2000 World Figure Skating Championships

2000 World Figure Skating Championships
Type: ISU Championship
Date: March 23 – April 3
Season: 1999–2000
Location: Nice, France
Venue: Palais des Exposition Nice
Champions
Men's singles:
Russia Alexei Yagudin
Ladies' singles:
United States Michelle Kwan
Pair skating:
Russia Maria Petrova / Alexei Tikhonov
Ice dancing:
France Marina Anissina / Gwendal Peizerat
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The 2000 World Figure Skating Championships were held in Nice, France from March 23 to April 3. Medals were awarded in men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dancing.

The 2000 Worlds were held at the Palais des Exposition Nice.[1] The event was sanctioned by the International Skating Union.

Competition notes

The competition was open to skaters representing an ISU member nation. Due to the large number of participants, the ladies and men's qualifying groups were split into groups A and B.

This event had originally been awarded to Brisbane, Australia. However, in late August 1999, the ISU reassigned the event to Nice, allegedly due to the Australian organizers' failure to provide adequate broadcast services.[2][3]

There were two accidents resulting in withdrawals. Julia Obertas / Dmitri Palamarchuk, who were 10th after the short program, withdrew from the pairs event after a fall during the free skating. Palamarchuk caught an edge (right skate) while executing an overhead lift with Obertas – she was uninjured in the resulting fall but he hit his head on the ice.[4] Palamarchuk lay on the ice for several minutes before getting up and leaving the ice on his own but then lost consciousness and was taken to hospital – no damage was found but he was kept overnight for observation.[4]

In the ice dancing event, Albena Denkova / Maxim Staviski, who were 8th after the original dance, were also forced to withdraw. She was seriously injured in the practice before the free dance when Peter Tchernyshev's blade slashed her leg above her boot, severing two tendons and a muscle.[5]

Pair skater Stéphane Bernadis said he was attacked on March 28 by an unknown assailant with a razor – resulting in an eight inch cut down his left forearm – when he opened his hotel room door.[6][7][8] Bernadis said he had received a death threat three weeks earlier.[9]

Over 52,000 tickets were sold.[10]

Medal table

Rank Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total
1  Russia 2 1 1 4
2  France 1 0 1 2
2  United States 1 0 1 2
4  Canada 0 1 0 1
4  China 0 1 0 1
4  Italy 0 1 0 1
7  Lithuania 0 0 1 1

Results

Men[1]

Rank Name Nation TFP QB QA SP FS
1 Alexei Yagudin  Russia 2.0 111
2 Elvis Stojko  Canada 5.41 52
3 Michael Weiss  United States 5.6 233
4 Evgeni Plushenko  Russia 6.02 24
5 Li Chengjiang  China 12.0 386
6 Alexander Abt  Russia 15.63 412
7 Stanick Jeannette  France 16.05 108
8 Guo Zhengxin  China 16.04 99
9 Vincent Restencourt  France 16.4 7117
10 Takeshi Honda  Japan 17.2 5175
11 Timothy Goebel  United States 17.48 710
12 Anthony Liu  Australia 20.47 614
13 Vitali Danilchenko  Ukraine 20.66 1211
14 Stefan Lindemann  Germany 22.4 41313
15 Dmitri Dmitrenko  Ukraine 27.2 81515
16 Andrejs Vlascenko  Germany 28.0 61616
17 Roman Skorniakov  Uzbekistan 31.810 1817
18 Ivan Dinev  Bulgaria 32.09 1420
19 Ben Ferreira  Canada 34.411 2018
20 Michael Tyllesen  Denmark 34.4 101919
21 Markus Leminen  Finland 40.0 122222
22 Patrick Meier   Switzerland 40.2 92124
23 Sergei Rylov  Azerbaijan 40.613 2421
24 Konstantin Kostin  Latvia 41.612 2323
Free skating not reached
25 Vakhtang Murvanidze  Georgia 1325
26 Szabolcs Vidrai  Hungary 1127
27 Yamato Tamura  Japan 14 26
28 Cornel Gheorghe  Romania 1428
29 Matthew Davies  United Kingdom 15 29
30 Yuri Litvinov  Kazakhstan 1530
Short program not reached
31 Kevin van der Perren  Belgium 16
31 Robert Grzegorczyk  Poland 16
33 Lee Kyu-Hyun  South Korea 17
33 Róbert Kažimír  Slovakia 17
35 Michael Shmerkin  Israel 18
35 Patrick Schmit  Luxembourg 18
37 Bradley Santer  Australia 19
37 Angelo Dolfini  Italy 19
39 Ricky Cockerill  New Zealand 20
39 Jan Čejvan  Slovenia 20
41 Lukáš Rakowski  Czech Republic 21
41 Clemens Jonas  Austria 21
43 Jordi Pedro  Spain 22
43 Margus Hernits  Estonia 22
45 Filip Stiller  Sweden 23
45 Panagiotis Markouizos  Greece 23
47 Ricardo Olavarrieta  Mexico 24

