ESPN CHILTON SPORTS POLL: YOUNG GUNS NOT AMONG FAVS, YET

          In December of '97, ESPN Chilton Sports Poll
     interviewed over 900 figure skating fans and asked them
     about their favorite male and female figure skaters:
     

  
 
    
 
      
FAV. 
        MALE PRO FIGURE SKATERS
    
    
 
      

    
    
 
      
FAV. 
        FEMALE PRO FIGURE

        SKATERS
    
  
  
 
    
None
    
 
      
46.4%
    
    
None
    
 
      
41.3%
    
  
  
 
    
Scott 
      Hamilton 
    
 
      
34.8%
    
    
Kristi 
      Yamaguchi
    
 
      
17.7%
    
  
  
 
    
Brian 
      Boitano
    
 
      
8.5%
    
    
Katarina 
      Witt 
    
 
      
9.6%
    
  
  
 
    
Elvis 
      Stojko 
    
 
      
5.9%
    
    
Nancy Kerrigan 
      
    
 
      
9.5%
    
  


          ESPN Chilton notes that U.S. Figure Skating Champs Tara
     Lipinski, Michelle Kwan and Nicole Bobek, who will be
     competing in the '98 Nagano Game, are currently not in the
     top five.  ESPN Chilton will revisit this list again in
     February and March, when the three are likely to appear.

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