2002 Skate America
Type:Grand Prix
Date:October 23 – 27
Season:2002–03
Location:Spokane, Washington
Venue:Spokane Arena
Champions
Men's singles:
France Brian Joubert
Ladies' singles:
United States Michelle Kwan
Pairs:
Russia Tatiana Totmianina / Maxim Marinin
Ice dance:
Ukraine Elena Grushina / Ruslan Goncharov
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The 2002 Skate America was the first event of six in the 2002–03 ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating, a senior-level international invitational competition series. It was held at the Spokane Arena in Spokane, Washington on October 23–27. Medals were awarded in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dancing. Skaters earned points toward qualifying for the 2002–03 Grand Prix Final. The compulsory dance was the Austrian Waltz.

Results

Men

Reigning Olympic champion Alexei Yagudin withdrew with injury after the short program[1] in what became the final competition of his amateur career. Brian Joubert went on to win the event for his first international title.[2]

Rank Name Nation TFP SP FS
1 Brian Joubert  France 2.0 2 1
2 Alexander Abt  Russia 3.5 3 2
3 Matthew Savoie  United States 6.0 6 3
4 Zhang Min  China 6.0 4 4
5 Michael Weiss  United States 8.5 5 6
6 Emanuel Sandhu  Canada 9.5 9 5
7 Vakhtang Murvanidze  Georgia 12.0 10 7
8 Derrick Delmore  United States 12.0 8 8
9 Sergei Davydov  Belarus 12.5 7 9
10 Kensuke Nakaniwa  Japan 15.5 11 10
WD Alexei Yagudin  Russia 1

Ladies

Yukari Nakano and Ludmila Nelidina both landed a triple Axel in their free skating, together becoming the first female skaters to perform the jump in international competition since Midori Ito landed it at the 1992 Winter Olympics.[3][4] Nakano landed it first and Nelidina, who skated after her, also performed it successfully.[5]

Rank Name Nation TFP SP FS
1 Michelle Kwan  United States 1.5 1 1
2 Ann Patrice McDonough  United States 5.0 6 2
3 Elena Liashenko  Ukraine 5.0 4 3
4 Jennifer Kirk  United States 6.0 2 5
5 Ludmila Nelidina  Russia 6.5 5 4
6 Viktoria Volchkova  Russia 8.5 3 7
7 Yukari Nakano  Japan 10.0 8 6
8 Júlia Sebestyén  Hungary 12.5 7 9
9 Miriam Manzano  Australia 13.0 10 8
10 Annie Bellemare  Canada 14.5 9 10
11 Zuzana Babiaková  Slovakia 17.0 12 11
12 Elina Kettunen  Finland 17.5 11 12

Pairs

Rank Name Nation TFP SP FS
1 Tatiana Totmianina / Maxim Marinin  Russia 1.5 1 1
2 Anabelle Langlois / Patrice Archetto  Canada 3.5 3 2
3 Pang Qing / Tong Jian  China 4.0 2 3
4 Zhang Dan / Zhang Hao  China 6.0 4 4
5 Yuko Kawaguchi / Alexander Markuntsov  Japan 7.5 5 5
6 Tiffany Scott / Philip Dulebohn  United States 9.0 6 6
7 Kathryn Orscher / Garrett Lucash  United States 10.5 7 7
8 Tatiana Chuvaeva / Dmitri Palamarchuk  Ukraine 12.0 8 8
9 Kristen Roth / Michael McPherson  United States 13.5 9 9

Ice dancing

Rank Name Nation TFP CD OD FD
1 Elena Grushina / Ruslan Goncharov  Ukraine 2.0 1 1 1
2 Tatiana Navka / Roman Kostomarov  Russia 4.0 2 2 2
3 Tanith Belbin / Benjamin Agosto  United States 6.0 3 3 3
4 Galit Chait / Sergei Sakhnovski  Israel 8.0 4 4 4
5 Melissa Gregory / Denis Petukhov  United States 10.0 5 5 5
6 Kristin Fraser / Igor Lukanin  Azerbaijan 12.0 6 6 6
7 Emilie Nussear / Mathew Gates  United States 14.0 7 7 7
8 Nozomi Watanabe / Akiyuki Kido  Japan 16.0 8 8 8
9 Josée Piché / Pascal Denis  Canada 18.0 9 9 9

References

  1. ^ "PLUS: FIGURE SKATING; Yagudin Withdraws; Kwan Is Triumphant". The New York Times. 2002-10-27. Retrieved 9 February 2011.
  2. ^ Injury forces Yagudin out of Skate America, threatens career
  3. ^ "ISU Bio: Yukari Nakano". Archived from the original on 17 July 2007. Retrieved 2007-06-18.
  4. ^ "ISU Bio: Ludmila Nelidina". Archived from the original on 2006-11-26. Retrieved 2007-06-18.
  5. ^ Mittan, Barry (2002-11-24). "Nelidina Becomes First European Woman to Land Triple Axel". GoldenSkate.com. Archived from the original on 2007-09-30. Retrieved 2007-06-18.

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