1995 Skate America

1995 Skate America
Type:Champions Series
Date:October 17 – 22
Season:1995–96
Location:Detroit, Michigan
Host:U.S. Figure Skating
Venue:Cobo Arena
Champions
Men's singles:
United States Todd Eldredge
Ladies' singles:
United States Michelle Kwan
Pairs:
Russia Marina Eltsova / Andrei Bushkov
Ice dance:
Russia Pasha Grishuk / Evgeni Platov
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The 1995 Skate America was the first event of five in the 1995–96 ISU Champions Series, a senior-level international invitational competition series. It was held at the Cobo Arena in Detroit, Michigan on October 17–22. Medals were awarded in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dancing. Skaters earned points towards qualifying for the 1995–96 Champions Series Final.

Results

Men

Rank Name Nation TFP SP FS
1 Todd Eldredge  United States 1.5 1 1
2 Michael Weiss  United States 4.5 5 2
3 Alexander Abt  Russia 4.5 3 3
4 Viacheslav Zagorodniuk  Ukraine 6.0 4 4
5 Andrejs Vlascenko  Germany 7.0 2 6
6 Ilia Kulik  Russia 8.0 6 5
7 Stephane Yvars  Canada 11.0 8 7
8 Aren Nielsen  United States 11.5 7 8
9 Nicholas Pétorin  France 13.5 9 9

Ladies

Michelle Kwan rose to first after placing third in the short program. Bobek missed all five of her triple jumps.[1]

Rank Name Nation TFP SP FS
1 Michelle Kwan  United States 2.5 3 1
2 Chen Lu  China 3.0 1 2
3 Irina Slutskaya  Russia 4.0 2 3
4 Surya Bonaly  France 6.5 5 4
5 Tonia Kwiatkowski  United States 8.0 6 5
6 Nicole Bobek  United States 8.0 4 6
7 Elena Liashenko  Ukraine 10.5 7 7
8 Rena Inoue  Japan 12.0 8 8
9 Clare Kelly  Canada 13.5 9 9

Pairs

Rank Name Nation TFP SP FS
1 Marina Eltsova / Andrei Bushkov  Russia 1.5 1 1
2 Jenni Meno / Todd Sand  United States 3.0 2 2
3 Elena Berezhnaya / Oleg Shliakhov  Latvia 4.5 3 3
4 Kyoko Ina / Jason Dungjen  United States 6.5 5 4
5 Oksana Kazakova / Artur Dmitriev  Russia 7.0 4 5
6 Kristy Sargeant / Kris Wirtz  Canada 9.5 7 6
7 Olena Bilousivska / Serhiy Potalov  Ukraine 10.0 6 7

Ice dancing

Rank Name Nation TFP CD OD FD
1 Pasha Grishuk / Evgeni Platov  Russia 2.0 1 1 1
2 Anjelika Krylova / Oleg Ovsiannikov  Russia 4.0 2 2 2
3 Rene Roca / Gorsha Sur  United States 6.0 3 3 3
4 Elizaveta Stekolnikova / Dmitri Kazarlyga  Kazakhstan 8.0 4 4 4
5 Kateřina Mrázová / Martin Šimeček  Czech Republic 10.0 5 5 5
6 Barbara Piton / Alexandre Piton  France 12.0 6 6 6
7 Kati Winkler / René Lohse  Germany 15.0 8 8 7
8 Elena Grushina / Ruslan Goncharov  Ukraine 15.0 7 7 8
9 Janet Emerson / Steve Kavanagh  Canada 18.0 9 9 9
10 Tamara Kuchiki / Neale Smull  United States 20.0 10 10 10

References

  1. ^ "Boss' Judgment Skates on Thin Ice - New York Daily News". Archived from the original on 2011-07-27. Retrieved 2011-03-08.