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