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A 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 inside Scheveningen, The Netherlands in 1892, making it, according to a history in its official [http://www.isu.org/vsite/vcontent/page/custom/0,8510,4844-130844-132152-20256-74409-custom-item,00.html web site], a oldest governing international wintertime sport federation. A ISU was formed to establish standardized international system & regulations for the skating disciplines it governs, & to organize international competitions inside these disciplines. These are currently depending around Lausanne, Switzerland. When of the 2004/2005 year, members of the ISU involved: Andorra, Argentina, Armenia, Australia, Austria Azerbaijan, Belarus, Belgium, Bosnia and Hercegovina, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, China, Chinese Taipei, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Democratic People's Republic of Korea, Estonia, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Hong Kong, Hungary, Iceland, India, Israel, Italy, Japan, Kazakhstan, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Mexico, Monaco, Mongolia, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Philippines, Poland, Puerto Rico, Republic of Korea, Romania, Russia, Serbia and Montenegro, Slovak Republic, Slovenia, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Thailand, Turkey, Ukraine, U.S.A., Uzbekistan
Dates & locations of 1st globe championships inside various disciplines held under a auspices of the ISU:
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Goodwill Games FigureSkating Results 2001 Results of FigureSkating from Goodwill Games 2001 held in Brisbane,Australia Official site for 2002 Junior World FigureSkating Championships Official Site for the 2002 Junior World FigureSkating Championships Skate America International 2001 Site for Skate America International 2001, the first of the Grand Prix Series,held in Colorado Springs from October 25-28, 2001 World Figure Skating Championships 1999 Unofficial site by Kelly Behning of the Worlds in Helsinki, Finland, 22-28 march 1999. Cup of Russia 1999 The 5th event of ISU Grand-Prix of figure skating series, held at St. Peterburg, Russia, 25-28 November. Grand Prix Final 1999 The Final of the ISU Grand Prix of figure skating was held at St.Petersburg, Russia, March 4-7, 1999. Skate Slovenia 1999 The 5th event of ISU Junior Grand-Prix of figure skating, held at Bled, Slovenia, 21-24 October 1999. |
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