ISU Skating Awards 2021

[ladyjane]

It seems we will be getting the Skating Awards again this year, albeit a limited edition due to the kind of season it has been:
https://isu.org/figure-skating/isu-skating-awards

The International Skating Union (ISU) and Art on Ice are proud to announce the second edition of the ISU Skating Awards on July 10, 2021 which will be live streamed on the Skating ISU YouTube channel.

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Despite the challenging season due to the COVID-19 pandemic, which led to the cancellation of numerous events, the ISU and Art on Ice have decided to hold a special edition of the ISU Skating Awards. Because of the exceptional season and limited Figure Skating events, only the Lifetime Achievement Award will be presented this year. However the fans will be treated to an amazing show, highlighting skating at its finest, featuring some of the greatest athletes from around the world and some exclusive interviews.

Join our amazing hosts Tanith and Charlie White and the talented athletes in celebration of Figure Skating and discover who will receive the Lifetime Achievement Award 2021. Save the date of July 10, 2021 and stay tuned for further announcements.

 

[Idiote]

After Kurt Browning I hope they'll give the lifetime award to a woman that would be nice.

 

[Apple1078]

After Kurt Browning I hope they'll give the lifetime award to a woman that would be nice.

I'd give it to Moskvina.

 

[Minz]

After Kurt Browning I hope they'll give the lifetime award to a woman that would be nice.

That would be nice, but I nominate Dick Button. He’s like 90 something and I think that has done enough (both as a skater and after) to deserve a Lifetime Achievement Award

 

[Idiote]

That would be nice, but I nominate Dick Button. He’s like 90 something and I think that has done enough (both as a skater and after) to deserve a Lifetime Achievement Award

You got a fair point, but I would still want to nominate Midori Ito for being the first ever woman to land the triple axel and perform a 7 triples LP. She didn't get nearly as much recognition as she deserved at her time, and her 3A (and a lot of her other jumps as well... mhh, those 3T+3Ts ) are still jawdroppingly good even today.

But I get the idea that the coaching/commentating career should be taken into account as well.

 

[Jeanie19]

That would be nice, but I nominate Dick Button. He’s like 90 something and I think that has done enough (both as a skater and after) to deserve a Lifetime Achievement Award

I think it should be Dick Button, too. He won 2 Olympic Golds. And was a commentator for many years, promoting the sport.

 

[ladyjane]

I would like to see a pair. Last year at the Skating Awards nominations were only about single's and ID.

 

[Winnie_20]

I honestly thought this was a joke.

 

[Mista Ekko]

Why is this back?

I'm thinking no one is excited to win this and it doesn't promote anything...

 

[ice coverage]

I would like to see a pair. Last year at the Skating Awards nominations were only about single's and ID.

To be fair: The pairs discipline had pretty good representation on the long list of candidates that was on last year's ballot for online voting.

After online voting, the long list was narrowed down to three nominees per category.
It was during this step of the process that the pairs discipline did not fare well.

 

[NaVi]

IMO, I think it would be best to have one of these every other year.... one during/after the Olympic season and one for the midpoint between the Olympic seasons. .

I just feel like the awards show doesn't signal much that the competitions themselves signal.

I've always thought that it would be nice to have a 4-year recap show(preferably 2-4 so that all the disciplines get shown) done before every Olympics. If say the ISU produced that and if they used the results to influence what they put in it, then the awards show itself could have some value.

 

[Dreamer57]

There were not many ISU competitions this season, so it seems like only the worlds athletes are likely to receive these esteemed awards...

I'd give it to Moskvina.

I was thinking Best Coach

 

[Amei]

I think they should leave the awards as only a lifetime achievement award and do it at the team Olympic medal ceremony. Its really all a popularity contest with fan voting (do we think Hanyu will ever lose anything he's up for with his fan base online? No) and they really painted themselves as a sham about the awards when last year for the best newcomer they had Young You (no offense to her) as a finalist over Shcherbakova who had a much better season and even beat Young You twice when they competed head to head but the ISU likely tipped the scales to Young You not wanting all finalists to be Russian.

 

[ladyjane]

Considering the programme, I am actually looking forward to this now. ISU has really done its best here:
https://www.isu.org/figure-skating/...wards-2021-line-up-announced?templateParam=15 .

 

[yuumagical]

Considering the programme, I am actually looking forward to this now. ISU has really done its best here:
https://www.isu.org/figure-skating/...wards-2021-line-up-announced?templateParam=15 .

Ooh, can't wait for the interviews with Yuma and Rika.

 

[Ella339]

Are they only awarding the Lifetime Achievement Award this time around?

 

[apgold]

I see Tanith and Charlie will be hosting - I thought they did a good job last year under the circumstances. I hope it's a bit tighter this year, there was so much filler.

Live on tape performances will also help move things along, and we will get a preview of James/Radford.

 

[Minz]

Are they only awarding the Lifetime Achievement Award this time around?

Yes, because of Covid

 

[katymay]

I think it should be Dick Button, too. He won 2 Olympic Golds. And was a commentator for many years, promoting the sport.

Probably should have been Dick Button last year. I wouldn't be upset it if was Scott Hamilton though. Or, Grand Dame Tarasova

 

[ladyjane]

As it was impossible for me to watch the live version, I have just now watched the Awards. It remains quite a bit of fluff, but the broadcast had some very nice and unique skating bits this time. I missed that last year. I particularly loved the group number with Maxim and Elizaveta taking centre stage, but I also enjoyed the Italian singer/skater with Philip Warren. The interviews with Alexei and Tamara were hilarious as well as containing some real good messages for us all. It was a pity the link with Torvill and Dean was less than perfect, but I still managed to get their message. Tanith and Charlie are good presenters, while Madison and Evan did really well in their programme. It was good to see Vanessa and Eric and Starr has grown up so much - just wow! Maxim is a real cool dude (as Charlies acknowledged many times) and it was nice to see him having an important role.