Fur Coats for the Skating Moms

[SkateFan4Life]

Had Tonya Harding kept her nose clean, stayed in shape, and won the Olympic gold medal, she would have been a shining example of a dramatic "rags to riches" story - the girl from the wrong side of the tracks wins the gold medal. Sometimes I wish that things were radically different and that Tonya could have stayed in the game and won, fairly and squarely.

Had Elaine Zayak won an Olympic gold medal, she would have been a shining example of a young woman from a working-class family - her father owned and operated a bar in Paramus, NJ - skating to the top of the figure skating world.

[skatepixie]

the best example is Peggy Flemming, who was the first working class skater to win.

As far as clothes for the skate moms go, the trend now seems to be more like designer jeans, but thats more af a trend everywhere.

[berthes ghost]

"the best example is Peggy Flemming, who was the first working class skater to win. "

Not so.

One of the reasons that the press hyped up the Tenley vs. Carol rivalry is because Tenley was old Boston money (her father was a sergion) and Carol was NYC bluecolar immegrant's daughter (her father was a baker). Carol said that her Mother often felt dissed by the other skating Moms, mainly because of her German accent. Carol also said that she and her sister had to give free exhibitions to barter for ice time.

Anyway, that's just one example.