If you go back and watch her performance at 1969 Nationals there's a drastic difference in performance quality. She really elevated it this year and for the rest of her career.
She is perhaps America's most underrated skater of all time when you consider a large portion of the judging was weighted on compulsory skating which is no longer a part of competitive skating. Her free skating was on par with or better than Fleming in my opinion. Her lovely figure and that short blond hair gave her a pristine angelic appearance.
The compulsories were eliminated precisely because of Janet Lynn. According to sports writer Sandra Loosemore, television was "the driving force" for the rule changes regarding figures in 1968 and the years following. Figures were not broadcast on TV because they were not exciting enough, so viewers "found it incomprehensible that competitions could be won by skaters who had built up huge leads in the figures portion of the event but gave mediocre performances in the part of the competition shown on TV", i.e. The Janet Lynn Effect.
I was quite taken with Peggy Fleming but Janet surpassed her with her vivacity. She was a better free skater than Dorothy Hamill, Michelle Kwan, and Kristi Yamaguchi, although they became better artistically as professionals than they were as amateurs--Janet was better than any, irrespective of triple jumps (Janet did some triple jumps early in her career also, although not too successfully in competition) until perhaps Yuna Kim and Carolina Kostner equaled her artistry. My favorite now is Amber Glenn.
@@waynehentley4332 Salami!! "The shadow she casts in the skating world is so long that when Kwan and her high-jumping nemesis, Tara Lipinski, were facing off in the late 1990s, Lipinski's coach, Richard Callaghan, compared Lipinski to Janet Lynn. Kwan's coach, Frank Carroll, in turn told The New York Times, 'The greatest American skater I ever witnessed was Janet Lynn. She had everything, the looks, the music. She was poetry.'" - From "Whatever happened to Janet Lynn?" - Chicago Tribune - By Nara Schoenberg and Tribune staff reporter - Feb 17, 2006.
watching this video I recall not only just how great a skater Janet Lynn was, but how great an announcer Jim Mackay was also. I can remember how he used to say "I'd walk a million miles for one of her smiles"... just before interviewing her.
She is respected by other skaters--she won all the professional competitions she entered years later. She was a five time national champion. She isn't better remembered because she never won a world championship or an Olympic gold medal, but she was the best free skater for many decades after an one of the best in history, but back then school, or compulsory figures counted for 60% of the score and she was not the best at that, whereas Peggy Fleming was, so Peggy could make mistakes in the free skate and still win, but Janet could not, and was beaten by clunky free skaters who had built up a huge lead in the compulsory figures. In fact it's because of Janet that the compulsory figures were devalued and then eliminated from competition and the short program was instituted, so she had a great influence on the development of the sport. This is from a 2002 article in the Los Angeles Times about Janet: Frank Carroll, who has coached many Olympic skaters, once called Lynn, who was not one of his pupils, “the most beautiful, wonderful skater who ever lived....She had such flow to the music, such style. “She flew, she absolutely flew.” John Curry, the 1976 Olympic and World men's figure skating champion, also said Janet was the best, and one of the greatest artist of skaters, Toller Cranston, 6-time Canadian national men's champion and 1974 World and 1976 Olympic bronze medalist, once said that Lynn was the best female skater he had ever seen. 'On the ice, she became ethereal, magical.'” You might want to check out this alternate recording of this performance shot from a distance with a single camera and no commentary. The footage is a little faded, but you get a whole different feel for the performance--it seems much more dynamic: Janet Lynn 1970 US Nationals LP filmed by Howard Craker
It's unfortunate that the aspect ratio of this video is slightly compressded laterally. The other broadcast video on this channel with the interview with the Button at the end is the proper aspect ratio.
It is terrific to see Lynn Holly Johnson figure skate in the late 70's up to 1989. However it is hard to find Lynn Holly Johnson figure skating in real life. You can see her in Ice Castles and her other movies.
