Cannot say enough. Midori Ito was light years ahead of her time. If Midori skated today, I have no doubt that she would be the first woman to throw a quad in competition and triple axel + triple toe combination.
First woman who landed quad is Miki Ando🇯🇵 First woman who landed 3 triple axcels is Mao Asada🇯🇵 First woman who landed triple axcel triple toe combo is Rika Kihira🇯🇵 Midori retired, but Japanese ladies inherit her legacy⛸️⭐️ We adore Midori so much!
I love how Scott claimed "the artistic impression she's put into this program has watered down her awesome technical abilities" after she starts the program with a 3Lutz-33Toe combination and follows it up with a 3Axel-2Toe combo. I don't care how much of a legend he was, I do not miss his commentary!
I think she is one of the most underrated skaters. She's known for her technical abilities but I think her artistic side is not recognized well enough. Her laidback spin at 3:46 is far better than most skaters they place ahead of her.
Agreed. I find it weird that some of her contemporaries like Jill Trenary were considered artistic and she wasn't. I think Midori was a much more artistic skater than Jill.
Ito is like watching a great crane taking to flight. Harding is like watching a fearsome bird of prey going in for the kill. Ito was more consistent with her Axel. Harding was more exciting.
She can practically do ANY triple-triple combination because her technique is that amazing. She was practicing triple axel-triple toe combinations in practice at this competition. Unreal!
@lutz84 - How are Midori's jumps explosive?? What?!?!? Are you BLIND? Watch any of her programs from 87- 92 and see the force and height that no other female skater has to this day.
@caseyphx Hamilton omits too many words. Actually, the planned ending of the program was a step sequence directly into a double axel, which was already very difficult. Most skaters just did a step sequence then spins at the end. However, here Midori did a step sequence then into a triple loop without much of the set-up for the jump: Even now, most skaters choreograph their programs carefully to set up for triple jumps. That is why Midori's triple loop here shocked Hamilton very much.
A program with that sort of technicality would still be a threat for today's skaters. 3L-3T, 3A and a planned 3F-3T. Not even Yuna could pull that off.
+Hanting Chen Actually she can't. Mao's landings are shaky at best plus she doesn't get the speed, height, distance and ice coverage that Midori has. Midori FLEW across the ice and has great presence which electrified the audience. Mao never had that and still doesn't.
So according to Scott, Midori had planned 3L+3T / 3A + 2T / 3F + 3T and seven triples in total. With that kind of jumping repertoire, Midori would've placed very well in the men's competition at 91 trophee lalique as well lol.
I just wish she had skated a clean short program in Albertville, she deserved the gold medal for what she contributed to figure skating. She was ahead of her time, just timeless. I'll always love Midori!
had she come back not at worlds in 97 but on the grand prix circuit or even better during pre-season events, she could have been the 1998 Olympic champion. Never make a come back at a big event such as world's and Olympics. You need to time to shake off nerves and get used to being under the microscope of ISU judges again.
Great quotes from Scott Hamilton describing the Midori effect on figure skating: 1989 worlds exhibition at end of her skate "witnessing the birth of a new age in figure skating", 1990 worlds LP towards end of her skate "it will be 50 years till we see anything like Midori Ito again", and now this tourney during the showing of her technical marks "She's revolutionized the sport of ladies figure skating". Her triple axel is still unsurpassed. If you watch the lalique warmup video (search midori 3a-3) she does an incredible triple axel triple toe that will leave you speechless. The greatest technical skater the sport has ever seen.
Whenever I watch this program, I always wonder if she held back at the last second on the Triple Axel combination. She definitely had the height and speed off the first jump to go for the triple toe loop and she had hit that combination in the warm-up. It looks like she held back at the last second and doubled the toe loop.
It's funny because the first thing she said to her coach after her performance was "It was a disaster! (mecha-kucha-ya!)" implying she was not satisfied at all.
I love Midori! I really wish she had skated well in Albertville - If she had skated perfectly in both programs - no one would have been able to beat her - I wish she had continued to the 1994 Games.
It's true that Yamaguchi was beaten by both Harding at Skate America, and Ito at Trophee Lalique before the Albertville '92 Olympics, and then Yamaguchi ended up beating them both and winning the Olympics. But this was only because of SP errors by Ito and Harding. It's a fact, going by results, that Ito and Harding were going to be marked and placed above Yamaguchi even if all of them had skated well. Ito and Harding had the great technical abilities, but they also had natural presentation and presence. To further prove this point, Yamaguchi won gold with two errors. That shows how underwhelming the "92 Olympics ladies skating event was.
