2004 Skate America
The 2004 Skate America was the first event of six in the 2004–05 ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating, a senior-level international invitational competition series. It was held at the Mellon Arena in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania on October 21–24. Medals were awarded in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dancing. Skaters earned points toward qualifying for the 2004–05 Grand Prix Final. The compulsory dance was the Golden Waltz.
| 2004 Skate America | |
|---|---|
| Type: | Grand Prix |
| Date: | October 21 – 24 |
| Season: | 2004–05 |
| Location: | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania |
| Host: | U.S. Figure Skating |
| Venue: | Mellon Arena |
| Champions | |
Men's singles:  | |
Ladies' singles:  | |
Pair skating:  | |
| Ice dance: | |
| Previous: 2003 Skate America | |
| Next: 2005 Skate America | |
| Next GP: 2004 Skate Canada International | |
Results
Men
| Rank | Name | Nation | Total points | SP | FS | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Brian Joubert | | 193.46 | 1 | 72.10 | 2 | 121.36 |
| 2 | Ryan Jahnke | | 186.71 | 4 | 60.83 | 1 | 125.88 |
| 3 | Michael Weiss | | 179.56 | 2 | 64.82 | 3 | 114.74 |
| 4 | Roman Serov |  | 174.42 | 3 | 62.24 | 4 | 112.18 |
| 5 | Evan Lysacek | | 162.51 | 5 | 54.87 | 8 | 107.64 |
| 6 | Song Lun | | 161.46 | 9 | 51.08 | 6 | 110.38 |
| 7 | Nicholas Young | .svg.png){kind=small} | 160.82 | 6 | 52.60 | 7 | 108.22 |
| 8 | Ben Ferreira | | 157.41 | 7 | 51.33 | 9 | 106.08 |
| 9 | Stefan Lindemann |  | 156.73 | 11 | 44.99 | 5 | 111.74 |
| 10 | Vakhtang Murvanidze |  | 143.10 | 8 | 51.22 | 11 | 91.88 |
| 11 | Alexander Shubin |  | 142.42 | 10 | 47.08 | 10 | 95.34 |
Ladies
| Rank | Name | Nation | Total points | SP | FS | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Angela Nikodinov | | 149.50 | 2 | 53.62 | 2 | 95.88 |
| 2 | Cynthia Phaneuf | | 144.40 | 3 | 50.20 | 3 | 94.20 |
| 3 | Miki Ando |  | 142.64 | 1 | 53.64 | 6 | 89.00 |
| 4 | Alissa Czisny | | 141.36 | 3 | 50.20 | 4 | 91.16 |
| 5 | Susanna Pöykiö |  | 140.38 | 8 | 42.98 | 1 | 97.40 |
| 6 | Elena Liashenko |  | 135.80 | 6 | 45.68 | 5 | 90.12 |
| 7 | Yukina Ota | | 130.70 | 5 | 47.42 | 7 | 83.28 |
| 8 | Miriam Manzano | .svg.png){kind=small} | 125.30 | 7 | 44.06 | 8 | 81.24 |
| 9 | Idora Hegel |  | 116.98 | 10 | 39.64 | 9 | 77.34 |
| 10 | Anne-Sophie Calvez | | 102.88 | 9 | 39.88 | 10 | 63.00 |
| 11 | Zhang Fan | | 85.52 | 11 | 30.84 | 11 | 54.68 |
Pairs
There was an accident during the free skating. Maxim Marinin lost his balance while attempting a difficult lasso lift and his partner Tatiana Totmianina slammed to the ice head first, sustaining a concussion, but was not seriously hurt.[1] A short while later, Julia Obertas fell out of a lasso lift but her partner Sergei Slavnov managed to catch her to prevent her head hitting the ice.[2]
| Rank | Name | Nation | Total points | SP | FS | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Zhang Dan / Zhang Hao | | 166.86 | 3 | 56.98 | 1 | 109.88 |
| 2 | Julia Obertas / Sergei Slavnov | | 166.26 | 2 | 57.58 | 2 | 108.68 |
| 3 | Rena Inoue / John Baldwin, Jr. | | 158.10 | 4 | 56.52 | 3 | 101.58 |
| 4 | Ding Yang / Ren Zhongfei | | 139.42 | 6 | 47.98 | 5 | 91.44 |
| 5 | Elizabeth Putnam / Sean Wirtz | | 136.88 | 7 | 45.38 | 4 | 91.50 |
| 6 | Kathryn Orscher / Garrett Lucash | | 129.32 | 8 | 43.76 | 6 | 85.56 |
| 7 | Jennifer Don / Jonathon Hunt | | 125.28 | 5 | 51.00 | 7 | 74.28 |
| 8 | Julia Shapiro / Vadim Akolzin | | 100.74 | 9 | 41.36 | 8 | 59.38 |
| WD | Tatiana Totmianina / Maxim Marinin | | 1 | 64.98 | |||
Ice dancing
| Rank | Name | Nation | Total points | CD | OD | FD | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tanith Belbin / Benjamin Agosto | | 212.87 | 1 | 43.71 | 1 | 63.40 | 1 | 105.76 |
| 2 | Galit Chait / Sergei Sakhnovski | | 204.32 | 2 | 40.98 | 2 | 60.48 | 2 | 102.86 |
| 3 | Megan Wing / Aaron Lowe | | 178.60 | 3 | 40.98 | 3 | 51.66 | 3 | 90.29 |
| 4 | Svetlana Kulikova / Vitali Novikov | | 173.43 | 4 | 33.89 | 4 | 50.65 | 4 | 88.89 |
| 5 | Sinead Kerr / John Kerr |  | 156.56 | 5 | 31.89 | 5 | 43.14 | 5 | 81.53 |
| 6 | Julia Golovina / Oleg Voiko | | 143.92 | 7 | 27.08 | 6 | 42.81 | 7 | 74.03 |
| 7 | Eve Bentley / Cedric Pernet | | 140.22 | 8 | 26.39 | 8 | 39.04 | 6 | 74.79 |
| 8 | Kendra Goodwin / Brent Bommentre | | 136.08 | 9 | 25.72 | 7 | 40.62 | 10 | 69.74 |
| 9 | Loren Galler-Rabinowitz / David Mitchell | | 133.45 | 10 | 24.35 | 9 | 38.96 | 9 | 70.14 |
| 10 | Alexandra Kauc / Michał Zych |  | 131.25 | 6 | 27.40 | 10 | 35.79 | 11 | 68.06 |
| 11 | Elena Romanovskaya / Alexander Grachev | | 131.06 | 11 | 23.83 | 11 | 34.94 | 8 | 72.29 |
References
- Yates, Jennifer C. (October 24, 2004). "Scary fall mars Skate America ; Totmianina taken to hospital after". Associated Press. FindArticles. Retrieved November 27, 2010.
- Klimovich Harrop, JoAnne (October 24, 2004). "Skater injured at Skate America". Pittsburgh Tribune-Review. Retrieved November 27, 2010.