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1996-1997
I'm a knight and a dragon. I wanted to bring out
the idea of honesty and doing things for the right
reasons. I always want to do the best I can
with pride, integrity and passion. |
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I have always been the hunter -- always striving,
always gaining. Every day I want to do better than
I did the day before. In every competition, I want to improve on my
last skate. I always push my limits, mentally and
physically. It's not simply striving for a gold medal
that makes me hunt this way; it has been my
constant drive to better myself -- pushing the
jumps, pushing the spins, pushing the artistry. |
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It's special to win again after all the doubts people had and all the negative comments about my skating -- technically
and artistically. I was able to push through all that and still believe
in myself.
Stojko slayed the Worlds with his Dragonslayer long program! |
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By STEVE BUFFERY -- Toronto Sun LAUSANNE, Switzerland -- Burned in the short program, Canada's Elvis Stojko stormed back and fried the competition last night to win his third world figure skating title. In highly dramatic style, the Richmond Hill skater charged all the way from fourth after Wednesday's short program to win the men's singles gold on the strength of a near-flawless free skate, which included his patented quadruple-toe, triple-toe combination jump. |
LAUSANNE, Switzerland (CP) -- Each of his three gold world championship medals is special to Elvis Stojko but this
one is particularly gratifying to the king of figure skating.
"I feel ecstatic," Stojko said after charging out of fourth place to
win the title again Thursday. "It feels great to be on
top.
"It was a real tough competition. It comes down to the wire every
time. Just one mistake takes you out of the running."
He didn't make one. Canada's champion landed his patented quadruple-triple jump combination -- no other skater has ever attempted let alone landed such a body-twisting combo at a world meet -- and eight triple jumps besides. He got a perfect 6.0 from Italian judge Daniela Cavelli and 5.9s from the other eight for content. "I knew I really had to push and give everything I had," he said of the free-skating finale.
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"Adversity causes some men to break, others to break records." ~~ William A. Ward ~~ |