SP can make you win or lose gold, it’s always been that way, before and after Kristi won gold at the OG. Lady Luck was on Kristi’s side at that time. Or you can see it as it’s just another competition.
regardless, i actually loooove the visual texture that her unorthodox position in the air creates. apparently the right form midair is to be as tight as possible but she crosses her legs almost up above her knee on some jumps , which actually would slow her down as it creates some drag. but all the more testament to the height of her jumps that she can still complete them under thsi harder position.
how did she change it? you mean the entrance? would be interesting to know, as i am not a skater and prob dont notice the nuances of each jump. i know she lost some weight between amateur n pro and probably still kept her strength so her jumps probably benefited.
maybe for awhile.. Mao Asada's 2010 worlds program had 2 3A and her 2014 Olympics program had 1 3A but included two difficult jump combinations - 3F-3L and 2A3T.
@@psylockheart Yeah, but Mao's technique was nowhere near Midori's and she constantly underrotated her jumps. I'd say it was the most difficult program until Kostornaia, Shcherbakova and Trusova- which is insane to think her skating was basically 30 year's ahead of its time
This was her planned 92 Olympic LP performance as well right down to the burgundy red outfit. In a perfect world, Midori would skate like this at the Olympics. Kristi Yamaguchi always knew the Olympic Gold was Midori‘s to win or lose.
@@jondavwal13Kristi was smart to leave the sport while she was on top. If she waited another Olympics, it might have been her to get whacked instead of Nancy
This was the last big Intl skating competition with U.S., Asian and Euro athletes participating before the 92 Olympics in Albertville. If Midori skated like this in Albertville, she would've beaten Kristi as witnessed here. But Japanese expectations for Midori were too much for her to deal with 3 months later that she skated a disastrous SP, but recovered enough to still win the Silver. But the Japanese wanted Gold. Who doesn't?
She could probably have done a triple toe out of that huge Triple axel. I'd rather watch this all day than the current breed of skaters out there nowadays.
She had been practicing the 3A-3T combination at Albertville and have landed it successfully. It was a shame that the distractions from the incident with Surya Bonaly and the Japanese media, that she lost her composure let the pressure get to her on the day of the short program.
@caseyphx I view jumping ability as separate from the ability to skate a clean program. They are related, but not exactly the same. To be able to do a triple axel late in a program when you're tired AND have already missed it (and thus presumably undermined your confidence) actually impresses me more than a skater who does a triple axel in the first minute and lands it. Doesn't mean the latter isn't preferable -- of course a clean skate is preferable.
how are her jumps less explosive? Scott tends to be a little biased... he used to rave about midori until kristi emerged as a contender for Albertville ....
The constant comparisons to Harding are beyond annoying. Tonya was explosive and jumped high. However, she was always leaning in the air and landed with a thud on almost every jump. Harding was incapable of performing the Lutz/Toe Loop combination Midori opened with here or the 3 axel/3 toe loop Midori performed many times in practice. Harding's landings were wild and inconsistent. Ito was the greatest jumper in the history of women's figure skating. Harding was not.
This music was NOT right for her. The cut they used at the 92 Olympics was much better. Amazing how Kristi Y. was soundly beaten by Midori here and by Tonya Harding at Skate America yet came back to beat both of them at the 92 Olympics.
@Dylvente she misses a jump, so she tries it again, and that's "jumping ability" to you? i'm not saying midori's not an awesome jumper; she is, but your comment doesn't make sense. should we extend the long program an extra minute so skaters can redo the jumps they missed on their first attempt? If she doesn't do the jump as planned, it's a mistake.
It was almost 20 years since Ito and Yamaguchi went for 3Lz-3T to this combo become a regular thing in figure skating. I truly wish she had a longer career.
@@hannibaljustincase9985 It's one of the reasons you have to admire Yamaguchi. She pushed herself to keep up and technically I still think she was second best in her day. Harding had had the 3A for about 5 minutes but Kristi's combinations and consistency were always more difficult. There were rumours of a Tonya quad and 3loop/3loop. The first was never seen and the second there is a video of her missing it in practice.
