Jeff Buttle 失宠于加冰协?加冰协主席给他一年考察期?
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But the rest of the message Canada took home from Tokyo Metropolitan Gym was sobering.
“The level just changed, in a year,” Slipchuk said. “People were wondering if the quad would ever become important again. (Czech) Tomas Verner shot from way down to way up, just with two Quads in the long. And it became evident after the (ladies’) short: your best clean skate without a triple-triple is going to put you fifth.”
“And the other message is, things change quickly now,” Thompson said. “You have (Italy’s) Carolina Kostner, nowhere last year, comes out in the short program, lands triple-triple and she’s third. In figure skating, we’ve come to expect people to always be in the same place, and I just don’t think that’s going to happen any more. Four-time world champion? That’s a very challenging thing under the new system.”
Worlds rookie Christopher Mabee of Tillsonburg, Ont., showed enough here to hint at greater things to come. He and Rochette may be our two best Olympic hopes, in singles.
“Chris can do quads. Give him time, he will be a force,” Thompson said. “Jeff (Buttle) had a truncated season, so let’s see how Jeff fares next year. But if you’re not doing quads, you’re not in the game. And I think that’s a good thing for the sport, to be honest.”
Poor Jeffrey. 如果连 3A 都作不了,更谈不上 QUAD。再好的编排也救不了他。 |