Judges were:

Substitute judge:

Ladies[1]

Rank Name Nation TFP QB QA SP FS
1 Michelle Kwan  United States 3.62 31
2 Irina Slutskaya  Russia 3.61 22
3 Maria Butyrskaya  Russia 4.0 113
4 Vanessa Gusmeroli  France 9.27 44
5 Sarah Hughes  United States 9.23 55
6 Viktoria Volchkova  Russia 13.44 87
7 Júlia Sebestyén  Hungary 14.4 379
8 Jennifer Robinson  Canada 15.06 116
9 Angela Nikodinov  United States 16.65 611
10 Elena Liashenko  Ukraine 17.6 41010
11 Mikkeline Kierkgaard  Denmark 17.8 2158
12 Yoshie Onda  Japan 22.48 1212
13 Sabina Wojtala  Poland 24.09 915
14 Diána Póth  Hungary 25.2 111313
15 Alisa Drei  Finland 27.2 71416
16 Anna Rechnio  Poland 27.8 91714
17 Zoya Douchine  Germany 32.4 62018
18 Tatiana Malinina  Uzbekistan 32.4 51919
19 Silvia Fontana  Italy 33.610 2117
20 Anna Lundström  Sweden 34.0 81820
21 Galina Maniachenko  Ukraine 34.2 91621
22 Sun Siyin  China 40.413 2222
23 Ivana Jakupcevic  Croatia 42.812 2523
24 Shirene Human  South Africa 43.0 132324
Free skating not reached
25 Kaja Hanevold  Norway 1524
26 Roxana Luca  Romania 1226
27 Julia Lebedeva  Armenia 14 27
28 Anastasia Gimazetdinova  Uzbekistan 11 29
29 Valeria Trifancova  Latvia 1428
30 Marion Krijgsman  Netherlands 15 30
Short program not reached
31 Julia Vorobieva  Azerbaijan 16
31 Mojca Kopač  Slovenia 16
33 Olga Vassilieva  Estonia 17
33 Ellen Mareels  Belgium 17
35 Anna Wenzel  Austria 18
35 Lucia Starovičová  Slovakia 18
37 Tammy Sear  United Kingdom 19
37 Sarah-Yvonne Prytula  Australia 19
39 Nicole Skoda   Switzerland 20
39 Diane Chen  Chinese Taipei 20
41 Liza Menagia  Greece 21
41 Marta Andrade  Spain 21
43 Rocio Salas Visuet  Mexico 22
43 Choi Young-Eun  South Korea 22
45 Helena Pajović  Yugoslavia 23

Judges were:

Substitute judge:

Pairs[1]

