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janetfan

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it was a skill and a showcase of control on the blade. I think it's extremely important, and I am not a figure skater...

I have never seen or read Janet Lynn's recent address to US Skating - but I believe she surprised many with the views she expressed.
I think Janet came out very strongly in support of school figures amongst other somewhat surprising views about the state of US Skating - and skating in general. I think mathman knows about this and I would appreciate any views he or others would care to share about Janet's speech.
 
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I have never seen or read Janet Lynn's recent address to US Skating - but I believe she surprised many with the views she expressed.
I think Janet came out very strongly in support of school figures amongst other somewhat surprising views about the state of US Skating - and skating in general. I think mathman knows about this and I would appreciate any views he or others would care to share about Janet's speech.
It's available online:
http://forums.about.com/n/pfx/forum.aspx?tsn=1&nav=messages&webtag=ab-figureskate&tid=1977
 
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The first link should work without having to register or log in. Main page->Famous skaters->Janet Lynn's speech (the thread with the paper clip)->full transcript.

However, I think you need one of the newer vesions of Acrobat Reader to open it (I can open it on my new computer but not on my old).

IIRC this speech was given at the skaters' banquet at the annual meeting of the USFSA, and it ruffled some feathers. These banquets are feel-good affairs where speakers are expected to get up and say how wonderful the sport of figure skating is and what awesome people we all are.

Instead, Ms. Lynn basically said that compared with the quality of skating in her day, what skaters are putting out there now is crap. This was not well received by the audience, who, after all, comprised the very skaters that were being so severely critiqued.

When asked later to clarify her remarks, she committed another public relations faux pas by refusing to allow the transcript of her speech to be published by the USFSA. Instead, you could contact Ms. Lynn by email and, for a fee, she would send it to you (and by the way, do you want to buy some of my other self-published essays?).

So it took a little while before everyone settled down to actually read what she said in an objective way.
 

ImaginaryPogue

Record Breaker
Joined
Jun 3, 2009
I think I was where you're currently at last year (a casual/fair-weather fan transformed into a more serious/studious one), but for all intents and purposes, I'm where you're at. I'm going to focus on programs under the COP because they interest me more. I'll edit in more when I'm less lazy.

2008-2009
Patrick Chan's short program (@ 4CC)
Evan Lysacek's long program (@ worlds)

Yu Na-Kim's short program (@ worlds)

Savchenko/Szolkowy's short program (@ worlds)

Delobel/Schoenfelder's free dance (If you're in Canada, you can see their performance at the grand prix final online through the CBC, otherwise, here's the French Masters). Let me know if you want the the CBC version – I can't direct link it because of how it's embedded.
Virtue/Moir's free dance (@ worlds)
Samuelson/Bates original dance (@ worlds)
Davis/White/s free dance (@ worlds)
Shibutanis' free dance (@ junior worlds)

2007-2008

Jeff Buttle's long program (@ worlds)
Daisuke Takahashi's short program (@ worlds)

Carolina Kostner's short program (@ worlds)
Yu Na Kim's long program (@ worlds)
Mao Asada's long program (@ worlds)

Zhang/Zhang's short program (@ worlds)
Dube/Davison's long program (@ worlds)

Virtue/Moir's free dance (@ worlds)
Virtue/Moir's original dance (@ Skate Canada)
Delobel/Schoenfelder free dance (@ worldsl)

2006-2007

Daisuke Takahashi's long program
Stephan Lambiel's long program

Yu-Na Kim's short program (@ worlds)
Carolina Kostner's short program (@ worlds
Mao Asada's long program (@ worlds)

Shen/Zhao's short program

Denkova/Staviski's free dance
Dubreuil/Lauzon's free dance
Virtue/Moir's free dance ( @ worlds)


2005-2006

Brian Joubert's long program (@ worlds)
Stephane Lambiel's long program (@ worlds)

Shizuka Arakawa's long program (@ Olympics)

Totmiannia/Marinnin's long program (@ Olympics)

Navka/Kostomorov's free dance (@ Olympics)
Dubrueil/Lauzon's free dance (@ worlds)
Virtue/Moir's free dance (@ junior worlds)
Delobel/Schoenfelder's free dance (@ Olympics)
Drobiazko/Vanagas' free dance (@ worlds)
 

Raatkirani

On the Ice
Joined
Nov 22, 2006
Hope it's not too late to add my definitive faves:

1. Mishkutenok/Dmitriev 1994 Olympics free skate
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Qpc2SSeEjA

Also must see: Mishkutenok/Dmitriev 1992 Worlds free skate (or Olympics)

2. Berezhnaya/Sikharulidze 2002 Olympics tech program
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AB2lyUWrEcE

3. Berezhnaya/Sikharulidze 2002 Olympics free program
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7RRgDeC-2UY

4. Gordeeva/Grinkov 1994 Olympics pair free
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dZshHnjJQ-0

5. Michelle Kwan 1996 Worlds free
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GKmUW8wPB0s&feature=related

Also MK's 1998 nationals Lyra Angelica

6. Chen Lu 1996 Worlds Free
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZCRaoNfU0r8&feature=related

Also worth seeing: Chen Lu 1998 Olympics Free Skate, 1995 Worlds free skate

Other definitives:
Olympic programs of Plushenko, Yagudin, Kulik

Gordeeva and Grinkov 1994 Porgy and Bess program
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=of0C0HfQJC4

For another comeback Philippe Candeloro 1998 Olympic long program
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aDb3fuvslfc

Happy viewing!
 
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