Since the ISU junior Grand Prix was cancelled earlier today, it is clear that the ISU Senior Grand Prix is in jeopardy of not happening as well. The ISU said they will announce in August whether or not they’ll have the Senior Grand Prix.
Why not just make the Senior Grand Prix a virtual event now? It gives more time to organize the events, and it seems like it’s the only safe option to have unless the entire series is cancelled.
Here’s one way it could be done:
The skaters are assigned to events as usual. The skaters train at their home rink as usual, and when it comes time to compete, they must record a video of their program (costume and everything), and send it to An official from their country. The official would then send this video to all of the judges judging the event.
The only issue I see with this method is that I don’t know how the judges would know the video sent is the skater’s only competitive effort (for example, someone pops a Jump in their program, then decides to redo their program and send it in).
What are other people’s thoughts on this? Could a virtual Grand Prix work?
Why not just make the Senior Grand Prix a virtual event now? It gives more time to organize the events, and it seems like it’s the only safe option to have unless the entire series is cancelled.
Here’s one way it could be done:
The skaters are assigned to events as usual. The skaters train at their home rink as usual, and when it comes time to compete, they must record a video of their program (costume and everything), and send it to An official from their country. The official would then send this video to all of the judges judging the event.
The only issue I see with this method is that I don’t know how the judges would know the video sent is the skater’s only competitive effort (for example, someone pops a Jump in their program, then decides to redo their program and send it in).
What are other people’s thoughts on this? Could a virtual Grand Prix work?