1999 Skate America

1999 Skate America Grand Prix October 27 31 1999–2000 Colorado Springs, Colorado U.S. Figure Skating World Arena RUS Alexei Yagudin USA Michelle Kwan CAN Jamie Salé / David Pelletier ITA Barbara Fusar-Poli / Maurizio Margaglio 1998 Skate America 2000 Skate America 1999 Skate Canada International The 1999 Skate America was the first event of six in the 1999–2000 ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating, a senior-level international invitational competition series. It was held at the World Arena in Colorado Springs, Colorado on October 27–31. Medals were awarded in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dancing. Skaters earned points toward qualifying for the 1999–2000 Grand Prix Final. The compulsory dance was the Viennese Waltz. Results Men Timothy Goebel made history by becoming the first person to land three quadruple jumps in one program. In the men's free skating, he landed a quad salchow, a quad toe loop in combination, and a quad toe loop as a solo jump. Rank Name Nation TFP SP FS 1 Alexei Yagudin 1.5 1 1 2 Timothy Goebel 3.5 3 2 3 Elvis Stojko 5.0 4 3 4 Michael Weiss 5.0 2 4 5 Matthew Savoie 7.5 5 5 6 Alexander Abt 9.5 7 6 7 Anthony Liu 10.0 6 7 8 Stanick Jeannette 12.5 9 8 9 Michael Hopfes 15.0 12 9 10 Thierry Cerez 15.5 11 10 11 Yosuke Takeuchi 16.0 10 11 12 Szabolcs Vidrai 16.0 8 12 Ladies Rank Name Nation TFP SP FS 1 Michelle Kwan 1.5 1 1 2 Julia Soldatova 4.0 4 2 3 Elena Sokolova 4.5 3 3 4 Sarah Hughes 5.0 2 4 5 Júlia Sebestyén 9.0 8 5 6 Alisa Drei 9.0 6 6 7 Angela Nikodinov 9.5 5 7 8 Yuka Kanazawa 12.5 9 8 9 Julia Lautowa 13.5 7 10 10 Nadine Gosselin 14.0 10 9 11 Dorothee Derroitte 16.5 11 11 Pairs Rank Name Nation TFP SP FS 1 Jamie Salé / David Pelletier 1.5 1 1 2 Sarah Abitbol / Stéphane Bernadis 3.5 3 2 3 Elena Berezhnaya / Anton Sikharulidze 5.0 4 3 4 Peggy Schwarz / Mirko Müller 5.0 2 4 5 Kyoko Ina / John Zimmerman 7.5 5 5 6 Tiffany Scott / Philip Dulebohn 9.5 7 6 7 Tatiana Totmianina / Maxim Marinin 11.0 8 7 8 Danielle Hartsell / Steve Hartsell 11.0 6 8 Ice dancing Rank Name Nation TFP CD OD FD 1 Barbara Fusar-Poli / Maurizio Margaglio 3.0 2 2 1 2 Irina Lobacheva / Ilia Averbukh 3.0 1 1 2 3 Naomi Lang / Peter Tchernyshev 6.4 4 3 3 4 Kati Winkler / René Lohse 7.6 3 4 4 5 Jamie Silverstein / Justin Pekarek 10.0 5 5 5 6 Josée Piché / Pascal Denis 12.0 6 6 6 7 Kornélia Bárány / András Rosnik 14.0 7 7 7 8 Nozomi Watanabe / Akiyuki Kido 16.0 8 8 8 References http://www.cbssports.com/u/wire/stories/0,1169,1675967_10946,00.html The quad: Skating's evolution is for more revolution CBS Sports December 2, 1999 October 31, 2011 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20001031031500/http://cbs.sportsline.com/u/wire/stories/0%2C1169%2C1675967_10946%2C00.html October 31, 2000 External links 1999 Skate America Skate America, 1999 Category:Skate America