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- From: htr@world.std.com (Helena T Robinson)
- Subject: Re: Skate America comments
- Message-ID: <BxsBpF.D2n@world.std.com>
- Summary: Reputation...reputation...
- Organization: The World Public Access UNIX, Brookline, MA
- References: <1992Nov6.160716.18333@dvorak.amd.com> <1992Nov9.191321.13641@photon.com>
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- Date: Mon, 16 Nov 1992 01:20:02 GMT
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- In article <1992Nov9.191321.13641@photon.com> wmc@photon.com (Bill Cornette) writes (in part):
- > However, it appears that the judges (and rightly so, IMHO) have
- >penalized Tanya for continually failing in her triple axel attempts. I
- >feel that they have been try to tell her that a triple axel is great,
- >but don't attempt it unless you can consistently land it.
- >... Everyone blows a
- >jump from time to time (particularly a triple axel!), but I feel that a
- >move should not be attempted unless the chances of landing it are pretty
- >good.
- > Anybody else's comments?
-
- Looks like it boils down to reputation as much as anything else, a common
- factor in judging. Tonya hit the triple axel the one time it counted (that
- first time, that is), and so she set herself up for that lofty expectation.
- Technically speaking, the technical merit mark is supposed to reflect what
- the skater actually does (hence all those disclaiming comments that turning
- a planned triple into a double is "ok"), but not completing an attempted
- triple is certainly going to be deducted. If a skater is known for completing
- a particular jump and fails, he/she is likely to be hurt - unless the
- reputation is so stellar that it can transcend such marks (witness Peggy
- Fleming landing her first jump into the boards at the Worlds in '68 after
- winning the Olympic gold).
-
- More later, I suppose...
- Helena Robinson
- htr@world.std.com
-