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	Short track speed skating - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Short track speed skating (also Shorttrack speedskating) is a form of ice skating akin to speed skating.
		This form of speed skating was mainly practised in the United States and Canada, as opposed to the international form, where skaters skated in pairs.
		In 1967, the International Skating Union (ISU) adopted short track speed skating, although it would take some time before it started to organise international events, in 1976.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Short_track_speed_skating (312 words)

	MSN Encarta - Print Preview - Ice Skating
		Ice skating was primarily a means of transportation at first, although documents from The Netherlands indicate that speed races were held in towns as early as the 15th century.
		Speed skating in the United States is governed by the United States International Speed Skating Association and the Amateur Speedskating Union of the United States, both of which are affiliated with the ISU.
		Figure skating was included in the Summer Olympics of 1908 and 1920 and at the first Winter Olympics in 1924, where men’s speed skating events were also held.
	encarta.msn.com /text_761561185___14/Ice_Skating.html (1096 words)

	International Skating Union (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The International Skating Union (ISU) was established in 1892.
		The flag of the ISU was hoisted over the skating hall during the European Championships of Figure Skating, which took place this week in Bratislava (Slovakia).
		It is a blue field with the 'logo' of the ISU in the middle.
	www.fotw.net /flags/int@isu.html (213 words)

	International Skating Union - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The International Skating Union (ISU) is the international governing body for competitive ice skating disciplines, including figure skating, synchronized skating, speed skating, and short track speed skating.
		It was founded in Scheveningen, The Netherlands in 1892, making it, according to the history on its official web site, the oldest governing international winter sport federation.
		The ISU was formed to establish standardized international rules and regulations for the skating disciplines it governs, and to organize international competitions in these disciplines.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/International_Skating_Union (141 words)

	Figure Skating Equipments - Short Track Speed Skating
		International figure skating requires skaters to perform a short program that includes mandatory jumps, spins and steps, and then a longer program that allows more artistic freedom, both set to music.
		All events are skated once, with the exception of the men's and women's 500 meters, which are skated twice.
		International competitions began in the 1970s and an official International Skating Union competition was held in 1976.
	www.clearleadinc.com /site/skating.html (1603 words)

	Mary Wehmeier's Blog Du Jour
		The ISU in the face of all this attention and enough evidence to convict another celebrity murder case handed down a mere 3 year ban to include the 2006 Olympics on Le Gougne and Gailhaguet.
		From where I sit, it is long overdue but the International Skating Union must clean up its act from top to bottom.(I'm not the only figure skating alumni saying this.) It is no longer acceptable for the International Skating Union or any national skating federation to hide their rules from the public.
		Furthermore the sport of Figure Skating needs to understand on a molecular level that it is no longer is it acceptable for any of the participating national skating federations to play footsies and politics, as well as swap votes or play favorites.
	radio.weblogs.com /0100243/categories/skatingDiva/2002/05/06.html (1211 words)

	CNN.com - Transcripts
		Cinquanta yesterday afternoon I convened an executive board meeting of the International Olympic Committee that was held this morning, and we received an official proposal from the International Skating Union to award gold medal to Sale and Pelletier.
		It is not the IOC responsibility to conduct the inquiry, it is the International Skating Union's responsibility.
		ISU has led an inquiry according to the rules of due process, came it a conclusion, came to the IOC, and we then came to the final solution that I have explained.
	transcripts.cnn.com /TRANSCRIPTS/0202/15/bn.04.html (7105 words)

	The Anniston Star - French judge, federation chief suspended three years
		French figure-skating judge Marie-Reine Le Gougne was suspended from judging for three years by the International Skating Union on Tuesday and banned from the 2006 Winter Olympics for her role in the scandal at the Salt Lake City Olympic Games in February.
		The International Skating Union council held a two-day hearing into accusations Le Gougne was pressured by Gailhaguet into voting for the Russians over the Canadians in the pairs competition at the Salt Lake City Games.
		Le Gougne was suspended indefinitely by the ISU in Salt Lake City after declaring she voted for the Russian pair under pressure from Gailhaguet.
	www.annistonstar.com /sports/2002/as-olympics-0501-0-2d30x5124.htm (983 words)

	ESPN.com: OLY - Group wants skating union in deep freeze
		Unhappy with ISU president Ottavio Cinquanta and his organization, the newly formed World Skating Federation has contacted International Olympic Committee president Jacques Rogge, asking for a meeting.
		ISU special events coordinator Peter Krick said Tuesday that no comment would be made until after the world championships.
		Skating has been struggling to regain its credibility since the Salt Lake City scandal, and a furor over the interim judging system hasn't helped.
	espn.go.com /oly/news/2003/0325/1529251.html (570 words)

	ABC 7 News - International Skating Union OKs New Score System (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The International Skating Union's new system replaces the famed 6.0 score and is based on points for jumps, spins, footwork and artistic elements.
		ISU head Ottavio Cinquanta has been urging change since his sport was disgraced at the 2002 Salt Lake City Games.
		The vote at the biennial ISU congress was 43 for the ISU proposal, three for a Russian proposal, two for an Australian proposal and six abstentions.
	www.wjla.com /news/stories/0604/152107.html (935 words)

