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ISU Statement on the Ukrainian crisis - Participation in international competitions of Skaters and Officials from Russia and Belarus

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.

Following the IOC recommendation, in order to protect the integrity of ice skating competitions and for the safety of all the participants of international ice skating competitions, the ISU Council based on Article 17.i.q)i) of the ISU Constitution, agreed that with immediate effect and until further notice, no Skaters belonging to the ISU Members in Russia (Russian Skating Union and the Figure Skating Federation of Russia) and Belarus (Skating Union of Belarus) shall be invited or allowed to participate in International ice skating Competitions including ISU Championships and other ISU Events. The same applies to Officials listed in the respective ISU Communications and/or Regulations under Russia and Belarus.

The ISU Council will continue to closely monitor the situation in Ukraine and its impact on the ISU activity and will take additional steps if and when required.

Source: https://www.isu.org/isu-news/news/145-news/14024-isu-statement-on-the-ukrainian-crisis-participation-in-international-competitions-of-skaters-and-officials-from-russia-and-belarus?templateParam=15

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tatiana volosozhar on instagram:

translation (by google):

Yesterday I closed the comments on the post. Today, apparently, I will do the same. Because I don't want war in the comments.

I don't know what to write. It's hard. Many of my relatives are there. Dad, sisters with families, grandmother... We try to keep in touch, but it doesn't always work out. And when there is no news for several hours, and you know that they are going somewhere, trying to be safe, it is scary. Very.

But we all, the whole family try to hold on and keep calm. How can we.

War is the most terrible thing that can be. That this is happening in 2022 is unthinkable. But it is even more painful to see and read online quarrels between ordinary people, Ukrainians and Russians.

I'm sure no one in their right mind thinks war is a good thing. And all the people around me, regardless of citizenship, are horrified by what is happening. We are all now hostages of circumstances. And we just wait and pray that everything ends as soon as possible.

Please take care of each other, do not quarrel, support each other, it is not easy for everyone now. In this situation, there is only one truth: peace is good, war is bad.

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19.02.2022: from Evan Bates's instagram stories

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19.02.2022: from Evan Bates's instagram stories

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Sui & Han. Olympic C h a m p i o n s.

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Wenjing Sui & Cong Han (CHN) perform to Bridge Over Troubled Water in the pairs’ free skate at the 2022 Winter Olympics, winning the gold medal with a world record total score of 239.88.

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everyone shut up this is all I’m gonna talk about for days

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Wenjing Sui & Cong Han (CHN) perform to Mission Impossible 2 in the pairs individual short program at the 2022 Winter Olympics, earning a world record score of 84.41.

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Kaori Sakamoto (JPN) wins the bronze medal in women’s figure skating at the 2022 Winter Olympics

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listen. what if we... don’t abuse children?

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Kaori did that. Ma’am how can you be so cute off-ice and a complete badass in front of the judges? 

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figure skating fans rn

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Olivia Smart and Adrian Diaz (ESP) skate their The Mask of Zorro free dance, scoring a personal best 121.41 and finishing in 8th place || 2022 Beijing Olympics

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"What stands out for now is the basic cruelty here. This process automatically casts the athlete as the villain. Valieva will be banned, Valieva asterisked in the annals. But Valieva is also a child. If she was given a performance-enhancing drug then what we’re talking about here is abuse, an offence committed against Valieva not by her.

The more urgent questions should be addressed to her coach Eteri Tutberidze of the high-functioning Sambo-70 school in Sochi, where very young children are taught to push their bodies to the limits, to live off “powdered nutrients”, to burn briefly as child‑puppet athletes in pursuit of that sweet, sweet, physically ruinous power-to-weight ratio."

Barney Ronay, The Guardian (x)