2007 World Figure Skating Championships Totally Explained

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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.

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.

Medals Table

1	1	2	0	3
2	1	1	0	2
3	1	0	0	1
	1	0	0	1
	0	1	0	1
	0	0	1	1
	0	0	1	1
	0	0	1	1
	0	0	1	1

Results

Men

Rank	Name	Total Points	SP	FS
1	Brian Joubert	240.85	1	3
2	Daisuke Takahashi	237.95	3	1
3	Stephane Lambiel	233.35	6	2
4	Tomas Verner	226.25	9	4
5	Evan Lysacek	222.18	5	5
6	Jeffrey Buttle	214.96	2	8
7	Nobunari Oda	209.94	14	6
8	Johnny Weir	206.97	4	10
9	Kristoffer Berntsson	206.29	15	7
10	Sergei Davydov	203.05	8	12
11	Alban Préaubert	202.60	10	11
12	Stefan Lindemann	198.78	16	9
13	Christopher Mabee	195.38	7	14
14	Yannick Ponsero	192.63	12	15
15	Ryan Bradley	188.90	19	13
16	Emanuel Sandhu	188.59	11	16
17	Karel Zelenka	180.10	17	17
18	Jamal Othman	178.39	18	20
19	Sergei Voronov	176.57	22	19
20	Andrei Lutai	175.46	24	18
21	Igor Macypura	174.94	21	22
22	Gregor Urbas	174.39	23	21
23	Wu Jialiang	170.10	13	24
24	Anton Kovalevski	169.27	20	23
Free Skate Not Reached
25	Ari-Pekka Nurmenkari	55.79	25
26	Xu Ming	54.80	26
27	Alper Ucar	50.09	27
28	Sean Carlow	49.73	28
29	Christian Rauchbauer	49.19	29
30	Trifun Zivanovic	48.45	30
31	Naiden Borichev	46.69	31
32	Sergei Kotov	43.99	32
33	Przemyslaw Domanski	42.51	33
34	Lee Dong-Whun	42.00	34
35	Javier Fernandez	41.57	35
36	Luis Hernandez	40.33	36
37	Justin Pietersen	39.73	37
38	Boris Martinec	37.09	38
39	Zeus Issariotis	37.03	39
40	Edward Ka-Yin Chow	34.63	40
41	Zoltan Kelemen	33.71	41
42	Joel Watson	30.09	42

Referee: Paolo Pizzocari

Technical Controller: Gale Tanger

Technical Specialist: Ricardo Olavarrieta

Assistant Technical Specialist: Margus Hernitz
Judges for the men's short program

