Triumph on Ice
| Author | : Jean Riley Senft |
| Publisher | : Greystone Books Ltd |
| Total Pages | : 144 |
| Release | : 2011 |
| ISBN-10 | : 9781553656579 |
| ISBN-13 | : 1553656571 |
| Rating | : 4/5 (571 Downloads) |
Download or read book Triumph on Ice written by Jean Riley Senft and published by Greystone Books Ltd. This book was released on 2011 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When Olympic figure skating judge Jean Senft blew the whistle on vote trading at the 1998 Nagano Winter Games, she opened the door to an entirely new way of judging. This system, which was developed and adopted following the 2002 Salt Lake City Olympics, is driving the sport in new directions. As skaters are pushed to explore ever-more difficult and dramatic ways of scoring points, they are changing the very nature of figure skating. In Triumph on Ice, Senft describes in detail how that new system has lead to this new type of skating, which was so thrillingly on display at the 2010 Olympics. Se.
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