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- Nov 3, 2006
Just hopping in to say that if it all comes down to which male partner has the best hip action at World's, get ready to crown C/L. Luca has them all beat...
It would. But it would not relieve all the heartbreak and unhappiness over Kurt and Brian Orser not doing the trick, when they looked like locks for the OGM at their respective Olympics.
Patrick's OGM will be sweet redemption
(My) Perfect world? Two for Canada, one for Russia, one for Germany.
World I can be excited about? Two for Russia, Two for Canada
World I think we'll get? Two for Russia, one of Canada, one for the USA
World that would be wonderfully confuddling? One for Germany, one for Canada, one for Japan/Russia, one for the USA
Any other possiblities would genuinely surprise me.
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So what is it: two for Browning, two for Orser, two for Stoijko. There's the three (twice). Unless you don't count Orser's first entrance.
It's actually many more than six misses for Canada. By my count, the three skaters we're discussing missed out on gold seven times in six Olympics: 84 and 88 for Orser; 92 and 94 for Browning; and 94, 98 and 02 for Stojko (remember Elvis did win a World silver in the 02 cycle, so he was theoretically in the running for a bronze along with Goegbel, Eldridge, Weiss, Abt and Honda). Regarding Orser in 84, he came in as the reigning world bronze medallist so he was definite contender for the podium, though I don't think anyone imagined he's challenge Scott as strongly as he did in light of his porr histpry with figures to that point. Other Canadian men whose legacies have likely conrtibuted to the super push for Chan are of course Cranston who was co-favorite in 76 with Curry, and Buttle who could have placed better in Turin ahead of Lambiel and had he been totally clean and landed his quads, could have challenged Plushy IMO. Of course Chan blew up in Vancouver. So in reality, the only Olympics since 76 where Canada has not suffered major disappointment is 1980 when they had no real medal contenders.
This x 100.
And Scott has hip action? I've yet to see it. Look, no one in the world right now can portray "romance on ice" better than him, but sexy ain't in his wheelhouse.
While I agree it wasn't the greatest short dance, I think keeping "Temptation" was the correct move - it sets the scene for the Rhumba beautifully, in a way that Hip Hip or Mujeur Latina wouldn't.