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scatcat, Welcome to Golden Skate! We hope you have fun posting here.
a question from a non-Australian... do australian skate fans not get annoyed/concerned when skaters who grow up and learn the sport in Australia are passed over by others from abroad for the worlds/olympics? We spent our summer in Sydney and my daughter skated at Canterbury. We were generally impressed with the quality of the competitive skaters (though frightened that they were sharing the ice with real beginners!)... We watched Ms Kerry train (and compete in skate down under) and are just curious if Australians are not frustrated when the olympic spot goes to someone who is really from the States. Do you think this negatively impacts on the growth of the sport in Australia? Just curious...
a question from a non-Australian... do australian skate fans not get annoyed/concerned when skaters who grow up and learn the sport in Australia are passed over by others from abroad for the worlds/olympics? We spent our summer in Sydney and my daughter skated at Canterbury. We were generally impressed with the quality of the competitive skaters (though frightened that they were sharing the ice with real beginners!)... We watched Ms Kerry train (and compete in skate down under) and are just curious if Australians are not frustrated when the olympic spot goes to someone who is really from the States. Do you think this negatively impacts on the growth of the sport in Australia? Just curious...
Tanith Belbin was born Canadian. Looking back at the way Tanith and her partner Ben Agosto inspired our currentwonderful crop of US born dancers, it's plain to see that her effect on US ice dance had been both tremendous & positive
yes, agreed. But its not always so straightforward... Remember Punsalan and Swallow lobbying Congress to essentially delay Gorsha Sur's citizenship so that he and R Roca would not be olympic eligible. Perhaps it all speaks to the silliness of having athletes represent countries.
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...oh, and they top the ad off with the famous footage and Steve Bradbury saying, "And remember, anything can happen!" with a big cheeky wink.
I hope 10 shows some skating and not just snowboarding and the other sports Australia usually do well in. At the moment, I've seen no figure skating related adverts except for a tiny clip of Torvill and Dean at the end of one of their adverts about skiing. Ah well, I guess we can only cross our fingers!