by Quote:
>Just saw the awarding of the gold medals to S&P and was very impressed with
the grace and class shown by B&S (who were on the podium with them). It must have been really difficult for B&S, considering that they had
originally been declared the winners of the event.>>
Oh, I am SO glad that they did it this way. I was so afraid that they were
just going to have S&P on the podium, and lead people to believe that S&P were
*the* gold medalists, that it wasn't a tie at all, that S&P were slam-dunk
winners. And all the pressure on all the skaters has been just so much --
they're right, they're not film stars, or pr people, or anything like that, and
it must be hard to rise to the occasion (particularly, IMO, for B&S who must
set aside their thought that they won the competition, and who must do so in a
foreign land). But putting B&S on the podium -- and giving them the
opportunity to show all their critics that they are being graceful -- is just
great. :)
-- Kate