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- Jun 18, 2011
Do you remember the World Professional Figure Skating Championships that were televised in December, usually from the Capitol Centre in Landover Maryland? The first of these competitions, I believe, was televised around 1980, and then remained a staple of NBC sports for nearly a decade. Some of the finest champion skaters - turned pro- competed - a virtual "who's who" of the skating world. Some of these wonderful skaters were - Dorothy Hamill, Linda Fratianne, Ludmilla & Oleg Protopopov, Barbara Underhill and Paul Martini, Brian Boitano, Brian Orser, Robin Cousins, Scott Hamilton, Tai Babilonia and Randy Gardner, Kitty & Peter Carruthers, etc. So many GREAT performances!! Every time the judges awarded '10', the crowd roared its approval.
I never did attend any of these events in person, and I'd love to hear from anyone who was fortunate enough to have attended them.
The first of these events included two group skates - the 'all stars' (newly turned pro skaters who turned pro after the 1980 season) and 'pro stars' (pro skaters who were a bit older and still sharp and great performers).
I never did attend any of these events in person, and I'd love to hear from anyone who was fortunate enough to have attended them.
The first of these events included two group skates - the 'all stars' (newly turned pro skaters who turned pro after the 1980 season) and 'pro stars' (pro skaters who were a bit older and still sharp and great performers).