The program from what I saw was done very well. For the record, Kristi was wearing a pink dress (she later wore that same one to the Worlds in 1992) with a lot of sequins on it. In the video, it showed her doing two triple-triple combos, but perhaps she had even more.
Kristi’s artistry was exceptional! Artistry speaks for itself: despite Tonya Harding having a clean Triple Axel, Kristi still won! And just one month earlier, Kristi was crushed at the fact that she didn’t win Nationals.
At the 1991 Nationals, Kristi skated her "Samson and Delilah" program for the first time in front of a nine American judges. She was very frustrated with how she skated, because she skated it cautiously. Not only that, but the judges didn’t like the program, since they thought it was slow.
Although Kristi considered creating a new program with less than a month
for Worlds, she decided to stick with it. She skated beautifully in Munich
and won. As soon as Kristi saw her scores, she couldn’t believe it.
Her face was in total shock, and her eyes started welling up with tears.
She couldn’t contain herself, since she was so happy, and overwhelmed.
That became one of Kristi’s best programs ever!
List of some of the elements included in this program: [*Note: My
video tape does not show this routine in it’s entirety, but highlights
of the program, so this is just a mini-review, I guess. :-) Once again, if
I made an error classifying a jump, please excuse me!]
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