

• Alt 1: Shun Sato (JPN)

• Alt 2: Sota Yamamoto (JPN)

• Alt 3: Lukas Britschgi (SUI)

WOMEN

• Kaori Sakamoto (JPN)

• Isabeau Levito (USA)

• Loena Hendrickx (BEL)

• Hana Yoshida (JPN)

• Nina Pinzarrone (BEL)

• Rion Sumiyoshi (JPN)

• Alt 1: Chaeyeon Kim (KOR)

• Alt 2: Lindsay Thorngren (USA)

• Alt 3: Niina Petrokina (EST)

PAIRS

• Deanna Stellato-Dudek/Maxime Deschamps (CAN)

• Minverva Fabienne Hase/Nikita Volodin (GER)

• Lia Pereira/Trennt Michaud (CAN)

• Sara Conti/Niccolo Macii (ITA)

• Annika Hocke/Robert Kunkel (GER)

• Rebecca Ghilardi/Filippo Ambrosini (ITA)

• Alt 1: Maria Pavlova/Alexei Sviatchenko (HUN)

• Alt 2: Lucrezia Beccari/Matteo Guarise (ITA)

• Alt 3: Cheng Peng/Lei Wang (CHN)

ICE DANCE

• Piper Gilles/Paul Poirier (CAN)

• Madison Chock/Evan Bates (USA)

• Charlene Guignard/Marco Fabbri (ITA)

• Lilah Fear/Lewis Gibson (GBR)

• Laurence Fournier Beaudry/Nikolaj Soerensen (CAN)

• Marjorie Lajoie/Zachary Lagha (CAN)

• Alt 1: Allison Reed/Saulius Ambrulevicius (LTU)

• Alt 2: Evgeniia Lopareva/Geoffrey Brissaud (FRA)

• Alt 3: Juulia Turkkila/Matthias Versluis (FIN)

2023 Junior Grand Prix Final Qualifiers

WOMEN

• Mao Shimada (JPN)

• Jia Shin (KOR)

• Ami Nakai (JPN)

• Rena Uezono (JPN)

• Yuseong Kim (KOR)

• Minsol Kwon (KOR)

• Alt 1 - Yo Takagi (JPN)

• Alt 2 - Elyce Lin-Gracey (USA)

• Alt 3 - Seojin Youn (KOR)

MEN

• Rio Nakata (JPN)

• Juheon Lim (KOR)

• Francois Pitot (FRA)

• Hyungyeom Kim (KOR)

• Daniel Martynov (USA)

• Adam Hagara (SVK)

• Alt 1 - Beck Strommer (USA)

• Alt 2 - Minkyu Seo (KOR)

• Alt 3 - Daiya Ebihara (JPN)

PAIRS

• Anastasia Metelkina/Luka Berulava (GEO)

• Martina Ariano Kent/Charly Laliberte Laurent (CAN)

• Violetta Sierova/Ivan Khobta (UKR)

• Olivia Flores/Luke Wang (USA)

• Ava Kemp/Yohnatan Elizarov (CAN)

• Jazmine Desrochers/Kieran Thrasher (CAN)

• Alt 1 - Louise Ehrhard/Matthis Pellegris (FRA)

• Alt 2 - Wenning Shi/Zhiyu Wang (CHN)

• Alt 3 - Yixi Yang/Shunyang Deng (CHN)

ICE DANCE

• Leah Neset/Artem Markelov (USA)

• Darya Grimm/Michail Savitskiy (GER)

• Elizabeth Tkachenko/Alexei Kiliakov (ISR)

• Mariia Pinchuk/Mykyta Pogorielov (UKR)

• Yahli Pedersen/Jeffrey Chen (USA)

• Celina Fradji/Jean-Hans Fourneaux (FRA)

• Alt 1 - Elliana Peal/Ethan Peal (USA)

• Alt 2 - Iryna Pidgaina/Artem Koval (UKR)

• Alt 3 - Sara Kishimoto/Atsuhiko Tamura (JPN)

2023 Grand Prix Entries

Entry lists: Men, Women, Pairs, Dance

See also: ISU Grand Prix page, Grand Prix tag

Last Updated: Nov. 19, 2023

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SKATE AMERICA (Allen, TX, USA, Oct. 20-22)

