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1 total messages Started by Cameron Kaszas Mon, 25 Jan 1993 23:08

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Author: Cameron Kaszas
Date: Mon, 25 Jan 1993 23:08

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> The Nationals is not just another competition.  It is a declaration that
> "You are the best in your country for all of 1992".  The judges attempt
> to award the title to the best skater, not just the skater with the best
> performance that day.  I'm not saying this is fair, but that's how it
> is.

I was at Nationals in Denver in 1988.  The Men's competition
went well past midnight, and most of the top skaters were
noticeably fatigued (Boitano and Bowman, in particular).
Wylie got a lot of support from the crowd and skated the
most inspired performance of the night, and clearly should have
won the long.  He didn't.

With Boitano expected to be our best shot at Olympic
gold, the judges really HAD to give him the title!  How would it 
look for our top man to not even win his own Nationals?  What 
really fueled this controversy was that Boitano got a 6.0 after
falling out of and putting his hand down on a jump, as well as
a couple other slight bobbles.  The 6.0 caused quite a stir
with the crowd, it even drew some boos.  It seemed clear to me
that he was just being set up as positively as possible for
his battle with Orser...

Cam Kaszas

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