Re: Ice Wars

"Lorrie Kim" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> >Oksana Baiul seems to be well along the road to recovery.
>
> She looked much steadier in both programs and it was so nice to
> see her skate without having a breakdown (phew).  I wonder how many women,
> pro or eligible, are faster on the ice than she is.  Maybe none.

I was thinking the same thing. All those years she was wandering around the
ice like a lost diva caused me to forget how fast she could be when she's
on.

> Even in a not-so-good Browning program, the footwork shines.  I
> went "grr" when they talked about how he learned from Scott Hamilton.
> This blatant construction (as far as I can tell, with Browning's
> permission) of Browning as secondary to Hamilton has always annoyed me.
> Browning's footwork is better and IMO it's not even close, and most of it
> is unique and couldn't possibly have been learned from Hamilton.  There
> are major areas in which Hamilton is better -- competitive nerves (and
> record) and triple lutz, for example -- but footwork isn't one of them.

Again, I was thinking the exact same thing. Aside from being great
entertainers, Browning and Hamilton are nothing alike. That should be a
*good* thing, right?

--Ruth