Elizabeth Manley SP 1988 World Championships

Liz Manley skating here her short program. She stopped skating a few seconds after the music started as a problem with the music seemed to have occured. It unsettled her and she missed her combination. In this video you see a bit of the warm-up with Trenary, Witt, Thomas and the rest.

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[mlc2005]

I also disagree that she was "never an impressive skater." Her program (along with the phenomenal Ito) made the Calgary Olympics perhaps the most exciting in recent memory. It's ironic you mention Debi Thomas, as she was, imo, very overrated. Let's not forget that Liz Manley WON the long program at Calgary, so it's ludicrous to say she should never have been on the Olympic team.

[premierrules]

How can you say that? Her Olympic Free Skate was fantastic! Had she been 1 place higher in figures, she would have been Olympic champion. Ok, at Budapest she was nowhere near her best but still should have won overall. Witt was lovely but posed her way through the free. Debi's free was a disaster and in my eyes should have been beaten by Leistner. If anyone should have been off the podium, it should have been Thomas.

[miloandtock1]

Blatant nationaliasm - the 5.2 and 5.3s were what she deserved. But Kadavy did the same mistake on a harder combination and got marked lower so the judges - including the US and Eastern Eurpoean ones - clearly were playing favorites.

[bemar1972]

@aelred123 - 0,4 deduction.

[safehaven11]

That mistake was crucial. Liz Manley did a good job anyway.

[nosuchpersonvideo]

Not an impressive skater? Liz certainly had some problems, but she was a very impressive skater. Watch her Calgary Olympic performance. Electricity in a pink dress. And another pink dress wonder at the Geneva Worlds. And she could do a killer triple lutz and a wonderful triple loop. How did Kati or Debi do on those? And if Canada didn't send Liz, who else? Charlene Wong? Tracey Wainman? Don't think they'd do anything better. I'd wager Liz's two silver medals on that.

[kangaroosbraun]

The music is the theme from the movie 'Murder on the Orient Express'...How did Debi get the Bronze after this? She must have really stuffed up the LP...I really wish Debi had done another Olympics...she was certainly young enough...and Debi was not overrated, Katerina Clit was

[jokerwildest]

What a joke ... ffartisan!! Like the Soviet, East German or US judge per example have never did anthing like that ... yeah right !!

[ffartisan]

She was never an impressive skater. Liz Manley had no individuale sense of style. Her routines were always very juvinile and childlike with no impressive technical moves. I couldn't stand watching her interviews because she always put on this phony, cutesy facade. Maybe she was related to Minnie mouse. Debi deserved to be second. I hope the ISU fired that Canadian judge. All and all she was not a good enough skater and should have never been placed on the olympic and world team.

[WPH1966]

Nerves!!!!!lol