IMSSC49B Session Meeting (Online)

The 49^th IMSSC Session Meeting Part 2 (IMSSC49B) took place by online on May 3, 2026.  Thirteen (13) representatives from current 18 IMSSC nation reps plus 11 other members got together on time.  The session meeting went smoothly and very productive for 3 hours. In terms of IMSSC organization, Andrea Thornton (Great Britian) was named as Short Track Technical Delegate. Congratulation and welcome on board.  The minutes of meeting about details will be prepared later to share with all.

First of all, on behalf of the IMSSC members, I would like to express my sincere gratitude to the ISU for their continuous support.  In particular, I am deeply grateful for your assistance in expediting the funding procedures for these three big events, Innsbruck (MSG2026), Inzell (MAG2026) and Bialystok (MIST2026)

Secondly, as president of IMSSC, I would like to emphasize appreciation to all of the organizing committees (OC) to have conducted Masters events including these three big events and all of Masters. The 2025/26 season was one of the best and the biggest crowd season, having 20 WRs in Long Track events while 25 WRs in Short Track events. Thank you all!!!

During this meeting, the date of the following big 3 events was confirmed for 2026/27 season.

MSG:  Gothenburg, Sweden  7 – 8 February 2027
MAG:  Salt Lake City, Utah   12 – 14 March 2027
MIST:  Lyon, France   9 – 11 April 2027

MAG2027(SLC) welcomes as many Masters from all over the world as possible but limited 200 seats.  The date was confirmed a weekend after AmCup Final (March 5-7). Nation quotas will be confirmed and determined in the next IMSSC50A meeting by online on June 28, 2026.

Looking ahead to 2027/28 season, Thialf (Heerenveen) was awarded for MSG2028 in March.  MAG2028 and MIST2028 will be determined later.

Kenji Takai congratulated for all of success in 2025/26 season and closed the IMSSC49B session meeting within 3hours.  Stay healthy, get ready for new season.

by Kenji Takai