Men:

• Vladimir Litvintsev (AZE)

• Stephen Gogolev (CAN)

• Kevin Aymoz (FRA)

• Nika Egadze (GEO)

• Shun Sato (JPN)

• Tatsuya Tsuboi (JPN)

• Nozomu Yoshioka (JPN)

• Deniss Vasiljevs (LAT)

• Andreas Nordeback (SWE)

• Ilia Malinin (USA)

• Maxim Naumov (USA)

• Andrew Torgashev (USA)

Women:

• Loena Hendrickx (BEL)

• Xiangyi An (CHN)

• Niina Petrokina (EST)

• Mone Chiba (JPN)

• Mana Kawabe (JPN)

• Hana Yoshida (JPN)

• Seoyeong Wi (KOR)

• Young You (KOR)

• Ekaterina Kurakova (POL)

• Amber Glenn (USA)

• Isabeau Levito (USA)

• Clare Seo (USA)

Pairs:

• Lia Pereira/Trennt Michaud (CAN)

• Annika Hocke/Robert Kunkel (GER)

• Anastasia Vaipan-Law/Luke Digby (GBR)

• Irma Caldara/Riccardo Maglio (ITA)

• Riku Miura/Ryuichi Kihara (JPN)

• Nika Osipova/Dmitry Epstein (NED)

• Evelyn Grace Hanns/Danny Neudecker (USA)

• Isabelle Martins/Ryan Bedard (USA)

• Chelsea Liu/Balazs Nagy (USA)

• Valentina Plazas/Maximiliano Fernandez (USA)

Ice Dance:

• Holly Harris/Jason Chan (AUS)

• Marjorie Lajoie/Zachary Lagha (CAN)

• Katerina Mrazkova/Daniel Mrazek (CZE)

• Natalie Taschlerova/Filip Taschler (CZE)

• Oliva Smart/Tim Dieck (ESP)

• Evgeniia Lopareva/Geoffrey Brissaud (FRA)

• Hannah Lim/Ye Quan (KOR)

• Oona Brown/Gage Brown (USA)

• Madison Chock/Evan Bates (USA)

• Caroline Green/Michael Parsons (USA)

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SKATE CANADA (Vancouver, BC, CAN, Oct. 27-29)

Men:

• Wesley Chiu (CAN)

• Conrad Orzel (CAN)

• Aleksa Rakic (CAN)

• Roman Sadovsky (CAN)

• Mihhail Selevko (EST)

• Mark Gorodnitsky (ISR)

• Matteo Rizzo (ITA)

• Kao Miura (JPN)

• Kazuki Tomono (JPN)

• Sota Yamamoto (JPN)

• Mikhail Shaidorov (KAZ)

• Junhwan Cha (KOR)

• Liam Kapeikis (USA)

Women:

• Sara-Maude Dupuis (CAN)

• Kaiya Ruiter (CAN)

• Madeline Schizas (CAN)

• Mae Berenice Meite (FRA)

• Nicole Schott (GER)

• Lara Naki Gutmann (ITA)

• Rika Kihira (JPN)

• Rino Matsuike (JPN)

• Kaori Sakamoto (JPN)

• Rinka Watanabe (JPN)

• Chaeyeon Kim (KOR)

• Starr Andrews (CAN)

• Audrey Shin (USA)

• Lindsay Thorngren (USA)

Pairs:

• Anastasia Golubeva/Hektor Giotopoulos Moore (AUS)

• Kelly Ann Laurin/Loucas Ethier (CAN)

• Brooke McIntosh/Benjamin Mimar (CAN)

• Deanna Stellato-Dudek/Maxime Deschamps (CAN)

• Letizia Roscher/Luis Schuster (GER)

• Maria Pavlova/Alexei Sviatchenko (HUN)

• Lucrezia Beccari/Matteo Guarise (ITA)

• Daria Danilova/Michel Tsiba (NED)

Ice Dance:

• Alicia Fabbri/Paul Ayer (CAN)

• Piper Gilles/Paul Poirier (CAN)

• Molly Lanaghan/Dmitre Razgulajevs (CAN)