Verne actually asked "Will it be enough?" As If...C'mon boy. There is still no female since her to have the same jumping ability other than maybe Harding. Some ladies do have huge 3lz/3t combos but this lack of a 3a is really annoying to me. I think there should be a bonus in the scoring if you land all 6 forms of jumps. 2 Judges put her 2nd. C'mon now. That program was ridiculously difficult.
He had every right to ask! More than just jumps were being judged and Midori was never known as an artistic skater. So, he had every right to ask, seeing if the judges would give her the 2nd mark. And a 5.8/5.9 for this program is laughable. Midori is the best jumper, but this program artistically lacked very much. Also, you may be "annoyed" but not everyone can be Midori Ito or Tonya Harding. Kristi Yamaguchi was fine with her placement because she knew she could do nothing about what the others were doing. She couldn't do a triple axel, and just focused on what she could do. I'd prefer a clean skate over one trying and bombing on a triple axel because someone is "annoyed". And doing a 3/3 is far different from doing a triple axel. If you skated, you'd know that.
+Will R And Scott Hamilton became so biased in his comments around the time Yamaguchi (a fellow American) started to become a gold medal contender. Scott Hamilton is also supposed to be a champion and knowledgeable about figure skating, but he started to say silly things such as "I think the Italian judge thought Midori meant to do a single";. Please! Midori got 5.9s and a 6.0 because of all her content and QUALITY overall, especially that triple axel combo. In other words, she didn't really need a triple loop with what she already did. Hamilton started to be silly, biased and annoying as a commentator, after 1991.
@lutz84 His comment doesn't make any sense. The fact that she missed jumps and then tried them again successfully actually shows her jumping ability (and her command over the ice) more than if she had done everything right the first time.
Кто нибудь напишите кто эта фигуристка японочка или китаечка? Ну чудо из чудес! Очень сильная, всегда смотрю и везде не по русски написано. Заранее благодарю.
@greekluv85 I totally agree with you .... it's like ...the much tauted combination of Kim Yu Na + Mao Asada in one program! 19 years before those two 19 yr olds competed in 2010!
I didn't notice on here if someone else already said this but was there another person on here that felt somewhat compelled to mention that the double toe-loop that immediately followed that triple axel was an attempt to constantly stay ahead of Harding...?!?!? lol hahaha Because Tonya Harding WAS the first female skater to successfully do the triple axel combo at Skate America '91. I don't know; I mean, I love ALL these skaters, and I'm just having fun...which event was first???
No matter what everyone says skating being an artistic sport, it's still JUMPS that matter, especially if it's the triple axel. Why wasn't Tonya here at this important competition?
If you type tonya midori in the you tube search for videos, a video comes up of tonya being interviewed by US TV watching this event and talking about Midori's skating and why she chose not to come and compete in this event.
She changed out the music at the end of the program for the 2nd half of the long for the Olympics. Wise choice - the music at the end here was not suitable.
The USA judge maybe bias here; however, they haven't been recently and definitely not in the 2002 Olympics for the ladies. If the US judge would have put Kwan in 2nd over Slutskaya, then Kwan would have won the 2002 Olympics. Check out the scoring as the old system would have given Kwan 2nd place with 6 2nd places and Slutskaya 5 2nd places. This would have given Kwan 2nd or 2 points and her total score would have been 2.5 overall and Sarah Hughes would have had 3.0 overall. Therefore, Kwan would have won gold. I don't think Kwan would have wanted to win this way with a fall, but she would have won. I asked an expert and the expert confirmed my understanding of the old rules. If you want to say someone is bias, then look at the Russians and when they are technical specialists and dictate the results. Kolyada is constantly overscored with only 2 completed quads in both programs and the final results he's acheived. The russians have cheated before at the 2002 olympics and they have cheated again with doping and will continue to cheat in the future too.
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Cannot say enough. Midori Ito was light years ahead of her time. If Midori skated today, I have no doubt that she would be the first woman to throw a quad in competition and triple axel + triple toe combination.
First woman who landed quad is Miki Ando🇯🇵
First woman who landed 3 triple axcels is Mao Asada🇯🇵
First woman who landed triple axcel triple toe combo is Rika Kihira🇯🇵
Midori retired, but Japanese ladies inherit her legacy⛸️⭐️
We adore Midori so much!
