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Every season the ISU invites its Members to send applications to host events
as part of the Challenger Series (see ISU Communication 2227). For the season
2019/20 two applications from Asia were received, Taipei and Hong Kong, to
host an event as part of the Series. During its meeting last March, the ISU
Council decided to include the event proposed by the Chinese Taipei Skating
Union to be held in Taipei City mostly due to more suitable dates (See ISU
Communication 2234).
每一賽季，ISU都會邀請旗下會員申請主辦滑冰挑戰系列賽。關於2019/20賽季，我們收到
了兩封來自亞洲的主辦權申請，分別是台北和香港。在去年三月的會議中，因為時程更加
合適之故，ISU議會決定選擇由中華台北滑冰協會所提案的台北賽事。
However at the end of May, the ISU received indications from several ISU
Asian Member Federations including the Chinese Taipei Skating Union that it
would be preferable to host this event in another Asian country.
然而到了五月底，ISU收到了數間亞洲滑冰協會的建議──包括中華台北滑冰協會在內──
他們比較希望這場賽事能移至另一個亞洲國家舉辦。
The ISU invited the interested Asian Members to consult each other and agree
upon the most suitable host city. As a result and with the specific agreement
of the Chinese Taipei Skating Union, it was finally decided that this
Challenger Series event would be hosted by the Hong Kong Skating Union
Limited to be held in Dongguan City / CHN on Oct. 30-Nov 3, 2019.
ISU邀請了相關亞洲會員國來彼此協商，好決定出最適合的主辦城市，而在中華台北滑冰
協會的同意之下，終於決定這場挑戰賽要改由香港滑冰協會在2019/10/30-11/3於東莞市
舉辦。
The Challenger Series gives the opportunity to many Skaters who have not been
invited to participate in the ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating Series, to
compete at the international Senior level, earn World standing points,
prepare to qualify and potentially compete in ISU Championships. A Challenger
Series event was held for the first time in 2018/19 in an Asian country and
the ISU aims to continue to provide the same opportunities to Skaters in Asia
by including at least one Challenger Series event per season in the region.
滑冰挑戰系列賽讓許多從未收到邀請的滑冰選手都有機會能參與ISU花式滑冰大獎賽總決
賽，好在國際年長組中一較高下、賺取國際排名分數，並作好準備參加ISU冠軍賽。滑冰
挑戰系列賽最早是於2018/19年在亞洲國家首次舉辦，而ISU打算繼續為亞洲滑冰選手提供
同等機會，每一賽季至少會在亞洲舉辦一場滑冰挑戰系列賽。