parallel podiums

thisthingcalledlove said:

Ice Dance parallel podium (Olympic podiums...this one should be easy)

Gold- First Olympic gold medal
Silver- Russian team skating in weird costumes
Third- Non-Russian World Champion

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Littlewild1 said:

2002 Olympics
Gold - Anissina and Peizerat
Silver - Lobacheva and Averbukh
Bronze - Fusar-Poli and Margaglio

Am I right?

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JonnyCoop said:

I'm thinking the other would have to be Lillehammer

Gold - Gritshuk & Platov (1st OMG)
Silver- Usova & Zhulin (Russians, weird costumes; tho that hardly narrows much down... )
Bronze - Torvill & Dean

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thisthingcalledlove said:

New one...

Pairs (Easy one)

1- European champion of that year
2- Olympic champions from the last olympics
3- North Americans

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Ptichka said:

Another easy one:

Gold: A Tarasova student
Silver: An American who has skater to Romeo and Juliet (though not necessarily in that competition)
Bronze: An Asian (or Asian American) skater.

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dewet said:

2002 World Figure Skating Championships


Gold-14 letters in their name
Silver-competed in more than eight Worlds
Bronze-Russian

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JonnyCoop said:

OK, here we go....

Gold: One time World Champion (whose Worlds Gold was their only Worlds medal)
Silver: Lady known considerably more for jumping ability than artistry
Bronze: Two Time World Bronze Medallist

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dewet said:

Gold-14 letters in their name
Silver-competed in more than eight Worlds
Bronze-Russian

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JonnyCoop said:

Andy and thingcalledlove:

You're both correct! (Well, except for the typo, thingcalledlove )

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thisthingcalledlove said:

Here's another (and I swear, I'm going to try to answer yours, icenut84!)

Gold- Went from 7th to first
Silver- Last name has four letters
Bronze- 2x world bronze medalist

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JonnyCoop said:

This one is 82 Worlds:

Gold-Elaine Zayak (went from 7th to 1st; I remember this well; never saw so much splatting and stumbling around in my life)
Silver-Katarina Witt
Bronze-Claudia Kristofics-Binder

And Last season's Cup of China:

Gold - Elena Liashenko
Silver-Yoshie Onda
Bronze-Fumie Suguri

I'm working on yours, too, icenut!

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icenut84 said:

I thought of a new parellel podium (Should be tricky, lol)

Gold - turned a standard move into their trademark
Silver - won two Olympic medals
Bronze - from a former Soviet nation, and performs moves requiring back flexibility

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Bruin714 said:

I think Worlds 1996...
GOLD: Michelle Kwan (Spiral)
SILVER: Chen Lu (won Bronze in 1994 and 1998)
BRONZE: Irina Slutzskaya (Belliman Spin)


Yes? No?

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