2007 World Figure Skating Championships
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| 2007 World Figure Skating Championships | ||
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| Type: | ISU Championship | |
| Date: | March 19 – March 25 | |
| Season: | 2006-2007 | |
| Location: |  Tokyo, Japan |
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| Venue: | Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium | |
| Prize Money: | US $710,000 | |
| Champions | ||
| Men's singles | ||
 Brian Joubert |
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| Ladies' singles | ||
| Miki Ando |
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| Pair skating | ||
 Shen Xue & Zhao Hongbo |
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| Ice dancing | ||
 Albena Denkova & Maxim Staviski |
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| Navigation | ||
| Previous: | 2006 World Figure Skating Championships | |
| Next: | 2008 World Figure Skating Championships | |
The World Figure Skating Championships is an annual figure skating competition sanctioned by the International Skating Union in which elite figure skaters compete for the title of World Champion. This event is considered the most prestigious of the ISU Championships. Skaters compete in the discplines of men's singles, ladies singles, pairs, and ice dancing. The 2007 championships were held at the Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium in Tokyo, Japan from March 19 to 25.
Figure skaters are entered into the championships by country. Each International Skating Union Member (national association) may enter one skater or team in each event. Some countries are permitted to enter 2 or 3 participants if their skaters performed well at the previous championship.
Because of the large number of entries at the World Championships, only the top 24 single skaters and top 20 pairs advanced to the free skate after the short program. In ice dance, the top 30 couples in the compulsory dance advanced to the original dance, and the top 24 couples after the original dance advanced to the free dance.
To compete, skaters must have reached the age of 15 by July 1st of the previous year. The 2007 World Junior Figure Skating Championships was the corresponding competition for skaters who are not age-eligible for senior worlds.
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[edit] Competition notes
- Yukari Nakano and Carolina Kostner tied for 5th place with 168.92 points overall. Nakano won 5th place on the tiebreak, which was the free skate placement, and Kostner dropped to 6th.
[edit] Medals Table
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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| 1 | Japan |
1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 2 | China |
1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 3 | France |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Bulgaria |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
 Canada |
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
 Switzerland |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 Germany |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 United States |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 South Korea |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
[edit] Results
[edit] Men
- Referee: Paolo Pizzocari
Italy - Technical Controller: Gale Tanger
United States - Technical Specialist: Ricardo Olavarrieta
Mexico - Assistant Technical Specialist: Margus Hernitz
Estonia
Judges for the men's short program
- Albert Zaydman
Israel - Nikolai Ianev
Bulgaria - Adriana Domanska
Slovakia - Nicolai Bellu
Romania - Alexei Shirshov
Belarus - Hermann Schulz
Germany - Sviatoslav Babenko
Russia - Neil Garrard
South Africa - Inger Andersson
Sweden - Claudia Fassora Italy
- Susan Johnson United States
- Ubavka Novakovic-Kutinou
Serbia
Judges of the men's free program
- Nicolai Bellu Romania
- Philippe Meriguet
France - Inger Andersson Sweden
- Albert Zaydman Israel
- Patricia Houghton
United Kingdom - Claudia Fassora Italy
- Hermann Schulz Germany
- Nikolai Ianev Bulgaria
- Alexei Shirshov Belarus
- Susan Johnson United States
- Deborah Islam
Canada - Sviatoslav Babenko Russia
[edit] Ladies
- Referee: Marina Sanaya Russia
- Technical Controller: Charles Cyr United States
- Technical Specialist: Ravi Walia Canada
- Assistant Technical Specialist: Isabel Duval de Navarre Germany
Judges for the ladies short program
- Katalin Balczo
Hungary - Robert Rosenbluth United States
- Lenka Bohunicka Slovakia
- Adriana Ordeanu Romania
- Antica Grubisic
Croatia - Chihee Rhee
South Korea - Osman Sirvan
Turkey - Franco Benini Italy
- Deborah Islam Canada
- Nikolai Salnikov Estonia
- Mona Jonsson Sweden
- Christiane Mörth
Austria
Judges of the ladies free program
- Adriana Ordeanu Romania
- Robert Rosenbluth United States
- Katalin Balczo Hungary
- Deborah Islam Canada
- Elisabeth Louesdon France
- Mona Jonsson Sweden
- Masako Kubota
Japan - Hely Abbondati
Finland - Elena Fomina Russia
- Lenka Bohunicka Slovakia
- Nikolai Salnikov Estonia
- Christiane Mörth Austria
[edit] Pairs
- Referee: Igor Prokop Slovakia
- Technical Controller: Alexander Lakernik Russia
- Technical Specialist: David Kirby United Kingdom
- Assistant Technical Specialist: David Moellenkamp Canada
Judges for the pairs short program
- Chihee Rhee South Korea
- Anna Sierocka
Poland - Evgeni Rokhin
Uzbekistan - Yumin Wang
China - Jan Hoffmann Germany
- Florence Catry De Surmont France
- Vladislav Petukhov
Ukraine - Susan Heffernan Canada
- Linda Leaver United States
- Alexander Kogan Russia
- Alexander Penchev Bulgaria
- Simone Moore
Australia
Judges of the pairs free program
- Christiane Mörth Austria
- Anna Sierocka Poland
- Simone Moore Australia
- Alexander Kogan Russia
- Lenka Bohunicka Slovakia
- Franco Benini Italy
- Nikolai Salnikov Estonia
- Yumin Wang China
- Susan Heffernan Canada
- Chihee Rhee South Korea
- Jan Hoffmann Germany
- Evgeni Rokhin Uzbekistan
[edit] Ice Dancing
| Rank | Name | Nation | Total Points | CD | OD | FD |
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| 1 | Albena Denkova / Maxim Staviski | Bulgaria |
201.61 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| 2 | Marie-France Dubreuil / Patrice Lauzon | Canada |
200.46 | 1 | 3 | 2 |
| 3 | Tanith Belbin / Benjamin Agosto | United States |
195.43 | 5 | 2 | 4 |
| 4 | Isabelle Delobel / Olivier Schoenfelder | France |
195.19 | 4 | 5 | 3 |
| 5 | Oksana Domnina / Maxim Shabalin |  Russia |
193.44 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
| 6 | Tessa Vi |