ISU 相关报道
ABOUT B/S:the event it was announced that the reigning Olympic, World, and European Champions, Elena Berezhnaya & Anton Sikharulidze would not be competing because Berezhnaya had failed a drug test following the pairs event at the 2000 European Championships. Berezhnaya had taken some cold medication, apparently with a doctor's blessing, but without informing ISU officials as required. Stimulants in the medication turned up in the drug test. The skater and Russian Federation waived any challenge of the result and the team was withdrawn from the competition. Following the conclusion of the World Championships, the ISU Council met to discuss the situation. The team was suspended for three months beginning at the date of the drug test. In addition, their winning result from Europeans was removed and the official results adjusted accordingly. Their first place prize money was also recinded. Evgeniy Sviridov of the Uzbekistani team of Natalia Ponomareva & Evgeniy Sviridov tested positive at the Four Continents Championships for stimulants for the same reason (cold medication). He and their federation also waived any challenge of the results. The skater was also suspended for three months and their result was likewise removed from the official results.
ABOUT S/Z:
They skated strongly with speed and good flow through the program and nice presentation, but the clean skate they needed to capture the gold escaped them. On an opening double Axel - triple toe loop combination Zhao stepped out of the double Axel, on the set down from a lasso lift Shen rested briefly on his shoulder, and on an attempted triple Salchow Zhao doubled the jump. They executed an interesting sequence of forward inside death spiral immediately followed by a forward outside one, but the entry to the first death spiral was unattractive and the second one was not executed as well as they normally can do it. Their throw triple loop was outstanding, but on throw triple Salchow Shen stepped out. Despite the errors one judge had them first, but the majority of the panel had them second. After skating Zhao was to the point in describing the program. "This program wasn't too good," he said. In the post-event press conference he added, "We wanted the gold too much and we were too nervous. We put too much pressure on ourselves. The audience was too enthusiastic. We lost this year, but we'll try again next year. We are determined to go on until the 2002 Olympics." |