LAUSANNE, Switzerland -- The International Skating Union said Friday it is satisfied with its new judging system, which was adopted following a major scandal at the 2002 Winter Olympics.
The new judging system, which has been in place for two seasons, will be used at the Olympics in Turin next year.
The ISU said the system had increased accountability through its assessment process, which checks the performance of judges, technical experts and the event referee.
"Given this positive experience during this second season of the ISU judging system and enhanced evaluation process, the council has decided to continue the officials assessment process next season on the same basis," the ISU said.
An assessment commission used computer analysis and video replay to consider the performance of officials.
The new judging system for figure skating, created following the Salt Lake City Olympics pairs skating scandal, is based on total points for jumps, spins and stepwork -- rather than the previous 6.0 system.
The ISU congress adopted the new scoring system for all ISU-sanctioned events at its Congress in June 2005 in Scheveningen, Netherlands.
It was previously used for Grand Prix skating events on a trial basis.