2002 Worlds Men's FS | Alexei Yagudin recaptures World title; Takeshi Honda delights home crowd

Описание: British Eurosport coverage (commentators: Chris Howarth, Simon Reed)
Men's free skate (FS) from the 2002 World Championships (M-Wave Arena, Nagano, Japan) [2002年世界フィギュアスケート選手権]. Performances featured marked with (^) below:
Rank Name Nation TFP QA QB SP FS^
1 Alexei Yagudin Алексей Ягудин Russia 2.0 1 1 1^
2 Timothy Goebel United States 4.8 1 4 2^
3 Takeshi Honda 本田 武史 Japan 6.0 3 3 3^
4 Alexander Abt Александр "Саша" Абт Russia 6.0 2 2 4^
5 Li Chengjiang 李成江 China 9.8 3 6 5^
6 Michael Weiss United States 16.0 2 5 6^
7 Anthony Liu Australia 16.4 7 11 7^
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Golden Skate event report full read: https://www.goldenskate.com/2002-worl...
"These days, the emphasis in men’s competition is on quadruple jumps. Yagudin does them, too. He opens his short program with a quad toe-triple toe, and the first two elements in his free skate are back-to-back quadruple toe loops, one with a triple toe–and in this case, also a double loop–tacked on the end. But Yagudin truly shines when the quads are finished. The crispness of his footwork, the effortless glide to his stroking, and the captivating performance ability that never fails to bring an audience to its feet all make Yagudin the most decorated and arguably the best skater of the past two decades. Perhaps even the best of all time. Throughout the world, from Salt Lake City to Nagano, Yagudin has left nary an audience unmoved."
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[L.A. Times extract] Yagudin Captures World Title Again
March 22, 2002

Much has happened to Alexei Yagudin in the last year. He lost the world championship after winning it three years in a row. He had leg injuries, dropped 20 pounds, then regained most of it, and came back to win the Olympics.

On Thursday, he recaptured the men’s free skate at the World Figure Skating Championships at Nagano, Japan, and became the first skater to win skating’s four major titles in one season: the Grand Prix final, European championship, Olympics and worlds.

He edged American Tim Goebel, who improved on his third-place finish at the Olympics. Japanese star Takeshi Honda delighted the packed stadium at the M-Wave Arena by finishing third.
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special thanks to Kim!