Japan Earthquake/Tsunami
ISU World Figure Skating Championships 2011 Tokyo
The ISU sympathizes deeply with the Japanese people in this monstrous natural
disaster and extends its wishes of support and comfort to all those affected.
Since the beginning of this crisis the ISU is monitoring the situation closely in
cooperation with the Japan Skating Federation (JSF) who in turn is in contact with
the competent and concerned Japanese authorities.
The ISU has noted the JSF’s initial input regarding the situation in Tokyo and
respected their initial desire to maintain the Championships as planned. However,
the recent developments since Saturday, in particular the developments in the
Fukushima nuclear plant are very worrisome and also resulted in travel
advisories from many countries to avoid travelling to Japan until the situation is
settled.
The ISU continues to monitor the situation in cooperation with the JSF and the
Japanese authorities in order to come to a conclusion as to maintaining or
cancelling the Championships in Tokyo scheduled for next week. While the ISU is
awaiting thedeclaration of the competent Japanese authorities that should be
forthcoming shortly, the ISU will release a further statement as soon as possible
but latest in the morning of Monday, March 14, 2011 (European time).