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- Nov 12, 2013
But that is the other skater's choice also.
And I'm grateful for it. If all skaters returned to old programs, FS would be quite boring. To me, if not to others. I have the deepest respect for skaters who come up with a new program each season, even if it doesn't work in the end and they have to return to the old one.
And continuing with an old program can be just as difficult as getting a new one. Imagine the pressure Jason would have faced from the judges and audiences if he'd reprised Riverdance.
I am still not following. Both skaters are subject to the same pressure IMO - one needs to present it better than last season, the other is anxious if the new program would work at all. Same thing in my eyes, if not in favor of the first skater who at least knows how their program was received last year, and what to refine to make it work better. And I'm still not seeing how tweaking and perfecting something already ingrained can be compared to learning a completely new program, with even less time to prepare due to putting together music & basic structure first.