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...alphabet from A to Z. Even on ice. For Debi Thomas, the accent is on P. Her Carmen is usually powerful, plucky, practical and pretty. Katarina Witt's Carmen is a study in S, at once sensuous, seductive, stylish and shrewd. But last Saturday night, when the long-awaited skate-off between the two Carmens got under way in the Olympic Saddledome, America's sweetheart proved an unexpected B: a bobbly bundle of nerves capable only of bronze...
...least part of the hyperbolic hoopla, however, was fashioned by the skaters and their determined entourages. In the days leading up to the final competition, controversy erupted over Witt's outfits, notably a blue costume that some thought was sliced provocatively high along the thigh. "We're here to skate in a dress, not a G-string," huffed Manley's coach, Peter Dunfield. Witt met the commotion with calm. "We wear costumes that enhance the music," she said. "Why shouldn't we stress what is attractive?" But the flap seemed to give Witt and her coach second thoughts...
...Coach Alex McGowan with her fists. "This is your moment," he encouraged. "Now do it!" Alas for Debi, she didn't. Maybe it was the pressure. Maybe it was the ice, which she had complained about earlier in the week. Or maybe it was the fact that she skated last and had a hard time staying at her peak as the evening dragged on. Whatever it was, Thomas handled the outcome with grace. "I'm sorry. I'm sorry," she mouthed to McGowan as she skated off the ice. Minutes later she said, "I'm not going to make...
...hoping we can skate with them," he says. Or, barring that, at least put some bananas under their feet...
...mountain, regal Zurbriggen expects to rise again. On the Games' penultimate night, Figure Skater Katarina Witt will look to become the queen. At an audience that attracted the most notetakers of the week, the East German champion told her sweet stories in English and German: "I started skating when I was five years old, and my mummy went to the rink with me, and the coach put skates on me. It was quite wet on the ice . . . My mummy said, if I fall, my tights are going to get wet. So maybe that's why I learned to skate well...