Albert Zaydman

Nikolai Ianev

Adriana Domanska

Nicolai Bellu

Alexei Shirshov

Hermann Schulz

Sviatoslav Babenko

Neil Garrard

Inger Andersson

Claudia Fassora

Susan Johnson

Ubavka Novakovic-Kutinou
Judges of the men's free program

Nicolai Bellu

Philippe Meriguet

Inger Andersson

Albert Zaydman

Patricia Houghton

Claudia Fassora

Hermann Schulz

Nikolai Ianev

Alexei Shirshov

Susan Johnson

Deborah Islam

Sviatoslav Babenko

Ladies

Rank	Name	Total Points	SP	FS
1	Miki Ando	195.09	2	2
2	Mao Asada	194.45	5	1
3	Kim Yu-Na	186.14	1	4
4	Kimmie Meissner	180.23	4	3
5	Yukari Nakano	168.92	7	6
6	Carolina Kostner	168.92	3	9
7	Sarah Meier	160.80	9	8
8	Susanna Pöykiö	160.12	10	7
9	Emily Hughes	159.06	6	13
10	Joannie Rochette	158.98	16	5
11	Valentina Marchei	153.60	14	10
12	Júlia Sebestyén	153.50	8	15
13	Elena Sokolova	149.77	11	14
14	Kiira Korpi	149.47	17	11
15	Alissa Czisny	147.74	18	12
16	Arina Martinova	145.28	12	16
17	Elene Gedevanishvili	144.40	13	17
18	Elena Glebova	131.18	22	18
19	Anastasia Gimazetdinova	130.44	15	20
20	Joanne Carter	127.17	19	21
21	Idora Hegel	125.66	24	19
22	Liu Yan	123.22	21	23
23	Tamar Katz	122.51	23	22
24	Mira Leung	120.74	20	24
Free Skate Not Reached
25	Kathrin Freudelsperger	42.24	25
26	Lina Johansson	41.87	26
27	Tugba Karademir	41.79	27
28	Irina Movchan	40.76	28
29	Kristin Wieczorek	40.35	29
30	Roxana Luca	39.65	30
31	Anna Jurkiewicz	36.39	31
32	Hristina Vassileva	36.22	32
33	Radka Bartova	36.17	33
34	Isabelle Pieman	35.12	34
35	Ivana Hudziecova	33.86	35
36	Teodora Postic	33.77	36
37	Merovee Ephrem	33.01	37
38	Maria-Elena Papasotiriou	32.90	38
39	Julia Teplih	31.19	39
40	Charissa Tansomboon	30.46	40
41	Jocelyn Ho	30.41	41
42	Ana Cecilia Cantu	30.28	42
43	Ksenia Jastsenjski	27.56	43
44	Ami Parekh	26.82	44
45	Kristine Y. Lee	23.57	45

Referee: Marina Sanaya

Technical Controller: Charles Cyr

Technical Specialist: Ravi Walia

Assistant Technical Specialist: Isabel Duval de Navarre
Judges for the ladies short program

Katalin Balczo

Robert Rosenbluth

Lenka Bohunicka

Adriana Ordeanu

Antica Grubisic

Chihee Rhee

Osman Sirvan

Franco Benini

Deborah Islam

Nikolai Salnikov

Mona Jonsson

Christiane Mörth
Judges of the ladies free program

Adriana Ordeanu

Robert Rosenbluth

Katalin Balczo

Deborah Islam

Elisabeth Louesdon

Mona Jonsson

Masako Kubota

Hely Abbondati

Elena Fomina

Lenka Bohunicka

Nikolai Salnikov

Christiane Mörth

Pairs

Rank	Name	Total Points	SP	FS
1	Shen Xue / Zhao Hongbo	203.50	1	1
2	Pang Qing / Tong Jian	188.46	3	2
3	Aliona Savchenko / Robin Szolkowy	187.39	2	3
4	Tatiana Volosozhar / Stanislav Morozov	173.62	8	5
5	Zhang Dan / Zhang Hao	173.39	10	4
6	Valerie Marcoux / Craig Buntin	167.25	5	6
7	Jessica Dube / Bryce Davison	164.59	7	7
8	Rena Inoue / John Baldwin	163.97	6	8
9	Yuko Kawaguchi / Alexander Smirnov	163.62	4	10
10	Anabelle Langlois / Cody Hay	160.01	13	9
11	Maria Mukhortova / Maxim Trankov	150.43	12	11
12	Brooke Castile / Benjamin Okolski	139.00	14	13
13	Dominika Piatkowska / Dmitri Khromin	138.98	15	12
14	Marylin Pla / Yannick Bonheur	131.31	16	16
15	Angelika Pylkina / Niklas Hogner	130.75	17	15
16	Laura Magitteri / Ondrej Hotarek	130.18	18	14
17	Stacey Kemp / David King	126.95	19	17
18	Mari Vartmann / Florian Just	116.81	20	18
WD	Dorota Siudek / Mariusz Siudek	57.23	9
WD	Maria Petrova / Alexei Tikhonov	56.36	11
Free Skate Not Reached
21	Marina Aganina / Artem Knyazev	40.60	21
22	Diana Rennik / Aleksei Saks	40.04	22

Referee: Igor Prokop

Technical Controller: Alexander Lakernik

Technical Specialist: David Kirby

Assistant Technical Specialist: David Moellenkamp
Judges for the pairs short program

