What are the Greatest Moments of Ladies Figure Skating for you?

**christinaskater** · 08-18-2012, 10:23 PM

**christinaskater** · 08-19-2012, 12:10 AM

Yu-Na Kim (Miss Saigon 2007 COR)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5NU8N4Com8Y

Akiko Suzuki Dark Eyes 2008 Japanese Nationals
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rKiUJ...eature=related

Akiko Suzuki 2009 CUp of China
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eOfwMW9l2C0

Miki Ando 2011 4CC LP
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KRfotIjCbWo&feature=plcp

Miki Ando 2007 Worlds LP
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OiyM7...eature=related

**iluvtodd** · 08-19-2012, 07:22 AM

Great choices! May I add Midori Ito's free skate @ the 1988 Calgary Olympics?

**janetfan** · 08-19-2012, 09:02 AM

I thought the showdown between Michelle and Lulu at the '96 Wolrds was quite memorable.

After all these years I still can't decide who should have won.
This is only made harder since I love both skaters.

If ever there was a competition that deserved two Gold medals this was it.

Lulu: choreo by Sandra Bezic

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZCRaoNfU0r8

Michelle: choreo by Lori Nichol

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fJwtHxPifjo

**Skatie** · 08-19-2012, 09:35 AM

Liz Manley's spunky freeskate in Calgary Olympics to surprize everyone for the silver

**blue_idealist** · 08-19-2012, 03:51 PM

Already been said, but Tara Lipinski's 1998 Olympics FS.

**mary01** · 08-19-2012, 07:20 PM

Mao Asada

2010 worlds :
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hsCZCM8AKCU the whole performance was pure perfection, and for me this was mind bobling how her determination to land the all her axel made her succed, and this really shows why she is special skater

2010 olympics:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jrEZgoPpCAI
this was one of the biggest highlights of the 2010 olympics, I know that i have already described Mao's 2010 worlds as perfection but add this to the resume, cause this is pure perfection, she does every element with such easy and naturally, as if she was born to skate!

2008 worlds:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8i_Z1...eature=related
where should i begin, the comeback after that fall was soo unreal, the unbelievable technical content, her humble reaction after the placement

2009 sp :
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=327n8Gue9Ic
one of thé most fantastic short program in figure skating history, it'simply sooo beautiful and spellbounding that i can't find all the words that would make this program justice!

2011 fs 4cc:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kIF6h...eature=related
I was moved to tears when i watched it, this comeback s after the season she had shows why Mao Asada is a true champion and fighter

Daisuke:

2010 worlds fs:

it was with this performance that i finally saw the hidden artist in Daisuke

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XeVGyP7oiOM

lu chen:

2006 worlds lp:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZCRaoNfU0r8

there are probably many more but this is all for now

**skateluvr** · 08-19-2012, 10:15 PM

Every great skate of last 15 years is covered it seems. I would only add Kerrigans's flawless 1994 Oly silver (worth gold). And Oksana Baiul's Olympic SP. Also Lu Chen's moving bronze at 1998 Olympics if not already mentioned. And Tara was golden in Nagano. Even Frank told MK to be cool as Tara skated better that night. I think the vodka would have been useless but hey, fun idea...is that how it worked back then? wasted. Two wonderful entirely different skaters. MK had a freedom/best program of her life. It would be 2004 before she skated with such conviction to Tosca. 6 years apart, and like two different people, it was great she stayed in so long to grow from a bean to a powerhouse fierce skater. Still love tara too.

**christinaskater** · 08-20-2012, 05:57 AM

Originally Posted by janetfan

I thought the showdown between Michelle and Lulu at the '96 Wolrds was quite memorable.

After all these years I still can't decide who should have won.
This is only made harder since I love both skaters.

If ever there was a competition that deserved two Gold medals this was it.

Lulu: choreo by Sandra Bezic

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZCRaoNfU0r8

Michelle: choreo by Lori Nichol

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fJwtHxPifjo

2 skates for the ages!

I would give them both gold medals!

Lu Chen would get 5.8, 6.0 from me.
Michelle Kwan 5.9 and 6.0 from me.

It came down to the 7th triple triple over Chen's 6!

**christinaskater** · 08-20-2012, 07:28 AM

Originally Posted by mary01

Mao Asada

2010 worlds :
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hsCZCM8AKCU the whole performance was pure perfection, and for me this was mind bobling how her determination to land the all her axel made her succed, and this really shows why she is special skater

2010 olympics:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jrEZgoPpCAI
this was one of the biggest highlights of the 2010 olympics, I know that i have already described Mao's 2010 worlds as perfection but add this to the resume, cause this is pure perfection, she does every element with such easy and naturally, as if she was born to skate!

2008 worlds:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8i_Z1...eature=related
where should i begin, the comeback after that fall was soo unreal, the unbelievable technical content, her humble reaction after the placement

2009 sp :
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=327n8Gue9Ic
one of thé most fantastic short program in figure skating history, it'simply sooo beautiful and spellbounding that i can't find all the words that would make this program justice!

2011 fs 4cc:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kIF6h...eature=related
I was moved to tears when i watched it, this comeback s after the season she had shows why Mao Asada is a true champion and fighter

Daisuke:

2010 worlds fs:

it was with this performance that i finally saw the hidden artist in Daisuke

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XeVGyP7oiOM

lu chen:

2006 worlds lp:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZCRaoNfU0r8

there are probably many more but this is all for now

**os168** · 08-20-2012, 07:49 AM

The definition of Greatest is that there can only be one.

So I ask myself what clips I can show anyone in a few minutes why figure skating is a beautiful, challenging and spectacular sport.

I can only think of one performance in ladies figure skating history that does that unconditionally.

Yuna Kim's Olympic Gershwin Skate. It was as close to perfection as there ever had been on the world biggest stage, occasion, with the greatest risks and personal milestone on the line. It was a moment where I thought wow, who is she, and how can she do the impossible? Perfection are suppose to be unattainable, yet some how here it is.

**christinaskater** · 08-20-2012, 08:26 AM

The singular greatest would be Lyra Angelica from US Nationals by Michelle Kwan
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_bD79OnA2OE

**Olympia** · 08-20-2012, 08:42 AM

The Lyra at 1998 Nationals is the one I also would choose, christinaskater, but on the other hand, how can one choose a single greatest moment in a sport like skating? In long jumping, Bob Beamon's unprecedented record in the 1968 Olympics is clearly the greatest jump ever (a record that it took decades to break), but skating is by its nature impossible to quantify, or at least it is for me.

So I'll add another Michelle program; here she's skating Song of the Black Swan at Worlds. There are even two of those! The qualifying round and the long program were both extraordinary.

Here's the qualifying round:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TjRn9pjbOCc