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December 1, 2002. Today Michelle Kwan qualified for the Grand Prix Final, even though she has only skated in one Grand Prix event this season. The Grand Prix figure skating competitions are a series of competitions that are held all over the world. To qualify, a skater must have a certain number of points by the end of the Grand Prix season. All figure skaters that have qualified, have skated in a number of these competitions and the total of their points made them eligible. Only the top six skaters in each figure skating category are allowed to go on to compete in the Grand Prix Final.



Michelle skated in one Grand Prix event this season, which was Skate America, and did so only because she was asked to by the US figure skating association after Sarah Hughes was injured. Michelle won that competition, earning 12 points.



Because of a bizarre set of circumstances involving another Amercian figure skater who was not able to skate at a European event because of a visa problem that prohibited her from entering that country, Michelle ended up being the sixth skater to be eligible. The top six female figure skaters eligible to skate are:

1.Sasha Cohen USA 24 pts.

2.Yoshie Onda JPN 21 pts.

3.Viktoria Volchkova RUS 19 pts.

4.Irina Slutskaya RUS 16 pts.

5.Fumie Suguri JPN 14 pts.

6.Michelle Kwan USA 12 pts.







As of this date, December 3, 2002, no one is positive that Michelle will compete in the GPF, as she hadn't planned on skating in any of these competitions at all this year. Hopefully we will know soon, and this site will be updated as soon as we get word. Check back often!


December 6, 2002 We are still waiting word to see if Michelle is definately going to skate in the Grand Prix Final. The International Skating Union (ISU)badly wants her to be there in Russia, Feb.28-March 1 2003. See the December 6th link below

January 7, 2003 - STILL no word about whether Michelle will skate at the GPF, but she will be at Nationals, which is coming up in the next two weeks. Check out Heathers figure skating TV listing for days and times.

Grand Prix Links


December 6, 2003 ISU: Kwan `paramount'


December 3, 2003 Kwan and Cohen lead American Grand Prix finalists


December 10, 2003 - Still no word on whether Michelle is definately competing at the Grand Prix Final, but I thought I'd bring you some at least SOME Michelle news. Recently, The Lycos 50(TM) announced the most popular search terms of 2002 and the ones to watch in 2003.

They listed people, movies and fads that had had strong showings in 2002. Based on their search queries, The Lycos 50 predicted the following sports stars to watch in 2003.

Top 10 Sports Stars:

1) Anna Kournikova

2) Michael Jordan

3) Allen Iverson

4) Apolo Anton Ohno

5) Muhammed Ali

6) Jeff Gordon

7) Michelle Kwan

8) Dale Earnhardt

9) Tiger Woods

10) Serena Williams

An interesting note - I wrote to Michelle, in a post at the MFK Forum recently, that alot of people must do searches for her, based on the hits I get on my website during competion season. Check out the link below, you'll need to scroll down to find the sports category.

Lycos Top Fifty Searches


February 1, 2003 - Because Michelle hadn't planned on skating in any Grand Prix event, she definately hadn't planned on skating in the Grand Prix Final (GPF). But because Michelle so graciously accepted the USFSA's invitation to fill in for Sarah Hughes, she ended up qualifying for the GPF by a fluke. Her fans and foes alike have been waiting and watching to see if Michelle would compete in St Petersburg, Russia. But with The World Figure Skating Championships only a few weeks after the GPF, Michelle has decided to concentrate on competing at Worlds and will not compete at the 2003 GPF.

Michelle Kwan Will Not Compete in 2003 ISU Grand Prix Final



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