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- Jun 21, 2003
About Janet Lynn, to me it sounds like that the issue was with the system then, Janet Lynn was just a glaring example. And the actual issue was the the score in school figures - a.k.a. compulsory - result wasn't really delivered to spectators well.
Everything is politics. hwell:
The real impetus for eliminating figures from international competitions came from the smaller federations. The change was opposed by the figures powerhouses, the U.S.A. and Russia (I'm not sure about Canada?). The point was that the smaller federations could not afford to maintain a nationanwide system of support for young skaters practicing figures hour after hour. With just free skating, a talented youngster could literally jump her way into the spotlight.
In this instance all the little guys successfully ganged up on the big guys and got their way.