- Blue Swords
Blue Swords is an international
figure skating competition organized by theDeutsche Eislauf-Union . Skaters compete in four disciplines: men, ladies, pairs, andice dancing . Champions of the event win the "Blue Swords Trophy".Blue Swords began as an international figure skating competition in
East Germany , and was held annually between 1961 and 1998. Since then it has been held every two years inChemnitz ,Saxony ,Germany . Recently it became a junior-level event, and in some years is chosen by theInternational Skating Union to be a Junior Grand Prix event. These are the only years when the event is held now. The next one will be helt in 2007.The German name for the event is "Pokal der Blauen Schwerter", and is named after the blue swords trademark of the famous porcelain manufacturer
Meißen . The Blue Sword Trophy is made of that porcelain.The next Blue Swords will be held 10th to 14th October 2007 in Chemnitz. It will be part of the ISU Junior Grand Prix Series.
External links
Results at Junior Grand Prix Blue Swords
* October, 7th - 10th 1998 [http://ww2.isu.org/figure/events/9899/bluesw98.html ISU results]
* October, 5th - 8th 2000 [http://ww2.isu.org/figure/events/0001/jgp4.html ISU results]
* October, 10th - 13th 2002
* October, 7th - 10th 2004 [http://www.isufs.org/events/fsevent00007826.htm ISU results]
* October, 10th - 13th 2007 [http://www.isufs.org/results/jgpger2007]Other links
* [http://www.pairsonice.net/competitions.php?event=26 Blue Swords pairs competition results]
* [http://www.eislauf-union.de/PokalderBlauenSchwerter2007.html Blue Swords 2007]
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