320 ICE DANCE TECHNICAL COMMITTEE Rule

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Draws for Competitors

1. In all ISU Championships, both Senior and Junior, all Couples entered will skate a Short Dance. At all ISU Championships, the draw for the starting order for the Short Dance will be held according to the latest World Standings in the following way. World Standings are established as per the procedure published in an ISU Communication:

a) the Competitors will be divided into two approximately equal parts with the higher ranked Competitors being drawn in the second part (thereafter called the part “skating later”) and the lower ranked Competitors and Competitors with no ranking being drawn in the first part (thereafter called the part “skating earlier”); if the number of Competitors cannot be divided equally by two, the part “skating later” will include one Couple more than the part “skating earlier”. In case of ties in the World Standings on the border of the two parts, all those tied Competitors will be included in the part “skating later”;

b) if the number of Competitors with no ranking is bigger than the number of places in the part “skating earlier”, some of these Competitors (decided by draw) will be in the part “skating later”. For this draw all Competitors with no ranking will participate to draw for as many positions as necessary for the part “skating later”;

c) the number of Skating Groups in each part (“skating earlier” and “skating later”) and the number of Competitors of the last and the next to last starting order groups in each Group will be determined according to Table I of the Technical Rules using the total number of Competitors;

d) there will be a free draw among Competitors with the highest ranking to skate in the last starting order group of the “skating later” part and a free draw among Competitors with the next highest ranking to skate in the next

(i) In case of ties in the World Standings on the border between the last and next to last starting order groups, all those tied Competitors will be included in the last starting order group and the next to last starting order group will be smaller by the number of Competitors so added to the last starting order group. In the event the last starting order group exceeds the maximum size permitted by one or more Couple, the last starting order group will be divided into two subgroups and there will be a free draw in each of the subgroups;

(ii) In case of ties in the World Standings on the border between the next to last starting order group and the rest of the Competitors, all those tied Competitors will be included in the next to last starting order group. In the event the next to last starting order group exceeds the maximum size permitted by one or more Couple, the next to last starting order group will be divided into two subgroups and there will be a free draw in each of the subgroups;

e) there will be a free draw among all other Competitors of the “skating later” part;

f) there will be one more free draw among all Competitors of the “skating earlier” part. For this draw all these Competitors will be divided into two parts: Competitors with and without ranking, so that Competitors with ranking will draw for the later skating starting numbers;

g) starting numbers are drawn according to the World Standings with the highest ranked Competitor being drawn first, the next ranked Competitor – second etc. In cases of ties in the World Standings there will be a separate draw between tied Competitors to decide the order of the main draw and (in cases of ties on the boarder of the parts or of the last 2 Groups) the part and the Groups these Competitors belong to.

h) Warm up groups will be determined according to Table II of the Technical Rules, using the total number of Competitors. In case of adjustments to the last and next to last starting order groups as per paragraph d) (i) and (ii) above, warm up groups will be adjusted similarly to provide a separate warm up to each of those starting order groups and possible subgroups.

2. Based on the result of the Short Dance, the Competitors placed 1-20 in the ISU European Figure Skating Championships and the ISU Four Continent Figure Skating Championships, in the ISU World Figure Skating Championships and the World Junior Figure Skating Championships only will qualify for the Free Dance. The results of which shall be calculated in the usual manner in accordance with Rule 353.

3. The starting order for the Free Dance will be according to Rule 635, paragraphs 2 to 4.

4. If a tie in the Short Dance occurs for the 20th place, all the tied Competitors will qualify for the Free Dance for which they will skate in the same (first) group. If necessary, Rule 636, paragraph 3 shall apply.

The results of all such Championships shall be calculated in accordance with Rule 353.

3. For the publication of the overall results of Ice Dance, the Couples eliminated after the Short Dance shall be listed in order of their placement after Short Dance, following the Couples who successfully finished the competition. Reason: to avoid repetition of provisions covered by general Rules, to introduce a reference for World Standings and to clarify some aspects of the procedure.

D. SPECIAL REGULATIONS SYCHRONIZED SKATING

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