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Hughes didn't just skate flawlessly. She became the first woman to land two triple-triple jump combinations--the triple Salchow-triple loop and the triple toe-triple loop--in one program. Even more impressive, she is the first skater to fight her way from fourth after the short program to first overall. "It was my greatest skate ever, and it was great that it could happen in my Olympic long program," she says...
...WHAT JUDGES LOOK FOR Flowing from one jump into the next is critical. Landing at a dead stop not only loses points, but also makes it harder to launch into the next jump. Edge jumps, such as the flip, Salchow and loop, which take off from the blade edge rather than the toe pick, require more technical skill, and earn higher marks for the increased difficulty...
...time world champion runners-up, Shen and Zhao possess an awesome array of technical tricks. They hope to become the first pair of skaters to include a quadruple-throw Salchow in their Olympic routine. But the duo has been consistently marked down for a lack of artistic flair. Judges look for the grace, fluidity and lyricism that the great Russian partners bring to the sport, a prejudice that fans of a more athletic style of skating have long criticized. Now an aggrieved Shen and Zhao have added a new dimension to that complaint: they (and their supporters) feel they...
JOAN CRISTOBAL IS PROUD OF HER skating and proud of her rink. She practices where the U.S. national champ, Rudy Galindo, trains. More than that, Galindo has taken an interest in her. He even devised the two-minute program, complete with a double Salchow, that she will use in juvenile competition. "It's great," says Joan, who is 10. "He makes up all this stuff and gives good advice." His counsel? "Push, push, push...
Triples are now the yardstick of the sport. They range in difficulty from the toe loop and Salchow, through the loop, flip and Lutz to the Axel, the ultimate challenge. Senior male competitors do triples routinely, but they are very tough for women who lack sufficient strength. One difference between watching on TV and seeing a competition is that at rinkside, spectators see all 20-odd contenders, not just the top handful. Among the lower rankings the number of falls is shocking. "There's a big element of risk," says Don Laws, who coached Scott Hamilton and knows that...