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I know it didn't happen in 2001-2002 but I was curious how many times the winner of the previous WC went on to win the Olys? Tara Lipinski did. Who else?
------------------------------------------------------------doubleaxelcm said:I know it didn't happen in 2001-2002 but I was curious how many times the winner of the previous WC went on to win the Olys? Tara Lipinski did. Who else?
Ximena said:I read somewhere that with the men has happened the opposite? the one who had won worlds previous Olys had not won Oly?
(me hoping this curse breaks soon!!)
RealtorGal said:I wonder why Don McPherson didn't stick around for one more year to go for Olympic gold. Kind of odd timing for retiring...
Let's hope he breaks the curse... I can't see anyone beating him at this point in the game, and it's only about 14? months before the Olympics.so if Plushenko wins in Moscow this year, he's going to have to try and break the curse, but the odds are against him.
Zanzibar said:(note to self: stick mic in Plushy's face.....)
Zanzibar said:No Russian man has won the world title and then gone on to win the Olympics - so if Plushenko wins in Moscow this year, he's going to have to try and break the curse, but the odds are against him. Muahahahaahhaaha....have to love those evil curses.
I wonder how many times someone will shove a microphone in his face and ask him about it....(note to self: stick mic in Plushy's face.....)
thisthingcalledlove said:He had finished 10th in the Olympics in1960, and only stuck around to try to win the world title. Kinda like Denise Biellmann in 1981 (I thought Denise could've won over Katarina Witt in 1984, when the figures counted for even LESS than they did in 1980)
Then again, he was really young (18) when he retired. He probably would've become the first Canadian men's singles skater to win...
It's never been a sport for the underprivileged especially at that time, and being anything but white was almost unheard of. Nowadays, the costs are still high for most skaters. Who can afford a PR man as well as all the other necessitities: coaching costs, choreography costs, rental of ice time, new skates, music splicing, costume design and execution, travel, etc., etc., etc.RealtorGal said:Okay, I just researched a bit and now understand that Don McPherson retired because his family didn't have the money for him to continue skating until the Olympics. He accepted an ice show contract in order to pay his father back--apparently he had sold his life insurance policy to pay for Don's skating expenses.
thisthingcalledlove said:Pairs skating has the same trend as the ladies; only three times has the world champion not won the OGM. In ice dance, only twice did the WC not win the OGM (Usova/Zhulin in 1994 and, most recently, Fusar-Poli/Margaglio)
thisthingcalledlove said:Quite true...with two exceptions
1967 WC Emmerich Danzer of AUT finishes 4th in the Olympics; countryman Wolfgang Schwarz wins OGM (like Alexei Urmanov, Wolfgang Schwarz could never win the WC's...