{"id":9629,"date":"2015-12-04T15:51:11","date_gmt":"2015-12-04T14:51:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.visitbratislava.com\/de\/events\/isu-european-figure-skating-championships-2016\/"},"modified":"2016-01-22T11:16:19","modified_gmt":"2016-01-22T10:16:19","slug":"isu-european-figure-skating-championships-2016","status":"publish","type":"event","link":"https:\/\/www.visitbratislava.com\/de\/geschehen\/isu-european-figure-skating-championships-2016\/","title":{"rendered":"ISU European Figure Skating Championships\u00ae 2016"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>After 15 years, the European figure-skating elite will again come to Bratislava. The capital of Slovakia will host the\u00a0ISU European Figure Skating Championships\u00ae 2016 from January 27. \u2013 31.\/Bratislava. Over 5 days, the spectators at the <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nepela-arena.eu\/en\/\">Ondrej Nepela Stadium<\/a><\/strong> will be able to enjoy a unique experience. The competition for precious medals will include women\u2019s singles, men\u2019s singles, ice dancing and pair skating. The entire event will culminate in the traditional Gala Exhibition.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ecbratislava.com\/\">Official web site<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ecbratislava.com\/about-us\/participants\/\">First Information<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ecbratislava.com\/news\/\">News<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ecbratislava.com\/about-us\/participants\/\">Participants<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.isu.org\/media\/1002\/ec2016_announcement_final_revised.pdf\">Announcement<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.isu.org\/media\/223623\/ec2016_forms_final.zip\">Forms<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ecbratislava.com\/gallery\/\">Gallery<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ticketportal.sk\/event.aspx?id=60157&amp;idpartner=233\">Event Tickets<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ECBratislava2016?ref=hl\">Event Facebook page<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/instagram.com\/ecbratislava\/\">Instagram<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b> Schedule:<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b> Wednesday, 27th January 2016 <\/b><br \/>\n10.15 \u2013 15.25: Ladies\u2019 Short Program<br \/>\n16.45 \u2013 17.05: Opening Ceremony<br \/>\n17.30 \u2013 22.40: Men\u2019s Short Program<\/p>\n<p><b> Thursday, 28th January 2016 <\/b><br \/>\n12.25 \u2013 16.55: Short Dance<br \/>\n17.45 \u2013 21.50: Men\u2019s Free Skating<\/p>\n<p><b> Friday, 29th January 2016 <\/b><br \/>\n13.45 \u2013 16.50: Pairs\u2019 Short Program<br \/>\n18.00 \u2013 21.55: Ladies\u2019 Free Skating<\/p>\n<p><b> Saturday, 30th January 2016 <\/b><br \/>\n10.00 \u2013 13.00: Pairs\u2019 Free Skating<br \/>\n14.30 \u2013 17.50: Free Dance<\/p>\n<p><b> Sunday 31st January 2016 <\/b><br \/>\n14.30 \u2013 17.00: Exhibition Gala<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"container\">About\u00a0figure skating at Slovakia<\/h2>\n<p class=\"container\">In Slovakia and in Bratislava, figure skating has had a big tradition. The winter stadium in Odboj\u00e1rov Street, which will be also the venue of the upcoming European Championship, was a witness to many achievements of entire generations of our figure skaters. It raised even three Olympic medal winners Karol Div\u00edn (Squaw Valley, 1960, silver), Ondrej Nepela (Sapporo, 1972, gold) and Jozef Sabov\u010d\u00edk (Sarajevo, 1984, bronze).<\/p>\n<p>Also the new generation of the Slovak figure skaters would like to continue in their success, including the ice dancing couple Federica Testa\/Luk\u00e1\u0161 Cs\u00f6lley. After this year\u2019s amazing 8th place in European Figure Skating Championship in Stockholm, they will try to fight for medals in their domestic environment. Another of our great white hopes in the competition will be Nicole Raji\u010dov\u00e1 in the women\u2019s singles competition.<\/p>\n<p>Their rivals will be top figure skaters from the old continent, including several European champions and Olympic winners. In the category of pair skating, after a one-year break the golden medal winners from the Olympics of Sochi Tatiana Volosozahar and Maxim Trankov (RUS) will make their appearance, among men there will certainly be glowing the three-times European champion Javier Fernandez (ESP).