Post a link of one of your favourites at the very very start of their career.
Shen/Zhao in 1994- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kH8DOZlA0qQ
Michelle Kwan 1991- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=brUbNa-bK4k
Kim Yeon-Ah 1997- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l33Ia8pUVgU
Lipinski 1994- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PBE2ZeLpUg0
Last edited by blue dog; 11-16-2010 at 04:40 PM.
Shizuka Arakawa:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8-pLckbkH9Q
Here's another! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XwX_0IuwKIMOriginally Posted by Johar
Usova Zhulin 1988
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kMNozY4jyNw
Torvill & Dean 1980
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6UPR094PBB0
Maria Anissina (surprise)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qGMGYa2XPm8
Duchesnays 1988
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KEz1xYVO-aw
Davis & White 2004
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=98im_b86n6M
Virtue & Moir 2004
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oEJeiQOHD2k
Kristi Yamaguchi & Rudi Galindo Skate America 1986
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pUMg2-eHUMk
Earliest competition I can find on youtube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OEoabQi287Y
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9qmv-...eature=related (Mao Asada 2000)
Mini-Stephane Lambiel at age 11 in 1997.
BRB, dying of sheer adorableness.
Mao Asada at age 12 in 2002.
Lyosha Yagudin, 1994 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ENIy4xMsSCI
Oksana Baiul, 1992 (this woman had such a short career!) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9xM8pW8ZiFs
Midori Ito, 1980 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MLtdloG-_So
Tonya Harding, 1985 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ms9abaxEuMU
Tonya Harding age 14
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ms9abaxEuMU
Rachael Flatt age 12-before she damaged her back. Lovely spins and spirals
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0xzvE...eature=related
Midori Ito, age 11 (four triples)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ewgTx8oAeZA
Shen is soo tiny wow, she looks almost as little as Sui!
Gede (age 14): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v4vKo...eature=related
Laura (age 13): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jM6Dt...eature=related
Kiira (age 13): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=slBP9Y_c0ZI
Carolina (age 15): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PT7LH6WYdQw (she reminds me of Polina Shelepen)
Anna Ovcharova (age 11): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9eXu8jFhm4Q
Caroline (age 13): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4IIUWgOwAIQ (4 years later and she's still wearing blue)
Last edited by silverlake22; 11-16-2010 at 07:13 PM.
My new favorite ice dancers, Maia and Alex Shibutani in Jr. Nationals (Intermediate) in 2006 (11+14! Goodness. She is tiny. So is he!) Oh my gosh, they interview so well at their age! One thing though, since when does Nancy Kerrigan do Ice Dance commentary?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N6NrB...24B42&index=30
EDITED: 2006 NOT 1994. Sorry probably was thinking about Nancy Kerrigan.
Last edited by Mrs. P; 11-16-2010 at 10:41 PM.
OMG they were so cute! Davis/White in 1999- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZPO7FjnohJk
(slightly OT, but not, since it was still before they hit it big-- Charlie skating singles! At 2:49, he lands a cheated triple/triple- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n6f3ow-4au8 )
blue dog, That really does make you realize how very, very long they have been skating together! They were such little, little kids.
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