Here are some of the comments made about Janet Lynn on the HBO special "Reflections On Ice" (discussing the 1971 World Championships).

JoJo Starbuck: "There was a big upset in 1971 between Trixie Shuba, who was a brilliant figure skater, and Janet Lynn, who was a brilliant free skater."

Dorothy Hamill: "I really idolized Janet Lynn, she was athletic, graceful, fluid, and magical, I thought."

Frank Carroll: "She skated for some other reason, giving herself up to the movement that other people had never been able to do."

JoJo Starbuck: "It was magical [Janet's performance] and it was beautiful and people fell in love with her and melted at her feet...it was fantastic."

Dorothy: "I do remember Janet skating brilliantly and not winning a medal...the French people were outraged that Janet didn't win a medal."

JoJo: "When she wasn't on the podium, the people in the building and, I think, around the world just didn't get it. And I think that was the real start of a change in figure skating and the way that it's judged and the way it's perceived and the way television covers it."

Narrator: "The transformation in figure skating was sparked five decades earlier when Sonja first expressed her personality and charm on the ice. Janet Lynn took that expression one step further. She pushed her free skating into an art-an expression of feeling-a performance that connects the audience to the skater in a way that no other sport can."