Rank Name Nation TFP SP FS
1 Maria Petrova / Alexei Tikhonov  Russia 2.021
2 Shen Xue / Zhao Hongbo  China 2.512
3 Sarah Abitbol / Stéphane Bernadis  France 5.043
4 Jamie Salé / David Pelletier  Canada 5.534
5 Dorota Zagórska / Mariusz Siudek  Poland 8.575
6 Tatiana Totmianina / Maxim Marinin  Russia 10.086
7 Kyoko Ina / John Zimmerman  United States 10.067
8 Peggy Schwarz / Mirko Müller  Germany 11.559
9 Tiffany Scott / Phillip Dulebohn  United States 12.598
10 Kristy Sargeant / Kris Wirtz  Canada 15.51110
11 Mariana Kautz / Norman Jeschke  Germany 18.01212
12 Marina Khalturina / Valeri Artyuchov  Kazakhstan 19.01611
13 Kateřina Beránková / Otto Dlabola  Czech Republic 19.51313
14 Inga Rodionova / Andrei Krukov  Azerbaijan 21.01414
15 Pang Qing / Tong Jian  China 22.51515
16 Evgenia Filonenko / Alexander Chestnikh  Georgia 25.01816
17 Viktoria Shklover / Valdis Mintals  Estonia 25.51717
18 Oľga Beständigová / Jozef Beständig  Slovakia 27.51918
19 Ekaterina Danko / Gennadi Emelienenko  Belarus 29.02019
WD Julia Obertas / Dmitri Palamarchuk  Ukraine DNF10
Free skating not reached
21 Catherine Huc / Vivien Rolland  France 21
22 Tatjana Zaharjeva / Jurijs Salmanovs  Latvia 22

Judges were:

Substitute judge:

Ice dancing[1]

Rank Name Nation TFP CD1 CD2 OD FD
1 Marina Anissina / Gwendal Peizerat  France 2.61121
2 Barbara Fusar-Poli / Maurizio Margaglio  Italy 3.42212
3 Margarita Drobiazko / Povilas Vanagas  Lithuania 7.04443
4 Irina Lobacheva / Ilia Averbukh  Russia 7.03334
5 Galit Chait / Sergei Sakhnovski  Israel 10.46655
6 Kati Winkler / René Lohse  Germany 11.65566
7 Elena Grushina / Ruslan Goncharov  Ukraine 14.07777
8 Naomi Lang / Peter Tchernyshev  United States 16.88998
9 Sylwia Nowak / Sebastian Kolasiński  Poland 18.498109
10 Marie-France Dubreuil / Patrice Lauzon  Canada 20.810111110
11 Isabelle Delobel / Olivier Schoenfelder  France 23.012121211
12 Jamie Silverstein / Justin Pekarek  United States 25.414141312
13 Anna Semenovich / Roman Kostomarov  Russia 26.613131413
14 Eliane Hugentobler / Daniel Hugentobler   Switzerland 29.215161514
15 Megan Wing / Aaron Lowe  Canada 31.017151615
16 Natalia Romaniuta / Danil Barantsev  Russia 33.818171816
17 Alexandra Kauc / Filip Bernadowski  Poland 37.019191918
18 Nakako Tsuzuki / Rinat Farkhoutdinov  Japan 37.221202017
19 Stephanie Rauer / Thomas Rauer  Germany 39.820212119
20 Zita Gebora / András Visontai  Hungary 43.025242220
21 Julie Keeble / Lukasz Zalewski  United Kingdom 44.224232321
22 Zhang Weina / Cao Xianming  China 45.423222422
WD Albena Denkova / Maxim Staviski  Bulgaria 11108
WD Federica Faiella / Luciano Milo  Italy 161817
Free dance not reached
25 Angelika Führing / Bruno Ellinger  Austria 222526
26 Kateřina Kovalová / David Szurman  Czech Republic 262625
27 Alissa De Carbonnel / Alexander Malkov  Belarus 282827
28 Zuzana Durkovska / Marian Mesaros  Slovakia 272728
29 Anna Mosenkova / Sergei Sychov  Estonia 303029
30 Tiffany Hyden / Vazgen Azrojan  Armenia 292930
Original dance not reached
31 Ana Galitch / Andrei Griazev  Bosnia and Herzegovina 3131
32 Portia Duval-Rigby / Francis Rigby  Australia 3232

Judges were:

Substitute judge:

References

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