I think she was better than him. He had students watch video of her. She was on a par artistically with Toller Cranston, who said she was the best female skater he'd ever seen, and on ice became ethereal, magical.
Watch this recorded version with no commentary filmed from a single camera--the footage is a bit faded but the performance looks completely different, more dynamic: Janet Lynn 1970 US Nationals LP filmed by Howard Craker
To This Day I Consider Janet Lynn The Greatest Interpreter of Classical Music In Skating Competition History !!!.....
I was a young skater in this era and we idolized Janet Lynn.
I remember reading about the 1970 US Championships in my issue of "Skating " magazine !.
Beautiful program both grace and power with perfect air position.
I miss skating like this. She was an angel on ice! Rockford loves you!!!
She just floats across the ice! Such a beautiful skater!⛸️⭐️♥️
She skates so effortlessly, it’s so beautiful
I remember seeing her on television! Lovely skater!!
Me too. This is 51 years ago. What artistry along with athleticism for the times.
Love ❤ watching her. She skates ⛸ like an angel 👼. Most definitely pure art.
If you go back and watch her performance at 1969 Nationals there's a drastic difference in performance quality. She really elevated it this year and for the rest of her career.
There is NO triple today that can begin to compete with this girls skating ability! ~ Watch and weep ladies .. THIS is what figure skating IS
Exactly! On the men's side, John Curry's 1976 Olympic long program IS figure skating!
@@tuxtommy69 - How right you are!!
She just glided on ice.
She's just perfect. Ballet on ice
Wow...I was too young back then to appreciate this....she was a fantastic skater....WOW !
No one like her before and none since. She had something intangible.
She is perhaps America's most underrated skater of all time when you consider a large portion of the judging was weighted on compulsory skating which is no longer a part of competitive skating. Her free skating was on par with or better than Fleming in my opinion. Her lovely figure and that short blond hair gave her a pristine angelic appearance.
The compulsories were eliminated precisely because of Janet Lynn. According to sports writer Sandra Loosemore, television was "the driving force" for the rule changes regarding figures in 1968 and the years following. Figures were not broadcast on TV because they were not exciting enough, so viewers "found it incomprehensible that competitions could be won by skaters who had built up huge leads in the figures portion of the event but gave mediocre performances in the part of the competition shown on TV", i.e. The Janet Lynn Effect.
I was quite taken with Peggy Fleming but Janet surpassed her with her vivacity. She was a better free skater than Dorothy Hamill, Michelle Kwan, and Kristi Yamaguchi, although they became better artistically as professionals than they were as amateurs--Janet was better than any, irrespective of triple jumps (Janet did some triple jumps early in her career also, although not too successfully in competition) until perhaps Yuna Kim and Carolina Kostner equaled her artistry. My favorite now is Amber Glenn.
@@waynehentley4332 Salami!!
"The shadow she casts in the skating world is so long that when Kwan and her high-jumping nemesis, Tara Lipinski, were facing off in the late 1990s, Lipinski's coach, Richard Callaghan, compared Lipinski to Janet Lynn.
Kwan's coach, Frank Carroll, in turn told The New York Times, 'The greatest American skater I ever witnessed was Janet Lynn. She had everything, the looks, the music. She was poetry.'" - From "Whatever happened to Janet Lynn?" - Chicago Tribune - By Nara Schoenberg and Tribune staff reporter - Feb 17, 2006.
Wow, this routine was just beautiful!
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Miss Lynn. Legend you are great great skate.
Her double jumps seem bigger than modern skating triples.
Astounding.
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Simply amazing.. I hope this received a few 6.0’s.. it certainly should have
Exquisite. Janet Lynn and Toller Cranston are the finest skaters ever. My opinion.