• Shiyue Wang/Xinyu Liu (CHN)

• Lilah Fear/Lewis Gibson (GBR)

• Jennifer Janse van Rensburg/Benjamin Steffan (GER)

• Allison Reed/Saulius Ambrulevicius (LTU)

• Oona Brown/Gage Brown (USA)

• Eva Pate/Logan Bye (USA)

• Emilea Zingas/Vadym Kolesnik (USA)

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GRAND PRIX DE FRANCE (Angers, FRA, Nov. 3-5)

Men:

• Stephen Gogolev (CAN)

• Boyang Jin (CHN)

• Luc Economides (FRA)

• Landry Le May (FRA)

• Adam Siao Him Fa (FRA)

• Daniel Grassl (ITA)

• Nikolaj Memola (ITA)

• Yuma Kagiyama (JPN)

• Takeru Amine Kataise (JPN)

• Koshiro Shimada (JPN)

• Lukas Britschgi (SUI)

• Ilia Malinin (USA)

• Camden Pulkinen (USA)

Women:

• Nina Pinzarrone (BEL)

• Janna Jyrkinen (FIN)

• Maia Mazzara (FRA)

• Lorine Schild (FRA)

• Lea Serna (FRA)

• Anastasiia Gubanova (GEO)

• Mone Chiba (JPN)

• Wakaba Higuchi (JPN)

• Rion Sumiyoshi (JPN)

• Haein Lee (KOR)

• Kimmy Repond (SUI)

• Isabeau Levito (USA)

Pairs:

• Lia Pereira/Trennt Michaud (CAN)

• Camille Kovalev/Pavel Kovalev (FRA)

• Oceane Piegad/Denys Strekalin (FRA)

• Oxana Vouillamoz/Flavien Giniaux (FRA)

• Sara Conti/Niccolo Macii (ITA)

• Anna Valesi/Manuel Piazza (ITA)

• Ellie Kam/Danny O’Shea (USA)

• Valentina Plazas/Maximiliano Fernandez (USA)

Ice Dance:

• Laurence Fournier Beaudry/Nikolaj Soerensen (CAN)

• Marie-Jade Lauriault/Romain Le Gac (CAN)

• Olivia Smart/Tim Dieck (ESP)

• Marie Dupayage/Thomas Nabais (FRA)

• Natacha Lagouge/Arnaud Caffa (FRA)

• Evgeniia Lopareva/Geoffrey Brissaud (FRA)

• Charlene Guignard/Marco Fabbri (ITA)

• Hannah Lim/Ye Quan (KOR)

• Christina Carreira/Anthony Ponomarenko (USA)

• Kaitlin Hawayek/Jean Luc Baker (USA)

• Lorraine McNamara/Anton Spiridonov (USA)

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CUP OF CHINA (Chongqing, CHN, Nov. 10-12)

Men:

• Daiwei Dai (CHN)

• Boyang Jin (CHN)

• He Zhang (CHN)

• Juwen Xu (CHN)

• Adam Siao Him Fa (FRA)

• Gabriele Frangipani (ITA)

• Kazuki Tomono (JPN)

• Shoma Uno (JPN)

• Sota Yamamoto (JPN)

• Mikhail Shaidorov (KAZ)

• Sihyeong Lee (KOR)

• Lucas Broussard (USA)

• Jimmy Ma (USA)

Women:

• Loena Hendrickx (BEL)

• Madeline Schizas (CAN)

• Xiangyi An (CHN)

• Hongyi Chen (CHN)

• Yi Zhu (CHN)

• Niina Petrokina (EST)

• Mai Mihara (JPN)

• Rinka Watanabe (JPN)

• Hana Yoshida (JPN)

• Yelim Kim (KOR)

• Ekaterina Kurakova (POL)

• Audrey Shin (USA)

• Bradie Tennell (USA)

Pairs:

• Deanna Stellato-Dudek/Maxime Deschamps (CAN)

• Cheng Peng/Lei Wang (CHN)

• Yuchen Wang/Lei Zhu (CHN)

• Siyang Zhang/Yongchao Yang (CHN)

• Annika Hocke/Robert Kunkel (GER)

• Rebecca Ghilardi/Filippo Ambrosini (ITA)

