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| The Sports Illustrated Olympic Daily is published in Salt Lake City and available in event venues and on newsstands for 16 straight days during the 2002 Winter Games. Here are some sights and scenes from today’s edition. |
Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean FIGURE SKATING
Olympic Highlights: Gold medalists in ice dancing in 1984, bronze medalists in '94
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Torrid together in 1984, T&D are still a team -- producing skating galas.
Fiona Hanson/AP Photo
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In 1984 their free skate to Ravel's Bolero was so sultry that it demanded a
standing ovation -- and a smoke. Britain's Torvill and Dean nearly melted the
ice with their flawless performance in Sarajevo, earning perfect 6.0s across
the board for artistic impression (a feat never duplicated at the Olympics in
any figure skating discipline). Almost two decades after those Games and four
years after retirement their lives continue to move in tandem: Both have
American spouses, dabble in skating choreography and spend most of their time
at home. Dean, 43, choreographs acts for the Stars on Ice tour six weeks a
year, about three of those weeks with Torvill. The rest of the time he
devotes to being with his wife, 1990 world champion Jill Trenary, and their
children, Jack, 3, and Sam, 1, in their Colorado Springs home. "I'm sort of a
professional dad," says Dean. Torvill, 44, lives in East Sussex, England,
two hours from the nearest rink. She has spent most of the past two years
renovating the five-bedroom home she and her husband, Philip Christensen,
have owned since 1991. "I don't see myself not being involved in skating,"
she says, "but I don't feel I have to pursue it more than I am. I've gotten
quite used to being at home."
Though Torvill and Dean will pair up again this year -- to produce a skating
gala for the queen -- don't look for a comeback from the sport's royal
couple. "There's a certain time when it's right to leave the stage," Dean
says, "and we've already left.
—Gene Menez
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