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 in Figure Skating 0

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

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Midori Ito performedTripleAxel 1989 World Championships