I agree.
watching this video I recall not only just how great a skater Janet Lynn was, but how great an announcer Jim Mackay was also. I can remember how he used to say "I'd walk a million miles for one of her smiles"... just before interviewing her.
something tells me she deserves more respect than she's gotten over the years
She is respected by other skaters--she won all the professional competitions she entered years later. She was a five time national champion. She isn't better remembered because she never won a world championship or an Olympic gold medal, but she was the best free skater for many decades after an one of the best in history, but back then school, or compulsory figures counted for 60% of the score and she was not the best at that, whereas Peggy Fleming was, so Peggy could make mistakes in the free skate and still win, but Janet could not, and was beaten by clunky free skaters who had built up a huge lead in the compulsory figures. In fact it's because of Janet that the compulsory figures were devalued and then eliminated from competition and the short program was instituted, so she had a great influence on the development of the sport.
This is from a 2002 article in the Los Angeles Times about Janet:
Frank Carroll, who has coached many Olympic skaters, once called Lynn, who was not one of his pupils, “the most beautiful, wonderful skater who ever lived....She had such flow to the music, such style.
“She flew, she absolutely flew.”
John Curry, the 1976 Olympic and World men's figure skating champion, also said Janet was the best, and one of the greatest artist of skaters, Toller Cranston, 6-time Canadian national men's champion and 1974 World and 1976 Olympic bronze medalist, once said that Lynn was the best female skater he had ever seen. 'On the ice, she became ethereal, magical.'”
You might want to check out this alternate recording of this performance shot from a distance with a single camera and no commentary. The footage is a little faded, but you get a whole different feel for the performance--it seems much more dynamic:
Janet Lynn 1970 US Nationals LP filmed by Howard Craker
@@caryreynolds1176 thank you for providing insight!
@@MysticalMatty You're welcome. I added a little more to my original reply after this reply of yours to me, which I didn't see till just now.
@@caryreynolds1176 Thank you for that link to the Craker film. It really does take the presentation to the next level.
@@CarolanIvey You're welcome.
SIMPLY BEAUTIFUL, JANET LYNN MICHELLE KWAN HAS THAT SAME BEAUTIFUL STYLE
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Wow! What a beautiful performance. Very much ballet on ice! Too bad she never got gold medal in Olympics ☹️
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bravissima
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伝説のスケーターですネ…美しい金髪…100万ドル💲のスマイル!最高です！
Huh?!
@@AM-br4ix 'Legendary skater ... Beautiful blonde ... $ 1 million Smile! Great!'
Angel on ice!
Любовался бы этим ангелом на лду всю жизнь
So impressive how she was able to do jumps like that with skates like that
Lovely
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It's unfortunate that the aspect ratio of this video is slightly compressded laterally. The other broadcast video on this channel with the interview with the Button at the end is the proper aspect ratio.
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Was her last jump down in the opposite direction?
Nice
It is terrific to see Lynn Holly Johnson figure skate in the late 70's up to 1989. However it is hard to find Lynn Holly Johnson figure skating in real life. You can see her in Ice Castles and her other movies.
I am using Lynn Holly Johnson as a reference.
@@kevinbarton9052 Janet Lynn is the gold standard reference other skaters, and her fans, use.
Grace Kelly on ice. 💗
What kind of marks did she get for this performance?
John Curry called her the greatest of all skaters. He might have been saying that she was better than even him!
I think she was better than him. He had students watch video of her. She was on a par artistically with Toller Cranston, who said she was the best female skater he'd ever seen, and on ice became ethereal, magical.
@@caryreynolds1176 Here are Janet and John skating together: ruclips.net/video/1Eyiavf_gqk/видео.html
If only the commentator would have kept his mouth shut.
Watch this recorded version with no commentary filmed from a single camera--the footage is a bit faded but the performance looks completely different, more dynamic:
Janet Lynn 1970 US Nationals LP filmed by Howard Craker
Was Jim McKay taking pictures of Miss Lynn while commenting on the event?
Her performance was like a meditation. Her artistry is better than Michelle Kwan's.
Music sounds like a bad cartoon. 👎
I thought it was Justin Bieber ha ha ha!
Well Justin was born a girl so you’re not far off with your comment
Looks like a teenage boy with that haircut😂
Stfu