Recent content by timwarpingout

And even if they return Federer has about as much shot at #21 as Billie Jean King has of returning to singles and winning a slam. Nadal is pretty much done too, but still has a sort of fighting shot at RG for now I guess.

Witt's figures sucked for a top skater. I doubt they were even that much better than Ito's. Probably better, but only marginally. She definitely got some massive help by her massive name in the sport, plus a then strong federation.

The answer to how Orser came so close to winning in 88 is fairly obvious. Reigning World Champion at Olympics in his home country. Same reason Boitano was so overscored in the LP at the 87 worlds too. The sport was even more political back then. Wylie's 92 performance gets pretty overrated...

Honestly any of them this century weren't that impressive, so obviously it is one from the 80s or 90s. In terms of courage and guts Stojko 98 would be the easy winner. In terms of qualify of the performance Orser in 88 should be a fairly easy winner. He wasn't completely perfect, but...

I felt so bad for Pechelat & Bourzat. What a buzzsaw and impossible situation for them to run into.

Maybe it is not fair to judge them too much for it, since politics were probably in play, but my opinion of A&P is also affected in that they couldn't even dominate and regularly stay on top post K&O's injury. They were challenged by each of Fusar Poli & Margalio, Lobacheva & Averbuhk, and...

I am surprised Anissina & Peizerat even have 7 votes. They were great and I loved them, but technically they are well below the level of the 5 teams who have more votes than them. Their twizzles were very raggedly done for a top tier championship team. Still glad they got votes and...

I think it would probably be Usova & Zhulin in 92. That year was a super deep field, and even if their free dance wasn't loaded with content per say, it was still a great overall program and performance, as their performances in each phase were. I had them beating the Duchensays in fact, even...

IMO Blumberg & Seibert were robbed of silver that year in fact.

I agree to a large extent, although their drop down in 2005 which greatly hurt their 2006 chances was largely their own fault. Horrible programs and packaging that year. And if we are being realistic if you drop well down in the rankings the season before the Olympic season, you aren't going...

Exactly. And while 1 popped triple to a double isn't the same thing, it still shows IMO doubling a major solo triple to a double can't really be considered clean. It is like if you can't consider 4 falls clean, you can't consider 1 fall clean.

It has to be either Usova & Zhulin or Krylova & Ovsiannikov. Can't really pick Denkova & Stayviski when there wasn't even an Olympics they were a gold contender at, and arguably no Olympics they were even favored to win a medal of any color (contender for a medal in 2006, but not sure if...

So if a skater does almost all doubles when they were meant to be triples, that is a clean skate?

Not sure why Kwan is leading this poll. Definitely would not be the winner in a head to head competition of all these, and was not one of the best personal performances either given that she skated way better numerous times that same season, which is why I presume Kerrigan gets a lot of votes...

Also what would he have left to return for? After he wins the OGM (presumably), he has dominated for 5-6 years, and won everything. Nothing really to chase, let alone with such big goals in real life things. Would be kind of pointless. His legacy would be more than secure. If there was a...