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Gary Beacom,...
Gary Beacom,...
Just to put a fine point on your DB remarks, he did and tried to do so much for skating after he left am. comp, just like Scott Hamilton did.....I am not going to try and pick between those two!
In this respect, the ISU has guaranteed that there will never be another Surya, by outlawing this move.
Unless you mean. will there ever be another skater who does it at the Olympics anyway.
I am pretty sure that backflip was disallowed in Surya's time. She did it with landing on one foot to do something ballsy and to troll them all. Surya also in my opinion wanted to entertain crowd and to ridicule judges out there who effectively dismissed her in the past as well as in SP in the same competition. Technically her move was legal.
In this respect, the ISU has guaranteed that there will never be another Surya, by outlawing this move.
Unless you mean. will there ever be another skater who does it at the Olympics anyway.
Backflip has always been discredited on account of its two footed landing. So Surya showed them up with her one foot landing backflip. She knew the judges would not let her win anyway, so yeah, a backflip landed on one foot right in front of the Olympic judges. Of course, this was not the only time she showed her defiance. Remember how she refused her medal?
I think this is the first general thread EVER where I agree with everyone's responses AND keep having more to add myself. :
Artur Dimitriev - 2-time Olympic Champion with 2 different partners
Elena Liashenko - queen of telegraphing jumps (frankly I don't remember anything else about her skating)
Keep it going!
Someone else who had a longer career than anyone expected - Fumie Suguri. She was the first internationally-successful ladies skater from Japan since Yuka, and now there are so many good ladies from Japan. She started the wave, much like B&A did for U.S. ice dance.As for the King of telegraphing jumps I'll never forget Sergey Davydov representing Belarus from the past. He can put Liashenko to shame. As for Elena ... I can't say that I was a fan but I liked her speed & big jumps Her career was also much longer than in most cases, so kudos for longevity.
Someone else who had a longer career than anyone expected - Fumie Suguri. She was the first internationally-successful ladies skater from Japan since Yuka, and now there are so many good ladies from Japan. She started the wave, much like B&A did for U.S. ice dance.
I like this thread, so I'm back for a second comment.
There will never be another Irina Rodnina.
3 Olympic Gold Medals.
11 European Championship Gold Medals.
10 World Championship Gold Medals.
That's a pretty spiffy competitive record.
Well, if we're only talking results then, well okay... I always thought she was a graceless, ungainly skater (she did inherit the throne after the Protopopovs).
For me, Toller Cranston, Robin Cousins, Midori Ito, Gordeeva, Sasha Cohen, and Plushenko.
Well, if we're only talking results then, well okay... I always thought she was a graceless, ungainly skater (she did inherit the throne after the Protopopovs).
For me, Toller Cranston, Robin Cousins, Midori Ito, Gordeeva, Sasha Cohen, and Plushenko.
Yuzuru Hanyu. Love him, hate him, be indifferent. he's one of a kind, that's for sure.
Although I'd be glad to be wrong, and one day see another skater who combines the most powerful jumps with an unashamed feminity.