Kammala wannan jumlar: 2002 ya fara ne da bugawa ga Slater lokacin da ta lashe lambar zinare ta biyu ta gasar cin kofin duniya ta Grand Prix a taron Cottbus a kasa a Jamus. Gasar Zakarun Pacific Alliance ba da daɗewa ba kuma Slater ya taimaka wa ƙungiyar Ostiraliya zuwa kyakkyawan aikin zinare na azurfa da kuma karɓar lambar azurfa ta mutum a kan motsa jiki. A Gasar Zakarun Australiya, ta gama a matsayi na biyu a gaba ɗaya a bayan Alex Croak, kuma ta lashe uku daga cikin taken mutum huɗu. Wannan taron ya ninka a matsayin gwajin zaɓi na farko ga ƙungiyar Wasannin Commonwealth, kuma bayan zangon zaɓe na wata ɗaya a Cibiyar Wasannin Wasannin Australiya (AIS) a Canberra, an ambaci Slater a cikin Tawagar Commonwealth ta biyu. Kamar yadda ya kasance a cikin 1998, ƙungiyar 'yan Australia ta kasance cakuda matasa da ƙwarewa. Tawagar ta shiga gasar a Manchester a matsayin manyan 'yan takara don kare taken da suka lashe shekaru hudu da suka gabata, kuma ba su yi takaici ba. Tare da wasan kwaikwayon kusan cikakke, 'yan matan Ostiraliya sun lashe taken ƙungiyar da kusan maki huɗu. Slater ya lashe lambobin yabo guda hudu kuma ya koma gida a matsayin daya daga cikin 'yan wasan Australia mafi nasara. An zaɓe ta a matsayin ɗaya daga cikin 'yan wasa uku don wakiltar ƙungiyar duka a cikin maraba da gida daga Firayim Minista John Howard, babban abin girmamawa ga mai wasan motsa jiki. Tare da
Gasar Gasar Gymnastics ta Duniya ta 2002 tana gabatowa da sauri, da kyar aka samu lokacin yin biki. An zabi Slater a matsayin wakilin Australia kawai don taron bayan ya lashe lambobin zinare biyar a gwajin gwaji.