Jan Hoffmann - 1980 Olympics LP

Jan skated a very clean performance with 4 different triple jumps - the peak of technique at the time. But it wasn’t enough. While much has been made of the ladies result over the years, soem see the mens as equally controversial. Had the factored placement scoring system - which was introduced a year later in 1981 - been in force at these Olympics, Hoffmann would be the Olympic champion and not Robin Cousins.
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