"Skating's Greatest Moments" - Parade Magazine 2/7/2010

[Isk8NYC]

Great article in Parade Magazine today by writer Sally Jenkins.

My favorite line was: "How many athletes do you know who can perform a triple jump and land on a kitchen knife?"
http://www.parade.com/news/2010/02/07-greatest-moments-in-skating.html (http://www.parade.com/news/2010/02/07-greatest-moments-in-skating.html)

The Parade.com website has several classic figure skating performances on video as well:
http://www.parade.com/news/2010/02/07-skating-videos.html (http://www.parade.com/news/2010/02/07-skating-videos.html)

[Mel On Ice]

you beat me to that line! I thought the article was well-written, although the typical performances were chosen.

[Isk8NYC]

you beat me to that line! I thought the article was well-written, although the typical performances were chosen.You can use it too - there's no law against it. I think there's been similar quotes made in the past, but I liked the "kitchen knife" analogy.

I was just thinking the same thing - they picked the "safe" moments: Torvill & Dean, Katerina Witt, Brian Boitano, Sarah Hughes, and Gordeeva & Grinkov. But they focused on Olympic Gold medalists.

I think Zhang & Zhang's throw quad that slammed her to the ice like she'd been body-checked was inspiring. Talk about courage: to get back up and finish with a Silver - incredible.

I hope we see some inspiring performances this year too.