Debi Thomas 1988 Olympics SP

Her SP from Calgary. She was 1st after the SP.

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Sports

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• winter
• sports
• figure
• skating
• debi
• thomas
• olympics
• 1988

[StewNWT]

The women of the 80s and early 90s got MUCH more height on all their jumps and were generally much more powerful skaters.

[DietrichHamilton]

Debi Thomas' performance to George Michael's "One More Try" at the 1988 Olympics winner's venue Exhibition was a work of art.

[avonee1976]

She was such a fantastic skater! So strong, such extension, such height! She was nailing those edges like she was walking in the park. I'm sure that if she hadn't fumbled in her LP, she would have been the first African American woman to win an Olympic gold for figure skating.

[DietrichHamilton]

@DietrichHamilton a work of art.

[MrOu83]

@gheefreak - She was an undergraduate and then medical student, and of course, an olympian. She is now an orthopedic surgeon.

[tranurse]

@MrOu83 i never figured what was so wrong about this costume. she was covered, and since her routine was more of a powerful, for lack of a better word, a little fluffy costume wouldn't have worked.

[gheefreak]

....She's a med student and an Olympian. She must never sleep.

[tella23]

I love the footwork, and can someone advised if Thomas actually did win the short? To my knowledge Thomas was 2/or 3rd after figures, 1 after short. Let me know if this is right?

[kerito1993]

@MrMcMusic01 I agree with you about Midori lacking artistry but who are you to say her technique was horrible? Even Men at her time is at awe at her technical ability. Maybe now her technique wouldn't work but during her time her technique was the best in the world.

[MrMcMusic01]

@mlc2005

Midori Ito was a jumping machine and nothing more. And even her jumping technique was horrible. Figure Skating is about more than just jumps, or at least is should be.

[mlc2005]

I just can't get into these programs because I keep thinking about how royally screwed Midori Ito was. If you watch Ito's short and long, there is no WAY Ito should have gotten anything but first place ordinals. I realize she bombed the figures (tracing shapes on ice), but they should have at least acknowledged her vastly superior free skating. I mean, she put Thomas and Witt in the dust.

[MrOu83]

@wph1966 - I guess that's why her tecnical merit marks were so high? If any skater was overrated during her era it was Katarina Witt and her over-the-top antics and costumes. Witt was on her toes during most of her 88 Olympic short program.