By comparison, Kulik was impeccable with his timing, perfect with his jumps. He was poetry in motion with his finger on the fast-forward button. Kulik, born in Moscow and now training in Marlborough, Mass., is as unique in his artistry as he is in his route taken into these Olympic Games. He knows how to steal the show. This, of course, was a moot point Thursday night.
Nobody tries a quad in the short program.
We'll see what happens with the draw and how I feel tomorrow and on Saturday. Neither Eldredge nor his longtime coach, Richard Callaghan, believe that a quadruple jump is necessary to capture gold in Nagano. Pity France's Philippe Candeloro who had to follow Kulik Thursday night. But if anybody could do it, it was thought to be the bronze medalist of the 1994 Lillehammer Games. Candeloro rubbed his dark goatee and went right to work.