1989 World Championships

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The 1989 World Championships in figure skating is best known as the event where Midori Ito made history by becoming the first woman to land a triple Axel in World Championship competition.

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1989 World Championships canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Figure skating competition
ISU Championship
alsoKnownAs 1989 World Figure Skating Championships
category World Figure Skating Championships
city Paris
continent Europe
country France
disciplineCount 4
endDate 1989-03-19
event Ice dancing
Ladies' singles
Men's singles
Pair skating
governingBody ISU
historicMoment First ratified triple Axel by a woman at World Championships
hostCityCountry Paris, France
linked to: Paris
hostedByCity Paris
hostedByCountry France
hostNationSkatingFederation Fédération Française des Sports de Glace
iceDanceChampions Natalia Bestemianova / Andrei Bukin
iceDanceChampionsCountry Soviet Union
iceDanceFreeDanceWinners Natalia Bestemianova / Andrei Bukin
ladiesChampion Midori Ito
ladiesChampionCountry Japan
ladiesFreeSkateWinner Midori Ito
level Senior international
location Paris, France
linked to: Paris
mensChampion Kurt Browning
mensChampionCountry Canada
mensFreeSkateWinner Kurt Browning
nextEdition 1990 World Championships in Figure Skating
notableFor Midori Ito becoming the first woman to land a triple Axel in World Championship competition
organizedBy International Skating Union
pairsChampions Ekaterina Gordeeva / Sergei Grinkov
pairsChampionsCountry Soviet Union
pairsFreeSkateWinners Ekaterina Gordeeva / Sergei Grinkov
partOf World Figure Skating Championships series
previousEdition 1988 World Championships in Figure Skating
season 1988–89 figure skating season
sport Figure skating
startDate 1989-03-14
tookPlaceIn 1989
tripleAxelDiscipline Ladies' singles
tripleAxelHistoricalStatus First clean triple Axel by a woman at World Championships
tripleAxelLandedBy Midori Ito
tripleAxelProgramSegment Free skate
venue Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Midori Ito performedTripleAxel 1989 World Championships