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Tonya Harding in 1986 Skate America

swissmiss

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Mafke said:
I remember when Harding and Ito were my favorite female skaters (and Paul Wylie was my favorite male skater). Let the other ladies prance around like pixiebelle, I just loved was the clean spare power they demonstrated.

:agree: I love "Festive Overture", the piece Tonya skated to in the 1986 clip. It hasn't been used very often for skating, and she's one of the only skaters who have the power and speed to pull it off. Most skaters would look like they're going too slow for the music.

One of the other "features" of 1980's skating, besides the big hair, was the bad music editing. The piece sandwiched in between the two sections of "Festive" doesn't make sense either musically or for her skating. But I guess it was just the way things were done back then. :eek:hwell:
 
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