1991 World Championships

By Jennifer

Long Program: "Samson and Delilah"
Choreographed by Sandra Bezic



Review/Comments:

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!]



Results:
Short program - First place
Long Program - Artistic Scores: 5.6, 5.9, 5.9, 5.9, 5.9, 5.9, 6.0, 5.9, 5.9
Long Program - First place
Overall winner!



Interview with the Champion:
Referring to Kristi winning and the US sweep:
"I don�t know it�s just a big surprise. I�m very happy the US just did great here. I can�t believe it yet."
Referring that she still won without the Triple Axel:
"Right, thanks!"
On realizing that the other skaters left the door open, and if she knew about that:
"No, not really, I didn�t realize what the other skaters did, so I just wanted to go out there and skate as hard as I can. And I was happy with that."
Congratulations!
"Thank you!"




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