• Anna Valesi/Manuel Piazza (ITA)

• Anastasiia Smirnova/Danylo Siianytsia (USA)

• Emily Chan/Spencer Akira Howe (USA)

• Maria Mokhova/Ivan Mokhov (USA)

Ice Dance:

• Piper Gilles/Paul Poirier (CAN)

• Marjorie Lajoie/Zachary Lagha (CAN)

• Xizi Chen/Jianing Xing (CHN)

• Shang Shi/Nan Wu (CHN)

• Shiyue Wang/Xinyu Liu (CHN)

• Natalie Taschlerova/Filip Taschler (CZE)

• Loicia Demougeot/Theo Le Mercier (FRA)

• Maria Kazakova/Giorgi Revia (GEO)

• Emily Bratti/Ian Somerville (USA)

• Caroline Green/Michael Parsons (USA)

• Eva Pate/Logan Bye (USA)

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GRAND PRIX ESPOO (Espoo, FIN, Nov. 17-19)

Men:

• Vladimir Litvintsev (AZE)

• Arlet Levandi (EST)

• Makar Suntsev (FIN)

• Kevin Aymoz (FRA)

• Nikita Starostin (GER)

• Nikolaj Memola (ITA)

• Matteo Rizzo (ITA)

• Kao Miura (JPN)

• Shun Sato (JPN)

• Koshiro Shimada (JPN)

• Junhwan Cha (KOR)

• Andreas Nordeback (SWE)

• Ivan Shmuratko (UKR)

• Liam Kapeikis (USA)

• Jimmy Ma (USA)

Women:

• Janna Jyrkinen (FIN)

• Oona Ounasvuori (FIN)

• Nella Pelkonen (FIN)

• Lorine Schild (FRA)

• Lara Naki Gutmann (ITA)

• Mana Kawabe (JPN)

• Kaori Sakamoto (JPN)

• Rion Sumiyoshi (JPN)

• Chaeyeon Kim (KOR)

• Young You (KOR)

• Kimmy Repond (SUI)

• Starr Andrews (USA)

• Amber Glenn (USA)

Pairs:

• Brooke McIntosh/Benjamin Mimar (CAN)

• Cheng Peng/Lei Wang (CHN)

• Milania Vaananen/Filippo Clerici (FIN)

• Camille Kovalev/Pavel Kovalev (FRA)

• Minerva Fabienne Hase/Nikita Volodin (GER)

• Maria Pavlova/Alexei Sviatchenko (HUN)

• Sara Conti/Niccolo Macii (ITA)

• Ellie Kam/Danny O’Shea (USA)

Ice Dance:

• Nadiia Bashynska/Peter Beaumont (CAN)

• Laurence Fournier Beaudry/Nikolaj Soerensen (CAN)

• Katerina Mrazkova/Daniel Mrazek (CZE)

• Yuka Orihara/Juho Pirinen (FIN)

• Juulia Turkkila/Matthias Versluis (FIN)

• Jennifer Janse van Rensburg/Benjamin Steffan (GER)

• Mariia Ignateva/Danijil Leonyidovics Szemko (HUN)

• Christina Carreira/Anthony Ponomarenko (USA)

• Madison Chock/Evan Bates (USA)

• Emilea Zingas/Vadym Kolesnik (USA)

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NHK TROPHY (Osaka, JPN, Nov. 24-26)

Men:

• Wesley Chiu (CAN)

• Aleksandr Selevko (EST)

• Mihhail Selevko (EST)

• Luc Economides (FRA)

• Nika Egadze (GEO)

• Gabriele Frangipani (ITA)

• Daniel Grassl (ITA)

• Yuma Kagiyama (JPN)

• Tatsuya Tsuboi (JPN)

• Shoma Uno (JPN)

• Sihyeong Lee (KOR)

• Deniss Vasiljevs (LAT)

• Lukas Britschgi (SUI)

• Camden Pulkinen (USA)

Women:

• Nina Pinzarrone (BEL)

• Lea Serna (FRA)

• Anastasiia Gubanova (GEO)

• Nicole Schott (GER)

• Yuna Aoki (JPN)

• Wakaba Higuchi (JPN)