凄すぎるよ、、1991年なんてかなりの大昔なのに。昔の重たいスケート靴で、このジャンプはヤバいわ😳
I love how Scott claimed "the artistic impression she's put into this program has watered down her awesome technical abilities" after she starts the program with a 3Lutz-33Toe combination and follows it up with a 3Axel-2Toe combo. I don't care how much of a legend he was, I do not miss his commentary!
I think she is one of the most underrated skaters. She's known for her technical abilities but I think her artistic side is not recognized well enough. Her laidback spin at 3:46 is far better than most skaters they place ahead of her.
That layback spin is beautiful! Look at the leg position and speed!
Agreed. I find it weird that some of her contemporaries like Jill Trenary were considered artistic and she wasn't. I think Midori was a much more artistic skater than Jill.
Ito isn’t and never underrated.
常に侮辱され続けられたスケーター。日本中からブス、スタイルが悪いと貶され、カタリーナ.ビットなんか「ゴムボールが飛んでるだけで、あんなものはフィギアスケートではないわ」と堂々と発言していたのだから。
現在でも本人はインタビューされると「私はブスでスタイルも悪いかったから飛ぶしかなかった」と答えていますよね。
酷い時代だったわ。
Midori ito is one of a kind.
Look at the speed on the ice and her steady edges. Ito had artistry.
Ito and Harding forever!
Ito is like watching a great crane taking to flight. Harding is like watching a fearsome bird of prey going in for the kill. Ito was more consistent with her Axel. Harding was more exciting.
+baritonebynight Harding tilted at an odd angle in the air during her axels which made them ugly.
@@user-gf3wn1ne9n I think that it was that (tilting in the air) what made them so good looking
@@user-gf3wn1ne9n she tilted cause of her straight back edge
She can practically do ANY triple-triple combination because her technique is that amazing. She was practicing triple axel-triple toe combinations in practice at this competition. Unreal!
If she only worked on that wrap, quads wouldve been no issue for her
The greatest jumper in the history of ladies figure skating!!!!
世界的に人気がありましたね。カッコイイ!
OMG damn that triple axel was text book! Impressive. Tonyas had the same great, strong landing but they tend to be sloppy while in the air.
The tilting in the air was what made them so impressive
Midori had the high leg wrap, not sure that's "textbook".
Wrap is ugly, but yes she’s an amazing jumper
トリプルアクセルの高さがエグい・・・
@lutz84 - How are Midori's jumps explosive?? What?!?!? Are you BLIND? Watch any of her programs from 87- 92 and see the force and height that no other female skater has to this day.
Still my favorite skater of all time :)
@caseyphx Hamilton omits too many words. Actually, the planned ending of the program was a step sequence directly into a double axel, which was already very difficult. Most skaters just did a step sequence then spins at the end. However, here Midori did a step sequence then into a triple loop without much of the set-up for the jump: Even now, most skaters choreograph their programs carefully to set up for triple jumps. That is why Midori's triple loop here shocked Hamilton very much.
That jump is enough to be a quad axel! Wow ❤
A program with that sort of technicality would still be a threat for today's skaters. 3L-3T, 3A and a planned 3F-3T. Not even Yuna could pull that off.
Sergio Flores Only Tonya Harding, in her prime, could do that.
baritonebynight Not really. The triple axel by itself was hard for her.
Hanting Chen So could Tonya.
+Hanting Chen Actually she can't. Mao's landings are shaky at best plus she doesn't get the speed, height, distance and ice coverage that Midori has. Midori FLEW across the ice and has great presence which electrified the audience. Mao never had that and still doesn't.
baritonebynight Umm not really.
So according to Scott, Midori had planned 3L+3T / 3A + 2T / 3F + 3T and seven triples in total. With that kind of jumping repertoire, Midori would've placed very well in the men's competition at 91 trophee lalique as well lol.
Actually she was practicing the 3A + 3T in warm-ups so she actually would have had 3 triple combos, and 2 triple lutzes altogether.
I just wish she had skated a clean short program in Albertville, she deserved the gold medal for what she contributed to figure skating. She was ahead of her time, just timeless. I'll always love Midori!
had she come back not at worlds in 97 but on the grand prix circuit or even better during pre-season events, she could have been the 1998 Olympic champion. Never make a come back at a big event such as world's and Olympics. You need to time to shake off nerves and get used to being under the microscope of ISU judges again.
At 6:20, Good to see Kristi being a good sport wearing a smile on her face knowing Midori beat her fair and square.
