The 1997

Skate America Skate America is an annual figure skating competition sanctioned by the International Skating Union (ISU), organized and hosted by U.S. Figure Skating. The first Skate America was in held in 1979 in Lake Placid, New York, as a test event fo ...

was the first event of six in the 1997–98

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, a senior-level international invitational competition series. It was held at the

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on October 23–25. Medals were awarded in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles,

pair skating Pair skating is a figure skating discipline defined by the International Skating Union (ISU) as "the skating of two persons in unison who perform their movements in such harmony with each other as to give the impression of genuine Pair Skating ...

, and

ice dancing Ice dance (sometimes referred to as ice dancing) is a discipline of figure skating that historically draws from ballroom dancing. It joined the World Figure Skating Championships in 1952, and became a Winter Olympic Games medal sport in 1976. A ...

. Skaters earned points toward qualifying for the

1997–98 Champions Series Final The 1997–98 ISU Champions Series Final was an elite figure skating competition held in Munich, Germany from December 18 through 20, 1997. Medals were awarded in men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dancing. The Champions Seri ...

. The

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was the Golden Waltz.

Results

Men

Ladies

Pairs

Ice dancing

References

* https://www.nytimes.com/1997/10/26/sports/figure-skating-eldredge-overcomes-injury-to-win-kwan-beats-lipinski.html * https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-1997-10-26-9710260146-story,amp.html

External links

1997 Skate America
{{1997–98 in figure skating Skate America, 1997 Skate America