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mossman@dipso.Berkeley.EDU (Amy Mossman) writes:

>I was looking over the standings for the Pairs at the Nationals and
>notcied that Jenny Meno and Todd Sand are now skating togther. Does
>anybody know what happened to Natasha Kucichii (former partner of
>Todd Sand and my fave US pair) and Scott Wedland (former partner
>of Jenny Meno)? In the what happened to category, I also wondered
>if Chris Bowman is still skating. Last I heard he had dumped
>Toller Cranston (or was it the other way around) and was back in
>California. I really enjoyed his skating when he paying attention
>to it. I would give him my vote as the most sad waste of a great
>talent. Sort of the John MacEnroe of Skating but more tempermental.

>Amy Mossman



About Christopher Bowman, I saw him o ABC this moring yesterday.  He said that
he has already turned pro and skating with the Ice Capades!  And, he is 
seriously considerig re-instatement to enter the 1994 Olympic!  Now, a question raised in my head.  I wonder how many skater from each country is allowed to 
sent to the 1994 Olympic.  Since, a lot of pro are thinking about the entering,
like Boitano, Hamilton, Bowman, Witt and.....may be Yamaguchi?



Venus

In article <C1Bsvz.EqD@news.cso.uiuc.edu> vs55212@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (Venus Sinn ) writes:
> Now, a question raised in my head.  I wonder how many skater from 
> each country is allowed to sent to the 1994 Olympic.  Since, a 
> lot of pro are thinking about the entering, like Boitano, Hamilton, 
> Bowman, Witt and.....may be Yamaguchi?
>

I'll take a stab at this one, although please correct me if I'm wrong:

For the world championships, I think it's two from most countries, 
and 3 if a country had a world medalist in the previous year. This 
is why we are sending two in all categories except the ladies, since 
we had a world medalist (2 in fact) last year only in the ladies
competition. Paul Wylie's Olympic silver medal did not enable us to
send 3 men to this year's worlds.  I am assuming the 94 Olympics will 
be the same, and the number of competitors we send will be based on 
this years world championships.

Mary

Amy Mossman (mossman@dipso.Berkeley.EDU) wrote:
: I was looking over the standings for the Pairs at the Nationals and
: notcied that Jenny Meno and Todd Sand are now skating togther. Does
: anybody know what happened to Natasha Kucichii (former partner of
: Todd Sand and my fave US pair) and Scott Wedland (former partner
: of Jenny Meno)? In the what happened to category, I also wondered
: if Chris Bowman is still skating. Last I heard he had dumped
: Toller Cranston (or was it the other way around) and was back in
: California. I really enjoyed his skating when he paying attention
: to it. I would give him my vote as the most sad waste of a great
: talent. Sort of the John MacEnroe of Skating but more tempermental.

	Having just gotten back from the Nationals -- here's what I heard:

Natasha Kuchiki skated in Senior (they called them Championship) Ladies.
Her short program was a disaster -- popped two required jumps -- to end
up in 19th out of 19.  She skated a beautiful long program that brought her up 
to 12th overall (the long was 9th).  She is skating singles (according to 
her) to keep her name before the judges until she can find another
partner.  She doesn't want to discuss (or talk to) Sand.
	Wendland was nowhere to be seen, but is reportedly looking for
a new partner.
	Meno and Sand look very happy together (at the competitors' party
Saturday night) and skated to a very comfortable second.
	Your information on Bowman is little out of date.  He moved to
Costa Mesa (Orange County, south of LA) to skate and train with John
Nix, who put him on the ice last year when he won the National title.
He has turned pro and is skating with Ice Capades (who incidentally
owns the Costa Mesa rink).  I talked to Nix and he says that Bowman says
that he will reinstatement, but Nix is not holding his breath -- Bowman
likes the show circuit too much.  Also, Kristie has stated that she
won't reinstate.
	I will try to right more of my impression of Phoenix tomorrow
(or today, since it is after midnight) when I have gotten a little sleep.
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