My God. Her Jumps. I can dream....
Great quotes from Scott Hamilton describing the Midori effect on figure skating: 1989 worlds exhibition at end of her skate "witnessing the birth of a new age in figure skating", 1990 worlds LP towards end of her skate "it will be 50 years till we see anything like Midori Ito again", and now this tourney during the showing of her technical marks "She's revolutionized the sport of ladies figure skating".
Her triple axel is still unsurpassed. If you watch the lalique warmup video (search midori 3a-3) she does an incredible triple axel triple toe that will leave you speechless. The greatest technical skater the sport has ever seen.
i love her triple axel here but it's funny how her triple axels in 1993 and 94 when she turned pro seemed bigger and more explosive.
Loved watching Midori skate! These are the performances she needed a few month later at the Olympics.
If she could’ve only skated like this at the Olympics that year.
Whenever I watch this program, I always wonder if she held back at the last second on the Triple Axel combination. She definitely had the height and speed off the first jump to go for the triple toe loop and she had hit that combination in the warm-up. It looks like she held back at the last second and doubled the toe loop.
We’re proud of she is Japanese .
She was like a jumping bean. Amazing skill!!
素晴らしい。この演技が出来たらオリンピックは、金メダルでした。クリスティ山口さんも素晴らしい選手。どちらにも金メダルをあげたい。
本当に。
シーズン頭の東日本選手権が一番無難にジャンプがまとまっていて、五輪に向かって次第にジャンプの調子を崩していきましたね。ラリック杯は確かシーズン2戦目だったかな。
@@TooKiss2010 qqqqqqàa
i love midori ito…hands down the best ever!!!!!
I never noticed before how re-worked this long was. Basically a whole new program by albertville.
3flip→2flip
3lutz→3flip
3loop→1loop
2axel 3toe loop →3loop
本来のジャンプ構成がかなり変わったので、みどりさんが演技後に「もうグチャグチャ」と言っております😅
It's funny because the first thing she said to her coach after her performance was "It was a disaster! (mecha-kucha-ya!)" implying she was not satisfied at all.
midori can still win big competitions with this programs just with a little changes. She was too forward in her age.
I love Midori! I really wish she had skated well in Albertville - If she had skated perfectly in both programs - no one would have been able to beat her - I wish she had continued to the 1994 Games.
Girl was friggin floating on those jumps!
She jumps to upstairs,to the air.
I like Midori's 3Axel more than Tonya's. She also landed it more consistently.
With today's scoring system, she would have won.
It's true that Yamaguchi was beaten by both Harding at Skate America, and Ito at Trophee Lalique before the Albertville '92 Olympics, and then Yamaguchi ended up beating them both and winning the Olympics. But this was only because of SP errors by Ito and Harding. It's a fact, going by results, that Ito and Harding were going to be marked and placed above Yamaguchi even if all of them had skated well. Ito and Harding had the great technical abilities, but they also had natural presentation and presence. To further prove this point, Yamaguchi won gold with two errors. That shows how underwhelming the "92 Olympics ladies skating event was.
SP can make you win or lose gold, it’s always been that way, before and after Kristi won gold at the OG. Lady Luck was on Kristi’s side at that time. Or you can see it as it’s just another competition.
I can guess what country those two judges who had Midori in second place were from.
It was the German and Czech judges who had Midori second.
regardless, i actually loooove the visual texture that her unorthodox position in the air creates. apparently the right form midair is to be as tight as possible but she crosses her legs almost up above her knee on some jumps , which actually would slow her down as it creates some drag. but all the more testament to the height of her jumps that she can still complete them under thsi harder position.
how did she change it? you mean the entrance? would be interesting to know, as i am not a skater and prob dont notice the nuances of each jump. i know she lost some weight between amateur n pro and probably still kept her strength so her jumps probably benefited.
浅田真央ちゃんが憧れるのも無理はないわ、スゴイ
解説から3Lzのところをダブルになってしまったフリップに変えて、シングルになってしまったループを最後に飛び直した感じ？
@judeluo She was a sort of skaters who CAN land 8 triples in a program! Which I don't think any female skater ever did it in a competition!
is this the hardest technical program ever done by a woman?
maybe for awhile.. Mao Asada's 2010 worlds program had 2 3A and her 2014 Olympics program had 1 3A but included two difficult jump combinations - 3F-3L and 2A3T.