	This Week in Skating, 6/23
		The biennial conference of the International Skating Union ended this past Friday in Stockholm, Sweden, bringing some interesting and controversial changes to the world of figure skating.
		International Olympic Committee officials had threatened to pull ice dancing from the Olympics unless the ISU found a way to fix the problem of the judging.
		Other changes passed by the union included allowing the use of video replays during a 25-second period after each skater to assist judges in their scoring, and permitting quadruple jumps in the men’s short program.
	www.suite101.com /article.cfm/figure_skating_retired/8321 (334 words)

	DigitalJournal.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The president of the International Skating Union says American Ronald Pfenning, the "referee" who led the review panel, made the charge about an as yet unnamed judge, after the gold medal was presented to Russian skaters Elena Berezhnaya and Anton Sikharulidze over Canadians Jamie Sale and David Pelletier.
		The International Skating Union president, Ottavio Cinquanta, did not reveal the nature of the allegations against the judge, but said he has received a denial.
		Cinquanta said the skating union was doing an "internal assessment" to see if judges at the event followed proper rules and procedures, but he said their ruling would not be overturned.
	www.digitaljournal.com /print.htm?id=2455 (359 words)

	Got \| Apex? Forums - french judge instructed to vote for russians in figure skating
		But figure skating's ruling body, the International Skating Union, says it cannot change the result of the competition.
		International Skating Union president Ottavio Cinquanta said the written allegation against the judge would be heard by the ISU council next Monday.
		The ISU president said he had spoken to the judge, who he refused to name.
	www.gotapex.com /forums/printthread.php?t=39362 (1170 words)

	ICE SKATING -- Encyclopædia Britannica (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		A drift toward opening top figure skating competitions to previously recognized professional performers was significantly indicated by the declared readiness of the International Skating Union to consider applications for reinstatement.
		The activity of ice skating has given rise to two distinctive sports: figure skating, which involves the performance of various jumps, spins, and dance movements; and speed skating and short-track speed skating, both of which are forms of racing on ice skates.
		The molded toe clamps are tightened with a skate key, and leather straps bind the skates to the ankle.
	www.britannica.com /eb/article-9115045?tocId=9115045 (787 words)

	USATODAY.com - More ice follies (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		French skating judge Marie-Reine Le Gougne and Didier Gailhaguet, president of the French skating federation, were found guilty of fixing the Olympics.
		The International Skating Union insists that the limited punishment was the "utmost" that could be done.
		At next month's meeting of the ISU, several reforms could be considered, including changes to the scoring system, lifetime bans for future misconduct and a new method for selecting judges to disrupt vote trading.
	www.usatoday.com /news/opinion/2002/05/03/edtwof.htm (407 words)

	BBC SPORT \| Other Sports \| Figure skating trials voting system
		The new method of voting was trialled at the weekend with the number of judges increased from nine to 14 with seven of their votes being selected at random by a computer.
		ISU president Ottavio Cinquanta said the test was a success during the Nebelhorn Trophy in Oberstdorf, Germany.
		"I am pleased that the ISU has moved quickly to respond to the public perception of the need to change and at the same time convinced that such changes are meaningful and well conceived in the interests of our skaters in the future," he said.
	news.bbc.co.uk /sport2/low/other_sports/2247363.stm (284 words)

	CNNSI.com - 2002 Winter Olympics - Figure Skating - Canadian pair to get gold medals; judge suspended - Friday February ...
		The International Skating Union indefinitely suspended Marie-Reine Le Gougne, the French judge who says she was pressured by her own federation to give the Russian pair the gold.
		The French judge told the ISU she had been "submitted to a certain pressure" from her federation and had signed a statement about how she reached her vote, Cinquanta said.
		The ISU had planned to review the scoring at a meeting next week, but the deal Friday allowed the matter to be settled in the swift manner the IOC had urged.
	sportsillustrated.cnn.com /olympics/2002/figure_skating/news/2002/02/15/canadian_gold (693 words)

	NIU professor urges International Skating Union to investigate use of Rasch model for fair judging (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The skaters' ability measures are adjusted for unique characteristics of the program skated and the idiosyncrasies (bias) of the judges, says Looney, who uses the word "bias" cautiously.
		However, the International Skating Union (ISU) also would have to develop decision-making rules to know what to do if the Rasch model is used and idiosyncrasies are detected.
		The ISU proposal of seven randomly selected scores also frees judges to smile on their fellow countrymen.
	www.niu.edu /northerntoday/2002/march4/judging.shtml (792 words)

	As It Happens: More Controversy in the Ice Skating World - CBC Radio
		However, the International Skating Union will be holding an internal inquiry into allegations of misjudging at the event.
		After Canadian figure skating judge Jean Senft blew the whistle on collusion among ice dance judges at the 1998 Olympic Games, the sport was supposed to be freed from politics.
		Reine-Marie Le Gougne: The French skating judge at the centre of the controversy.
	www.cbc.ca /aih/entertainment/021202_skating.html (665 words)

