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- Dec 18, 2003
JonnyCoop said:Maria, to me, was one of those skaters who's "great on the ground, scary in the air", much like Silvia Fontana. She IMO never got enough credit for the way her skating flowed (around a lot of stiff-legged jump landings, granted) and especially for her hand and arm positioning. I really wanted to see her medal in SLC, but she gave one of her worst performances there. "17 Moments in Spring" (her long program in 99-00 and 00-01 is one of my all-time favorite Ladies long programs. It is surprising how few truly ELEGANT skaters we see among the ladies, and Maria was one of them.
You have really summed it up - ITA with your opinion. I just watched her SP from 2000 World's today, and am going to watch it again. Her Otonal from 99 Worlds nearly brought me to tears yesterday. I wonder if Johnny was influenced at all by that performance when he chose that music.
DG