@@psylockheart Yeah, but Mao's technique was nowhere near Midori's and she constantly underrotated her jumps. I'd say it was the most difficult program until Kostornaia, Shcherbakova and Trusova- which is insane to think her skating was basically 30 year's ahead of its time
This was her planned 92 Olympic LP performance as well right down to the burgundy red outfit. In a perfect world, Midori would skate like this at the Olympics. Kristi Yamaguchi always knew the Olympic Gold was Midori‘s to win or lose.
And what's the worst about 1992 Olympics, Midori didnt have to be perfect. A clean skate without falls would guarantee her gold :/
Kristi planned on coming in second and winning in '94.
@@jondavwal13Kristi was smart to leave the sport while she was on top.
If she waited another Olympics, it might have been her to get whacked instead of Nancy
This was the last big Intl skating competition with U.S., Asian and Euro athletes participating before the 92 Olympics in Albertville. If Midori skated like this in Albertville, she would've beaten Kristi as witnessed here. But Japanese expectations for Midori were too much for her to deal with 3 months later that she skated a disastrous SP, but recovered enough to still win the Silver. But the Japanese wanted Gold. Who doesn't?
She could probably have done a triple toe out of that huge Triple axel. I'd rather watch this all day than the current breed of skaters out there nowadays.
She had been practicing the 3A-3T combination at Albertville and have landed it successfully. It was a shame that the distractions from the incident with Surya Bonaly and the Japanese media, that she lost her composure let the pressure get to her on the day of the short program.
What was the Bonaly drama? I don't recal about that. Please explain. thanks.
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Midori Ito can out jump Scott Hamilton (even in his prime) any day of the week, let's face it.
@caseyphx I view jumping ability as separate from the ability to skate a clean program. They are related, but not exactly the same. To be able to do a triple axel late in a program when you're tired AND have already missed it (and thus presumably undermined your confidence) actually impresses me more than a skater who does a triple axel in the first minute and lands it. Doesn't mean the latter isn't preferable -- of course a clean skate is preferable.
how are her jumps less explosive? Scott tends to be a little biased... he used to rave about midori until kristi emerged as a contender for Albertville ....
The constant comparisons to Harding are beyond annoying. Tonya was explosive and jumped high. However, she was always leaning in the air and landed with a thud on almost every jump. Harding was incapable of performing the Lutz/Toe Loop combination Midori opened with here or the 3 axel/3 toe loop Midori performed many times in practice. Harding's landings were wild and inconsistent. Ito was the greatest jumper in the history of women's figure skating. Harding was not.
You are beyond annoying.
We get it.. You don't like her. Just don't give us your crap.
You're absolutely correct, Jonathan
@@buffyslays5260 you don’t have to like her but he’s right. tonya’s 3A wasn’t good
This music was NOT right for her. The cut they used at the 92 Olympics was much better. Amazing how Kristi Y. was soundly beaten by Midori here and by Tonya Harding at Skate America yet came back to beat both of them at the 92 Olympics.
@Dylvente she misses a jump, so she tries it again, and that's "jumping ability" to you? i'm not saying midori's not an awesome jumper; she is, but your comment doesn't make sense. should we extend the long program an extra minute so skaters can redo the jumps they missed on their first attempt? If she doesn't do the jump as planned, it's a mistake.
A triple triple in 91'! Still a big deal today!
It was almost 20 years since Ito and Yamaguchi went for 3Lz-3T to this combo become a regular thing in figure skating. I truly wish she had a longer career.
@@hannibaljustincase9985 It's one of the reasons you have to admire Yamaguchi. She pushed herself to keep up and technically I still think she was second best in her day. Harding had had the 3A for about 5 minutes but Kristi's combinations and consistency were always more difficult. There were rumours of a Tonya quad and 3loop/3loop. The first was never seen and the second there is a video of her missing it in practice.
I love her leg wrap. It's such an anti-thesis to Mao's ultra tight leg which she has to do because of ultra weak and low jump height.
Very different skaters but when they did their best they were scored similar
Verne actually asked "Will it be enough?" As If...C'mon boy. There is still no female since her to have the same jumping ability other than maybe Harding. Some ladies do have huge 3lz/3t combos but this lack of a 3a is really annoying to me. I think there should be a bonus in the scoring if you land all 6 forms of jumps. 2 Judges put her 2nd. C'mon now. That program was ridiculously difficult.
