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- Jun 16, 2010
Since a poll including Oksana Baiul (LOL) and excluding someone like Midori Ito for example is ridiculous I decided to remake the poll about the greatest ladies single skater of all time.
Yeah the crowds in Calgary, Cincinnati, Paris, Halifax, Landover, and many other places who Ito brought to their feet must have thought she was only jumps. And who cares even if you think she was, jumping is arguably the most important part of the sport as far as competitive success goes, it is the one thing you cant get by without some very high standard in after all, and she is the best ever at it. In polls on other forums she usually ends up 2nd or 3rd in votes so excluding her is silly.
I'm not sure why I had forgotten so much about Midori - she seems to have become almost a forgotten skater. Probably, its a combination of the long passage of time and the fact that she did not go on to become Olympic champion (thereby being eclipsed by Kristi).
Midori a forgotten skater? Well judging from skating forums, it sure doesn't seem so! I think she may not be as popular in North America but she's like a legend in Asian skating circles, esp Japan. A lot of Kristi's fame came from her show skating. Her amateur career was impressive but it was really in show skating that she made her mark. She isn't as well known outside of North America though. So I think they're pretty much even.