2004 Skate America
{{Infobox Figure Skating Competition
| title = 2004 Skate America
| image =
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| comptype = Grand Prix
| startdate = October 21
| enddate = 24
| skatingseason = 2004–05
| location = Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
| host = U.S. Figure Skating
| venue = Mellon Arena
| prizemoney =
| championmen = {{flagicon|FRA}} Brian Joubert
| championladies = {{flagicon|USA}} Angela Nikodinov
| championpairs = {{flagicon|CHN}} Zhang Dan / Zhang Hao
| championdance = {{flagicon|USA}} Tanith Belbin / Benjamin Agosto
| previouscomp = 2003 Skate America
| nextcomp = 2005 Skate America
| nextgp = 2004 Skate Canada International
}}
The 2004 Skate America was the first event of six in the 2004–05 ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating, a senior-level international invitational competition series. It was held at the Mellon Arena in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania on October 21–24. Medals were awarded in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dancing. Skaters earned points toward qualifying for the 2004–05 Grand Prix Final. The compulsory dance was the Golden Waltz.
Results
=Men=
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| Rank
! Name ! Nation ! Total points ! colspan="2" width="80px" | SP ! colspan="2" width="80px" | FS | ||||||
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| align="center" | 1 | {{FRA}} | 193.46 | 1 | 72.10 | 2 | 121.36 |
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| align="center" | 2 | {{USA}} | 186.71 | 4 | 60.83 | 1 | 125.88 |
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| align="center" | 3 | {{USA}} | 179.56 | 2 | 64.82 | 3 | 114.74 |
| 4
| Roman Serov || {{ISR}} || 174.42 || 3 || 62.24 || 4 || 112.18 | ||||||
| 5
| Evan Lysacek || {{USA}} || 162.51 || 5 || 54.87 || 8 || 107.64 | ||||||
| 6
| Song Lun || {{CHN}} || 161.46 || 9 || 51.08 || 6 || 110.38 | ||||||
| 7
| Nicholas Young || {{CAN}} || 160.82 || 6 || 52.60 || 7 || 108.22 | ||||||
| 8
| Ben Ferreira || {{CAN}} || 157.41 || 7 || 51.33 || 9 || 106.08 | ||||||
| 9
| Stefan Lindemann || {{GER}} || 156.73 || 11 || 44.99 || 5 || 111.74 | ||||||
| 10
| Vakhtang Murvanidze || {{GEO}} || 143.10 || 8 || 51.22 || 11 || 91.88 | ||||||
| 11
| Alexander Shubin || {{RUS}} || 142.42 || 10 || 47.08 || 10 || 95.34 |
=Ladies=
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| Rank
! Name ! Nation ! Total points ! colspan="2" width="80px" | SP ! colspan="2" width="80px" | FS | ||||||
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| align="center" | 1 | {{USA}} | 149.50 | 2 | 53.62 | 2 | 95.88 |
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| align="center" | 2 | {{CAN}} | 144.40 | 3 | 50.20 | 3 | 94.20 |
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| align="center" | 3 | {{JPN}} | 142.64 | 1 | 53.64 | 6 | 89.00 |
| 4
| Alissa Czisny || {{USA}} || 141.36 || 3 || 50.20 || 4 || 91.16 | ||||||
| 5
| Susanna Pöykiö || {{FIN}} || 140.38 || 8 || 42.98 || 1 || 97.40 | ||||||
| 6
| Elena Liashenko || {{UKR}} || 135.80 || 6 || 45.68 || 5 || 90.12 | ||||||
| 7
| Yukina Ota || {{JPN}} || 130.70 || 5 || 47.42 || 7 || 83.28 | ||||||
| 8
| Miriam Manzano || {{AUS}} || 125.30 || 7 || 44.06 || 8 || 81.24 | ||||||
| 9
| Idora Hegel || {{CRO}} || 116.98 || 10 || 39.64 || 9 || 77.34 | ||||||
| 10
| Anne-Sophie Calvez || {{FRA}} || 102.88 || 9 || 39.88 || 10 || 63.00 | ||||||
| 11
| Zhang Fan || {{CHN}} || 85.52 || 11 || 30.84 || 11 || 54.68 |
=Pairs=
