“There is close cooperation between Canada and the United States. This is why Canadians want to discuss simplifying the procedure for changing sports citizenship. » – Trankov

Olympic figure skating champion Maxim Trankov told that the Canadian Figure Skating Federation (Skate Canada) included in the preliminary agenda of the International Skating Union (ISU) Congress an item on simplifying the procedure for changing sports citizenship thanks to close cooperation with the United States.

As follows from a document obtained by , Skate Canada included on Sunday in the preliminary agenda of the Congress of the International Skating Union an item on the simplification of the procedure for changing sports citizenship for figure skaters .

— Canada and America maintain very close cooperation and skaters most often pass between these teams. Perhaps this is why Canadians want to discuss simplifying the procedure for changing sports citizenship for figure skaters. It is difficult for me to say whether Russian figure skaters will try to change their sports citizenship using a simplified procedure. Athletes have already joined other teams and will continue to do so,” Trankov told .

The fundamental change concerns the quarantine conditions that an athlete must undergo after receiving permission to change their sports citizenship. According to current regulations, this period is 12 months. Skate Canada is proposing to change the quarantine period from one calendar year (from the date of release) to one full season from the date of approval and counting from the skater’s last international departure. It is clarified that the federation must respond to an application for change of citizenship immediately after receiving a set of necessary documents.

The next ISU Congress will be held June 10-14 in Las Vegas. The final agenda for the congress will be known at the end of March at the earliest.

The ISU has suspended Russian athletes from international competitions in 2022.