He had every right to ask! More than just jumps were being judged and Midori was never known as an artistic skater. So, he had every right to ask, seeing if the judges would give her the 2nd mark. And a 5.8/5.9 for this program is laughable. Midori is the best jumper, but this program artistically lacked very much. Also, you may be "annoyed" but not everyone can be Midori Ito or Tonya Harding. Kristi Yamaguchi was fine with her placement because she knew she could do nothing about what the others were doing. She couldn't do a triple axel, and just focused on what she could do. I'd prefer a clean skate over one trying and bombing on a triple axel because someone is "annoyed". And doing a 3/3 is far different from doing a triple axel. If you skated, you'd know that.
+Will R And Scott Hamilton became so biased in his comments around the time Yamaguchi (a fellow American) started to become a gold medal contender. Scott Hamilton is also supposed to be a champion and knowledgeable about figure skating, but he started to say silly things such as "I think the Italian judge thought Midori meant to do a single";. Please! Midori got 5.9s and a 6.0 because of all her content and QUALITY overall, especially that triple axel combo. In other words, she didn't really need a triple loop with what she already did. Hamilton started to be silly, biased and annoying as a commentator, after 1991.
Scott was right - that program "Watered down" her explosive impression on the ice.
@lutz84 His comment doesn't make any sense. The fact that she missed jumps and then tried them again successfully actually shows her jumping ability (and her command over the ice) more than if she had done everything right the first time.
この演技をオリンピックでしてたら、ほぼ金メダルだったかもしれない😢後ショートでミスらなければね、今でも悔しい😅
No flutzing going on back in the day...
Кто нибудь напишите кто эта фигуристка японочка или китаечка? Ну чудо из чудес! Очень сильная, всегда смотрю и везде не по русски написано. Заранее благодарю.
frankly, i don't see how her "artistic improvements watered down her explosive jumping ability."
she changed her approach to the jump as well .... wonder if that made a difference but they are all huge to me
@greekluv85
I totally agree with you .... it's like ...the much tauted combination of Kim Yu Na + Mao Asada in one program! 19 years before those two 19 yr olds competed in 2010!
I cant believe how she was able to jump and her boots looked pretty broken down
Tonya and Ito are amazing. You can only judge them from their jumps
I didn't notice on here if someone else already said this but was there another person on here that felt somewhat compelled to mention that the double toe-loop that immediately followed that triple axel was an attempt to constantly stay ahead of Harding...?!?!? lol hahaha Because Tonya Harding WAS the first female skater to successfully do the triple axel combo at Skate America '91. I don't know; I mean, I love ALL these skaters, and I'm just having fun...which event was first???
No matter what everyone says skating being an artistic sport, it's still JUMPS that matter, especially if it's the triple axel. Why wasn't Tonya here at this important competition?
shihlin1 she had a back injury
If you type tonya midori in the you tube search for videos, a video comes up of tonya being interviewed by US TV watching this event and talking about Midori's skating and why she chose not to come and compete in this event.
She changed out the music at the end of the program for the 2nd half of the long for the Olympics. Wise choice - the music at the end here was not suitable.
clear bias from the USA judge
always
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The USA judge maybe bias here; however, they haven't been recently and definitely not in the 2002 Olympics for the ladies. If the US judge would have put Kwan in 2nd over Slutskaya, then Kwan would have won the 2002 Olympics. Check out the scoring as the old system would have given Kwan 2nd place with 6 2nd places and Slutskaya 5 2nd places. This would have given Kwan 2nd or 2 points and her total score would have been 2.5 overall and Sarah Hughes would have had 3.0 overall. Therefore, Kwan would have won gold. I don't think Kwan would have wanted to win this way with a fall, but she would have won. I asked an expert and the expert confirmed my understanding of the old rules. If you want to say someone is bias, then look at the Russians and when they are technical specialists and dictate the results. Kolyada is constantly overscored with only 2 completed quads in both programs and the final results he's acheived. The russians have cheated before at the 2002 olympics and they have cheated again with doping and will continue to cheat in the future too.
+Figure Skating Whataboutism. That doesn't mean the bias from the USA judge for Midori was okay.
Rach piano concerto no1!!!
at 6:22 Surya Bonaly was going to walk all over Kristi
5.8 come on US sour grapes!
U.S.A, that's why. This was their period of guiding Yamaguchi.