Read with interest a Chris Zelkovich column in today's Toronto Star about the "newbies" the Canada's Olympic media broadcast consortium has brought into the fold to tell the stories of the game.
Mostly, I took note of the focus on Jennifer Robinson, the former six-time Canadian women's figure skating champion who has tasked with being an ice dance analyst (along with Victor Kraatz, a former world champ with Shae-Lynn Bourne) at Vancouver 2010 (of course, she'll also work the women's event there).
Mostly, I took note of the focus on Jennifer Robinson, the former six-time Canadian women's figure skating champion who has tasked with being an ice dance analyst (along with Victor Kraatz, a former world champ with Shae-Lynn Bourne) at Vancouver 2010 (of course, she'll also work the women's event there).
Now, I've known Jen (who's a new mom, if you haven't heard) for years and covered each of those national titles she won (and a whole lot more). This is someone, you should know, who willed herself into being the very best she could be. If there was an ounce of untapped potential, I rarely (if ever) saw it.
And there she was, at two skating events I covered earlier this season, cramming her brains out to learn the ins and outs of ice dance (with the help of a Skate Canada technical expert who could talk rings around both of us). No doubt the homework has continued non-stop when she wasn't at the rink. And had her mind on much bigger things.
Point being, she'll do just fine for CTV. Sure, she won't come across like Tracy Wilson, who's working these Games for NBC and is, quite frankly, the best there is when it comes to figure skating analysis. But count on learning a thing or two from Jen before these Games are over.
Can't imagine her having it any other way.
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