Salt Lake Olympics (was: Skates)

[Trina]

Haggridd wrote:

> I watch skating only during the Olympics, or between the Super Bowl 
> and spring training, but Tara Lipinski outshone everyone on the ice 
> in Salt Lake City.  She performed with joy and awe. If you want to 
> keep a cumulative rankings for figure skating, as in tennis, that's 
> fine, but don't cheat on the scores to give the favorites an 
> undeserved medal.  If the favorite has a unusually bad night, 
> the "them's the breaks".  On that night, the kid was the best in 
show.


Tara Lipinski was *not* at the Salt Lake Olympics, as she turned pro 
shortly after the Nagano Olympics, where, IMO, she did rob Michelle 
of the gold.  At that time she did not have the artistic level she 
does now (although I still can't stand her!) but her edges and 
extensions just were not there in '98.  

That said, Sarah Hughes totally deserved her unexpected gold in Salt 
Lake.  I felt bad for Michelle's poor skate,but her loss of gold 
wasn't as wrenching as 4 years earlier.  

Trina, avid skating fan