Figure Skating
- World Figure Skating Championships –
- Men's champion: Alexei Yagudin, Russia
- Ladies' champion: Irina Slutskaya, Russia
- Pair skating champions: Shen Xue & Zhao Hongbo, China
- Ice dancing champions: Irina Lobacheva & Ilia Averbukh, Russia
- 2002 Winter Olympics –
- Men's champion: Alexei Yagudin, Russia
- Ladies' champion: Sarah Hughes, United States
- Pair skating champions: Yelena Berezhnaya & Anton Sikharulidze, Russia and Jamie Salé & David Pelletier, Canada
- Ice dancing champions: Marina Anissina & Gwendal Peizerat, France
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