Bourne & Kraatz (CAN) - 1995 World Figure Skating Championships, Free Dance

Birmingham, England, GREAT BRITAIN - 1995 World Figure Skating Championships, Ice Dancing, Free Dance - Shae Lynn Bourne and Victor Kraatz of Canada placed 4th in the Free Dance and finished in 4th Place overall. An interview with the Gold Medalists, Grishuk & Platov, of Russia follows.

[@kellymckay5874]

My all time favorite couples in Dance skate

[@gruv2nz]

Same here

[@sallyschur8017]

TWO thumbs up!

[@Curiousever]

They danced for the crowd.

[@belindatyrrell4604]

I was lucky enough to be there that night, they were wonderful

[@DenyaPofigist]

Super

[@gk891]

Their improvement that year was very evident. I wonder why it stalled for them afterwards.

[@abrahamlora329]

gk891 they switched to Dubova whom seemed stuck in her ways and not evolving with the sport. Imagine if B and K had stayed training with Klimova and Ponomarenko instead of Dubova?

[@MsRumex]

@@abrahamlora329 did they ever say something why didn't they stay with Klimova and Ponomarenko?

[@gk891]

@@MsRumex I once read in an interview with Tatiana Tarasova that K&P were often tied up with skating in ice shows and professional competitions and so that's why B&K made the move to Dubova shortly after the 1995 Worlds. And yeah, Dubova was a sinking ship at that time so that move probably didn't help them in the long run. They had also considered moving to Martin Skotnicki at one point if I remember correctly.

[@MsRumex]

@@gk891 too bad they did not move to Martin Skotnicky (he has a great ideas and his teams did stand out among others)

[@gk891]

@@MsRumex He had finished coaching Rahkamo & Kokko at around that time and I think his next high profile pupils were Winkler & Lohse but they didn't become a top ranked team until 1998. Moving to Skotnicki probably would've been better for them in the long run because, as you mentioned, he often has a lot of interesting ideas.