Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: 2002 yakatanga nokurova kukuru nokuda kwaSlater apo akakunda menduru yake yechipiri yendarama yeWorld Cup Grand Prix pamutambo weCottbus pasi muGermany. Pacific Alliance Championships yakakurumidza kutevera uye Slater akabatsira chikwata cheAustralia kuti chibudirire kuita menduru yesirivha pamwe nekutora menduru yesirivheri yega yega pakurovedza pasi. Pa Australian Championships, akapedza ari wechipiri zvachose chete shure Alex Croak, uye akahwina nhatu mana nomumwe midziyo mazita. Chiitiko ichi chakapetwa kaviri sechikwata chekutanga chekusarudza timu yeCommonwealth Games, uye mushure memwedzi-wakareba musasa wekusarudza kuAustralia Institute of Sport (AIS) muCanberra, Slater akatumidzwa muchikwata chake chechipiri cheCommonwealth. Sezvazvakanga zvakaita muna 1998, chikwata cheAustralia chakanga chiri musanganiswa woujaya noruzivo rwokuzviwanira. Chikwata chakapinda mumakwikwi muManchester sevanofarira kudzivirira zita ravakanga vakunda makore mana apfuura, uye havana kuodza mwoyo. Nokutamba kwakanaka kwazvo, vasikana vokuAustralia vakakunda mukwikwidzi weboka nechinenge mapoinzi mana. Slater akahwina menduru ina dzomunhu oga ndokudzokera kumusha somumwe wenhengo dzechikwata chakabudirira zvikurusa cheAustralia. Akasarudzwa somumwe wevatambi vatatu kuti amiririre boka rose pakugamuchirwa kumba naMutungamiriri weHurumende John Howard, kukudzwa kukuru kune mutambi wenhabvu. Ne
2002 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships iri kusvika nokukurumidza, pakanga pasina nguva yokupemberera. Slater akasarudzwa semumiriri weAustralia chete pamutambo uyu mushure mekukunda menduru shanu dzegoridhe mumakwikwi ekusarudza.