Sunday, March 2, 1997

Final Men's Standings - 1997 Champions Series Final

Skater #1
Alexei Yagudin
Carmen
5.5-5.6
5.4-5.5
5th
Doubled on quad, hand down on another jump

Skater #2
Ilia Kulik
Romeo and Juliet
5.7-5.8
5.6-5.9
4th
Doubled lutz, clean quad toe

Skater #3
Dmitri Dmitrenko
Rite of Spring
not shown on Fox
not shown on Fox,br> 6th
Fall on triple axel

Skater #4
Elvis Stojko
Dragonheart
5.9-6.0
5.7-5.9
1st
Quad/triple toe; hand down/near fall on another jump

Skater #5
Todd Eldredge
Independence Day
5.8-5.9
5.7-5.9
2nd
Clean, including triple axel/ double toe, triple flip/ triple toe

Skater #6
Alexei Urmanov
Princess of the Circus
5.6-5.9
5.7-5.9
3
Quad, doubled axel and lutz

Practice sessions on the day of the men's free skate were relaxed, with Todd practicing only a short while before leaving the ice to rest up for the Men's Final. By the way, although CTV coverage of the Men's Final did a short piece on Alexei Urmanov's spill out of a quad attempt during practice, they didn't show the numerous successful quads, nor the beautiful quad he landed immediately after the fall.

For today's exhibition performance at the Copps Coliseum, Todd skated to This is the Moment. Fox has not announced an air date for these exhibitions skates, and it may be that they will not air them, especially since they did not air the exhibitions from last year's final.

During this morning's practice, Todd did a choreographic runthrough of This is the Moment, then spent the rest of the practice session working on his short program. The 1997 Worlds Qualifying Rounds are in two weeks, after all!