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- Jun 21, 2003
This article was widely circulated last week (I read it in three different newspapers including the New York Times). It is from the point of view of the casual fan rather than of the figure skating aficionado.
http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/sports/12972978.htm
"For those under the impression that figure skating exists only two weeks every four years - and even for those who know a lutz from a loofah - the women's final at the Olympics is almost the sole reason for the fuss. The other disciplines, men's, pairs and ice dancing, are each interesting in their own way (except for the ice dancing, naturally), but it is the women who pay the bills and transform the Olympics into something other than a skiing tournament with some odd Scandinavian hobbies thrown into the mix.
"Without Kwan and Cohen, Skate America was regrettably more like Snooze America....
What was left of the women's competition, along with acres of empty seats, can be seen in condensed form Sunday (1 p.m. EDT, ABC) if the NFL games get tedious or if you have a hankering to assess the development of Alissa Czisny and Yoshie Onda.
"Sadly, the most interesting aspect of Skate America was a firsthand study of the sport's arcane new judging system. (And you thought your weekend was a downer.)"
PS. If you don't want to register, click here
http://news.google.com/news?hl=en&ned=us&q=skate+america&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&start=30
then scroll down about halfway and click on "Is figure skating's new scoring system an improvement?"
http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/sports/12972978.htm
"For those under the impression that figure skating exists only two weeks every four years - and even for those who know a lutz from a loofah - the women's final at the Olympics is almost the sole reason for the fuss. The other disciplines, men's, pairs and ice dancing, are each interesting in their own way (except for the ice dancing, naturally), but it is the women who pay the bills and transform the Olympics into something other than a skiing tournament with some odd Scandinavian hobbies thrown into the mix.
"Without Kwan and Cohen, Skate America was regrettably more like Snooze America....
What was left of the women's competition, along with acres of empty seats, can be seen in condensed form Sunday (1 p.m. EDT, ABC) if the NFL games get tedious or if you have a hankering to assess the development of Alissa Czisny and Yoshie Onda.
"Sadly, the most interesting aspect of Skate America was a firsthand study of the sport's arcane new judging system. (And you thought your weekend was a downer.)"
PS. If you don't want to register, click here
http://news.google.com/news?hl=en&ned=us&q=skate+america&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&start=30
then scroll down about halfway and click on "Is figure skating's new scoring system an improvement?"
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