European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 17, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 26 b the stars and stripes monday february 17, 1992 Paul Wylie of Denver left skates to a surprising Silver medal in the men s finals saturday night in Albertville France As Flag draped american fans right cheer him s medal puts officials on spot from wire reports Albertville France the United states figure skating association decided three months ago that Paul Wylie was not Good enough to represent America at the world championships. To its embarrassment however the Ussa found out saturday night that Wylie was the second Best skater on the planet. And according to at least two olympic judges he was no. 1. Wylie a winning of an olympic Silver medal saturday night signalled a change in . Figure skating Hierarchy and caused an immediate deluge of questions concerning his absence from the american team chosen for the world championships that will take place next month in Oakland Calif. Quot the question of whether he will be reinstated for the world meet is something to talk about later a Wylie said Quot right now i just want to think about what is the happiest moment of my Wylie who went into saturday nights free skating program in third place after an outstanding original program thursday night put on the Best show of his career to capture the Silver medal behind Champion Viktor Petrenko of the Ukraine skating for the unified team. Two of the nine judges put Wylie ahead of Petrenko. Petrenko won despite a less olympics on to Central european Tima today an a 7 Speed skating Cross country skiing hockey. Seb a 9 general coverage. Adf German second program �?9 45 .-6 50 . Women s Cross country relay women s super a 12 30 .nordic combination team jumping Germany Poland hockey 1 15 .women s 5,000 Speed skating Finland Italy hockey 7 2011 45 . Ice dancing hockey. Eur sport 6 . Nearly around the clock coverage including Alpine skiing 2 ., live women s Speed skating 5 ., live figure skating 6 30 ., live hockey 8 . Early tuesday an seb a 2-5 . General coverage 5 30-6 . Wrap up of monday s events. Than outstanding Effort. Even though several past olympians who watched the Competition said Wylie should have won the Gold medal the american was Nappy with what he got. A i did no to even look at the other skaters tonight a said Wylie who had gained a reputation of struggling in the big events. �?o1 done to even know what my own Marks were. I decided i would focus on what i was doing. 1 would focus on my own jumps on my own program and just try to go away from Here knowing 1 skated As Good As i could. And i think i Wylie a Denver resident who graduated from Harvard is coached by Mary and Evy Scot void and they admitted Wylie a performance was a culmination for them As Well As the skater. A i was watching Paul practice the other Day a Mary Scot void said a and i broke out in tears two or three times. It was embarrassing really. But i was thinking that after seven years with Paul it is All coming to an end because of his Likely move to the professional ranks. A i have thought for years that he was the most Beautiful skater in the world. And i just prayed that at the olympics he would show the rest of the world what we have seen in practice for the last seven years. And he the . Team for the world championships is made up of Christopher Bowman who finished fourth in the olympics Todd Eldredge who finished Lith and Mark Mitchell who was not even Here. The team was selected by a 40-member committee of the Ussa. A i think any discussion of that tonight is inappropriate a said Evy Scot void. A this is a night for Celebration and i done to think we should answer any questions about that situation. That will All be decided As for Wylie saturday night appeared to be enough. A i did no to know i won the Silver medal until i saw it on television a computerized screen that carries results a he said. A and even then i did no to believe it. A never have 1 Ever Felt so comfortable at a Competition. I say i came into this event knowing i would skate perfectly. But i was confident. And As for worlds Well what could be better than this a he skated cleanly in his second and last shot at the Winter games before going to Law school but lost out in judging to Petrenko a Bronze medallist in 1988, who fell on his second triple Axel late in his free skate program after a rough Landing near the Start. He almost Felt again on a single Axel but put his right hand to the ice to stay up. Still the judges gave him higher Marks than Wylie for technical Merit boosting him to the top of the program. Petrenko who impressed the judges with a triple Axel triple toe combination and several More difficult Maneu vers than Wylie also won the Shorter original program on thursday. A i made a combination triple triple a Petrenko said. A it was hard believe through sundays events g s b t Germany 7 7 4 18 Austria 4 6 6 16 unified team 5 4 5 14 Norway 6 3 3 12 France 3 3 1 7 United states 3 2 1 6 Finland 3 1 2 6 Italy 1 3 2 6 Japan 0 1 2 3 Netherlands 0 1 2 3 Canada 1 0 1 2 Switzerland 1 0 1 2 China 0 2 0 2 Czechoslovakia q 0 2 2 Sweden 0 0 2 2 Luxembourg 0 1 0 1 g Gold a Silver a Bronze to total does not include demonstration sports Apsis
