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1968 Olympics-Full Programs
Some kind soul has posted the full programs of the top skaters in all three disciplines from the Grenoble Games as aired on Russian television. I've been searching for most of my adult life for these! I've only ever seen partial clips at best of most of the competitors except for the Protopopovs. I've had to satisfy myself with vids from that year's Worlds and Nationals for the longest time.
Great names like Fleming, the Protopopovs, John Misha Petkovic, Moskvina and Mishin (a very enjoyable pair with a glorious death spiral), etc. are all included.
Funny note: the commentator doing the voice over for the Moskvina/Mishin program mentions Tamara doing a "Beillmann" spin at the end of their routine. Heh, ironic since she was doing them in pairs and singles many years before Denise even competed. So these programs are recaps.
Please enjoy and comment.
http://www.youtube.com/user/gem7ini
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Simply the best.
Wow how glorious! Thank you! I'll take my time thoroughly watching them, being amazed
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Tremendous find, JCoates! Thanks so much. I'll watch and comment later.
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Wicked Yankee Girl
I'm so thrilled that the Olympic skate of John Misha Petkevich is there 
Thank you so much jcoates!
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Moskvina/Mishin were SO CUTE!
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1968 OLYMPICS
LADIES
Gold: Peggy Fleming - USA
Free Skate
Free Skate - 2nd Version
Free Skate - 3rd Version
Free Skate - 4th Version
Silver: Gabriele Seyfert - East Germany
Free Skate
Free Skate - 2nd Version
Bronze: Hana Maskova - Czechoslovakia
Free Skate (Complete)
Free Skate - 2nd Version - short clip at beginning of video
4th: Albertina Noyes - USA
Free Skate
Free Skate - 2nd Version
5th: Beatrix Schuba - Austria
Free Skate
6th: Zsuzsa Almassy - Hungary
Free Skate
9th: Janet Lynn - USA
Free Skate
MENS
Gold: Wolfgang Schwarz - Austria
Free Skate
Silver: Tim Wood - USA
Free Skate
Bronze: Patrick Péra - France
Still no video available
4th: Emmerich Danzer - Austria
Free Skate
5th: Gary Visconti - USA
Free Skate
6th: John Misha Petkevich - USA
Free Skate
9th: Sergei Chetverukhin - USSR
Free Skate
PAIRS
Gold: Ludmila Protopopov & Oleg Protopopov - USSR
Free Skate
Free Skate - 2nd Version
Silver: Tatyana Zhuk & Aleksandr Gorelik - USSR
Free Skate
Bronze: Margot Glockshuber & Wolfgang Danne - West Germany
Free Skate
4th: Heidemarie Steiner & Heinz-Ulrich Walther - East Germany
Free Skate
5th: Tamara Moskvina & Alexei Mishin - USSR
Free Skate
6th: Cynthia Kauffman & Ronald Kauffman - USA
Free Skate
Free Skate - 2nd Version
1972 OLYMPICS
The following features Janet Lynn, Karen Magnussen, and Trixie Schuba:
Part 1, Part 2
LADIES EVENT
Gold: Beatrix Schuba - Austria
Silver: Karen Magnussen - Canada
Bronze: Janet Lynn - USA
Last edited by Mao88; 06-01-2012 at 08:36 PM.
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Although the jumps were simpler in Peggy's time, she expressed the music so much better than most of the skaters today. When it was fast, she skated fast; when it was slow, she skated slow, and I loved the little dance she did in the middle. It was a pleasure to watch.
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I love Peggy's program; it's the one of all these I'd seen before. Isn't that a jump combination she does near the beginning? She really excelled in all aspects of skating, both artistic and athletic, and even the school figures--which, notice, she won.
The Protopopovs...wow. Talk about expressing emotion and music on the ice. That paired spiral is to die for: long, smooth, and just when you think they would have run out of propulsion, he pushes her forward to do a solo moment. What surprises me is how many jumps and lifts they do, far more than Moskvina and Mishin. (Who, I agree, were exceedingly appealing.) A bit of the commentary was in French, some of which I was able to catch and understand: "the security...the grace...the suppleness."
I've watched Petkevich now but haven't seen Wood yet and am eager to. He was actually a world champion twice, so he was in some ways America's best of that era, though Misha P. is known for his free skating pyrotechnics.
This is a treasure! I can't wait to watch more.
Extra note of amusement: the guys I've seen so far, singles and pairs alike, all skate wearing the stretchier equivalent of a suit and tie. I remember someone, maybe Scott Hamilton, once saying that when he started skating, you looked like a waiter on ice. Remember Kurt Browning's "Casablanca" program, where Rick really was a sort of glorified waiter...wonder if, in addition to portraying the character, that was also intended as a tip of the hat to the traditional men's skating costume.
Last edited by Olympia; 06-02-2012 at 09:43 AM.
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