At the time, I was excited that S/P won, and I loved their Love Story program. But as time has gone on (and I've learned so much from you guys), I see why so many people preferred Bereshnaya and Sikharulidze. I too have the book The Second Mark, and I should reread it now that I have all this new understanding. Also, it will be interesting to reread it now that we can see what kinds of skaters Shen and Zhao turned out to be. In 2002 they were not yet the refined, emotionally open skaters they later became, especially in comparison to Elena and Anton.