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L & rsquo, International Skating Union, in view of the XXIII edition of the Olympic Games, the IOC has made a number of requests that will be discussed next April when it will bring together & agrave; the Executive Board of the International Olympic Committee.
Tuesday 30 September 2014 5 minutes reading time
First, as already & agrave; illustrated in recent days, you ask & agrave; l & rsquo; introduction of synchronized skating in the Olympic program. In this regard, one of the problems to be solved, there would also be one of the composition of the teams. A said Ottavio fifties, president of the & rsquo; ISU, l & rsquo; intention of the federation would be to have the road team composed only by women, but in reality & agrave ;, to meet the demands of the CIO would prefer to Mixed selections, it will be & agrave; formulated a proposal that teams composed of 14 women and 2 men.
Second, you ask & agrave; space for the race on speed-skating with in-line starting. In this regard, various tests are stored in the circuit of the World Cup, l & rsquo; ISU has developed a comprehensive proposal. The format should provide 16 rounds of & rsquo; oval between 388 and 400 meters, without the & rsquo; habitual use of lanes. You should play two semi-finals by 12 athletes each with access to the final for the first 6 or 8 athletes. All skaters will compete wearing a transponder that terr & agrave; account of laps and serve & agrave; to determine the final positions. At the moment, there are no differences between the male and the female race and qualifying will come all''evento & agrave; is reserved for athletes of speed-skating and short-track, as you will see on agrave & ;.
In the past, only in the Olympic Games of 1932, hosted by Lake Placid, races were sailed with the starting line. At the time, the program consisted of four events in the men's field, as well as four women's competitions demonstration.
L & rsquo; latest proposal regards, finally, the figure skating. L & rsquo; ISU, to meet the demands of the Korean Olympic Committee, will push & agrave; in order that & egrave; will be improved the odds for the dance contest and one reserved for couples of art. L & rsquo; idea would be to climb in both cases a & rsquo; combined in such a way as to ensure the participation in the host country, and above the way agrave; what will happen & agrave; in qualifying events. Regarding the dance, it would go from 24 to 25 seats, while on the slope of the pairs of artistic from 20 to 21.
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Fifty Ottavio stated that, in order to leave no stone unturned, sottoporr & agrave; in short the various proposals to the Korean Olympic Committee in order to secure an important bearing on all fronts open.
In summary, l & rsquo; International Skating Union hopes to be awarded three new titles. At the moment, the figure skating competitions are five of those eight short-track speed-skating and those are, instead, the twelve.
In April, the Executive Board of the IOC pronuncer & agrave; permanently on the calendar of the Olympic Games Pyegoncahng and quotas available for each subject and each race.
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