Trixi Schuba DID have a double axel!! 1971 documentary interview.

[skatesindreams]

Oh, dear!

 

[giselle23]

Trixi was a "big girl"--even a tad overweight (I read an article that Ice Capades made her lose something like 25 pounds when she went on tour after winning the Olympics). She may have worked hard on her free skating, just to get it to the level that she did. Trixi wanted to win gold and knew her figures were the only way she could get it.

Toller Cranston mentioned that, despite her insurmountable lead in each competition, Trixi was actually underscored in figures... she was that good.

The media hype was all about Janet vs. Trixi, but Janet was never 2nd to her. Even if you take Trixi out of the picture, Janet would still have been beaten regularly by Karen Magnussen.

It wasn't Trixi. It was figures. Janet won the free skate at the Olympics, so without figures, she would have won gold.

 

[Vagabond]

Jutta Mueller looks like Ellen Burstyn in Requiem for a Dream before pill-popping took its toll. She also could be your favorite aunt sometime in the early 70s

She might be someone's favorite aunt, but she wrecked her own daughter's coaching career by poaching her star pupil!

(((((Gabriele Seyfert)))))

 

[olympic]

She might be someone's favorite aunt, but she wrecked her own daughter's coaching career by poaching her star pupil!

(((((Gabriele Seyfert)))))

Ah. Yeah. I forgot about that incident. I was judging Frau Mueller based on her looks / demeanor in the video.

Was that Anett Poetzsch that Mueller took from Gaby?

 

[Vagabond]

Ah. Yeah. I forgot about that incident. I was judging Frau Mueller based on her looks / demeanor in the video.

Was that Anett Poetzsch that Mueller took from Gaby?

It was.

Never judge a book by its cover or an aunt by her looks and demeanor.