2002 Skate America

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.

2002 Skate America
Type:Grand Prix
Date:October 23 – 27
Season:2002–03
Location:Spokane, Washington
Venue:Spokane Arena
Champions
Men's singles:
Brian Joubert
Ladies' singles:
Michelle Kwan
Pair skating:
Tatiana Totmianina / Maxim Marinin
Ice dance:
Elena Grushina / Ruslan Goncharov
Previous:
2001 Skate America
Next:
2003 Skate America
Next GP:
2002 Skate Canada International

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 France2.021
2 Alexander Abt Russia3.532
3 Matthew Savoie United States6.063
4 Zhang Min China6.044
5 Michael Weiss United States8.556
6 Emanuel Sandhu Canada9.595
7 Vakhtang Murvanidze GEO12.0107
8 Derrick Delmore United States12.088
9 Sergei Davydov Belarus12.579
10 Kensuke Nakaniwa Japan15.51110
WD Alexei Yagudin Russia1

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 States1.511
2 Ann Patrice McDonough United States5.062
3 Elena Liashenko Ukraine5.043
4 Jennifer Kirk United States6.025
5 Ludmila Nelidina Russia6.554
6 Viktoria Volchkova Russia8.537
7 Yukari Nakano Japan10.086
8 Júlia Sebestyén Hungary12.579
9 Miriam Manzano Australia13.0108
10 Annie Bellemare Canada14.5910
11 Zuzana Babiaková Slovakia17.01211
12 Elina Kettunen Finland17.51112

Pairs

Rank Name Nation TFP SP FS
1 Tatiana Totmianina / Maxim Marinin Russia1.511
2 Anabelle Langlois / Patrice Archetto Canada3.532
3 Pang Qing / Tong Jian China4.023
4 Zhang Dan / Zhang Hao China6.044
5 Yuko Kawaguchi / Alexander Markuntsov Japan7.555
6 Tiffany Scott / Philip Dulebohn United States9.066
7 Kathryn Orscher / Garrett Lucash United States10.577
8 Tatiana Chuvaeva / Dmitri Palamarchuk Ukraine12.088
9 Kristen Roth / Michael McPherson United States13.599

Ice dancing

Rank Name Nation TFP CD OD FD
1 Elena Grushina / Ruslan Goncharov Ukraine2.0111
2 Tatiana Navka / Roman Kostomarov Russia4.0222
3 Tanith Belbin / Benjamin Agosto United States6.0333
4 Galit Chait / Sergei Sakhnovski Israel8.0444
5 Melissa Gregory / Denis Petukhov United States10.0555
6 Kristin Fraser / Igor Lukanin Azerbaijan12.0666
7 Emilie Nussear / Mathew Gates United States14.0777
8 Nozomi Watanabe / Akiyuki Kido Japan16.0888
9 Josée Piché / Pascal Denis Canada18.0999

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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