Best and Worst of 2012/2013, Part 4
Wonder-children are not rare in figure skating, as Russian ladies have been proving this season, but being one of them is a great challenge that most often than not skaters can't cope with. Both Denis Ten and Artur Gachinski know this a little too well, but while the Kazakh seems to have outgrown his problems, those of the Russian are in full bloom. For most of the season, and when I say most, I mean 90% of it, Denis Ten was nothing more than a skating disaster. He seemed to be going nowhere but down, and that bright future everyone predicted for him just a few years ago, was slowly, but surely dying out. And then suddenly he came in second in the World Championships, and not only that, but the truth is he should have won it. His choice of skating both the SP and the LP on the soundtrack of The Artist instead of going for two different themes was mature, original and very classy. The difference between the two programs is a bit blurry, especially if you haven't seen t...