Mary Wehmeier: Skating DivaNews, opinions and views from the world of Figure and Artistic Skating.Skating Diva: Women's Final Results - 2002 World Championships Nagano, Japan- March 24, 2002 Skating Diva: Women's Final Results - 2002 World Championships Nagano, Japan Final Standings 1. Irina Slutskaya, Russia, 2.0 factored placing. 2. Michelle Kwan, United States, 4.2. 3. Fumie Suguri, Japan, 5.0. 4. Sasha Cohen, United States, 7.8. 5. Yoshie Onda, Japan, 8.6. 6. Elena Liashenko, Ukraine, 11.2. 7. Victoria Volchkova, Russia, 15.4. 8. Julia Sebestyen, Hungary, 16.4. 9. Jennifer Robinson, Canada, 18.4....http://radio.weblogs.com/0100243/categories/skatingDiva/2002/03/23.html#a144 Skating Diva: Slutskaya Wins 2002 Worlds, Kwan Silver, Suguri Bronze- March 24, 2002 Skating Diva: Slutskaya Wins 2002 Worlds, Kwan Silver, Suguri Bronze After three silver medals in the past four years, Irina Slutskaya of Russia finally claimed her first World title with a determined effort. The Olympic silver medalist stepped out of Kwan's shadow by landing six triples in a clean performance that was awarded with six first place marks. Slutskaya, who is only the second Russian woman to win a World title, has now won five World medals including three silvers and one bronze...http://radio.weblogs.com/0100243/categories/skatingDiva/2002/03/23.html#a143 Skating Diva Speaks: ISU President Cinquanta Says He Will Handover the Documents- March 23, 2002 Skating Diva Speaks: ISU President Cinquanta Says He Will Handover the Documents AP's reporting that ISU President "Speedy" Cinquanta will turn over the documents, regarding the Olympic Pairs judging scandal before the Hearing set for April 29-30 at the ISU Headquarters in Lausanne, Switzerland. However when Max Miller, attorney for suspended judge Marie-Reine Le Gougne, will receive the documents was not given. Miller has filed a complaint regarding the matter, and his inability to..http://radio.weblogs.com/0100243/categories/skatingDiva/2002/03/23.html#a142 Skating Diva: Report from World's Ladies Short - Dance- March 23, 2002 Skating Diva: Report from World's Ladies Short - Dance Four-time World champion Michelle Kwan (Torrance, Calif.), stumbled in the short program on Friday in her attempt to claim a fifth career and third straight World title at the 2002 World Figure Skating Championships in Japan. The Olympic bronze medalist entered the short program in good position to defend her World title after winning her qualifying group on Wednesday. Kwan, skating to "Rachmaninoff," had difficulty on the first of the...http://radio.weblogs.com/0100243/categories/skatingDiva/2002/03/23.html#a141 Skating Diva: Final Results Dance - 2002 World Championships Nagano, Japan- March 23, 2002 Skating Diva: Final Results Dance - 2002 World Championships Nagano, Japan 1, Irina LOBACHEVA Ilia AVERBUKH , RUS (left) 2, Shae-Lynn BOURNE Victor KRAATZ , CAN (right) 3, Galit CHAIT Sergei SAKHNOVSKI , ISR (lower left)4, Margarita DROBIAZKO Povilas VANAGAS , LTU5, Albena DENKOVA Maxim STAVIYSKI , BUL6, Elena GRUSHINA Ruslan GONCHAROV , UKR7, Kati WINKLER Rene LOHSE , GER8, Tatiana NAVKA Roman KOSTOMAROV , RUS 9, Naomi LANG Peter TCHERNYSHEV, USA10, Marie-France DUBREUIL Patrice...http://radio.weblogs.com/0100243/categories/skatingDiva/2002/03/22.html#a140 Skating Diva: Russians Win Ice Dance Gold - Slutskaya Passes Kwan in Short- March 23, 2002 Russians Win Ice Dance Gold, Slutskaya Passes Kwan in Short Russian champions Lobacheva and Averbukh scored mostly 5.8s and 5.9s for presentation in a moving free program dedicated to the victims of the September 11 attacks on the U.S. to improve on their Olympic silver medal and became the 24th ice dance champions from Russia or the former Soviet Union since 1970. For the results, click here. As for the Women's short program: Irina Slutskaya is ahead, skating a clean program that...http://radio.weblogs.com/0100243/categories/skatingDiva/2002/03/22.html#a139 Skating Diva: Women's Short Program Standings- March 23, 2002 Skating Diva: Women's Short Program StandingsNews on the competition is here, here and here. 1 Irina SLUTSKAYA RUS2 Fumie SUGURI JPN3 Michelle KWAN USA4 Yoshie ONDA JPN5 Sasha COHEN USA6 Elena LIASHENKO UKR7 Julia SEBESTYEN HUN8 Viktoria VOLCHKOVA RUS9 Tatiana MALININA UZB10 Silvia FONTANA ITA11 Zuzana BABIAKOVA SVK12 Susanna POYKIO FIN13 Laetitia HUBERT FRA14 Jennifer ROBINSON CAN15 Jennifer KIRK USA16 Idora HEGEL CRO17 Marta ANDRADE ESP18 Miriam MANZANO AUS19 Julia SOLDATOVA BLR20 Dan...http://radio.weblogs.com/0100243/categories/skatingDiva/2002/03/22.html#a138 Skating Diva Report: 2002 World Pairs Final Results- March 22, 2002 Skating Diva Report: 2002 World Pairs Finals 1 Xue SHENHongbo ZHAO CHN (left) 2 Tatiana TOTMIANINAMaxim MARININ RUS3 Kyoko INAJohn ZIMMERMAN USA (right) (AP did a nice story on Kyoko here)4 Maria PETROVA Alexei TIKHONOV RUS5 Qing PANG Jian TONG CHN6 Dorota ZAGORSKA Mariusz SIUDEK POL7 Tiffany SCOTT Philip DULEBOHN USA8 Jacinthe LARIVIERE Lenny FAUSTINO CAN9 Dan ZHANG Hao ZHANG..http://radio.weblogs.com/0100243/categories/skatingDiva/2002/03/21.html#a131 Skating Diva Report: World Championships OSP Round Finished Lobacheva - Averbukh lead.- March 21, 2002http://radio.weblogs.com/0100243/categories/skatingDiva/2002/03/21.html#a130 (Untitled)- March 21, 2002 Skating Diva News: Yagudin Wins His Fourth World Title AlexeiYagudin is the 2002 Men's World Champion, (Ctr), Timothy Goebel, (Lt) Silver and Takeshi Honda (Rt) Bronze show their medals during ceremonies at the M-Wave in Nagano, Japan. (AP PhotoShizuo Kambayashi)For complete results click here. Ice Dancing: OSP Round Finished with Russians Lobacheva and Averbukh in the lead. Second were Canadians Shae-Lynn Bourne and Victor Kraatz. Third were...http://radio.weblogs.com/0100243/categories/skatingDiva/2002/03/21.html#a129 |