<\/p>\n<p>In ice dancing, it will surely be exciting to see Gabriella Papadakis and Gulliaume Cizeron (FRA) to perform, who took a surprising win on this year\u2019s European Championships. In the category of women\u2019s singles, we can expect a confirmation of nowadays\u2019 dominance of the Russian figure skating school. This season, after healing of her injury the Olympic winner Adelina Sotnikovov\u00e1 is preparing her comeback. Read <a href=\"http:\/\/slovakia.travel\/en\/isu-european-figure-skating-championships-2016-bratislava#prettyPhoto\">more<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"container\">About ISU<\/h2>\n<div class=\"container\">\n<div class=\"row\">\n<article class=\"content col-sm-8 col-md-8 col-lg-8\">The International Skating Union, founded in 1892, is the exclusive international sport federation recognized by the <a title=\"IOC website\" href=\"http:\/\/www.olympic.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">International Olympic Committee (IOC)<\/a> administering sports in the Branches of Figure Skating and Speed Skating throughout the world. (Long Track) <a title=\"Speed Skating\" href=\"http:\/\/www.isu.org\/en\/speed-skating\">Speed Skating<\/a> and <a title=\"Short Track Speed Skating\" href=\"http:\/\/www.isu.org\/en\/short-track-speed-skating\">Short Track Speed Skating<\/a> come under the Speed Skating Branch while <a title=\"Single &amp; Pair Skating\" href=\"http:\/\/www.isu.org\/en\/single-and-pair-skating-and-ice-dance\">Single &amp; Pair Skating and Ice Dance<\/a> and<a title=\"Synchronized Skating\" href=\"http:\/\/www.isu.org\/en\/synchronized-skating\">Synchronized Skating<\/a> constitute the Figure Skating Branch. The ISU is composed of a number of national associations called<a title=\"Member Federations\" href=\"http:\/\/www.isu.org\/en\/about-isu\/member-federations\"> ISU Members<\/a>, who administer ISU sports at the national level and recognize that all international matters are under the sole jurisdiction and control of the ISU.<\/p>\n<h4>ISU Objectives, Composition and Activities<\/h4>\n<p>The objectives of the ISU are to regulate, govern and promote the sports in the Figure Skating and Speed Skating Branches and their organized development on the basis of friendship and mutual understanding between sportsmen and women. The ISU works to broaden interest in all its disciplines by increasing their popularity, improving their quality and increasing the number of participants throughout the world.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"pull-right\" src=\"http:\/\/static.isu.org\/media\/21019\/isu-council-2012-kl_551x215.jpg\" alt=\"ISU Council 2012\" width=\"551\" height=\"215\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The <a title=\"Office Holders\" href=\"http:\/\/www.isu.org\/en\/about-isu\/meet-the-team\/isu-council\">ISU Council<\/a> is the highest ISU body between Congresses and its main functions are to determine the policies of the ISU and decide upon the general coordination of the ISU structure, allot ISU Champ-ionships and other ISU Events, checking that the accounting for and management of assets are subject to adequate controls, the preparation and submission to Congress of annual budgets, decisions regarding the admission or suspension of Members, decisions on appeals from the decisions of the Technical Committees and ISU Officials involving violation of technical sport Rules amongst many others.<\/p>\n<h4>ISU Events<\/h4>\n<p>Among the activities of the ISU particular importance is given to <a title=\"Events\" href=\"http:\/\/www.isu.org\/en\/news-and-events\/calendar-of-events\">Events<\/a> which include: ISU Championships, ISU Speed Skating and Short Track Speed Skating World Cup Competitions, ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating Competitions, ISU World Team Trophy in Figure Skating, ISU International Competitions, ISU exhibitions, ISU shows, ISU tours and performances \/ appearances. The ISU organizes over <a href=\"http:\/\/www.isu.org\/en\/about-isu\">50 Events each Season<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Read whole <a href=\"http:\/\/www.isu.org\/en\/about-isu\">article<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/article>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After 15 years, the European figure-skating elite will again come to Bratislava. The capital of Slovakia will host the\u00a0ISU European Figure Skating Championships\u00ae 2016 from January 27. \u2013 31.\/Bratislava. Over 5 days, the spectators at the Ondrej Nepela Stadium will be able to enjoy a unique experience. 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