Kristi Yamaguchi (USA) - 1991 Skate America, Ladies' Free Skate
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- Опубликовано: 13 ноя 2009
- Oakland, California,USA - 1991 Skate America, Ladies' Free Skate - Kristi Yamaguchi of the United States had a rough debut of her new Free Skate here and dropped from 1st to 2nd Place overall.
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Imagine how Yamaguchi felt competing against 2 of the best female jumpers EVER in the history of the sport. Must have been nerve-wracking.
I honestly don't think Kristi was even phased by it!! She was so focused on her own skating, she did not have time to worry about what the others were doing. That's why she ended up winning in the end!
"Tonya came THIS close to not being the first U.S. woman to land a triple axel in competition." Weird way of saying she became the first U.S. woman to land a triple axel in competition.
I loved Kristi's style and choice of music and choreography. Another great program of hers which I enjoyed from a previous season was skated to the bacchanale from Samson and Delilah. I was always amazed she could do the triples since she got so little height on her jumps.
Why is the technical merit still that high despite numerous mistakes
Strong spins including a flying sit, intricate step sequences and transitions, a triple flip, and two triple lutzes (second coming after the four-minute mark) is extremely difficult and no other skaters were displaying that type of endurance in those days.
The technique level is totally different from the one now in 2020.
That slip on the triple loop was reminiscent of the one she did at the Winter Olympics months later.
What is sad about Tonya Harding, is that Kristi didn't skate much better than this at the 92" Olympics and she still won gold. If Tonya been able to sustain her great performances of 1991 further out, she could have won then. (Both Kristi and Tonya skated these programs a few months later at 92" Olympics. Such a shame Tonya didn't do better than 4th because she was capable.
Tonya has only herself to blame.
She arrived in Albertville for Olympics just THREE days before her first skate.
This includes getting used to the ice and daily practices.
Most skaters arrived before the opening ceremony.
Again, Tonya has only herself to blame.
@@shihlin1 Kristi had a better support system personally and that makes a difference.
Nancy’s long program in Albertville was overscored imo, she popped 2 triples into singles and had a fall, compared to Tonya’s one fall in her triple axel. It should’ve been enough for Tonya to move to 3rd
@@mht4908 Agreed, but I think what held her up was her superior short program. Combined with that, it was enough for her to hang onto the 3rd spot.
@@auntiechercher4266 That’s true. I wish Midori and Tonya left out their triple axels in the short, it’s not worth the risk of losing credit for a jump. Maybe Midori would’ve won gold and Tonya the bronze had they done clean short programs without the 3A. Don’t get me wrong, I love Kristi, but Midori was on another level
so tonya left her coach for only short while and then returned to?
1991 turned out to be Tonya's best and--- unfortunately---LAST year on top.
Coaching changes, marital problems, too many off-court distractions.
Plus her own work ethic left a lot to be desired.
Her coaches said Tonya BARELY even lasted 30 mins on the ice before offering excuses to go home. That said it all.
Me cynthia
Kristi’s mistake on her triple loop is the same mistake she made at the Olympics.
Again, Tonya proved to be her own worst enemy.
She should've stayed divorced from Jeff Gilooly, instead she took him back in.....well, you know how the rest turned out....."the Whack Felt Around the World".
Tonya was also notoriously LATE arriving at the Olympics, a mere 3 days before her competition starts.
How is she expected to do well with so little preparation time on Olympic ice ?
Again, bad decisions plagued Tonya's life.
Her 91 season was her only bright spot in a career cut short by controversy.
IMO Kristi was never consistent enough with her triples to compete with the jumpers of her era. She had more grace than most but lacked the exciting jumps.
Tonya and Midori by far had her beat in the jumping category. Kristi skated more like Katarina.... Beautiful but, not the most athletic.
So wrong. This is by far the worst program Kristy skated as a senior lady. The women of her era, with the exception of Tonya, usually performed a max of 4 or 5 triples in their programs. Certainly not 2 3Lz's.
She was actually pretty consistent, just she was limited by how many jumps she could perform, she was bad at edge jumps.
Rubbish! She had an off day here. She was inconsistent only with 3 Salchow.
Jumps aren't everything espicially in this era
Boring
You are!
@@waynehentley4332 you must be 12 years old.
If only Tonya held on. She had won both nationals and this Skate America. It was between her and Kristi
She deserved a 5.5 in technical merit.. SHAKING MY HEAD
I dont get how she got anything higher then 5.5 for thenical
Interesting to see the difference in the choreography from this routine to the Olympic routine.
kamwrites Many places are different.
The Triple Salchow was pretty much Kristi's huge nemesis in her amateur career.
That little smirk that Tonya Harding has at 5:56...
Triple Lutz I think that she was excited to show off her triple axel
Great sound quality in this video! Thanks for sharing.
The only time Yamaguchi did a complete, perfect run of this program was at the 92 Nationals. She even attemped---and LANDED---the triple salchow. That was the only time I've seen her land the triple salchow. It was a breathtaking, wonderful performance. She should‘ve gotten all 6.0‘s for that performance.
It was still watered down. There was a turn between the 3Lz and 3T in her first jump pass.
@@xxxx-iu4kd Nitpicking!!
@@waynehentley4332 if you want to find perfection you have to nitpick
The triple loop and salchow have always been her Achilles Heel, she's never been able to land BOTH jumps cleanly in the same program with only exception being the 92 U.S. Nationals where she landed all her triple jumps. Somewhat a surprise for a skater of Kristi's caliber that she struggles with these two triple jumps.
