adrianchew
04-07-2002, 10:27 PM
http://deseretnews.com/dn/view/0,1249,380010986,00.html?
[quote:471d648984]Yagudin is taking his status quite seriously. Unlike his predecessors as Olympic champion, Alexei Urmanov and Ilia Kulik, who quickly disappeared from the competitive scene, Yagudin understands he is the leader of a highly skilled generation that appears ready to stretch the boundaries of the sport.
He talks about performing once-outlandish moves such as a quadruple axel or even a quad-quad combination. He wants to expand his musical horizons, perhaps incorporating hip-hop and other modern pieces, not using just classical themes.[/quote:471d648984]
[quote:471d648984]Yagudin is taking his status quite seriously. Unlike his predecessors as Olympic champion, Alexei Urmanov and Ilia Kulik, who quickly disappeared from the competitive scene, Yagudin understands he is the leader of a highly skilled generation that appears ready to stretch the boundaries of the sport.
He talks about performing once-outlandish moves such as a quadruple axel or even a quad-quad combination. He wants to expand his musical horizons, perhaps incorporating hip-hop and other modern pieces, not using just classical themes.[/quote:471d648984]