The 2004
Skate America was the first event of six in the 2004–05
ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating
The ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating (known as ISU Champions Series from 1995 to 1997) is a series of senior international figure skating competitions organized by the International Skating Union. The invitational series was inaugurated in 1995, in ...
, 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
Pair skating is a figure skating discipline defined by the International Skating Union (ISU) as "the skating of two persons in unison who perform their movements in such harmony with each other as to give the impression of genuine Pair Skating a ...
, and
ice dancing. Skaters earned points toward qualifying for the
2004–05 Grand Prix Final. The
compulsory dance was the Golden Waltz.
Results
Men
Ladies
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.
A short while later,
Julia Obertas fell out of a lasso lift but her partner
Sergei Slavnov
Sergei Gennadyevich Slavnov (russian: Серге́й Геннадьевич Славнов; born 11 March 1982) is a Russian pair skater. He is best known for his partnership with Julia Obertas, with whom he competed from 2003 to 2007. Together, ...
managed to catch her to prevent her head hitting the ice.
Ice dancing
References
External links
2004 Smart Ones Skate America* http://articles.latimes.com/2004/oct/24/sports/sp-skate24
* http://articles.latimes.com/2004/oct/23/sports/sp-skate23
* http://articles.latimes.com/2004/oct/20/sports/sp-nwirebox20
{{2004–05 in figure skating
Skate America, 2004
Skate America