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:
France Brian Joubert
Ladies' singles:
United States Angela Nikodinov
Pairs:
China Zhang Dan / Zhang Hao
Ice dance:
United States Tanith Belbin / Benjamin Agosto
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Next GP:
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Results

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Rank Name Nation Total points SP FS
1 Brian Joubert   France 193.46 1 72.10 2 121.36
2 Ryan Jahnke   United States 186.71 4 60.83 1 125.88
3 Michael Weiss   United States 179.56 2 64.82 3 114.74
4 Roman Serov   Israel 174.42 3 62.24 4 112.18
5 Evan Lysacek   United States 162.51 5 54.87 8 107.64
6 Song Lun   China 161.46 9 51.08 6 110.38
7 Nicholas Young   Canada 160.82 6 52.60 7 108.22
8 Ben Ferreira   Canada 157.41 7 51.33 9 106.08
9 Stefan Lindemann   Germany 156.73 11 44.99 5 111.74
10 Vakhtang Murvanidze   Georgia 143.10 8 51.22 11 91.88
11 Alexander Shubin   Russia 142.42 10 47.08 10 95.34

Ladies

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Rank Name Nation Total points SP FS
1 Angela Nikodinov   United States 149.50 2 53.62 2 95.88
2 Cynthia Phaneuf   Canada 144.40 3 50.20 3 94.20
3 Miki Ando   Japan 142.64 1 53.64 6 89.00
4 Alissa Czisny   United States 141.36 3 50.20 4 91.16
5 Susanna Pöykiö   Finland 140.38 8 42.98 1 97.40
6 Elena Liashenko   Ukraine 135.80 6 45.68 5 90.12
7 Yukina Ota   Japan 130.70 5 47.42 7 83.28
8 Miriam Manzano   Australia 125.30 7 44.06 8 81.24
9 Idora Hegel   Croatia 116.98 10 39.64 9 77.34
10 Anne-Sophie Calvez   France 102.88 9 39.88 10 63.00
11 Zhang Fan   China 85.52 11 30.84 11 54.68

Pairs

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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   China 166.86 3 56.98 1 109.88
2 Julia Obertas / Sergei Slavnov   Russia 166.26 2 57.58 2 108.68
3 Rena Inoue / John Baldwin, Jr.   United States 158.10 4 56.52 3 101.58
4 Ding Yang / Ren Zhongfei   China 139.42 6 47.98 5 91.44
5 Elizabeth Putnam / Sean Wirtz   Canada 136.88 7 45.38 4 91.50
6 Kathryn Orscher / Garrett Lucash   United States 129.32 8 43.76 6 85.56
7 Jennifer Don / Jonathon Hunt   United States 125.28 5 51.00 7 74.28
8 Julia Shapiro / Vadim Akolzin   Israel 100.74 9 41.36 8 59.38
WD Tatiana Totmianina / Maxim Marinin   Russia 1 64.98

Ice dancing

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Rank Name Nation Total points CD OD FD
1 Tanith Belbin / Benjamin Agosto   United States 212.87 1 43.71 1 63.40 1 105.76
2 Galit Chait / Sergei Sakhnovski   Israel 204.32 2 40.98 2 60.48 2 102.86
3 Megan Wing / Aaron Lowe   Canada 178.60 3 36.65 3 51.66 3 90.29
4 Svetlana Kulikova / Vitali Novikov   Russia 173.43 4 33.89 4 50.65 4 88.89
5 Sinead Kerr / John Kerr   United Kingdom 156.56 5 31.89 5 43.14 5 81.53
6 Julia Golovina / Oleg Voiko   Ukraine 143.92 7 27.08 6 42.81 7 74.03
7 Eve Bentley / Cédric Pernet   France 140.22 8 26.39 8 39.04 6 74.79
8 Kendra Goodwin / Brent Bommentre   United States 136.08 9 25.72 7 40.62 10 69.74
9 Loren Galler-Rabinowitz / David Mitchell   United States 133.45 10 24.35 9 38.96 9 70.14
10 Alexandra Kauc / Michał Zych   Poland 131.25 6 27.40 10 35.79 11 68.06
11 Elena Romanovskaya / Alexander Grachev   Russia 131.06 11 23.83 11 34.94 8 72.29

References

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  1. ^ Yates, Jennifer C. (October 24, 2004). "Scary fall mars Skate America ; Totmianina taken to hospital after". Associated Press. FindArticles. Retrieved November 27, 2010.
  2. ^ Klimovich Harrop, JoAnne (October 24, 2004). "Skater injured at Skate America". Pittsburgh Tribune-Review. Retrieved November 27, 2010.[permanent dead link]
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