VAN2001032405 - 24 MARCH 2001 - VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA, CANADA: Michelle Kwan of the USA knows her flawless performance in ladies free skate the last event of the World Figure Skating Championships will be hard to beat for Russia's Irina Slutskaya skating right after Kwan at Vancouver's GM Place, March 24, 2001. Kwan edges Slutskaya for gold. rlw/hr/H. Ruckemann UPI