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...well as those cartoon ghosts of the King of Rock 'n' Roll in Top Secret! and True Romance. Yet the look stops just short of drop-dead handsome. Its steely seriousness--all that grit and drive with no hint of easy humor--suggests less Elvis Presley than Elvis Stojko. If Kilmer is to execute the actor's equivalent of a quadruple toe loop, it won't be from movie-star grace but from a triumph of the will...
...though, he has turned his back on the good life to concentrate on Edmonton, training and nursing a slightly injured ankle. The field he faces is closely competitive. Canada's Elvis Stojko just landed a quadruple jump in a Paris competition. Russia's Alexei Urmanov raises competency to genius level with his reliable if bland programs. America's Todd Eldredge is a deeply experienced skater with a high jump. What Galindo brings to the party is artistry. As Shelley says, "What Rudy has in his favor is a better line and more interesting programs, plus a fantastic sense of revolution...
...claim dominance. Lillehammer was heralded as the final showdown among veteran champions. Instead they fell away, and the gold went to Russia's 20-year-old Alexei Urmanov, a fledgling classicist who was not tipped to win anything. The silver skater was an aerial whiz from Canada, Elvis Stojko, 21. Philippe Candeloro, 22, a blithe and showy Frenchman, took the bronze after an incendiary program to Godfather music ended with a fall on a triple Axel near...
...jumps told the story, and Urmanov had them -- all eight of his planned triples. Stojko achieved higher elevation, and Candeloro's leaps were mighty, but both had bobbles. As two-time Olympic champion and TV commentator Dick Button put it, "The judges consider first whether you've completed your triples. After that, the overall impact of the program. Last of all comes skating: footwork, spins and musicality." If these priorities prevail, there will be more and more Stojkos and Candeloros at the top. Only the sky is their limit...
...Stojko and Candeloro provided the color in the competition: theirs should develop into a rich and fervent rivalry. Stojko is not so handsome as his eponym or so graceful. But could the Pelvis jump like a cat? Stojko can. And he shares Presley's taste for loud music and louder costumes. But at the rink he is determined. "I'm very hungry for what I want," he says. "Nothing's going to stand in my way." His parents, Steve and Irene, emigrated from Eastern Europe to Ontario in the mid-1950s. Maybe his flair has been inherited; they named their...