2004 Women World Rankings

[Callystarr]

1. Sasha Cohen (USA) 4,655
2. Shiziku Arakawa (JPN) 4,125
3. Fumie Suguri (JPN) 4,125
4. Elena Liashenko (UKR) 3,705
5. Irina Slutskaya (RUS) 3,645
6. Michelle Kwan (USA) 3,505 ***I hope she competes more*
7. Miki Ando (JPN) 3,505
8. Julia Sebestyan (HUN) 3,380
9. Carolina Kostner (ITA) 3,347
10. Victoria Volchkova (RUS) 3,302
11. Yoshi Onda (JPN) 3,220
12. Yukina Ota (JPN) 3,005
13. Alisa Drei (FIN) 2,758
14. Susanna Poykio (FIN) 2,658
15. Amber Corwin (USA) 2,595
16. Galina Maniachenko (UKR) 2,571
17. Yukari Nakano (JPN) 2,465
18. Lina Johansson (SWE) 2,440
19. Elena Sokolova (RUS) 2,422
20. Beatrisa Liang (USA) 2,303
21. Viktoria Pavuk (HUN) 2,245
22. Jennifer Kirk (USA) 2,213
23. Ann Patrice Mcdonough (USA) 2,197
24. Joannie Rochette (CAN) 2,015
25. Mai Asada (JPN) 1,950

 

[wvgal57]

How's Irina in there with no competitions all year? She missed last years Worlds to. This has to be wrong.

Will GP events be seeded from this?

 

[Mathman]

Hey, Callystarr. How do these rankings stack up against your ranking system? Are you still maintaining it?

Mathman

 

[Tonichelle]

How's Irina in there with no competitions all year? She missed last years Worlds to. This has to be wrong.

Will GP events be seeded from this?

I agree.... and to be placed higher than Michelle... granted both ladies only competed in one international competition this season, but MK medaled and Irina didn't come close! very very odd.

 

[Lucy25]

You're forgetting that Irina skated the GP last year and got lots of points. Michelle didn't.

 

[Antilles]

I mentioned in another thread that rankings are compiled over a three year period (unless this has changed). This would explain the results.

 

[tharrtell]

Rankings compiled over a three year period? Leave it to the ISU. So what if a first year senior skater does really well? They get nothing because they haven't been around? Although, that can't happen, now will it, because a skater has to prove herself for a while before the judges will reward her

 

[Antilles]

Well, the year's were weighted differently. Current year worth the most, third year not worth a lot. Enough to skew results though.

 

[sk8ing_lady2001]

Well at least 6th for Michelle is better than the 9th she previously had. I hope she competes more, too.

 

[Callystarr]

Mathman,

I didn't continue to maintain the ranking system, because I didn't think anywhere cared...but I did maintain them during the grand prix series...however the judging system changed so it was kind of hard to continue the system...

Hopefully next year we will have one judging system for every competition, hopefully the CoP....which i am in favor of, even though it has its minor flaws but when the CoP I was in agreement with all of the placements....

Europeans/Worlds/4CC I did have some iffy questions...about the placements...that tells me something....

 

[BravesSkateFan]

I think the ISU rankings are a load of crap.

 

[guinevere]

Wow, Amber Corwin 7 spaces above Jenny Kirk !

I thought the rankings were based on just the past 2 seasons, but I think it must be three - that would explain why Irina's so high, and why Sokolova's so low.

guinevere

 

[citrus]

Sounds like the World's championship headlines should have read "Big UPSET!! 9th ranked skater takes bronze!!!"

 

[Joesitz (RIP)]

The more one competes and the more one wins medals, the better the chances of being in the top ten.

Joe