Janet Lynn story

[Jembeth1]

Let's comment in the skating and keep the politics out of it!

[Jembeth1]

What does any of this have to do with skating people?!

[firmingitup]

I'm no skating expert, but I've never seen anyone skate as freely as she did before or since. Also, it goes without saying that without school figures, Janet Lynn would've been a household name.

[speakingtruly]

Janet Lynn shows titles and medals don't equal greatness, it's what in your heart that really matters. If someone would ask me to choose a skater children could look up to, I'd name Janet Lynn. Even I as a 34-year old look up to her. :-)

[HattieLovesCattie]

Her maiden name was Norwicki.She didn't use it as its a Polish name and the communist judges wouldn't like it and it was hard to pronounce.Tara Lipinski didn't have that problem years later.Tara is the most " overlooked " gold medalist then there is Sarah Hughes.

[JNagarya]

@HattieLovesCattie Perhaps she didn't us it because she isn't Polish -- she wasn't born in Poland -- and or because she preferred her married name.

But let's be certain to never miss opportuity to bash "Commies," even if we have to invent excuses to do so.

[HattieLovesCattie]

@JNagarya She is Polish.She went by her middle name of Lynn for a last name.Her married name is Solomon.

Yes,the Communists were nasty to the West.There are prime examples of that at the Worlds in 1972 in Bratstilava.The American brother-sister team Millitanos told of how they were treated etc.

As for Janet,she is in the US Polish Hall of Fame.Nowicki is a Polish name.Not all Polish names end in ski.

[HattieLovesCattie]

I hope the skating fans that saw Janet skate live in old communist eastern Europe can enjoy her programs years later here on Y T.

[mpjrdldn]

"..this pixie-ish, little blonde from Rockford, Illinois."