Quote Originally Posted by Blades of Passion View Post
Are you serious? That's absolutely shameful. Savoie skated well at the Olympics.



I had never seen anything from him before so I went and searched around - yes he was a very good skater! 3rd at Nationals two years in a row, including 1994. Sadly he didn't get to go to the Olympics. I wonder why the U.S. only had 2 spots...the placements of the top 2 American Men were 4th and 6th at 1993 Worlds. That is definitely sufficient for earning 3 spots. I guess the rules for qualification were different back then, though. That's too bad.
My understanding was the the medalling nations automatically got three spots and no one else did. Matches the results anyway.