- Joined
- Oct 27, 2004
I don't think it's necessary to have 6'4" x 4'10" to have a beautiful pair team but the bravura fans need wow throws and higher than average arm lifts. Beautiful rapport be damned. Super High Throws and Super High Lifts, and that's Pairs, imo.That was a good article. I do think it's interesting however when teams cite the size different as a factor in staying together. It shows you how much the sport has changed. Tai Babilonia and Randy Gardner were close in height yet still had beautiful lifts and tricks. Of course that was a long time ago and the sport is much more difficult now.
If pairs skating were mostly wow throws and lifts, then Dorota Zagorska and Mariusz Siudek would be the defending world champions. Their lifts were second to none and she stuck the throws more often than not.
Sadly, they were defeated often by side by side jumps and spins.
Linny