2001–02 Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final

The 2001–02 Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final was an elite figure skating competition held from December 13 to 16, 2001 at The Aud in Kitchener, Ontario, Canada. Medals were awarded in men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dancing. Unlike most competitions that season, the compulsory dance was not part of the ice dance competition at the Grand Prix Final.

2001–02 Grand Prix Final
Type:Grand Prix
Date:December 13 – 16, 2001
Season:2001–02
Location:Kitchener, Canada
Venue:The Aud
Champions
Men's singles:
Russia Alexei Yagudin
Ladies' singles:
Russia Irina Slutskaya
Pairs:
Canada Jamie Salé / David Pelletier
Ice dance:
Canada Shae-Lynn Bourne / Victor Kraatz
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The Grand Prix Final was the culminating event of the ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating series, which at the time consisted of Skate America, Skate Canada International, Sparkassen Cup on Ice, Trophée Lalique, Cup of Russia, and NHK Trophy competitions. The top six skaters from each discipline competed in the final.

In the 2001–02 season, competitors at the Grand Prix Final performed a short program, followed by two free skating or free dance programs. This was implemented because of television coverage. Ottavio Cinquanta envisioned that the skaters would perform two new free skating programs for the season at the final and this would appeal to and help attract viewers. Instead, most skaters went back to an old free skating program for one of the free skatings. Due to the failure of this plan, the second free skating/dance was eventually removed from the Grand Prix Final.

All the medalists from the men's, ladies, and pairs' events would go on to medal at the 2002 Olympics. Moreover, the men's podium was exactly the same at the final as it was at the Olympics.

Results

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Rank Name Nation TFP SP FS1 FS2
1 Alexei Yagudin   Russia 3.0 2 2 1
2 Evgeni Plushenko   Russia 3.0 1 1 2
3 Timothy Goebel   United States 6.0 3 3 3
4 Todd Eldredge   United States 8.4 5 4 4
5 Takeshi Honda   Japan 9.6 4 5 5
6 Ivan Dinev   Bulgaria 12.0 6 6 6

Ladies

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Rank Name Nation TFP SP FS1 FS2
1 Irina Slutskaya   Russia 2.0 1 1 1
2 Michelle Kwan   United States 4.4 3 2 2
3 Sarah Hughes   United States 6.4 4 3 3
4 Maria Butyrskaya   Russia 7.2 2 4 4
5 Yoshie Onda   Japan 11.0 6 6 5
6 Tatiana Malinina   Uzbekistan 11.0 5 5 6

Pairs

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Rank Name Nation TFP SP FS1 FS2
1 Jamie Salé / David Pelletier   Canada 2.6 1 2 1
2 Elena Berezhnaya / Anton Sikharulidze   Russia 3.4 2 1 2
3 Shen Xue / Zhao Hongbo   China 6.0 3 3 3
4 Kyoko Ina / John Zimmerman   United States 8.8 6 4 4
5 Maria Petrova / Alexei Tikhonov   Russia 10.0 5 5 5
6 Sarah Abitbol / Stéphane Bernadis   France 11.2 4 6 6

Ice dancing

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Rank Name Nation TFP OD FD1 FD2
1 Shae-Lynn Bourne / Victor Kraatz   Canada 3.0 2 2 1
2 Marina Anissina / Gwendal Peizerat   France 3.0 1 1 2
3 Margarita Drobiazko / Povilas Vanagas   Lithuania 6.4 4 3 3
4 Barbara Fusar-Poli / Maurizio Margaglio   Italy 7.6 3 4 4
5 Galit Chait / Sergei Sakhnovski   Israel 10.0 5 5 5
6 Marie-France Dubreuil / Patrice Lauzon   Canada 12.0 6 6 6

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