There was an accident during the free skating. Maxim Marinin lost his balance while attempting a difficult lasso lift and his partner Tatiana Totmianina slammed to the ice head first, sustaining a concussion, but was not seriously hurt.{{cite news | url = http://findarticles.com/p/news-articles/columbian-vancouver-wash/mi_8100/is_20041024/scary-fall-mars-skate-america/ai_n51299547/ | title = Scary fall mars Skate America ; Totmianina taken to hospital after | last = Yates | first = Jennifer C. |date = October 24, 2004 | work = Associated Press | publisher = FindArticles | access-date = November 27, 2010}} A short while later, Julia Obertas fell out of a lasso lift but her partner Sergei Slavnov managed to catch her to prevent her head hitting the ice.{{cite news|url=http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/s_265308.html |title=Skater injured at Skate America |last=Klimovich Harrop |first=JoAnne |date=October 24, 2004 |work=Pittsburgh Tribune-Review |access-date=November 27, 2010}}{{dead link|date=May 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes}}
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| Rank
! Name ! Nation ! Total points ! colspan="2" width="80px" | SP ! colspan="2" width="80px" | FS | ||||||
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| align="center" | 1 | {{CHN}} | 166.86 | 3 | 56.98 | 1 | 109.88 |
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| align="center" | 2 | {{RUS}} | 166.26 | 2 | 57.58 | 2 | 108.68 |
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| align="center" | 3 | {{USA}} | 158.10 | 4 | 56.52 | 3 | 101.58 |
| 4
| Ding Yang / Ren Zhongfei || {{CHN}} || 139.42 || 6 || 47.98 || 5 || 91.44 | ||||||
| 5
| Elizabeth Putnam / Sean Wirtz || {{CAN}} || 136.88 || 7 || 45.38 || 4 || 91.50 | ||||||
| 6
| Kathryn Orscher / Garrett Lucash || {{USA}} || 129.32 || 8 || 43.76 || 6 || 85.56 | ||||||
| 7
| Jennifer Don / Jonathon Hunt || {{USA}} || 125.28 || 5 || 51.00 || 7 || 74.28 | ||||||
| 8
| Julia Shapiro / Vadim Akolzin || {{ISR}} || 100.74 || 9 || 41.36 || 8 || 59.38 | ||||||
| WD
| Tatiana Totmianina / Maxim Marinin || {{RUS}} || || 1 || 64.98 || || |
=Ice dancing=
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| Rank
! Name ! Nation ! Total points ! colspan="2" width="80px" | CD ! colspan="2" width="80px" | OD ! colspan="2" width="80px" | FD | ||||||||
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| align="center" | 1 | {{USA}} | 212.87 | 1 | 43.71 | 1 | 63.40 | 1 | 105.76 |
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| align="center" | 2 | {{ISR}} | 204.32 | 2 | 40.98 | 2 | 60.48 | 2 | 102.86 |
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| align="center" | 3 | Megan Wing / Aaron Lowe | {{CAN}} | 178.60 | 3 | 36.65 | 3 | 51.66 | 3 | 90.29 |
| 4
| Svetlana Kulikova / Vitali Novikov || {{RUS}} || 173.43 || 4 || 33.89 || 4 || 50.65 || 4 || 88.89 | ||||||||
| 5
| Sinead Kerr / John Kerr || {{GBR}} || 156.56 || 5 || 31.89 || 5 || 43.14 || 5 || 81.53 | ||||||||
| 6
| Julia Golovina / Oleg Voiko || {{UKR}} || 143.92 || 7 || 27.08 || 6 || 42.81 || 7 || 74.03 | ||||||||
| 7
| Eve Bentley / Cédric Pernet || {{FRA}} || 140.22 || 8 || 26.39 || 8 || 39.04 || 6 || 74.79 | ||||||||
| 8
| Kendra Goodwin / Brent Bommentre || {{USA}} || 136.08 || 9 || 25.72 || 7 || 40.62 || 10 || 69.74 | ||||||||
| 9
| Loren Galler-Rabinowitz / David Mitchell || {{USA}} || 133.45 || 10 || 24.35 || 9 || 38.96 || 9 || 70.14 | ||||||||
| 10
| Alexandra Kauc / Michał Zych || {{POL}} || 131.25 || 6 || 27.40 || 10 || 35.79 || 11 || 68.06 | ||||||||
| 11
| Elena Romanovskaya / Alexander Grachev || {{RUS}} || 131.06 || 11 || 23.83 || 11 || 34.94 || 8 || 72.29 |
References
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External links
- [http://www.isuresults.org/results/gpusa04/ 2004 Smart Ones Skate America]
- [https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2004-oct-24-sp-skate24-story.html Los Angeles Times]
- [https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2004-oct-23-sp-skate23-story.html Los Angeles Times]
- [https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2004-oct-20-sp-nwirebox20-story.html Los Angeles Times]
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