2002 Skate America
{{Infobox Figure Skating Competition
| title = 2002 Skate America
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| comptype = Grand Prix
| startdate = October 23
| enddate = 27
| skatingseason = 2002–03
| location = Spokane, Washington
| host =
| venue = Spokane Arena
| prizemoney =
| championmen = {{flagicon|FRA}} Brian Joubert
| championladies = {{flagicon|USA}} Michelle Kwan
| championpairs = {{flagicon|RUS}} Tatiana Totmianina / Maxim Marinin
| championdance = {{flagicon|UKR}} Elena Grushina / Ruslan Goncharov
| previouscomp = 2001 Skate America
| nextcomp = 2003 Skate America
| previousgp =
| nextgp = 2002 Skate Canada International
}}
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{{cite news| url=https://www.nytimes.com/2002/10/27/sports/plus-figure-skating-yagudin-withdraws-kwan-is-triumphant.html?ref=alekseiyagudin | work=The New York Times | title=PLUS: FIGURE SKATING; Yagudin Withdraws; Kwan Is Triumphant | date=2002-10-27| access-date= 9 February 2011 }} in what became the final competition of his amateur career. Brian Joubert went on to win the event for his first international title.[https://www.usatoday.com/sports/olympics/winter/2002-10-27-yagudin-injured_x.htm Injury forces Yagudin out of Skate America, threatens career]
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| Rank
! Name ! Nation ! TFP ! SP ! FS | ||||
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| align="center" | 1 | {{FRA}} | 2.0 | 2 | 1 |
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| align="center" | 2 | {{RUS}} | 3.5 | 3 | 2 |
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| align="center" | 3 | {{USA}} | 6.0 | 6 | 3 |
| 4
| Zhang Min || {{CHN}} || 6.0 || 4 || 4 | ||||
| 5
| Michael Weiss || {{USA}} || 8.5 || 5 || 6 | ||||
| 6
| Emanuel Sandhu || {{CAN}} || 9.5 || 9 || 5 | ||||
| 7
| Vakhtang Murvanidze || {{flagcountry|GEO|1990}} || 12.0 || 10 || 7 | ||||
| 8
| Derrick Delmore || {{USA}} || 12.0 || 8 || 8 | ||||
| 9
| Sergei Davydov || {{BLR}} || 12.5 || 7 || 9 | ||||
| 10
| Kensuke Nakaniwa || {{JPN}} || 15.5 || 11 || 10 | ||||
| WD
| Alexei Yagudin || {{RUS}} || || 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.{{cite web|url=http://www.isufs.org/bios/isufs00004417.htm |title=ISU Bio: Yukari Nakano |access-date=2007-06-18 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070717173442/http://www.isufs.org/bios/isufs00004417.htm |archive-date=17 July 2007 |url-status=dead}}{{cite web|url=http://www.isufs.org/bios/isufs00004446.htm |title=ISU Bio: Ludmila Nelidina |access-date=2007-06-18 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061126145454/http://www.isufs.org/bios/isufs00004446.htm |archive-date=2006-11-26}} Nakano landed it first and Nelidina, who skated after her, also performed it successfully.{{cite news |first=Barry |last=Mittan |title=Nelidina Becomes First European Woman to Land Triple Axel |url=http://www.goldenskate.com/articles/2002/112402.shtml |publisher=GoldenSkate.com |date=2002-11-24 |access-date=2007-06-18 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070930185301/http://www.goldenskate.com/articles/2002/112402.shtml |archive-date=2007-09-30 |url-status=dead}}
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| Rank
! Name ! Nation ! TFP ! SP ! FS | ||||
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| align="center" | 1 | {{USA}} | 1.5 | 1 | 1 |
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| align="center" | 2 | {{USA}} | 5.0 | 6 | 2 |
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| align="center" | 3 | {{UKR}} | 5.0 | 4 | 3 |
| 4
| Jennifer Kirk || {{USA}} || 6.0 || 2 || 5 | ||||
| 5
| Ludmila Nelidina || {{RUS}} || 6.5 || 5 || 4 | ||||
| 6
| Viktoria Volchkova || {{RUS}} || 8.5 || 3 || 7 | ||||
| 7
| Yukari Nakano || {{JPN}} || 10.0 || 8 || 6 | ||||
| 8
| Júlia Sebestyén || {{HUN}} || 12.5 || 7 || 9 | ||||
| 9
| Miriam Manzano || {{AUS}} || 13.0 || 10 || 8 | ||||
| 10
| Annie Bellemare || {{CAN}} || 14.5 || 9 || 10 | ||||
| 11
| Zuzana Babiaková || {{SVK}} || 17.0 || 12 || 11 | ||||
| 12
| Elina Kettunen || {{FIN}} || 17.5 || 11 || 12 |
=Pairs=
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| Rank
! Name ! Nation ! TFP ! SP ! FS | ||||
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| align="center" | 1 | {{RUS}} | 1.5 | 1 | 1 |
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| align="center" | 2 | {{CAN}} | 3.5 | 3 | 2 |
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| align="center" | 3 | {{CHN}} | 4.0 | 2 | 3 |
| 4 | ||||
| 5
| Yuko Kawaguchi / Alexander Markuntsov || {{JPN}} || 7.5 || 5 || 5 | ||||
| 6
| Tiffany Scott / Philip Dulebohn || {{USA}} || 9.0 || 6 || 6 | ||||
| 7
| Kathryn Orscher / Garrett Lucash || {{USA}} || 10.5 || 7 || 7 | ||||
| 8
| Tatiana Chuvaeva / Dmitri Palamarchuk || {{UKR}} || 12.0 || 8 || 8 | ||||
| 9
| Kristen Roth / Michael McPherson || {{USA}} || 13.5 || 9 || 9 |
=Ice dancing=
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| Rank
! Name ! Nation ! TFP ! CD ! OD ! FD | |||||
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| align="center" | 1 | {{UKR}} | 2.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| bgcolor="silver"
| align="center" | 2 | {{RUS}} | 4.0 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| bgcolor="cc9966"
| align="center" | 3 | {{USA}} | 6.0 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| 4
| Galit Chait / Sergei Sakhnovski || {{ISR}} || 8.0 || 4 || 4 || 4 | |||||
| 5
| Melissa Gregory / Denis Petukhov || {{USA}} || 10.0 || 5 || 5 || 5 | |||||
| 6
| Kristin Fraser / Igor Lukanin || {{AZE}} || 12.0 || 6 || 6 || 6 | |||||
| 7
| Emilie Nussear / Mathew Gates || {{USA}} || 14.0 || 7 || 7 || 7 | |||||
| 8
| Nozomi Watanabe / Akiyuki Kido || {{JPN}} || 16.0 || 8 || 8 || 8 | |||||
| 9
| Josée Piché / Pascal Denis || {{CAN}} || 18.0 || 9 || 9 || 9 |
References
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External links
- [http://www.icecalc.org/events/sa02/results/index.htm 2002 Smart Ones Skate America]
{{Skate America Figure skating}}
{{2002–03 in figure skating}}