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SmallFairy
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I love a good comeback, and I love skaters sticking around for a long time, developing as they mature. Some have exeptionally long careers, some of them from smaller nations skating wise, where the competition isn't that fierce.
Some skaters won a medal at a big championship (GP not included) and then couldn't repeat the feat until years later, but when they finally did, it was such a great moment, both for them and the fans. They where regarded for not giving up and their hard work paid off.
To my mind comes two Ukraine skaters, freakin' Elena Liashenko (queen) won bronze at Euros in 1995. Her next medal was a silver in 2004, almost ten years. She was always in the mix in the meantime, but couldn't quite reach the podium. (Not even with that stellar Grieg-program. She and Maniachenko was always robbed
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Dmitri Dmitrenko won Euros in 1993, then was known as kind of obscure for years, doing his own choreo too, in often weird costumes (so voidy, I loved him), then he won a bronze at Euros 2000, beating out lots of younger guys. That was a very sweet moment.
Who else is there? Keep 'em coming!
Some skaters won a medal at a big championship (GP not included) and then couldn't repeat the feat until years later, but when they finally did, it was such a great moment, both for them and the fans. They where regarded for not giving up and their hard work paid off.
To my mind comes two Ukraine skaters, freakin' Elena Liashenko (queen) won bronze at Euros in 1995. Her next medal was a silver in 2004, almost ten years. She was always in the mix in the meantime, but couldn't quite reach the podium. (Not even with that stellar Grieg-program. She and Maniachenko was always robbed
)Dmitri Dmitrenko won Euros in 1993, then was known as kind of obscure for years, doing his own choreo too, in often weird costumes (so voidy, I loved him), then he won a bronze at Euros 2000, beating out lots of younger guys. That was a very sweet moment.
Who else is there? Keep 'em coming!
