Predictable. The International Skating Union (ISU) has crossed a new line off the calendar for the next figure skating season. In question, the health crisis and the zero COVID policy of the Chinese authorities. The body confirmed that the fourth stage of the Figure Skating Grand Prix, scheduled for November 11 to 13, 2022, will not take place. It was to take place in China. With this new cancellation, which follows those of the Asian Games in Hangzhou, the World University Games in Chengdu, or the stages of the World Athletics Diamond League in Shanghai and Shenzhen, China is preparing for an almost blank new year in terms of hosting international events. To date, the ISU has not revealed a plan B to maintain the circuit in its current state after the cancellation of the Cup of China. But the next figure skating season, the first of the new Olympiad, promises to be slim. Out of seven stages of the Grand Prix, two have already been canceled for political and health reasons. They were initially planned in Russia and China.
