The ISU Council reiterates its solidarity with all those affected by the conflict in Ukraine and our thoughts are with the entire Ukrainian people and country. The ISU Council reaffirms its full solidarity with the ISU Members in Ukraine, the Ukrainian Speed Skating Federation and the Ukrainian Figure Skating Federation. The ISU Council will evaluate possibilities for swift humanitarian assistance to its Ukrainian ISU Members. The ISU Council carefully evaluated the IOC Statement of February 28, 2022 as well as appeals received from ISU Members and others calling for a ban on the participation of Skaters and Officials from Russia and Belarus in ISU Events and other International Skating competitions Full text
Feb 28
Latvian Skating Association Statement
The Latvian Skating Association (LSA) has sent a letter of support to the Ukrainian Speed Skating Federation and the Ukrainian Figure Skating Federation expressing support and solidarity in this difficult situation and expressing their opposition TO the war in Ukraine. The LSA has expressed its determination to provide assistance to Ukrainian athletes, coaches and related persons, assisting with accommodation, training and work opportunities in Latvia.
Sep 26
Deniss Vasiljevs has won the season opening competition Nebelhorn Trophy 2020
Deniss Vasiljevs has successfully participated in the first competition Nebelhorn Trophy 2020 of the new season of Figure Skating, which takes place in the Obersdorf, in Germany from 24 to 26 of September. Deniss participated in the competition with the two new programs and excellently presented his performance.
After the first day’s Short program completion Deniss Vasiljevs earned 73.25 points which brought him in 5th place. In the Free-skating, Deniss managed to perform a very good technical presentation and demonstrated a wonderful choreography. the high performance of the programs skating allowed Deniss to show high results and to gain 1st place in both the Free-skating and the joint ranking of the competition, becoming the winner of Nebelhorn Trophy 2020, with a total score of 233.08 points, which is also the highest score of all time in the Free-skating that Deniss has achieved.
17 athletes from 11 countries participated in the competition. high-class athletes such as Matteo Rizzo and Gabriele Frangipani of Italy, Paul Fentz an Kai Jagoda from Germany, as well as Nikolai Majorov of Sweden and Mikhail and Alexander Selevko of neighboring Estonia, participated in the Senior Man category at Nebelhorn Trophy 2020.
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