Chihee Rhee

Anna Sierocka

Evgeni Rokhin

Yumin Wang

Jan Hoffmann

Florence Catry De Surmont

Vladislav Petukhov

Susan Heffernan

Linda Leaver

Alexander Kogan

Alexander Penchev

Simone Moore
Judges of the pairs free program

Christiane Mörth

Anna Sierocka

Simone Moore

Alexander Kogan

Lenka Bohunicka

Franco Benini

Nikolai Salnikov

Yumin Wang

Susan Heffernan

Chihee Rhee

Jan Hoffmann

Evgeni Rokhin

Ice Dancing

Rank	Name	Total Points	CD	OD	FD
1	Albena Denkova / Maxim Staviski	201.61	2	1	1
2	Marie-France Dubreuil / Patrice Lauzon	200.46	1	3	2
3	Tanith Belbin / Benjamin Agosto	195.43	5	2	4
4	Isabelle Delobel / Olivier Schoenfelder	195.19	4	5	3
5	Oksana Domnina / Maxim Shabalin	193.44	3	4	5
6	Tessa Virtue / Scott Moir	183.94	9	6	6
7	Meryl Davis / Charlie White	179.14	10	8	7
8	Jana Khokhlova / Sergei Novitski	178.29	6	7	8
9	Federica Faiella / Massimo Scali	170.75	7	9	11
10	Melissa Gregory / Denis Petukhov	170.08	11	10	9
11	Sinead Kerr / John Kerr	167.14	8	11	12
12	Nathalie Pechalat / Fabian Bourzat	162.05	14	13	10
13	Anna Cappellini / Luca Lanotte	158.83	12	16	13
14	Alexandra Zaretski / Roman Zaretski	156.52	13	12	14
15	Nozomi Watanabe / Akiyuki Kido	152.21	15	17	15
16	Kristin Fraser / Igor Lukanin	152.10	16	14	16
17	Anna Zadorozhniuk / Sergei Verbillo	148.13	17	15	17
18	Nelli Zhiganshina / Alexander Gazsi	142.87	20	18	19
19	Grethe Gruenberg / Kristian Rand	141.55	23	19	18
20	Kaitlyn Weaver / Andrew Poje	140.14	18	23	20
21	Huang Xintong / Zheng Xun	138.44	19	22	21
22	Anastasia Grebenkina / Vazgen Azrojan	137.07	21	21	23
23	Katherine Copely / Deividas Stagniunas	136.63	24	20	22
24	Olga Akimova / Alexander Shakalov	130.58	22	24	24
Free Dance Not Reached
25	Barbora Silna / Dmitri Matsjuk	64.35	25	25
26	Zsuzsanna Nagy / György Elek	55.38	26	28
27	Nicolette Amie House / Aidas Reklys	53.26	28	26
28	Christa-Elizabeth Goulakos / Eric Neumann-Aubichon	53.13	29	27
29	Laura Munana / Luke Munana	52.35	27	29

Referee: Mieko Fujimori

Technical Controller: Gilles Vandenbroeck

Technical Specialist: Andrzej Dostatni

Assistant Technical Specialist: April Sargent Silverstein
Judges for the compulsory dance (rumba)

Rossella Ceccattini

Irina Medvedeva

Alla Shekhovtseva

Garry Hoppe

Maria Miller

Shawn Rettstatt

Jodi Abbott

Evgeni Rokhin

Hongguo Ren

Elizabeth Ryan

Olga Zakova

Ulf Denzer
Judges of the original dance

Maria Miller

Raia Bisserova-Bakalova

Laimute Krauziene

Mayumi Kato

Alla Shekhovtseva

Elizabeth Ryan

Ulf Denzer

Irina Medvedeva

Jodi Abbott

Olga Zakova

Rossella Ceccattini

Shawn Rettstatt
Judges of the free dance

Mayumi Kato

Elizabeth Ryan

Raia Bisserova-Bakalova

Jodi Abbott

Shawn Rettstatt

Maria Miller

Rossella Ceccattini

Hongguo Ren

Ulf Denzer

Olga Zakova

Laimute Krauziene

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