2002–03 Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final

The 2002–03 Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final was an elite figure skating competition held from February 28 to March 2, 2003 in Saint Petersburg, Russia. Medals were awarded in men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dancing. Unlike most competitions that season, the compulsory dance was not part of the ice dancing competition at the Grand Prix Final.

2002–03 Grand Prix Final
Type:Grand Prix
Date:February 28 – March 2, 2003
Season:2002–03
Location:Saint Petersburg, Russia
Venue:Ice Palace
Champions
Men's singles:
Russia Evgeni Plushenko
Ladies' singles:
United States Sasha Cohen
Pairs:
Russia Tatiana Totmianina / Maxim Marinin
Ice dance:
Russia Irina Lobacheva / Ilia Averbukh
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2002 NHK Trophy

The Grand Prix Final was the culminating event of the ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating series, which at the time consisted of Skate America, Skate Canada International, Bofrost Cup on Ice, Trophée Lalique, Cup of Russia, and NHK Trophy competitions. The top six skaters from each discipline competed in the final.

In the 2002–03 season, competitors at the Grand Prix Final performed a short program, followed by two free skating or free dance programs. This was implemented because of television coverage. Ottavio Cinquanta envisioned that the skaters would perform two new free skating programs for the season at the final and this would appeal to and help attract viewers. Instead, most skaters went back to an old free skating program for one of the free skatings. Due to the failure of this plan, the second free skating/dance was eventually removed from the Grand Prix Final.

Results

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Rank Name Nation TFP SP FS1 FS2
1 Evgeni Plushenko   Russia 2.0 1 1 1
2 Ilia Klimkin   Russia 4.0 2 2 2
3 Brian Joubert   France 7.0 4 4 3
4 Alexander Abt   Russia 8.0 3 3 5
5 Li Chengjiang   China 9.4 6 5 4
6 Zhang Min   China 11.6 5 6 6

Ladies

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Rank Name Nation TFP SP FS1 FS2
1 Sasha Cohen   United States 2.6 1 2 1
2 Irina Slutskaya   Russia 3.4 2 1 2
3 Viktoria Volchkova   Russia 7.0 3 3 4
4 Shizuka Arakawa   Japan 7.8 6 4 3
5 Elena Liashenko   Ukraine 9.6 4 5 5
6 Fumie Suguri   Japan 11.6 5 6 6

Pairs

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Rank Name Nation TFP SP FS1 FS2
1 Tatiana Totmianina / Maxim Marinin   Russia 2.0 1 1 1
2 Shen Xue / Zhao Hongbo   China 4.0 2 2 2
3 Maria Petrova / Alexei Tikhonov   Russia 6.0 3 3 3
4 Julia Obertas / Alexei Sokolov   Russia 8.0 4 4 4
5 Dorota Zagórska / Mariusz Siudek   Poland 10.0 5 5 5
6 Anabelle Langlois / Patrice Archetto   Canada 12.0 6 6 6

Ice dancing

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Rank Name Nation TFP OD FD1 FD2
1 Irina Lobacheva / Ilia Averbukh   Russia 2.0 1 1 1
2 Tatiana Navka / Roman Kostomarov   Russia 4.0 2 2 2
3 Albena Denkova / Maxim Staviski   Bulgaria 6.0 3 3 3
4 Elena Grushina / Ruslan Goncharov   Ukraine 8.0 4 4 4
5 Galit Chait / Sergei Sakhnovski   Israel 10.0 5 5 5
6 Marie-France Dubreuil / Patrice Lauzon   Canada 12.0 6 6 6
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