@npe1 Vanessa Riley was only carrying out the ISU's rule about costume. Watch her interview on here and she made it clear that she still had him 1st at the end of the competition. Place marks were more important than actual scores. She was a great judge who marked what she saw, was not biased and not blinkered by reputation of skaters. Wendy Utley and Sally Stapleford were also like this. Proper judges not influenced by national bias.
You and me both. I always liked Alexander's skating. Did he not have the best step sequences ever? Fast, intricate and innovative. He had a career dogged by injury and sadly only ever really produced 3 great performances - '85 Worlds, 87' Europeans and 89' Europeans. A skater so full of promise in his youth tha\t never really fulfilled his full potential. Apologies for Vanessa Riley at '89 Euros, not all Brits are so miserable and marrow minded!
I loved his overall skating, and it was so sad to see him decline his big win in 1985... By the way, his unique jumping technique (where he "hooks" his landing on purpose to grab the ice), might cause all of those triples to be downgraded under the current rule. Also, ostar85, I do believe his butt being visible caused the British judge to deduct .3 points from his artistic impression at 89 Euros.
@npe1 Vanessa Riley was only carrying out the ISU's rule about costume. Watch her interview on here and she made it clear that she still had him 1st at the end of the competition. Place marks were more important than actual scores. She was a great judge who marked what she saw, was not biased and not blinkered by reputation of skaters. Wendy Utley and Sally Stapleford were also like this. Proper judges not influenced by national bias.
premierrules 1 year ago
You and me both. I always liked Alexander's skating. Did he not have the best step sequences ever? Fast, intricate and innovative. He had a career dogged by injury and sadly only ever really produced 3 great performances - '85 Worlds, 87' Europeans and 89' Europeans. A skater so full of promise in his youth tha\t never really fulfilled his full potential. Apologies for Vanessa Riley at '89 Euros, not all Brits are so miserable and marrow minded!
npe1 1 year ago
I loved his overall skating, and it was so sad to see him decline his big win in 1985... By the way, his unique jumping technique (where he "hooks" his landing on purpose to grab the ice), might cause all of those triples to be downgraded under the current rule. Also, ostar85, I do believe his butt being visible caused the British judge to deduct .3 points from his artistic impression at 89 Euros.
nondescriptnyc 2 years ago
3:08-3:11
ostar85 2 years ago
3.08-3.11 WOW! He has a nice butt!
ostar85 2 years ago