Much like Paul Wylie, some skaters were awful at edge jumps. Neither Wylie or Yamaguchi needed to be proficient at them to do well at that time. Paul Wylie is highly revered, yet his Salchow was awful and he never competed the Loop.
shihlin1 it’s just her salchow that was her nemesis, not the triple loop. It was because of her pair skating days, she was always thrown by Rudy on the salchow and never developed the thrust she needed for the triple salchow. All things considered, I would much rather have the lowest-scoring jump-the salchow-as a nemesis as opposed to a lutz or flip
Hello kristi you are the #1
Did Kristi say 'I wasn't really going for it?' She is a fantastic skater and if she wasn't really going for it what does she do when she IS? Watching this program where she doesn't let a mistake rattle her and never gives up on her program is awesome..she must have extremely high standards is all I can say. She is a very intelligent and driven skater...knows what her competitors are doing and compensates with her own style and strength. Love her Love her Love her:)-:)
No she meant she wasn’t going for it ... meaning the triple toe of the 3lutz-3toe combination. Her coach was probably asking her what she thought went wrong, and Kristi made the honest self assessment that she didn’t go for it aggressively, complete with a tighter upper body squeeze to help complete the 3 revolutions midair.
loco madre but you’re right she has high standards for herself and it was evident during her post-Olympic professional career where she didn’t let the technical, athletic side of her skating go by the wayside, as every other skater (except Midori Ito) did. She continued to consistently land at least 4 triples in her programs, including the lutz, flip, loop, and toe loop, and a double Axel. Her artistry became more nuanced and self assured. Up to today she remains the only skater to have ever scored a perfect 10 in her technical program at the durasoft world pro championships in landover, Maryland.
I was there to see Kristi who is now my favourite of all time!
tonya harding will always be the best she can land her jumps
kristi should have added a triple toe after that first double axel; too bad about the loop. i would have taken the salcow out, or replaced it with something else. i like the changes they made from this version of the program to the ones she did after.
Way to go home girl Kristi rules!
Why do the triple sal? Two words: Midori Ito. Midori and even Tonya really raised the bar technically by being able to do all six different triple jumps. Kristi probably felt she needed to keep up so by eliminating the salchow, she would max out at four different triples, six total. Maybe she felt she'd be giving too much of an edge by not doing it at all. And who knows. Maybe she had better success with it in practice and still had faith she could do it in competition.
Songs?
I love all the girls from the United States. Kristi Yamaguchi's leg position in her spins is perfect. Skaters need to take notice of that! They cheat too much.
MonsterHunterRoon i agree. Her free leg on her layback spin is the best.
Those mistakes were crucial. It just wasn't her night.
Why does 0:18 show Tonya landing a jump on her LEFT leg?
Good question. Lundquist's comment doesn't make sense. The photo is obviously not of her axel landing.
Dylvente Could it be the entrance to her death drop?
That could be it.
You guys are not very bright, sometimes photos are flipped like a mirror.
Her choreography and music choice is better than tonya .. i believe if tonya had a better choreographer and better music choice she would have rocked kristie
Agreed about Kristi having better choreography than Tonya. Tonya looked like a skating stiff.
is she went through a divorce how did Jeff end up back in her life? I am speaking of Tonya of course.
He smooth talked himself back into her life. She looked up to him and admired him, and would do what he asks of her... Believe it or not, Tonya was a bit insecure off the ice.
Tonya was told by someone high in The U.S. Skating Committee that she wouldn't get the marks she deserved and probably wouldn't get on the U.S. Olympic Team being divorced and separated from her husband. They wanted "the picture perfect ice princess" to represent our country at the Olympics. So stupid and not fair for Tonya!! Everyone knows that if she NEVER went back to Jeff Gilloley that things would ended up A LOT DIFFERENT.
vistaprime im sure you know that now if you saw i tonya. In my opinion, she could have got the gold in 92 olympics less her personal problems hats off to a great skater👍
Tonya was vulnerable all she knew was abuse
It was just an off night... It's still a very nice program overall. I never understood, though, why she insisted on doing the 3 sal when she knows she isn't going to land it (I have seen her land it in competition, maybe twice or three times in her entire career).
I always wondered that as well.
I think it was to prove to the judges that she had a full arsenal of jumps. That she was well-rounded and could do them ALL (minus the axel). If she landed 5 other triple jumps and missed the Salchow... not the biggest of deals: as we saw at the Olympics. She messed it up and still won.
sbe79 well she doubled it which was a wise move. It was the loop she touched down on. But yes because fortunately for her the salchow is the least difficult and least scoring pointswise so if there was a jump to make a nemesis of, it would be the salchow.
sbe79 in retrospect, I think that even if she had attempted the 3 salchow and fell, she would have still earned the gold because for Midori to win, Kristi would have needed to place 3rd, and there was no way any other skaters that night was better then her and Midori
that awkward moment when you discover that both commentators are men.
This was an uncharacteristically shaky performance by Kristi.
Kristi could beat any woman skating today.
@J G today when I posted this it was 2017. No mandatory spiral sequence and those Russian jumps in the senior ranks are not that huge.
Surprised Tonya didn't try to whack Yamaguchi too.
She probably would have if Kristi hadn't turned pro and was still competing.
**Yawns**
At 1:38, she should know coming out of that first triple jump not to go for another triple. Bad mistake!
Kristi was freaking about about tonya 3A and got all fucked up lol....love it