• Mai Mihara (JPN)

• Yelim Kim (KOR)

• Haein Lee (KOR)

• Seoyeong Wi (KOR)

• Lindsay van Zundert (NED)

• Bradie Tennell (USA)

• Lindsay Thorngren (USA)

• Ava Marie Ziegler (USA)

Pairs:

• Anastasia Golubeva/Hektor Giotopoulos Moore (AUS)

• Kelly Ann Laurin/Loucas Ethier (CAN)

• Minerva Fabienne Hase/Nikita Volodin (GER)

• Lucrezia Beccari/Matteo Guarise (ITA)

• Rebecca Ghilardi/Filippo Ambrosini (ITA)

• Riku Miura/Ryuichi Kihara (JPN)

• Yuna Nagaoka/Sumitada Moriguchi (JPN)

• Daria Danilova/Michel Tsiba (NED)

• Chelsea Liu/Balazs Nagy (USA)

• Emily Chan/Spencer Akira Howe (USA)

• Anastasiia Smirnova/Danylo Siianytsia (USA)

Ice Dance:

• Marie-Jade Lauriault/Romain Le Gac (CAN)

• Juulia Turkkila/Matthias Versluis (FIN)

• Loicia Demougeot/Theo Le Mercier (FRA)

• Lilah Fear/Lewis Gibson (GBR)

• Maria Kazakova/Giorgi Revia (GEO)

• Charlene Guignard/Marco Fabbri (ITA)

• Misato Komatsubara/Tim Koleto (JPN)

• Allison Reed/Saulius Ambrulevicius (LTU)

• Emily Bratti/Ian Somerville (USA)

• Lorraine McNamara/Anton Spiridonov (USA)

• Kaitlin Hawayek/Jean Luc Baker (USA)

Minimum TES Scores for 2024 ISU Championships

Source: ISU Communication 2570

2024 World Championships (SP/FS)

• Men: 34 / 64

• Women: 32 / 53

• Pairs: 29 / 46

• Ice Dance: 35 / 52 (previously 33 / 49)

2024 European & Four Continents Championships (SP/FS)

• Men: 28 / 46

• Women: 25 / 42

• Pairs: 25 / 42

• Ice Dance: 30 / 48 (previously 28 / 45)

2024 Junior World Championships (SP/FS)

• Men: 25 / 44

• Women: 25 / 40

• Pairs: 23 / 34

• Ice Dance: 24 / 38

ISU Statement: IOC Recommendations of March 28, 2023

The ISU Council discussed the IOC's recommendations on allowing Russian and Belarusian athletes back to competition, and have decided that the ban will remain in place for the time being. They are still exploring the feasibility of allowing RUS/BLR athletes and continuing to monitor the situation in Ukraine.

Full statement:

The International Skating Union (ISU) has supported the Skating Federations of Ukraine since the start of the war, implementing ISU Communication 2469, and also granting financial support to assist Ukrainian Skaters. The ISU reiterates its sympathy for and solidarity to all affected by the War in Ukraine. The ISU maintains its condemnation of the Russian invasion of Ukraine in the strongest possible terms.

The ISU Council met on June 9-11, 2023 and discussed the International Olympic Committee’s (IOC) recommendations of March 28, 2023 for International Federations on the participation of athletes with a Russian or Belarussian passport in international competitions.

The ISU Council decided to explore the feasibility issues with regard to potential pathways to implement the IOC recommendations within ISU Sports.

The Council will continue to monitor the situation in Ukraine and its impact on the ISU activity as well as the decisions and their implementation within the Olympic Movement. In the meantime, ISU Communication 2469 remains in force.

2023-24 Schedule of ISU Competitions

ISU Communication 2565

The ISU has published the schedule of international competitions for the 2023-24 season. Our calendar has also been updated with major events.

ISU Communication 2560: Ice Dance Requirements for Technical Rules Season 2023-24

The ISU has published Communication 2560: Ice Dance Requirements for Technical Rules Season 2023-24.

