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| The Report - January 4, 2000 | NOTE: Are you wondering what the judges were thinking in the Men's Event? Well, so are a lot of other fans. If you want to get an explanation of the scores of the USA Judge (Kathleen Flaherty) as well as the French and Japanese judge send your questions to: Susan Johnson
Chair of the USFSA Judges' Review Committee
United States Figure Skating Association
20 First Street
Colorado Springs, CO 80906
E-mail address: sjohn03@emory.edu
If you want to write to the ISU, here's the address:
Sally Stapleford
Chairperson of the Figure Skating Technical Committee
International Skating Union
Chemin de Primerose 2
CH-1007 Lausanne
Switzerland
I don't see a specific e-mail address for Sallly, the general ISU e-mail address is: info@isu.ch (but don't expect a response).
Please be polite when requesting an explanation of the judging at this event. The judges need to be held accountable for their marks even at Open events if skating is to be taken seriously as a sport. Men (while the results are final, they will always remain questionable)
1. Alexei Yagudin (RUS) 1.5 total factored placings
2. Todd Eldredge (USA) 3.5
3. Takeshi Honda (JPN) 4.0
4. Alexei Urmanov (RUS) 6.0
5. Philippe Candeloro (FRA) 7.5
Women
1. Michelle Kwan (USA) 1.5
2. Maria Butyrskaya (RUS) 3.5
3. Surya Bonaly (FRA) 4.0
4. Vanessa Gusmeroli (FRA) 6.0
5. Chisato Shiina (JPN) 7.5
Pairs
1. Oksana Kazakova & Artur Dmitriev (RUS) 2.0
2. Shen Xue & Zhao Hongbo (CHN) 2.5
3. Yuka Sato (JPN) & Jason Dungjen (USA) 4.5 Dance
1. Maya Usova & Evgeny Platov (RUS) 2.0
2. Margarita Drobiazko & Povilas Vanagas (LIT) 4.0
3. Nakako Tsuzuki & Rinat Farkhoutdinov (JPN) 6.0 | Pairs Short Program Results | 1. Shen & Zhao 0.5
2. Kazakova & Dmitriev 1.0
3. Sato & Dungjen 1.5 | Xue Shen & Hongbo Zhao (CHN) | | | KOR | RUS | JPN | USA | CHN | | Required Elements | 5.6 | 5.6 | 5.6 | 5.5 | 5.6 | | Presentation | 5.5 | 5.5 | 5.4 | 5.5 | 5.5 | | Total | 11.1 | 11.1 | 11.0 | 11.0 | 11.1 | | Ordinals | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | | Music | Firebird | | Costumes | Black and red | | | | | Yuka Sato (JPN) & Jason Dungjen (USA) | | | KOR | RUS | JPN | USA | CHN | | Required Elements | 5.0 | 5.2 | 5.1 | 5.0 | 5.2 | | Presentation | 5.5 | 5.4 | 5.5 | 5.3 | 5.5 | | Total | 10.5 | 10.6 | 10.6 | 10.3 | 10.7 | | Ordinals | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | | Music | Peter Gunn | | Costumes | Black with French cuffs. | | Notes | What a great first time out as a pairs team! She fell on the throw triple Salchow, but they did a great job especially with the lifts. | | Oksana Kazakova & Artur Dmitriev (RUS) | | | KOR | RUS | JPN | USA | CHN | | Required Elements | 5.4 | 5.7 | 5.2 | 5.3 | 5.5 | | Presentation | 5.7 | 5.8 | 5.3 | 5.2 | 5.6 | | Total | 11.1 | 11.5 | 10.5 | 10.5 | 11.1 | | Ordinals | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | | Music | Charade | | Costume | Artur in Black with white sleeves, Oksana in white with black trim. | | Notes | May have been penalized for length of music | | Men's Short Program Results | 1. Alexei Yagudin (RUS) 0.5
2. Takeshi Honda (JPN) 1.0
3. Todd Eldredge (USA) 1.5
4. Alexei Urmanov (RUS) 2.0
5. Philippe Candeloro (FRA) 2.5 | Todd Eldredge (USA) | | | USA | RUS | KOR | FRA | JPN | | Required Elements | 5.6 | 5.6 | 5.6 | 5.6 | 5.6 | | Presentation | 5.6 | 5.6 | 5.6 | 5.7 | 5.6 | | Total | 11.2 | 11.2 | 11.2 | 11.3 | 11.2 | | Placement | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | | Music | Cabaret | | Costume | Black shirt, vest, pants | | Notes | Very clean program, 3 Axel/2 Toe, 3 Lutz, 2 Axel. | | Takeshi Honda (JPN) | | | USA | RUS | KOR | FRA | JPN | | Required Elements | 5.6 | 5.7 | 5.8 | 5.7 | 5.8 | | Presentation | 5.6 | 5.6 | 5.7 | 5.5 | 5.7 | | Total | 11.2 | 11.3 | 11.5 | 11.2 | 11.5 | | Placement | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | | Music | The Road I Travel | | Costume | Dark Blue with a green stripe on shirt | | Notes | Opened with a clean Quad Toe, 3 Axel-2 Toe, spread eagle into a 2 Axel. | | Alexei Yagudin (RUS) | | | USA | RUS | KOR | FRA | JPN | | Required Elements | 5.8 | 5.7 | 5.6 | 5.7 | 5.8 | | Presentation | 5.9 | 5.8 | 5.8 | 5.8 | 5.9 | | Total | 11.7 | 11.5 | 11.4 | 11.5 | 11.7 | | Placement | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | | Music | The Nutcracker | | Costume | Musical costume without the piano skirt. | | Notes | 3 Lutz,, 3 Axel-3 Toe, 2 Axel | | Alexei Urmanov (RUS) | | | USA | RUS | KOR | FRA | JPN | | Required Elements | 4.7 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 4.9 | 4.8 | | Presentation | 5.5 | 5.7 | 5.8 | 5.6 | 5.7 | | Total | 10.2 | 10.7 | 10.8 | 10.5 | 10.5 | | Placement | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | | Music | Toccata And Fugue | | Costume | Blue velvet suit | | Notes | Fell out of a 3 Axel with a step between the 2 Toe combo, doubled his 3 Flip , 2 Axel. | | Philippe Candeloro (FRA) | | | USA | RUS | KOR | FRA | JPN | | Required Elements | 4.6 | 5.0 | 4.9 | 4.8 | 4.6 | | Presentation | 5.6 | 5.5 | 5.5 | 5.7 | 5.5 | | Total | 10.2 | 10.5 | 10.4 | 10.5 | 10.1 | | Placement | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | | Music | Guerilleros | | Costume | Black pants, shirt (what shirt?) | | Notes | Fell on his 3 Axel and didn't attempt the 2nd jump. 3 Lutz, 2 Axel. | 1. Maya Usova & Evgeny Platov (RUS) 1.0
2. Margarita Drobiazko & Povilas Vanagas (LIT) 2.0
3. Nakako Tsuzuki & Rinat Farkhoutdinov (JPN) 3.0 | Margarita Drobiazko & Povilas Vanagas (LIT) | | | JPN | KOR | JPN | USA | RUS | | Composition | 5.1 | 5.2 | 5.1 | 4.9 | 5.0 | | Presentation | 5.4 | 5.4 | 5.4 | 5.3 | 5.5 | | Total | 10.5 | 10.6 | 10.5 | 10.2 | 10.5 | | Placement | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | | Music | Historio Del Un Amor | | Costume | Margarita in lots of illusion and sheer black, Povilas in purple and black. | | Notes | Povilas fell during the footwork sequence. | | Maya Usova & Evgeny Platov (RUS) | | | JPN | KOR | JPN | USA | RUS | | Composition | 5.7 | 5.4 | 5.6 | 5.7 | 5.7 | | Presentation | 5.8 | 5.5 | 5.7 | 5.8 | 5.8 | | Total | 11.5 | 10.9 | 11.3 | 11.5 | 11.5 | | Placement | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | | Music | Cup of Life | | Costume | Maya, black with a lot of illusion fabric; Evgeny black with ruffled black sleeves. | | Notes | | | Nakako Tsuzuki & Rinat Farkhoutdinov (JPN) | | | JPN | KOR | JPN | USA | RUS | | Composition | 5.1 | 5.0 | 5.1 | 4.9 | 4.9 | | Presentation | 5.1 | 5.2 | 5.2 | 5.1 | 5.2 | | Total | 10.2 | 10.2 | 10.3 | 10.0 | 10.1 | | Placement | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | | Music | Chikita Bonita | | Costume | Nakako in green and Rinat in black with green trim. | | Notes | | | Ladies Short Program Results | 1. Michelle Kwan (USA) 0.5
2. Surya Bonaly (FRA) 1.0
3. Maria Butyrskaya (RUS) 1.5
4. Vanessa Gusmeroli (FRA) 6.0
5. Chisato Shiina (JPN) 7.5 | Michelle Kwan (USA) | | | FRA | JPN | RUS | KOR | USA | | Required Elements | 5.7 | 5.7 | 5.7 | 5.7 | 5.7 | | Presentation | 5.8 | 5.8 | 5.8 | 5.8 | 5.8 | | Total | 11.5 | 11.5 | 11.5 | 11.5 | 11.5 | | Placement | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | | Music | Day in a Life | | Costume | Red with illusion | | Notes | | | Maria Butyrskaya (RUS) | | | FRA | JPN | RUS | KOR | USA | | Required Elements | 5.2 | 5.2 | 5.4 | 5.0 | 5.5 | | Presentation | 5.7 | 5.8 | 5.8 | 5.7 | 5.6 | | Total | 10.9 | 11.0 | 11.2 | 10.7 | 11.1 | | Placement | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | | Music | Scene D'Amour | | Costume | White with illusion | | Notes | | | Chisato Shiina (JPN) | | | FRA | JPN | RUS | KOR | USA | | Required Elements | 4.9 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 4.9 | | Presentation | 5.4 | 5.4 | 5.3 | 5.2 | 5.3 | | Total | 10.3 | 10.4 | 10.3 | 10.2 | 10.2 | | Placement | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | | Music | Heart of Budapest | | Costume | Black top, red skirt | | Notes | 1999 Japan National Ladies Champion | | Surya Bonaly (FRA) | | | FRA | JPN | RUS | KOR | USA | | Required Elements | 5.4 | 5.5 | 5.6 | 5.8 | 4.8 | | Presentation | 5.7 | 5.6 | 5.5 | 5.8 | 5.2 | | Total | 11.1 | 11.1 | 11.1 | 11.6 | 10.0 | | Placement | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 5 | | Music | On The Fire | | Costume | Brightly colored with black. | | Notes | | | Vanessa Gusmeroli (FRA) | | | FRA | JPN | RUS | KOR | USA | | Required Elements | 5.2 | 5.0 | 5.1 | 4.9 | 4.9 | | Presentation | 5.6 | 5.5 | 5.4 | 5.4 | 5.5 | | Total | 10.8 | 10.5 | 10.5 | 10.3 | 10.4 | | Placement | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | | Music | When The Saints Go Marching In | | Costume | Red | | Notes | | | Pairs Interpretive Free Program Results | 1. Kazakova & Dmitriev (RUS) 1.0
2. Shen & Zhao (CHN) 2.0
3. Sato (JPN) & Dungjen (USA) 3.0 | Yuka Sato (JPN) & Jason Dungjen (USA) | | | KOR | RUS | JPN | USA | CHN | | Technique | 5.3 | 5.3 | 5.3 | 5.3 | 5.3 | | Presentation | 5.4 | 5.3 | 5.5 | 5.4 | 5.4 | | Total | 10.7 | 10.6 | 10.8 | 10.7 | 10.7 | | Placement | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | | Music | Peace | | Costume | Various shades of green and purple. | | Notes | Jason fell out of the sbs jump. Landed the throw 3 Salchow. Had a problem with the lift and she fell when she was set down. | | Oksana Kazakova & Artur Dmitriev (RUS) | | | KOR | RUS | JPN | USA | CHN | | Required Elements | 5.7 | 5.6 | 5.6 | 5.5 | 5.5 | | Presentation | 5.9 | 5.7 | 5.7 | 5.7 | 5.7 | | Total | 11.6 | 11.3 | 11.3 | 11.2 | 11.2 | | Placement | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | | Music | Classical Interpretation | | Costume | White and black | | Notes | Attempted a throw quad jump but she fell | | Xue Shen & Hongbo Zhao (CHN) | | | KOR | RUS | JPN | USA | CHN | | Required Elements | 5.5 | 5.7 | 5.5 | 5.6 | 5.6 | | Presentation | 5.6 | 5.6 | 5.4 | 5.5 | 5.7 | | Total | 11.1 | 11.3 | 10.9 | 11.1 | 11.3 | | Placement | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | | Music | Mulan | | Costume | Shades of purple and white | | Notes | | | Men Interpretive Free Program Results
(very questionable) | 1. Alexei Yagudin (RUS) 1.0
2. Todd Eldredge (USA) 2.0
3. Takeshi Honda (JPN) 3.0
4. Alexei Urmanov (RUS) 4.0
5. Philippe Candeloro (FRA) 5.0 | Philippe Candeloro (FRA) | | | USA | RUS | KOR | FRA | JPN | | Technique | 4.9 | 5.1 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | | Presentation | 5.4 | 5.4 | 5.4 | 5.4 | 5.6 | | Total | 10.3 | 10.5 | 10.4 | 10.4 | 10.6 | | Placement | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | | Music | Braveheart | | Costume | Kilt and props such as a cape and a stick. | | Notes | Stood for 45 seconds because the length of the program exceeded the rules, but was still 16 seconds too long so had deductions right off (.2 deduction off each mark). Fell out of 3 Lutz, fell on 3 Loop, doubled what was intended as a 3 Salchow, backflip. | | Alexei Urmanov (RUS) | | | USA | RUS | KOR | FRA | JPN | | Technique | 5.3 | 5.6 | 5.4 | 5.5 | 5.3 | | Presentation | 5.4 | 5.7 | 5.4 | 5.6 | 5.5 | | Total | 10.7 | 11.3 | 10.8 | 11.1 | 10.8 | | Placement | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 4 | | Music | Georgian Variation | | Costume | Black and silver | | Notes | 3 Axel, 3 Flip, 3 Salchow, 3 Toe-2 Toe | | Takeshi Honda (JPN) | | | USA | RUS | KOR | FRA | JPN | | Technique | 5.4 | 5.6 | 5.6 | 5.6 | 5.5 | | Presentation | 5.5 | 5.5 | 5.6 | 5.4 | 5.4 | | Total | 10.9 | 11.1 | 11.2 | 11.0 | 10.9 | | Placement | 3 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 | | Music | I Could Not Ask For More | | Costume | Black short-sleeved shirt and pants | | Notes | 3 Axel, doubled his quad attempt, 3 Loop, 3 Toe
Great spread eagles. | | Todd Eldredge (USA) | | | USA | RUS | KOR | FRA | JPN | | Technique | 5.5 | 5.7 | 5.7 | 5.7 | 5.6 | | Presentation | 5.6 | 5.7 | 5.8 | 5.7 | 5.6 | | Total | 11.1 | 11.4 | 11.5 | 11.4 | 11.2 | | Placement | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | | Music | The 13th Warrior | | Costume | Brown shirt, vest and black pants | | Notes | Todd was robbed! I think the US judge needs to have her eyes examined and the French and Japanese judges should join her.
3 Toe, 3 Loop, 3 Lutz, 3 Axel- 2 Toe, 2 Axel.
This should have been the winning program of the evening. | | Alexei Yagudin (RUS) | | | USA | RUS | KOR | FRA | JPN | | Technique | 5.7 | 5.5 | 5.6 | 5.6 | 5.6 | | Presentation | 5.8 | 5.8 | 5.8 | 5.8 | 5.8 | | Total | 11.5 | 11.3 | 11.4 | 11.4 | 11.4 | | Placement | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | | Music | Broken Arrow | | Costume | Black with Bullseye and splattered red. | | Notes | 3 Axel with a turn out, stumbled out of a 3 flip with steps between a 3 Loop, sloppy entrance into a flying sitspin, started to noticeably lose energy. fell out of a 3 Lutz. Did land a 3 Toe (which would be a 5th triple jump so shouldn't he have received deductions?)
It's unbelievable that this program was scored higher than Todd's. | 1. Maya Usova & Evgeny Platov (RUS) 2.0
2. Margarita Drobiazko & Povilas Vanagas (LIT) 4.0
3. Nakako Tsuzuki & Rinat Farkhoutdinov (JPN) 6.0 | Nakako Tsuzuki & Rinat Farkhoutdinov (JPN) | | | JPN | KOR | JPN | USA | RUS | | Composition | 5.1 | 5.1 | 5.0 | 5.1 | 5.1 | | Presentation | 5.2 | 5.3 | 5.2 | 5.2 | 5.2 | | Total | 10.3 | 10.4 | 10.2 | 10.3 | 10.3 | | Placement | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | | Music | Time to Say Good-bye | | Costume | Burgundy | | Notes | | | Margarita Drobiazko & Povilas Vanagas (LIT) | | | JPN | KOR | JPN | USA | RUS | | Composition | 5.5 | 5.6 | 5.5 | 5.5 | 5.5 | | Presentation | 5.6 | 5.7 | 5.6 | 5.6 | 5.6 | | Total | 11.1 | 11.3 | 11.1 | 11.1 | 11.1 | | Placement | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | | Music | Sunrise at Alcatrez | | Costume | Margarita in red and Povilas in black | | Notes | | | Maya Usova & Evgeny Platov (RUS) | | | JPN | KOR | JPN | USA | RUS | | Composition | 5.7 | 5.7 | 5.7 | 5.7 | 5.7 | | Presentation | 5.8 | 5.9 | 5.8 | 5.8 | 5.9 | | Total | 11.5 | 11.6 | 11.5 | 11.5 | 11.6 | | Placement | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | | Music | Spente Le Stelle | | Costume | Maya in white, Evgeny in black | | Notes | | | Ladies Interpretive Free Program Results | 1. Michelle Kwan (USA) 1.0
2. Maria Butyrskaya (RUS) 2.0
3. Surya Bonaly (FRA) 3.0
4. Vanessa Gusmeroli (FRA) 4.0
5. Chisato Shiina (JPN) 5.0 | Chisato Shiina (JPN) | | | FRA | JPN | RUS | KOR | USA | | Technique | 5.2 | 5.1 | 5.2 | 5.2 | 5.2 | | Presentation | 5.1 | 5.1 | 5.2 | 5.1 | 5.1 | | Total | 10.3 | 10.2 | 10.4 | 10.3 | 10.3 | | Placement | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | | Music | Festango | | Costume | Blue | | Notes | | | Vanessa Gusmeroli (FRA) | | | FRA | JPN | RUS | KOR | USA | | Technique | 5.5 | 5.4 | 5.4 | 5.4 | 5.3 | | Presentation | 5.6 | 5.5 | 5.6 | 5.5 | 5.3 | | Total | 11.1 | 10.9 | 11.0 | 10.9 | 10.6 | | Placement | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | | Music | Legends of the Fall | | Costume | White with fringe | | Notes | | | Michelle Kwan (USA) | | | FRA | JPN | RUS | KOR | USA | | Technique | 5.8 | 5.7 | 5.8 | 5.7 | 5.8 | | Presentation | 5.8 | 5.9 | 5.9 | 5.8 | 5.7 | | Total | 11.6 | 11.6 | 11.7 | 11.5 | 11.5 | | Placement | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | | Music | Hands by Jewel | | Costume | Beige | | Notes | | | Surya Bonaly (FRA) | | | FRA | JPN | RUS | KOR | USA | | Technique | 5.7 | 5.6 | 5.5 | 5.5 | 5.6 | | Presentation | 5.7 | 5.6 | 5.6 | 5.5 | 5.6 | | Total | 11.4 | 11.2 | 11.1 | 11.0 | 11.2 | | Placement | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | | Music | Cuor Senza Sangue | | Costume | Blue unitard with light blue top. | | Notes | | | Maria Butyrskaya (RUS) | | | FRA | JPN | RUS | KOR | USA | | Technique | 5.7 | 5.6 | 5.9 | 5.6 | 5.5 | | Presentation | 5.8 | 5.8 | 5.9 | 5.7 | 5.6 | | Total | 11.5 | 11.4 | 11.8 | 11.3 | 11.1 | | Placement | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | | Music | Carmen Habanera | | Costume | Black with bright yellow trim | | Notes | | |
