One of the Program Component categories that is probably easiest to compare in different eras is the Skating Skills (SS).
Which Olympic Ladies Gold Medallist would get the highest in SS?
View Poll Results: In PCS, which Olympic Gold Medallist gets the highest in Skating Skills?
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Dorothy Hamill
41 34.17% -
Anett Pötzsch
1 0.83% -
Katarina Witt
3 2.50% -
Kristi Yamaguchi
5 4.17% -
Oksana Baiul
6 5.00% -
Tara Lipinski
2 1.67% -
Sarah Hughes
1 0.83% -
Shizuka Arakawa
19 15.83% -
Yuna Kim
37 30.83% -
Other (please specify)
5 4.17%
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02-21-2013, 11:21 PM #1Registered User
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Which Olympic Ladies Gold Medallist would get the highest Skating Skills score?
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02-21-2013, 11:24 PM #2
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Trixie Schuba
I am in the K&C at the 1980 Olympics telling Frank Carroll he will have a male skater from KAZ with a 4T, 3A-3T and a World Silver going into the 2014 Olympics ...
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02-22-2013, 02:52 AM #3
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This question underscores the absurdity of having the components scored on an absolute vs. relative scale.
Clearly we all miss ranking and ordinals, because hierarchy and rankings are what skating thrives on.
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02-22-2013, 02:54 AM #4
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Poor Trixie is thrown into "Other".
Originally Posted by bardtoob
Trixie Schuba
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02-22-2013, 02:54 AM #5
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Dorothy Hamill gets my vote!
DH - and that's just my opinion
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02-22-2013, 04:52 AM #6
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Dorothy moved like buttah. I'm curious about how many of the poll respondents who have seen both of them skate in their prime voted for one vs. the other.
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02-22-2013, 05:00 AM #7Registered User
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Would Shizuka done well?
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Hamill without question. Pure edges. Even today, you can see the quality of her technique.
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02-22-2013, 07:59 AM #9Registered User
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Definitely Dorothy Hamill. Unbelievably smooth edge work.
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02-22-2013, 01:04 PM #10Registered User
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Dorothy Hamill.
Then Shizuka Arakawa and Yu-Na Kim.
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Peggy Fleming!
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