Holly Cook - 1987 Junior Worlds Long Program

[nondescriptnyc]

I know some people would hate me for saying this, but, I am so happy for her that she was able to win a world (senior) medal without making much progress after this...

[bardtoob]

Caryn Kadavy was more of a Peggy Fleming armed with a 3Loop while Holly Cook was a Trixie Schuba. Your comparison is Apple to Kiwis.

Holly Cook was a brilliant figure skater, not freeskate, and she was the last of that type of skater to get on the World Podium and rightfully so! If she was will to spend more than a decade mastering figures at the World level then the judges should have at least rewarded her the last time they could rather than acting like that work didn't matter.

[bardtoob]

Muffycat,

When people are lucky as many times as you claim Holly was lucky, it normally is not luck.

Holly was very good at the things to which the audience did not pay attention, but they were, none the less, legitimate parts of the competition.

Holly was consistently top 3 in figures and top 6 in the Original Program and Freeskate, which translated to consistent respectable top 4-5 finishes and bronze medals when others faltered. HARD WORK is not luck. Being born with talent is luck.

[metsdudenj]

well said, that summarizes her career very well.

[metsdudenj]

I cant believe the US judge marked her lowest here among all the nations!

[metsdudenj]

interesting how i see no growth from this performance to her world performance. How she ever got on a world podium is flabbergasting