Brennan: Why U.S. figure skating has fallen

[mrrice]

Regarding development, I feel like American lady REALLY needs to take gold or silver in Boston.
Win is an obvious interest boost for World Champion, with second place you can build the whole USvs narration, fascinating heads-up game, but bronze won't make much of a difference when it comes to attracting people. It'd be just nice accolade in individual skating dossier and overall stats improvement.

I have a question for our Canadian friends. How big was the impact on Canadian Skating when Liz Manley took the Silver in 1988? I mean didn't it happen during the Battle of the Brian's?