However, the question from the interviewer surprised me.
Some said the U.S. could win at the 2010 OP because of the judging system which emphasized a clean program rather than a quad.
If they have a question about the current judging system, it's like they are cutting their own throats.
But, considering they didn't maintain the judges' anonymity in the U.S. figure skating championships, I wonder they want to do something with the IJS.
Besides, they have many young figure skaters making considerable achievements.
In the world juniors, the U.S. skaters have been proving to be competitive.
Something would happen after the Worlds in a good way or bad way
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-This is Susan with lifeskate.com talking to 3-time U.S. national champion Michael Weiss about the state of men's figure skating
I think you know the sport is growing in different directions. There is always a lot of different area that is emphasized and different stages that the sport is gone through. You know back in the late 90's, middle 90's, there was a quad. You know, men are all doing. There was new, something fresh. Everybody was doing it. Then there was a new judging system. People started to work a lot more on footwork and details and spin positions and choreography. Now they have a nice combination of both. Those guys out there are capable of doing great quads and capable of putting together a very entertaining program with great details and spins and footworks. You know, it' fun to watch the sport for progress and change. And you know, of course, they'll continue to grow. Maybe in the next few years a little, they'll start to go in different direction where spins may be featured or certain styles of skating may be featured, different type of program may be featured. It's a fun ride to go on. Each few years, we see which different direction it goes.
SP-Malaguena(2001-2002 season)
Chicago-"25 or 6 to 4"