22 - Wednesday, November 27, 1985 - North Shore News

FIGURE skating is supposedly a skillful blend of
art and sport, yet this synthesis on ice — the
lyrical movements and the sheer physical power
— has always been problematic.

ure skating coach from the
North Shore Winter Club.
Much of the controversy
surrounding men’s figure
skating is that the athleticism

tried to curb the daredevil
stunts in shows by limiting
the number of triple jumps a
performer can do.

‘In my competitive days,

and artfulness — have fierce
partisans in the figure
skating world. At interna-
tional fevels, competitions
have been a showcase, and a

The let’s-get-physical has been overshadowed by showdown, for skaters en- girls didn't do triple jumps,”
trend has turned women’s the drama and dance on ice, _ phasizing one or the other said the 35-year-old
skating into a ‘jumping ” a trend Toller Cranston Since the Olympics in Trudeau. ‘‘The technical
contest"’ and the opposite skating, contends Cynthia started. Lake Placid, however the skills are much higher even

wr has happened with men's Trudeau, a professional fig- Both aspects — athletics sport's traditionalists have at the lower levels today
ro than they were in the
: Magnussen era. What

they’re doing now at those
levels is what we were doing
-back then in international
competition.””

Trudeau, one of six staff
coaches at North Shore
Winter Club, has been
through it all herself, A

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love is one of them.

Making a figure in skating

former top-ranked com-
petitor who had the brains
and coordination but ‘tweak
ankJes*', Trudeau says
champion skaters today re-
quire a ‘‘mental toughness
and a magnetic personality’,
as well as grace and
athleticism on the ice.

Of Trudeau’s 15 students
and out of more than 50
competitive skaters at the
North Vancouver Club,
Linda Flerkevich, 15, is one
of the most promising.

Ranked as Canada's best,
Florkevich will be competing
in the Junior World finals

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