Judy Schwomeyer & James Sladky 1970 World Figure Skating Championships FD

I’m letting the skating fans of today be the judge on this one. Having placed first in the compulsories, Judy and Jim lost the free dance, and thus the championships to Pakhomova & Gorshkov on a 5/4 spilt of the judging panel. The swing judge was Mollie Phillips of Great Britian. When pressed on her marks she said that Judy’s rear had stuck end result was 14 ordinals to 15 and 511.4 to 511.3 - one of the closest margins in skating history. My opinion? While the music choices and cuts absolu