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ISU Grand Prix Final participants



The 2001 ISU Grand Prix Final will be held in Tokyo, Japan, February 16-18. Below is the current list of athletes participating in the 2001 ISU Grand Prix Final. Updated as of 2/14/01; list is subject to change.

Ladies
Michelle Kwan (3-time and reigning World Champion)
Maria Butyraskaya (1999 World Champion)
Sarah Hughes (2000 U.S. silver medalist)
Irina Slutskaya (2000 Grand Prix Final Champion)
Tatyana Malinina (1999 Grand Prix Final Champion)
Elena Sokolova (Two medals in the 2000-01 Grand Prix series)

Men
Timothy Goebel (2000 U.S. Champion
Matt Savoie (2000 U.S. Bronze medalist)
Alexei Yagudin (3-Time World Champion)
Evgeny Plushenko (2000 Grand Prix Final Champion)
Ilia Klimkin (1999 Junior World Champion
Stanick Jeannette (Replaces Todd Eldredge)

Pairs
Jamie Salé & David Pelletier (2000 Four Continents Champions)
Elena Berezhnaya & Anton Sikharulidze (2-time World Champions)
Xue Shen & Hongbo Zhao (2000 Grand Prix Final Champions)
Maria Petrova & Alexei Tikhonov (2000 World Champions)
Sarah Abitbol & Stéphane Bernadis (2000 World bronze medalists)
Dorota Zagorska & Mariusz Siudek

Dance
Barbara Fusar-Poli & Maurizio Margaglio (2000 World Silver medalist)
Irina Lobacheva & Ilia Averbukh (3-time Russian champions)
Galit Chait & Sergei Sakhnovsky (5th at 2000 Worlds)
Margarita Drobiazko & Povilas Vanagas (2000 World bronze Medalists)
Kati Winkler & Rene' Lohse (4-time German Champions)
Dubreuil & Lauzon (Replacing Marina Anissina & Gwendal Peizerat)

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