1999 World Figure Skating Championships
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The 1999 World Figure Skating Championships was an elite annual international competition where the world’s top skaters contested titles in men’s, women’s, pairs, and ice dance disciplines.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| 1999 World Figure Skating Championships canonical | 4 |
| 1999 World Championships in Figure Skating | 1 |
| World Figure Skating Championships 1999 pairs title | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2021192 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: 1999 World Figure Skating Championships Context triple: [Sarah Hughes, representedAt, 1999 World Figure Skating Championships]
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A.
1998 World Figure Skating Championships
The 1998 World Figure Skating Championships was a major annual international competition where elite skaters from around the globe competed for world titles shortly after the Nagano Winter Olympics.
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B.
1997 World Figure Skating Championships
The 1997 World Figure Skating Championships was an international competition where the world's top skaters, including a young Tara Lipinski, competed for global titles in their respective disciplines.
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C.
2001 World Figure Skating Championships
The 2001 World Figure Skating Championships was the premier annual international competition where the world’s top skaters, including eventual ladies’ champion Michelle Kwan, competed for global titles.
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D.
2000 World Figure Skating Championships
The 2000 World Figure Skating Championships was the premier annual international figure skating competition where Michelle Kwan captured the ladies' world title.
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E.
1996 World Figure Skating Championships
The 1996 World Figure Skating Championships was a major annual international competition where the world's top skaters competed for global titles in men's, women's, pairs, and ice dance events.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: 1999 World Figure Skating Championships Target entity description: The 1999 World Figure Skating Championships was an elite annual international competition where the world’s top skaters contested titles in men’s, women’s, pairs, and ice dance disciplines.
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A.
1998 World Figure Skating Championships
The 1998 World Figure Skating Championships was a major annual international competition where elite skaters from around the globe competed for world titles shortly after the Nagano Winter Olympics.
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B.
1997 World Figure Skating Championships
The 1997 World Figure Skating Championships was an international competition where the world's top skaters, including a young Tara Lipinski, competed for global titles in their respective disciplines.
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C.
2001 World Figure Skating Championships
The 2001 World Figure Skating Championships was the premier annual international competition where the world’s top skaters, including eventual ladies’ champion Michelle Kwan, competed for global titles.
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D.
2000 World Figure Skating Championships
The 2000 World Figure Skating Championships was the premier annual international figure skating competition where Michelle Kwan captured the ladies' world title.
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E.
1996 World Figure Skating Championships
The 1996 World Figure Skating Championships was a major annual international competition where the world's top skaters competed for global titles in men's, women's, pairs, and ice dance events.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (35)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
World Figure Skating Championships
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figure skating competition ⓘ international sports competition ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
1999 World Championships in Figure Skating
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linked to:
1999 World Figure Skating Championships
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| category |
1999 in figure skating
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International figure skating competitions hosted by Finland ⓘ Sports competitions in Helsinki ⓘ World Figure Skating Championships by year ⓘ |
| competitionType |
ISU Championship
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linked to:
ISU Championships
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| continent | Europe ⓘ |
| disciplineContested |
ice dance
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ladies' singles ⓘ men's singles ⓘ pairs ⓘ |
| editionNumber | 1999 ⓘ |
| endDate | 1999-03-28 ⓘ |
| governingBody |
International Skating Union
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linked to:
international federation of skating sports
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| hostCity | Helsinki ⓘ |
| hostCountry | Finland ⓘ |
| hostedBy | Finnish Figure Skating Association ⓘ |
| iceDanceChampions | Anjelika Krylova / Oleg Ovsyannikov ⓘ |
| ladiesChampion | Maria Butyrskaya ⓘ |
| level | senior ⓘ |
| location | Helsinki ⓘ |
| menChampion | Alexei Yagudin ⓘ |
| nextEdition | 2000 World Figure Skating Championships ⓘ |
| notableFor | first Russian woman to win World title in ladies' singles (Maria Butyrskaya) ⓘ |
| organizedBy |
International Skating Union
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linked to:
international federation of skating sports
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| pairsChampions |
Elena Berezhnaya / Anton Sikharulidze
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linked to:
Elena Berezhnaya
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| partOfSeries | World Figure Skating Championships ⓘ |
| previousEdition | 1998 World Figure Skating Championships ⓘ |
| season | 1998–99 figure skating season ⓘ |
| sport | figure skating ⓘ |
| startDate | 1999-03-22 ⓘ |
| venue | Hartwall Areena ⓘ |
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Subject: 1999 World Figure Skating Championships Description of subject: The 1999 World Figure Skating Championships was an elite annual international competition where the world’s top skaters contested titles in men’s, women’s, pairs, and ice dance disciplines.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
2000 World Figure Skating Championships
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previousEdition
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1999 World Figure Skating Championships
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1999 World Figure Skating Championships
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alsoKnownAs
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1999 World Championships in Figure Skating
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linked to: 1999 World Figure Skating Championships
linked to: 1999 World Figure Skating Championships