Change coming - new President of the ISU elected in June

[Elizabeth]

Kim Jae-youl of South Korea is the first candidate to announce a run for the job of ISU President (to be voted on at ISU Congress in June). Kim is a member of the ISU Council on the speed skating side. There are as yet no other announced candidates.
https://t.co/5kAdUK4Od7

Stay tuned ...

[Elizabeth]

Another nominee -

U.S. Figure Skating’s Board of Directors has unanimously approved the nomination of International Skating Union (ISU) Council member and U.S. Figure Skating President (2009-14), Patricia St. Peter, to be a candidate for ISU President at the upcoming ISU Congress, June 6-10, in Phuket, Thailand.

See more here: https://www.usfigureskating.org/news/pr ... didate-isu

[Elizabeth]

According to official documents, there are four candidates for the position of President:

• Slobodan DELIC, Mr. - Serbia
• Jae Youl KIM, Mr. - Korea
• Susanna RAHKAMO, Ms. - Finland (Figure)
• Patricia ST. PETER, Ms. - USA (Figure)

Many will remember Susanna Rahkamo as an ice dancer with her husband Petri Kokko (twice at the Olympics) - she is the first vice president of the Finnish Olympic Committee and former president of the Finnish Figure Skating Association.

[Elizabeth]

Further information from the same document regarding the nominees for Vice-President, Figure Skating:

• Alexander LAKERNIK, Mr.* - Russia (Figure) *valid only if proposal re Article 13 is passed [this has to do with the maximum age]
• Benoit LAVOIE, Mr. - Canada (Figure)
• Tatsuro MATSUMURA, Mr. - Japan
• Susanna RAHKAMO, Ms. - Finland (Figure)

The position of Vice-President, Speed Skating will be filled by acclamation: Tron ESPELI, Mr. - Norway

[Elizabeth]

An article about Susanna Rahkamo's ideas if she were to be elected: https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles ... to-new-era

[Elizabeth]

And the voting has taken place - the new President is Mr. Kim from Korea.


The new Vice-President Figure Skating is Benoit Lavoie from Canada, elected in the 2nd round of voting.


The re-elected Vice-President Speed Skating is Mr. Espeli from Norway.

By the rules, the VP Speed Skating is the 1st Vice President of the ISU.

Among the other elections, Eric Radford of Canada, from the Athletes Commission, was elected as their first full voting member of the ISU Council.