Adult figure skating
Standard track tests are open to skaters of any age, but because adults who take up skating have more limitations than young beginners, the U.S.Figure Skating has four official adult competitions: Eastern, Midwestern, and Pacific Coast Sectionals, and the U.S.Prior to the creation of Sectionals in the late 1990s, adult skaters had their events at standard regional competitions.The CPC (Cumulative Points Calculation) scoring method used is similar to the ISU system, with adjustments for STARskaters and AdultSkaters.Competitors do not have to qualify to enter the championship as the competition is still new and the numbers applying are not high enough to warrant preselection.Interpretive skating starts in Pre-Introductory, Introductory, Bronze, Silver and Gold.Some Canadian adult skaters compete in the US and/or overseas; Germany, France, Russia, Switzerland and Estonia.They include: The French Cup is a non-qualifying event, open to international skaters.