dee342
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Lenka Kulovana was a lovely skater! She struggled with the harder triples and could only do toe loops and salchows (maybe loop on a good day?) but she had great, strong basic and a classic style. AND she could do a 3toe3toe combo back in the days. The moment ladies was allowed to do 3,3s in the SP, Lenka found herself top six before the FS at Euros (1997?), skating in the final group. I think it was quite a shock to her, she wasn't used to the situation, and she had a bad performance in the FS, dropping like a stone. She disappeared after 1998 I think, not quite sure. IIRC Lenka was also the final skater in the SP at Lillehammer 94 Olympics. She skated a lovely, clean program, but got low marks due to lack of difficulty and the audience was not happy, booing the judges. I agreed she was lowballed, as I was no technique back then. Unfortunately I haven't seen the program since. (I was at the ladies sp live)
Zuzana Szwed I never saw live, but she was great at Euros 95, very powerful, and with a step seq on one foot covering the entire ice. Did she retire after that season?
Poland have had several strong ladies, it's worth looking into. Szwed, Anna Rechnio, Sabina Wojtala...
I remember that program from Zuzana Szwed. I think she skated to the Addams Family. That step sequence was impressive. I think I have that program on tape. Now I'll have to go look it up.
Sorry. My memory is failing me I was thinking of Krisztina Czako from Hungary with her Addams family program. She also had an impressive step sequence.
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