Figure Skating
- World Figure Skating Championships
- Men's champion: Evgeni Plushenko, Russia
- Ladies' champion: Shizuka Arakawa, Japan
- Pair skating champions: Tatiana Totmianina and Maxim Marinin, Russia
- Ice dancing champions: Tatiana Navka and Roman Kostomarov, Russia
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