| 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 | |
Pairs: Tatiana Totmianina /Maxim Marinin | |
Ice dance: Elena Grushina /Ruslan Goncharov | |
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The2002Skate America was the first event of six in the 2002–03ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating, a senior-level international invitational competition series. It was held at theSpokane Arena inSpokane, Washington on October 23–27. Medals were awarded in the disciplines ofmen's singles, ladies' singles,pair skating, andice dancing. Skaters earned points toward qualifying for the2002–03 Grand Prix Final. Thecompulsory dance was the Austrian Waltz.
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 |
Yukari Nakano andLudmila Nelidina both landed a tripleAxel in their free skating, together becoming the first female skaters to perform the jump in international competition sinceMidori Ito landed it at the1992 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |