The 2000 World Figure Skating Championships had been held at the Palais des Exposition Nice in Nice, France from March 23 to April 3.[1] The event was sanctioned by the International Skating Union. Medals were awarded in men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dancing.
| 2000 World Figure Skating Championships | |
|---|---|
| Type: | ISU Championship |
| Date: | March 23 – April 3 |
| Season: | 1999–2000 |
| Location: | Nice, France |
| Venue: | Palais des Exposition Nice |
| Champions | |
Men's singles:  Alexei Yagudin | |
Ladies' singles:  Michelle Kwan | |
| Pairs: Maria Petrova / Alexei Tikhonov | |
Ice dance:  Marina Anissina / Gwendal Peizerat | |
| Previous: 1999 World Championships | |
| Next: 2001 World Championships | |
Medal table edit
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Russia (RUS) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 2 | France (FRA) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
 United States (USA) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 4 |  Canada (CAN) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
 China (CHN) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
 Italy (ITA) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 7 |  Lithuania (LTU) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (7 entries) | 4 | 4 | 4 | 12 | |
Competition notes edit
Due to a large number of participants, the men's and ladies' 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 the Australian organizers' failure to provide adequate broadcast services.[2][3]
There were two accidents resulting in withdrawals. Julia Obertas / Dmitri Palamarchuk, who were 10th after the short program, withdrew from the pairs event after a fall during the free skating. 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 / Maxim Staviski, who were 8th after the original dance 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]
Results edit
Men edit
Referee:
Assistant Referee:
Judges:
- Jane Garden
Canada - Christiane Miles
Switzerland - Alexander Pentchev
Bulgaria - Laura McNair
United Kingdom - Florin Gafencu
Romania - Elizabeth Ryan
Australia - Hideo Sugita
Japan - Zsofia Wagner
Hungary - Philippe Meriguet
France
Substitute judge:
Ladies edit
Referee:
Assistant Referee:
Judges:
- Margo Pauw
Netherlands - Vladislav Petukhov
Ukraine - Hisashi Yoshikawa Japan
- Judit Fьrst-Tombor Hungary
- Fabio Bianchetti
Italy - Nenad Orban
Croatia - Adriana Ordeanu Romania
- Bjцrg Rosto Jensen
Norway - Elfriede Beyer
Germany
Substitute judge:
Pairs edit
Referee:
Assistant Referee:
Judges:
- Marina Sanaya
Russia - Evgenia Bogdanova
Azerbaijan - Marie Reine Le Gougne France
- Joseph L. Inman
United States - Susan Blatz Canada
- Alexei Shirshov
Belarus - Anna Sierocka
Poland - Adriana Domanska
Slovakia - Jarmila Portova
Czech Republic
Substitute judge:
Ice dancing edit
Referee:
Assistant Referee:
Judges (free dance):
- Jean-Bernard Hamel France
- Isabella Micheli Italy
- Elizabeth Clark Canada
- Eugenia Gasiorowska
Lithuania - Katalin Alpern
Israel - Akos Pethes Hungary
- Robert J. Horen United States
- Halina Gordon-Poltorak Poland
- Mieko Fujimori Japan
Substitute judge:
References edit
- ^ a b c d e "2000 World Figure Skating Championships". IceCalc. Archived from the original on December 3, 2000.
- ^ Loosemore, Sandra (September 1, 1999). "ISU not playing Nice with Australia". CBS SportsLine. Archived from the original on October 20, 2001.
- ^ Clarey, Christopher (March 28, 2000). "A Long Way From Home, Australians Keep Skating". The New York Times. Retrieved March 23, 2011.
- ^ a b "Ukrainian pairs skater injured in fall". ESPN. Associated Press. March 29, 2000. Archived from the original on April 18, 2008.
- ^ Mittan, Barry (December 3, 2001). "Albena Denkova and Maxim Staviski: Bulgarian Dancers Triumph Over Injuries to Reach Top Ten". GoldenSkate.com. Archived from the original on 2006-10-30. Retrieved December 22, 2010.
- ^ "French skater attacked in hotel". Deseret News. March 28, 2000. Archived from the original on 21 November 2012.
- ^ "A problem-plagued championship". ESPN. Associated Press. March 29, 2000. Archived from the original on October 12, 2008.
- ^ 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.]. Libération (in French). Archived from the original on 27 March 2012.
- ^ "Skater Bernadis had death threat before attack". Deseret News. Reuters. March 31, 2000. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015.
- ^ Peret, Paul (August 23, 2011). "2012 Worlds: Will Nice be Nice Again?". IFS Magazine. Archived from the original on September 11, 2011. Retrieved August 25, 2011.