ISU Championships
In addition to sanctioning other international competitions, the ISU designates the following competitions each year as "ISU Championships":
- Speed skating:
- World Allround Speed Skating Championships
- World Single Distances Speed Skating Championships (held only in non-Olympic years)
- World Sprint Speed Skating Championships
- World Junior Speed Skating Championships
- World Short Track Speed Skating Championships
- World Short Track Speed Skating Team Championships
- World Junior Short Track Speed Skating Championships
- European Speed Skating Championships
- European Short Track Speed Skating Championships
- Figure skating:
- World Figure Skating Championships
- World Junior Figure Skating Championships
- World Synchronized Skating Championships
- European Figure Skating Championships
- Four Continents Figure Skating Championships
Note that events such as the Olympic Winter Games and the ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating are not ISU Championships. However, they do count towards Personal Best scores.
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