A moment with Ice skater Jamie Sale
| Source: |
Seattle Post-Intelligencer |
| Date: |
January 4, 2003 |
| Author: |
Kristin Dizon |
Jamie Sale, 25, and David Pelletier, 28, became golden ones last
year when the on-ice, off-ice couple won the pairs skating competition
at the Salt Lake City Olympics.
A judging scandal led to a silver medal before public pressure
translated into an unprecedented shared gold medal with Russians Anton
Sikharulidze and Elena Berezhnaya.
Tonight, the Canadians perform at KeyArena as part of the Stars on
Ice show, to which they've committed for four years. (The show also
airs on KING/5 tomorrow at 1:30 p.m.) When they're not performing, the
two live in Edmonton, Alberta.
How is it to travel with Anton and Elena? Do you get along?
It's fun. We've always been friends through competing because you
see each other five times a year. We've never had problems with each
other. It was the media that created that to make it
juicier. . . . We're enjoying them a lot. They're funny. We asked for
them to be on our bus.
What are your vices or bad habits?
We don't really abuse anything. We don't drink too much coffee --
we have one cup a day. I like my candy (licorice and chocolate), but
it's not a problem. . . . Maybe if we were rock stars, we'd eat
whatever. But, I have to fit myself into those skimpy little
outfits. So, I have to eat healthy food and I like to eat healthy.
Have you and David thought about marriage and kids?
(Sale giggles.) We haven't sat down and said let's get married in this year or have a baby in that year. But everyone always talks about it and wonders what it would be like. But that's something that we don't want to plan because we're always touring and don't know where we're going to be.
How has your life changed since winning a gold medal?
Probably the biggest thing we've noticed is that when you become a
celebrity, you are a public figure and everybody feels free to say
what they want and to judge you in a certain way. And, you have no
privacy. . . . You get girls that will cry and get all excited and
scream. And it's like, whoa. We're the same people. We're still Jamie
and David and come from small towns and love the same things.
Have you thought about life after skating?
David wants to be a fireman after he's done skating. He thinks he'd
get the same kind of rush out of putting out fires and saving people
that he does skating. I'm not sure. I've been told that I could do the
broadcasting thing or be a news anchor. People say that to me all the
time.
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