2000 World Figure Skating Championships
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2000 World Figure Skating Championships
| 2000 World Figure Skating Championships | |
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| Type: | ISU Championship |
| Date: | March 27 – April 1 |
| Season: | 1999–2000 |
| Location: | Nice, France |
| Venue: | Palais des Exposition Nice |
| Champions | |
Men's singles: Alexei Yagudin |
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Ladies singles: Michelle Kwan |
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| Pair skating: Maria Petrova / Alexei Tikhonov |
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Ice dancing: Marina Anissina / Gwendal Peizerat |
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| Previous: | 1999 World Championships |
| Next: | 2001 World Championships |
The World Figure Skating Championships is an annual figure skating competition sanctioned by the International Skating Union in which elite figure skaters compete for the title of World Champion. This event is considered the most prestigious of the ISU Championships. Skaters compete in ladies' singles, men's singles, pair skating, and ice dancing.
The 2000 Worlds were held at the Palais des Exposition Nice in Nice, France from March 27 to April 1.[1]
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Competition notes
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 failure of the Australian organizers to provide adequate broadcast services.[2][3]
There were two accidents resulting in withdrawals. Julia Obertas and Dmitri Palamarchuk, who were 10th after the short program, withdrew from the pairs event after a fall during the free skate. 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 and 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
Results of the men's event:[1]
Ladies
Results of the ladies' event:[1]
Pairs
Results of the pairs' event:[1]
Ice dancing
Results of the ice dancing event:[1]
References
- ^ a b c d e "2000 World Figure Skating Championships". IceCalc. Archived from the original on December 3, 2000. http://web.archive.org/web/20001203224900/http://www.icecalc.com/events/wc2000/results/index.htm.
- ^ Loosemore, Sandra (September 1, 1999). "ISU not playing Nice with Australia". CBS SportsLine. http://www.cbssports.com/u/ce/multi/0,1329,1302422_7,00.html. Retrieved March 23, 2011.
- ^ Clarey, Christopher (March 28, 2000). "A Long Way From Home, Australians Keep Skating". The New York Times. http://nytimes.com/2000/03/28/sports/28iht-skate.2.t.html. Retrieved March 23, 2011.
- ^ a b "Ukrainian pairs skater injured in fall". Associated Press (ESPN). March 29, 2000. Archived from the original on April 18, 2008. http://espn.go.com/skating/news/2000/0329/453312.html.
- ^ Mittan, Barry (December 3, 2001). "Albena Denkova and Maxim Staviski: Bulgarian Dancers Triumph Over Injuries to Reach Top Ten". GoldenSkate.com. http://www.goldenskate.com/articles/2001/120301.shtml. Retrieved December 22, 2010.
- ^ "French skater attacked in hotel". Deseret News. March 28, 2000. http://www.deseretnews.com/article/751594/French-skater-attacked-in-hotel.html.
- ^ "A problem-plagued championship". Associated Press (ESPN). March 29, 2000. Archived from the original on October 12, 2008. http://espn.go.com/skating/news/2000/0329/453651.html.
- ^ Froissart, Lionel (30 March 2000). "Patinage artistique. Malgré l'agression de Stéphane Bernadis, le couple français est troisième des championnats du monde. Les coups volent bas derrière la glace. [Figure skating. Despite the attack on Stéphane Bernadis, the French pair are third at the World Championships.]" (in French). Libération. http://www.liberation.fr/sports/0101329153-patinage-artistique-malgre-l-agression-de-stephane-bernadis-le-couple-francais-est-troisieme-des-championnats-du-monde-les-coups-volent-bas-derriere-la-glace.
- ^ "Skater Bernadis had death threat before attack". Reuters (Deseret News). March 31, 2000. http://www.deseretnews.com/article/811814/Skater-Bernadis-had-death-threat-before-attack.html.
- ^ Peret, Paul (August 23, 2011). "2012 Worlds: Will Nice be Nice Again?". IFS Magazine. http://www.ifsmagazine.com/articles/599-2012-worlds-will-nice-be-nice-again. Retrieved August 25, 2011.
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