When was the last time a '
ro" (show) skater participated in Campbells? Anyone remember?
I don't know about Campbell's, but I think that last true pro-am in the U.S. was the 2001 Hershey's Kisses Challenge.
The team of
Dorothy Hamill, Michelle Kwan, Matt Savoie and Michael Weiss edged out
Rudy Galindo, Sarah Hughes, Sasha Cohen and Tim Goebel, with the team of
Nancy Kerrigan, Todd Eldredge, Angela Nikodinov and Jenny Kirk third.
It was the only time I ever saw Michelle upstaged in an exhibition event -- Dorothy was just
It was really cool to see Dorothy and Michelle interacting off ice. They were obviously good friends, from their touring days together with COI.
I think Attyfan is right. After the 2002 Olympics the ISU changed the rules to forbid eligible skaters to take place in "contests" that were not held under ISU auspices.
The spring 2006 Japanese cheesefest was advertised as a pro-am, with Alexei Yagudin and Takeshi Honda holding up the "pro" end. However, in order for the eligibles (such as Mao Asada) to participate, the scoring had to be under the ISU judging system by ISU judges. Yags and Takeshi brought up the rear in CoP points.
BTW, in the 2001 event Dorothy did (IIRC) a double loop and a single delayed Axel, and got 5.7s and 5.8s for tech, to go along with 5.9s and 6.0s for presentation.
I don't think any professional skaters would want to be involved in a contest with eligibles -- even a just-for-fun one -- if it is going to be judged under ISU rules. When they let Michelle Kwan and Alexei Yagudin compete as amateurs in the 2002 World Professional Championship, the pros (Brian Boitano and Kristi Yamaguchi, for instance) opted out. That was pretty much the death of that event.
