2001-2002 Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final

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The Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final is an elite figure skating competition. Its name is often abbreviated "Grand Prix Final". Skaters compete in men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dancing. Unlike in most competitions, the compulsory dance is not part of the ice dance competition at the Grand Prix Final.

The Grand Prix Final is the culminating event of the ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating series, which at the time consisted of Skate America, Skate Canada International, Sparkassen Cup on Ice, Trophée Lalique, Cup of Russia, and NHK Trophy competitions. The top six skaters from each discipline competed in the final.

In the 2001-2002 season, competitors at the Grand Prix Final were to perform a short program, followed by two free skating or free dance programs. This was implemented because of television coverage. Ottavio Cinquanta envisioned that the skaters would perform two new free skating programs for the season at the final and this would appeal to and help attract viewers. Instead, most skaters went back to an old free skate program for one of the free skates. Due to the failure of this plan, the second free skate/dance was eventually removed from the Grand Prix Final.

The 2001-2002 season Grand Prix Final took place between December 13 and December 16, 2001 at the The Aud in Kitchener, Ontario, Canada. All the medalists from the men's, ladies, and pairs events would go on to medal at the 2002 Olympics. More, the men's podium was exactly the same at the final as it was at the Olympics.

[edit] Results

[edit] Men

Rank	Name	Nation	TFP	SP	FS1	FS2
1	Alexei Yagudin	Russia	3.0	2	2	1
2	Evgeny Plushenko	Russia	3.0	1	1	2
3	Timothy Goebel	United States	6.0	3	3	3
4	Todd Eldredge	United States	8.4	5	4	4
5	Takeshi Honda	Japan	9.6	4	5	5
6	Ivan Dinev	Bulgaria	12.0	6	6	6

[edit] Ladies

Rank	Name	Nation	TFP	SP	FS1	FS2
1	Irina Slutskaya	Russia	2.0	1	1	1
2	Michelle Kwan	United States	4.4	3	2	2
3	Sarah Hughes	United States	6.4	4	3	3
4	Maria Butyrskaya	Russia	7.2	2	4	4
5	Yoshie Onda	Japan	11.0	6	6	5
6	Tatiana Malinina	Uzbekistan	11.0	5	5	6

[edit] Pairs

Rank	Name	Nation	TFP	SP	FS1	FS2
1	Jamie Sale / David Pelletier	Canada	2.6	1	2	1
2	Elena Berezhnaya / Anton Sikharulidze	Russia	3.4	2	1	2
3	Shen Xue / Zhao Hongbo	China	6.0	3	3	3
4	Kyoko Ina / John Zimmerman	United States	8.8	6	4	4
5	Maria Petrova / Alexei Tikhonov	Russia	10.0	5	5	5
6	Sarah Abitbol / Stephane Bernadis	France	11.2	4	6	6

[edit] Ice dancing

Rank	Name	Nation	TFP	OD	FD1	FD2
1	Shae-Lynn Bourne / Victor Kraatz	Canada	3.0	2	2	1
2	Marina Anissina / Gwendal Peizerat	France	3.0	1	1	2
3	Margarita Drobiazko / Povilas Vanagas	Lithuania	6.4	4	3	3
4	Barbara Fusar-Poli / Maurizio Margaglio	Italy	7.6	3	4	4
5	Galit Chait / Sergei Sakhnovski	Israel	10.0	5	5	5
6	Marie-France Dubreuil / Patrice Lauzon	Canada	12.0	6	6	6

[edit] References

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