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Katarina Witt: Debi Thomas
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Katarina Witt took her golden place, but who was that right behind her? Not Debi Thomas, who stumbled and settled for bronze. Instead, local girl made good as Canada's Elizabeth Manley sparkled to the
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In 1987, Witt recaptured the World Championship title, which she had lost the previous year to Debi Thomas. Many consider her performance at this event to be the finest of her career. Witt only finished fifth in compulsory figures, which meant that Thomas could finish second in both the short and long programs and still retain the world title. However, a costly error by Thomas in the short program put the two skaters on a level playing field heading into the free skate. Witt skated the strongest long program of her career, landing 5 triple jumps, including a triple loop jump. Although Thomas ... skated a strong long program, Witt was ranked first by the majority of the 9 judges and thus reclaimed the world title.
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Witt, who aspires to an acting career, thrived on the attention. Thomas, on the other hand, tried to deflect publicity, stating repeatedly -- and as it turned out, correctly -- that it was ridiculous to speak of the competition as if it involved only two skaters. "Every time I open the paper, they're trying to make this thing between me and Katarina," she said. "It bugs me. We're just two people."
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