Quote Originally Posted by cassiesmom View Post
I found this on You Tube. This is from the '84 Olympics. It is Yao Bin and his partner - he's now the coach for the Chinese national figure skating program that had some huge successes at the Olympics The figure skating program in China had only been in place for a couple of years and you can see them struggle -- how far things have come since then.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5L_V0E0JP20
One of the commentators points out that it takes a long time to achieve a well-established figure skating program. If I could ever meet Yao Bin, I would say mission accomplished with the two beautiful pairs teams that won medals. 26 years since he was a competitor - the commentator hit it on the head when he said it takes time to establish a program well.

Edited to add: My mom and dad got Brian Orser's autograph at a meet-and-greet.