Browsing through youtube today I found this- Canadian footage of a teeny-tiny Michelle Kwan at the 1995 World Championships in Birmingham.
Michelle was only 14 here - this was before the age rules were made stricter. Whist it's not as difficult as several of the routines we see today- it's great to see a programme with clean, confidently landed jumps.
It's also a demonstration though of how convoluted (and possibly biased) the old judging system was. We complain the current system is hard to understand- But at least you now win gold based on what YOU do rather than what everyone else does!
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