Evelyn Großmann (GER) - 1990 Skate America, Ladies' Free Skate

Buffalo, New York, USA - 1990 Skate America, Ladies' Free Skate - First, a piece on Evelyn Grossmann of Germany, focusing primarily on the difficulties former East German athletes like her faced after the reunification of the two Germanys and how the former East German athletes now have to adapt to earning money to pay for their training and living expenses, something they did not have to deal with under the East German regime. Then, it's her Free Skate.

[@barkingtree88]

was scott trying not to laugh at 4:28 ??

[@janemariecox6547]

Yea!!! I think so haha

[@vhsstillok]

Well that was the wackiest of waxels!

[@barkingtree88]

great program, too bad it couldn't have been skated to it's full potential.

[@russianskatingfan]

Yes she was so mediocre. I never understood the hype around her. She did skate a really good long at the 89 Worlds, I actually thought she was undermarked and should have come 2nd in the long since Claudia and Jill were both mediocre that night, and Kristi skatedl like a little girl at that point, even more than Evelyn also did. From then it was all downhill. Didnt she just quit abruptly before the 91 Worlds, she didnt show up out of nowhere. Lang was more talented but got little support.

[@nondescriptnyc]

I agree with you about her 1989 debut in Paris! Her FS was ABSOLUTELY sensational and her overall performance was better than Kristi’s and Jill’s. That performance, combined with the fact that she was Frau Mueller’s prodigy, made us expect a lot from her. Unfortunately, she only declined in the years that followed…

[@janemariecox6547]

This is bad. This is so bad.