Summary of notable changes:

Rhythm Dance:

• Theme (senior and junior): Music from the 1980s (must be originally released in that decade)

• Junior Pattern Dance: Two sequences of Rocker Foxtrot in any order, can be skated one after the other or separately. In the first sequence, the man skates the man’s steps and the woman skates the woman’s steps. In the second sequence, the woman skates the man’s steps and the man skates the woman’s steps.

• Senior Choreographic Rhythm Sequence: Silver Samba, steps #9, 9a, 9b to #47. Woman’s/man’s steps may be performed by either one partner or both partners, “provided there is continuity of prescribed steps always performed by at least 1 partner”. Tempo at least 100 beats/min, no restriction in number of beats per step. Partners must be in contact, but any holds are permitted. (Note: This element is still evaluated as a choreographic element, not a pattern dance with levels.)

Free Dance:

• Choreographic Hydroblading Movement added as a new option for choreographic elements. Both partners would perform the hydroblading movement at the same time. If any part of the body besides the boot of the free leg touches the ice, the element may be considered a Choreographic Sliding Movement instead.

• Choreographic Character Step Sequence: Skaters may now perform this sequence in various patterns instead of only along the short axis of the rink. The pattern for the ChSt must be different from the pattern of the other step sequence in the free dance.

  • Diagonal (corner to corner)

  • Long axis

  • Short axis

  • Circular (starting and ending at the long barrier at the short axis)

ISU Communication 2558: Singles & Pairs Levels, GOE and PCS Guidelines for Season 2023-24

The ISU has published Communication 2558: Levels of Difficulty and Guidelines for Marking Grade of Execution and Program Components Season 2023/24

Summary of notable changes (underlined portions are new):

Spin Levels:

• “In Flying spins and spins in one position the difficult exit must be started from a basic position (not final windup), which must be at least reached. In spin combinations the difficult exit can be started from any position.”

• “When windmill is used as a difficult exit, it must be executed on the spinning foot.”

• Optional level 4 feature: “Both directions immediately following each other in sit, camel, Layback and difficult variation of an upright position”

Pair Lift Levels:

• “In Group 5 Reverse Lasso Lift (5RLi) when both partners skate forwards, this is considered as a difficult variation of take-off.”

Death Spiral Levels:

• “Difficult entry and/or exit is one feature and only one of them will count as a level feature. The exit must have a significant impact on the balance, control and execution of the death spiral.”

Pair Spin Levels:

• “Difficult exit – exiting in a lift or spinning movement, an innovative move that makes the exit significantly more difficult. The exit must have a significant impact on the balance, control and execution of the pair spin combination.”

• “Lifting the woman while the man is on 1 foot is a level feature when executed for at least 2 revolutions. If the woman is in a difficult position during the lift, it will be counted as a difficult variation.”

• “Pair Spin Combination can be started with a jump. Any flying entry can be considered as a feature. If one or both partners do not execute 3 revolutions before or after the change of foot, the PCoSp will be marked with a “V”. If there are less than 3 revolutions on both feet by one or both partners, the spin will have “No Value”.

GOE - Positive Aspects:

• Jumps: “effortless throughout (including rhythm in jump combo or sequence)”

• Step sequences: “Creativity of body movements including variations of free foot: This positive bullet includes creative and varied body movements and different placements of the free foot (forwards, sideways, backwards/supported or unsupported) during the step sequence.”

GOE - Negative Aspects:

• Jumps: “Poor take-off: For example a toe-assisted jump is taken off from the full blade, Toe Loop is executed like a Toe Axel or there is excessive rotation on the ice at the take-off. The reduction in GOE is -2 to -4.” (previously -1 to -3)

• Jumps: “Multiple “q” signs in jump combo/seq: -3 to -4”

• Spins: “Poor exit: -1 to -3”

• “In case of any of the following errors, the starting GOE for the evaluation cannot be higher than +2:” (added following)

  • Spins with less than required revolutions (Short Program)

  • Spins with change of foot with poor change

  • Flying Spins with poor fly

• Twists: “Poor take-off (poor speed, serious scratching, no toe-pick): -1 to -3” (previously -1 to -2)

• Death spirals: “Poor or weak position of the woman (too high/less than 1 rev in low position) or man: -1 to -3”

• Death spirals: “Woman’s or man’s weak edge quality: -2 to -3” (previously -1 to -2)