	CNN.com - Transcripts
		She allegedly told the International Skating Union that she was pressured by the French Skating Federation to vote for the Russians.
		It was a midnight deal that was struck Thursday night between the IOC and the International Skating Union, when they agreed in a secret meeting in a downtown hotel in Salt Lake City to allow the Canadians to actually share in the gold and get a second gold medal in the Pairs Skating competition.
		So if, in fact, the Skating Union decides to investigate itself, as it said it has promised to do an internal assessment, unlikely that is going to be made public what the results are.
	edition.cnn.com /TRANSCRIPTS/0202/16/cst.01.html (930 words)

	Northstar Figure Skating Club: Westborough, MA & Auburn, MA
		The International Skating Union (ISU) was founded in 1892 and is the oldest governing international winter sport federation.
		Skate Canada is the largest figure skating governing body in the world.
		U.S. Figure Skating is the official governing body for the sport of figure skating in the United States, recognized as such by both the United States Olympic Committee (USOC) and the International Skating Union (ISU).
	www.northstarfsc.com /links.htm (426 words)

	SPORTS IN BRIEF: International Skating Union accepts plan replacing 6.0 scale
		Determined to dig out of the crisis sparked by the Salt Lake judging scandal, the International Skating Union voted Monday to accept a plan that would replace figure skating's 6.0 scale with a points system.
		The new system might be ready for testing at some competitions in the next two years, but the congress will have to vote on it again in 2004 before it could be implemented for good.
		The ISU said it has much more work to do before the plan is complete.
	www.freep.com /sports/othersports/round4_20020604.htm (460 words)

	United States Olympic Committee - International Skating Union Elects Two U.S. Representatives
		USFSA president Phyllis Howard of Arlington, Va., was elected to the ISU Council, one of the four figure skating members elected to serve.
		Ottavio Cinquanta of Italy was re-elected as ISU president with Gerhard Zimmerman of Germany being re-elected as vice president for speed skating.
		The ISU Council consists of the president, both vice presidents and the four council members from figure and speed skating.
	www.usolympicteam.com /73_5410.htm (263 words)

	OLYMPICS - CBS SportsLine.com
		A skating source with knowledge of the splinter group's plans told The Associated Press on Monday night that the new association was being formed because of unhappiness with ISU president Ottavio Cinquanta's leadership.
		The new organization would be involved with only figure skating; the ISU also oversees speedskating.
		Last Thursday, U.S. skating judge Ron Pfenning was dismissed as referee of the women's event at the World Figure Skating Championships, which began Monday.
	cbs.sportsline.com /olympics/story/6275348 (666 words)

	International Skating Union Refutes U.S. Criticism
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		QUOTE: The International Skating Union yesterday refuted criticism that it hasn't vigorously investigated allegations of competition-fixing...
		ISU President Ottavio Cinquanta insists that the International Skating Union is taking proper and adequate steps to investigation allegations of misconduct.
	www.fairness.com /resources/one?resource_id=4512 (104 words)

	CNNSI.com - Winter Sports - Japan's Onda captures NHK Trophy - Saturday November 30, 2002 07:39 AM
		Onda, who led after Friday's short program, fell on her opening triple axel but was near-faultless the rest of the way to become the first Japanese woman to win the NHK Trophy since Midori Ito won in 1991.
		Skating to Concerto for Cello and Orchestra Serenade, Onda thrilled the capacity crowd at Aqua Arena with a stirring performance that included a triple lutz-double toe loop combination.
		Skating to a rock 'n' roll medley, the Russian pair received marks ranging from 5.5 to 5.8 for technical merit and 5.8 to 6.0 for presentation.
	sportsillustrated.cnn.com /wintersports/news/2002/11/30/nhk_trophy_ap (669 words)

	ESPN.com - Union looking into links in alleged medals fix
		LAUSANNE, Switzerland -- The International Skating Union said Tuesday that it had called on all its member federations to investigate whether any of their officials or athletes had links with a conspiracy to fix the results of skating events at the Olympic Games.
		Le Gougne and French Skating Federation President Didier Gailhaguet were suspended from the International Skating Union for three years and banned from the 2006 Winter Games.
		The ISU said it had provided U.S. justice authorities with the complete files of the disciplinary inquiry against Le Gougne and Gailhaguet.
	sports.espn.go.com /espn/print?id=1417375&type=news (429 words)

	TIME.com: Olympic Figure Skating: A Sport on Thin Ice -- Page 1 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Whatever the truth turns out to be, international figure skating and the Olympic movement itself have been shaken as never before.
		Skating is full of fancy footwork, but we like to think it's confined to the skaters.
		Whether figure skating should be in the Olympics at all is a question some people have been asking for years.
	www.time.com /time/olympics2002/article/0,8599,203477,00.html (1143 words)

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