For very detailed articles and backstage photos, too, check out http://www.usfsa.org/event_details.asp?id=24164 --Sarah [Non-text portions of this message have...
Sarah Ramer
sramer@...
Mar 1, 2005 8:25 am
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Not that this would be enough to oust Speedie from the ISU, but we can can always hope. Mark, not a fan of Cinquanta ... come up. For whatever reason the CoP...
The pairs SP was probably a better event than I expected it to be. There appears to be 5 or 6 quality pairs and then a drop-off after that. In the pairs SP the...
david.forberg@...
Mar 1, 2005 5:51 am
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... I was thinking that if they had to set up a second residence in AZ, expenses could be more. If you move away from home, that doesn't mean you have given up...
Too bad our friend Speedie wasn't here to witness it! <G> After Amanda Billings skated it took 15 minutes for her marks to come up. For whatever reason the CoP...
david.forberg@...
Mar 1, 2005 4:41 am
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Here is a report on the ladies qualifying for Group A today at Jr. worlds. Mao Asada - LOVE HER LOVE HER LOVE HER!! She really is simply amazing. Everything is...
david.forberg@...
Mar 1, 2005 4:26 am
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Here is my report on the first ladies qualifying group today at Jr. worlds. As Sandra has already pointed out the qualifying round does not count towards the...
david.forberg@...
Mar 1, 2005 3:49 am
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S P O I L E R S P A C E Given that it is dubious at best to compare total scores between events, I find it interesting that Mao's qualifying score of 112.32...
In a message dated 2/25/2005 3:58:31 PM Mountain Standard Time, ... Actually, not being a very good jumper has the potential of making you a very good analyst....
... Messiner ... She didn't bomb in the short program. Today was the qualifying round, and she fell twice. According to Sandra, the qualifying round doesn't...
In a message dated 2/25/2005 12:39:42 PM Mountain Standard Time, ... o my goodness ..... was this at 7 Corners in Virginia, just outside Washington, D.C.? I...
... Well, pretty much. It will be interesting how serious ESPN is going to take Ms Messiner now that she's bombed in the short at Jr Worlds. Yesterday, she was...
In a message dated 2/24/2005 11:16:53 AM Mountain Standard Time, ... If skating is "sports news" then it is unethical for a purveyor of sports news to promote...
In a message dated 2/23/2005 2:22:07 PM Mountain Standard Time, ... Well, it seems to me that since there is only one version of CoP in use today, that when we...
... This is quite true. An excellent example of this would be last year's Greek Olympic baseball team, which was composed mostly (if not entirely) of Americans...
Trudi Marrapodi
trudee44081@...
Feb 28, 2005 11:50 pm
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Kathy Godfrey <kgodfrey@...> wrote: [name deleted] has a big lead even after it's discounted by 75%.... Except, as I previously noted, this year the rules...
Suppose that Ottavio Cinquanta came to agree with me that the current COP system was not substantially different in close cases to deciding placements by a...
http://www.isufs.org/results/wjc2005/SEG006.HTM and http://www.isufs.org/results/wjc2005/SEG005.HTM For the complete results. S P O I L E R S P A C E Emily...
... The idea is that we can expect at least 1, probably 2, and maybe 3 of the ladies on the Moscow podium to be on the Torino podium ... A key difference, for...
... No. According to the JS 09 Singles/Pairs Principles of Calculation document (at http://www.isu.org, click on Details under the ISU Judging System area at...
http://www.isu.org/vsite/vcontent/content/transnews/0,10869,4844-128590-19728-18885-159499-3787-4771-layout46-129898-news-item,00.html The Midnight Blues...
In the weekly Parade magazine, Marilyn vos Savant (who claims to have the worlds highest IQ) has a column of puzzler type Q&As. She's added, at least since the...
... move ... conclusions. ... I live in AZ and I can't imagine living expenses being more here than in CA. Here's an article from when they first moved to AZ...
Hi, Has anyone else had trouble accessing her tv schedule lately? I haven't been able to get to the page for a couple of weeks now. Sue Ann Taylor Another...
... If you look at the banner, each of the senior champions are wearing last season's outfits. I too have assumed that the banner would be updated soon now...
Lew, Sandra
slew@...
Feb 28, 2005 6:24 pm
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"iaustin_28" <Austin_I@...> wrote: Question: How are the qualifying round, technical program and free skate weighted under COP? Is it the same as in the...
... Since 1980, the number of ladies who medaled at the Olympics and had also been on the previous year's Worlds podium: 1980 -- 2 1984 -- 1 (Katarina Witt...
... Anyone who might have been hesitating because Cracked Ice was on back order, I got a shipment in Feb 25 and should have books for a good long time. Each...