Ladies' Short Program - 1997 World Figure Skating Championships (USA, ABC, Kwan, Lipinski, Bobek)

Lausanne, SWITZERLAND - 1997 World Figure Skating Championships, Ladies' Short Program - Commentators were Terry Gannon, Dick Button, and Peggy Fleming. The day before this event, the legendary coach Carlo Fassi suffered a massive heart attack and passed away in Lausanne. His wife, Crista, and 1980 Men's Olympic Champion Robin Cousins of Great Britain would take over the coaching duties for Nicole Bobek (USA).
SKATERS (NATION) TIME
Zuzanna Szwed (POL)
Joanne Carter (AUS)
Yulia Lavrenchuk (UKR)
Hanae Yokoya (JPN)
Eva-Maria Fitze (GER)
Laetitia Hubert (FRA)
Fumie Suguri(JPN)
Mojca Kopač (SLO)
Lucinda Ruh (SUI)
Krisztina Czakó (HUN)
Julia Lautowa (AUT)
CHEN Lu (CHN)
Interview with Nicole Bobek (USA) on the Passing of Her Coach, Carlo Fassi
Nicole Bobek (USA)
Vanessa Gusmeroli (FRA)
Profile on the 1972 Olympic Ladies' Bronze Medalist, Janet Lynn (USA)
Tara Lipinski (USA)
Maria Butyrskaya (RUS)
Interview with Michelle Kwan (USA)
Michelle Kwan (USA)
Irina Slutskaya (RUS)
Interview with Michelle Kwan (USA) on Her Short Program Performance
Interview with Tara Lipinski (USA) on Her Short Program Performance

Rank Name Nation TFP QA QB SP FS
1 Tara Lipinski United States 2.5 1 1 2
2 Michelle Kwan United States 3.0 1 4 1
3 Vanessa Gusmeroli France 5.0 2 2 4
4 Irina Slutskaya Russia 6.0 3 6 3
5 Maria Butyrskaya Russia 6.5 3 3 5
6 Laetitia Hubert France 10.5 9 7 7
7 Krisztina Czakó Hungary 10.5 4 5 8
8 Julia Lautowa Austria 14.5 5 11 6
9 Julia Lavrenchuk Ukraine 15.0 4 9 10
10 Eva-Maria Fitze Germany 16.5 8 16 9
11 Joanne Carter Australia 16.5 10 10 12
12 Olga Markova Russia 19.0 7 15 11
13 Nicole Bobek United States 20.0 2 8 15
14 Zuzanna Szwed Poland 21.5 5 12 14
15 Lucinda Ruh Switzerland 22.5 6 18 13
16 Lenka Kulovaná Czech Republic 23.5 7 14 18
17 Tatiana Malinina Uzbekistan 25.0 12 17 19
18 Fumie Suguri Japan 25.5 10 21 16
19 Alisa Drei Finland 27.0 8 22 17
20 Mojca Kopač Slovenia 29.5 13 13 22
21 Julia Vorobieva Azerbaijan 30.0 6 20 20
22 Helena Grundberg Sweden 32.0 13 23 21
23 Hanae Yokoya Japan 32.5 9 19 23
WD Susan Humphreys Canada 12 21

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25 Chen Lu China 11 25
26 Tony Bombardieri Italy 15 26
27 Zuzana Paurova Slovakia 14 27
28 Marta Andrade Spain 11 28
29 Ivana Jakupcevic Croatia 15 29
30 Sofia Penkova Bulgaria 14 30

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31 Valeria Trifancova Latvia 16
31 Yankun Du China 16
33 Valentina Gazeleridou Greece 17
33 Shirene Human South Africa 17
35 Noemi Bedo Romania 18
35 Zoe Jones United Kingdom 18
37 Patricia Ferriot Belgium 19
37 Jung Min-ju South Korea 19
39 Ja-Lin Weng Chinese Taipei 20
39 Kaja Hanevold Norway 20
41 Liina-Grete Lilender Estonia 21
41 Rita Dolly Auyeung Hong Kong 21
WD Veronika Dytrt Germany