2000 World Figure Skating Championships
| 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:  | |
Ladies' singles:  | |
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Pair skating: | |
Ice dance:  | |
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Previous: 1999 World Championships | |
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Next: 2001 World Championships | |
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.
Competition notes
The competition was open to skaters representing an ISU member nation. 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]
Medal table
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 2 | | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 4 |  | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 7 |  | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (7 nations) | 4 | 4 | 4 | 12 | |
Results
Men[1]
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Referee:
Assistant Referee:
- Ronald T. Pfenning
Judges:
- Jane Garden
- Christiane Miles
- Alexander Pentchev
- Laura McNair
- Florin Gafencu
- Elizabeth Ryan
- Hideo Sugita
- Zsofia Wagner
- Philippe Meriguet
Substitute judge:
- Igor Obraztsov
Ladies[1]
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Referee:
Assistant Referee:
Judges:
- Margo Pauw
- Vladislav Petukhov
- Hisashi Yoshikawa
- Judit Fьrst-Tombor
- Fabio Bianchetti
- Nenad Orban
- Adriana Ordeanu
- Bjцrg Rosto Jensen
- Elfriede Beyer
Substitute judge:
- Hely Abbondati
Pairs[1]
Referee:
- Alexander Lakernik
Assistant Referee:
- Rita Zonnekeyn
Judges:
- Marina Sanaya
- Evgenia Bogdanova
- Marie Reine Le Gougne
- Joseph L. Inman
- Susan Blatz
- Alexei Shirshov
- Anna Sierocka
- Adriana Domanska
- Jarmila Portova
Substitute judge:
- Jiasheng Yang
Ice dancing[1]
Referee:
Assistant Referee:
- Ludmila Mikhailovskaya
Judges:
- Jean-Bernard Hamel
- Isabella Micheli
- Elizabeth Clark
- Eugenia Gasiorowska
- Katalin Alpern
- Akos Pethes
- Robert J. Horen
- Halina Gordon-Poltorak
- Mieko Fujimori
Substitute judge:
- Yury Kliushnikov
References
- 1 2 3 4 5 "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.
- 1 2 "Ukrainian pairs skater injured in fall". Associated Press. ESPN. 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". Associated Press. ESPN. 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 21 November 2012.
- ↑ "Skater Bernadis had death threat before attack". Reuters. Deseret News. March 31, 2000. Archived from the original on 21 November 2012.
- ↑ 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.