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IIRC, the reason why Kurt was able to win 1991 Trophée Lalique despite two less-than-stellar performances was because the skater who won the SP fell apart in the long while the skater who won the LP was too far behind after the SP to move up. Since Kurt finished second in both programs, he won overall. Urmanov and Zagorodniuk placed second and third at that event, but I can't remember how either one of them skated (that was a very poorly-skated event overall, IIRC).
The event where Kurt forgot his program was 1996 Ultimate Four (one of the first pro-ams). It was the first time Kurt had skated an ISU-style short program in years and one of the judges gave him a mark of 2.5--the lowest score I've ever seen in a skating competition. Probably the lowest mark Kurt's ever seen, too (at least for one of his own programs).
Other performances on my "disastrous competitive programs" list would be:
Kurt's 1994 Olympics SP (enough said!)
Josée Chouinard: 1993 and 1994 Worlds LP (both years, she was in a wonderful position for a medal after the SP, but just fell apart during the LP)
B&E: 1992 Olympics and Worlds LP (even though they medalled at both events, you would have never guessed it from watching those programs!)
B&K: 2002 Olympics FD (it's sooo rare to see ice dancers fall and for B&K, that fall couldn't have happened at a worse possible time)
Laetitia Hubert: 1992 Olympics LP
both of Nicole Bobek's 1998 Olympics programs
the entire Canadian women's event: 1995 to 1998
As for S&P's 2000 Worlds LP, the most heartbreaking thing for me was not the performance itself (like someone else said, there were no falls and none of the three pairs who finished ahead of them skated cleanly, either, IIRC), but the fact that if Jamie had successfully landed even one of those SBS jump attempts, that could have made the difference between S&P winning gold at that event and not winning a medal at all.
The event where Kurt forgot his program was 1996 Ultimate Four (one of the first pro-ams). It was the first time Kurt had skated an ISU-style short program in years and one of the judges gave him a mark of 2.5--the lowest score I've ever seen in a skating competition. Probably the lowest mark Kurt's ever seen, too (at least for one of his own programs).
Other performances on my "disastrous competitive programs" list would be:
Kurt's 1994 Olympics SP (enough said!)
Josée Chouinard: 1993 and 1994 Worlds LP (both years, she was in a wonderful position for a medal after the SP, but just fell apart during the LP)
B&E: 1992 Olympics and Worlds LP (even though they medalled at both events, you would have never guessed it from watching those programs!)
B&K: 2002 Olympics FD (it's sooo rare to see ice dancers fall and for B&K, that fall couldn't have happened at a worse possible time)
Laetitia Hubert: 1992 Olympics LP
both of Nicole Bobek's 1998 Olympics programs
the entire Canadian women's event: 1995 to 1998
As for S&P's 2000 Worlds LP, the most heartbreaking thing for me was not the performance itself (like someone else said, there were no falls and none of the three pairs who finished ahead of them skated cleanly, either, IIRC), but the fact that if Jamie had successfully landed even one of those SBS jump attempts, that could have made the difference between S&P winning gold at that event and not winning a medal at all.