Talk:Kimmie Meissner

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1 Quad-jumping comment
2 Novice and junior titles
3 Picture
4 Location

[edit] Quad-jumping comment

Though CastAStone pointed out that one female skater has landed a quad, is it really necessary or particularly relevant to note on another skater's page that she has not landed a quad? Considering the rarity and difficulty of a female doing a quad, I don't think that information should be listed on a given female skater's page, and it may be seen as a detractor from her accomplishments. For example, should we list "has not won the Nobel Peace Prize" on the page of every humanitarian who has not won this selective award? Fabricationary 04:36, 23 February 2006 (UTC)

I understand your point. It's really a judgement call - women will be attempting quads soon regularly, an additional rotation seemes to get added to jumps about every 35 years, and this is about that time. other women are attempting quads, toe loops and salchows, and likely are landing them on occasion, but not often enough to make it worth it to use it in competition (a quad salchow is worth 9.5, if you fall you lose a rotation and have an automatic deduction, leaving the jump worth anywhere from 0.5-3.5, making it an enormous risk). Figure skaters keep these things under wraps, but apparently it is out that Meissner is not attempting quads, despite some other female juniors and seniors definately doing so. It's not a big deal if consensus goes the other way, but its a bit of relevant trivia. --CastAStone|^(talk) 06:07, 23 February 2006 (UTC)

Perhaps, but at the Olympics this year, several competitors remarked that multiple jump combinations may be the way to go compared to more rotations or more difficult rotations. They evidently score better under the new system and are generally less difficult.

[edit] Novice and junior titles

I've removed a claim that "Meissner became the second U.S. lady to ever win the novice and junior national titles in two consecutive years.", because it is untrue. Other ladies who have done this include at least Michelle Cho (1992/93), Lisa Ervin (1990/91), Kathryn Adams (1982/83), Jill Sawyer (1977/78), and probably others going back in earlier years. Dr.frog 21:15, 25 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Picture

Shouldn't there be a (non-copyrighted) picture somewhere of Kimmie? Emily ^{(Funtrivia Freak)} 01:33, 9 August 2006 (UTC)

That picture of her next to the table... maybe there should be a caption or something? It doesn't really add much to the article if there's just a random picture of her without explaining the context.Ychennay 22:28, 18 March 2007 (UTC)

I've added the caption. It was from the 2005 World Junior Championships long program. There really should be a more recent picture somewhere (Circa 2006 Worlds, perhaps?). –- kungming·2 ^(Talk) 05:50, 19 March 2007 (UTC)