The Asian Open Figure Skating Classic was a
figure skating competition planned to be inaugurated in October 2019 in
Taipei City,
Taiwan. The competition was categorized as an
ISU Challenger Series
The ISU Challenger Series is a series of international figure skating competitions. Established by the International Skating Union in the 2014–15 season, it is a group of senior-level events ranked below the ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating. E ...
event.
[
On July 22, 2019, the International Skating Union revoked the Chinese Taipei Skating Union's right to hold the competition.][ The event was replaced with the Hong Kong Skating Union's ]Asian Open Figure Skating Trophy
The Asian Open Figure Skating Trophy (or ''Asian Trophy''; previously known as the Asian Figure Skating Championships) is an annual figure skating competition sanctioned by the Asian Skating Union. Skaters compete in the disciplines of men's and ...
, originally scheduled to be held in August in Dongguan, China
China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. It is the world's most populous country, with a population exceeding 1.4 billion, slightly ahead of India. China spans the equivalent of five time zones and ...
.[ The Challenger Series event would have awarded medals in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, and ]ice dance
Ice dance (sometimes referred to as ice dancing) is a discipline of figure skating that historically draws from ballroom dancing. It joined the World Figure Skating Championships in 1952, and became a Winter Olympic Games medal sport in 1976. Ac ...
.
The Sports Administration of the Republic of China
Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), is a country in East Asia, at the junction of the East and South China Seas in the northwestern Pacific Ocean, with the People's Republic of China (PRC) to the northwest, Japan to the northeast ...
ordered the removal of Chinese Taipei Skating Union Secretary-General Eddy Wu for mishandling the process.[ The Sports Administration also suspended funding of the Chinese Taipei Skating Union for one year.][
]
References
External links
2019 CS Asian Open Figure Skating Classic
at the International Skating Union
{{ISU Challenger Series
ISU Challenger Series