Word: beacom
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Figure skaters can only wish for a competition as clean as a clock. The complaints over judging this time ran from Canadian Gary Beacom, declaring, "We're not trained monkeys, we're human beings," to American Michael Seibert, murmuring, "It hurts when it's your only chance for an Olympic medal." Partly because of the music they skated to, Seibert and Partner Judy Blumberg finished fourth, behind two sets of Soviets and the elegant British dancers Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean...
...gold medal, but it was not with the dominating performance with which he wanted to cap his career. The English ice-dancing couple, Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean, gave the Winter Olympics its first utterly flawless exhibition: nine perfect marks of 6.0 from nine judges. But Gary Beacom, a Canadian skater, became so enraged over his marks from the judges that he kicked the rinkside barrier. American Ice Dancers Judy Blumberg and Michael Seibert likewise lashed out in frustration, though in words only, after seeing their hopes for a medal disappear at the whim of a single judge...