1995 Skate America
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| 1995 Skate America | |
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| Type: | Champions Series |
| Date: | October 17 – 22 |
| Season: | 1995–96 |
| Location: | Detroit, Michigan |
| Venue: | Cobo Arena |
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Men's singles: Todd Eldredge |
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| Ladies' singles: Michelle Kwan |
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Pair skating: Marina Eltsova / Andrei Bushkov |
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| Ice dancing: Pasha Grishuk / Evgeni Platov |
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The 1995 Skate America was the Skate America Grand Prix competition of the 1995–96 figure skating season. It was the first event of five in the 1995–96 ISU Champions Series, a senior-level international invitational competition series. Skaters earned points towards qualifying for the 1995–96 Champions Series Final. The event was organized by the United States Figure Skating Association. Medals were awarded in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dancing.
The competition was held in Detroit, Michigan from 17th through 22nd October.
Results
Men
| Rank | Name | Nation | FP | SP | FS |
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| 1 | Todd Eldredge | United States |
1.5 | 1 | 1 |
| 2 | Michael Weiss | United States |
4.5 | 5 | 2 |
| 3 | Alexander Abt | Russia |
4.5 | 3 | 3 |
| 4 | Viacheslav Zagorodniuk |  Ukraine |
6.0 | 4 | 4 |
| 5 | Andrejs Vlascenko |  Germany |
7.0 | 2 | 6 |
| 6 | Ilia Kulik | Russia |
8.0 | 6 | 5 |
| 7 | Stephane Yvars |  Canada |
11.0 | 8 | 7 |
| 8 | Aren Nielsen | United States |
11.5 | 7 | 8 |
| 9 | Nicholas Pétorin |  France |
13.5 | 9 | 9 |
Ladies
Michaell Kwan rose to first after placing third in the short program. Bobek missed all five of her triple jumps.[1]
| Rank | Name | Nation | FP | SP | FS |
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| 1 | Michelle Kwan | United States |
2.5 | 3 | 1 |
| 2 | Lu Chen |  China |
3.0 | 1 | 2 |
| 3 | Irina Slutskaya | Russia |
4.0 | 2 | 3 |
| 4 | Surya Bonaly | France |
6.5 | 5 | 4 |
| 5 | Tonia Kwiatkowski | United States |
8.0 | 6 | 5 |
| 6 | Nicole Bobek | United States |
8.0 | 4 | 6 |
| 7 | Elena Liashenko | Ukraine |
10.5 | 7 | 7 |
| 8 | Rena Inoue |  Japan |
12.0 | 8 | 8 |
| 9 | Clare Kelly | Canada |
13.5 | 9 | 9 |
Pairs
| Rank | Name | Nation | FP | SP | FS |
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| 1 | Marina Eltsova / Andrei Bushkov | Russia |
1.5 | 1 | 1 |
| 2 | Jenni Meno / Todd Sand | United States |
3.0 | 2 | 2 |
| 3 | Elena Berezhnaya / Oleg Shliakhov |  Latvia |
4.5 | 3 | 3 |
| 4 | Kyoko Ina / Jason Dungjen | United States |
6.5 | 5 | 4 |
| 5 | Oksana Kazakova / Artur Dmitriev | Russia |
7.0 | 4 | 5 |
| 6 | Kristy Sargeant / Kris Wirtz | Canada |
9.5 | 7 | 6 |
| 7 | Olena Bilousivska / Serhiy Potalov | Ukraine |
10.0 | 6 | 7 |
Ice dancing
| Rank | Name | Nation | FP | CD | OD | FD |
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| 1 | Pasha Grishuk / Evgeni Platov | Russia |
2.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 2 | Anjelika Krylova / Oleg Ovsiannikov | Russia |
4.0 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| 3 | Rene Roca / Gorsha Sur | United States |
6.0 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| 4 | Elizaveta Stekolnikova / Dmitri Kazarlyga |  Kazakhstan |
8.0 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| 5 | Kateřina Mrázová / Martin Šimeček |  Czech Republic |
10.0 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
| 6 | Barbara Piton / Alexandre Piton | France |
12.0 | 6 | 6 | 6 |
| 7 | Kati Winkler / René Lohse | Germany |
15.0 | 8 | 8 | 7 |
| 8 | Elena Grushina / Ruslan Goncharov | Ukraine |
15.0 | 7 | 7 | 8 |
| 9 | Janet Emerson / Steve Kavanagh | Canada |
18.0 | 9 | 9 | 9 |
| 10 | Tamara Kuchiki / Neale Smull | United States |
20.0 | 10 | 10 | 10 |
