Olympic Champions battle

[nolangoh]

Imagine there is a royal battle between the glorious Olympic Champions at Mount Olympus. Each Olympic Champion performs the programs they used to win their Olympic Gold Medal. Assuming they give a perfect performance of that winning program, who will be the winner? Who will be the Champion of the Champions?



Ladies:

Katarina Witt 1984,1988

Kristi Yamaguchi 1992

Oksana Baiul 1994

Tara Lipinski 1998

Sarah Hughes 2002

Shizuka Arakawa 2006

Yuna Kim 2010

Adelina Sotnikova 2014




Men:

Scott Hamilton 1984

Brian Boitano 1988

Viktor Petrenko 1992

Alexei Urmanov 1994

Ilia Kulik 1998

Alexei Yagudin 2002

Evgeny Plushenko 2006

Evan Lysacek 2010

Yuzuru Hanyu 2014



Pairs:

Elena Valova/Oleg Vasiliev 1984

Ekaterina Gordeeva/Sergei Grinkov 1988, 1994

Natalia Mishkutenok/Artur Dmitriev 1992

Oksana Kazakova/Artur Dmitriev 1998

Elena Berezhnaya/Anton Sikharulidze 2002
Jamie Sale/David Pelletier 2002

Tatiana Totmianina/Maxim Marinin 2006

Shen Xue/Zhao Hongbo 2010

Tatiana Volosozhar/Maxim Trankov 2014




Ice Dance:

Jayne Torvill/Christopher Dean 1984

Natalia Bestemianova/Andrei Bukin 1988

Marina Klimova/Sergei Ponomarenko 1992

Oksana Grishuk/Evgeny Platov 1994, 1998

Marina Anissina/Gwendal Peizarat 2002

Tatiana Navka/Roman Kostomarov 2006

Tessa Virtue/Scott Moir 2010

Meryl Davis/Charlie White 2014





The rink is now ready, the skaters may take the ice for warm up...

 

[drivingmissdaisy]

It's really impossible to compare. Witt had to do compulsory figures, which took a lot of time away from mastering triples. Yamaguchi with 7 triples might have beaten Yuna with 6 triples under 6.0, but probably not COP in which the quality of the jumps are more important than the quantity. Midori's 1992 programs skated perfectly and Mao's 2014 numbers would take the top two spots on technical merit alone.

 

[Rissa]

In case of Men the progress of technical content means that the latest winner would win. (although, Ilia Kulik would beat Hanyu in the costume department!)

 

[drivingmissdaisy]

In case of Men the progress of technical content means that the latest winner would win. (although, Ilia Kulik would beat Hanyu in the costume department!)

The men are interesting. Evan might have only won in 1984 and 1994.

 

[Nathan13]

I'm going to operate under the assumption that the judging system would be a fantasy mix of CoP and 6.0, in which skaters are are rewarded for doing what they do, and doing it well (it doesn't make any sense but just go with it). In that case, the podiums, for me, are:

Ladies:
1. Yuna Kim
2. Sarah Hughes
3. Katarina Witt

Men:
1. Yuzuru Hanyu
2. Alexei Yagundin
3. Brian Boitano

Pairs:
1. Gordeeva/Grinkov
2. Shen/Zhao
3. Totmianina/Marinin

Dance:
1. Torvill/Dean
2. Davis/White
3. Virtue/Moir

 

[Rissa]

The men are interesting. Evan might have only won in 1984 and 1994.

Oh right, I forgot that Even was sort of the technical setback of the sport. :hslap:

 

[plushyfan]

I'm going to operate under the assumption that the judging system would be a fantasy mix of CoP and 6.0, in which skaters are are rewarded for doing what they do, and doing it well (it doesn't make any sense but just go with it). In that case, the podiums, for me, are:




Men:
1. Yuzuru Hanyu
2. Alexei Yagundin
3. Brian Boitano

Really? Boitano beats Plushenko? In wich aspect?

 

[Nathan13]

Really? Boitano beats Plushenko? In wich aspect?

I just like his skating better. Sorry just my opinion :confused2:

 

[plushyfan]

I just like his skating better. Sorry just my opinion :confused2:

That's OK. I think you compare their programs, points, etc.

 

[Mathman]

Yuna Kim (Katatrina Witt, silver)

Alexei Yagudin (Plushenko, silver)

Gordeeva and Grinkov 1988

Torvill and Dean

 

[Mathman]

I'm going to operate under the assumption that the judging system would be a fantasy mix of CoP and 6.0, in which skaters are are rewarded for doing what they do, and doing it well (it doesn't make any sense but just go with it). In that case, the podiums, for me, are:

Ladies:
1. Yuna Kim
2. Sarah Hughes
3. Katarina Witt

 

[Nathan13]

I was expecting backlash, but i received a . I'm thrilled!

 

[Tolstoj]

Based on my personal tastes (because it's impossible to compare):

Ladies:
1. Katarina Witt
2. Shizuka Arakawa
3. Yuna Kim

Men:
1. Evgeny Plushenko
2. Yuzuru Hanyu
3. Alexei Yagudin

Pairs
1. Berezhnaya / Sikharulidze
2. Gordeeva / Grinkov
3. Volosozhar / Trankov

Ice Dance
1. Grishuk / Platov
2. Torvill / Dean
3. Virtue / Moir

Medal-wise Irina Rodnina deserves a mention, since she is still the only pair skater who won 10 successive World Championships and 3 Olympic gold medals (with Ulanov and Zaitsev)

 

[Sam L]

Ice Dance
1. Grishuk / Platov
2. Torvill / Dean
3. Virtue / Moir

This.

Ladies:

1. Yuna Kim
2. Oksana Baiul
3. Shizuka Arakawa

Men:

1. Yuzuru Hanyu
2. Alexei Yagudin
3. Evgeny Plushenko

But I agree that it's hard to compare against compulsory figures era because the focus was different.

 

[Sandpiper]

By the rules stated in the first post (skating their winning program cleanly... which many of them didn't do in the actual Olympics they won )

Ladies:
1. Yuna Kim
2. Adelina Sotnikova
3. Kristi Yamaguchi

(However, the order would be flipped if 6.0 qualities were emphasized)

Men:
1. Yuzuru Hanyu
2. Alexei Yagudin
3. Evgeni Plushenko

(Flip 1 and 2 if 6.0 rules were emphasized)

None of this reflects my personal opinion about their programs--judging solely based on "planned tech." Nor does it reflect what I think would happen if they actually competed (e.g. Plushenko didn't try a second quad but obviously would if he knew he were competing against Yagudin and Hanyu, Midori Ito didn't even win her own Olympics, but would probably win every single other Olympics if she actually skated clean ect.).

 

[Rossig]

Ladies - Witt (I'm not a big fan, but she was an incredible competitor)

Men - Yagudin

Pairs - Mishkutenok and Dmitriev

Ice dance - Torvill and Dean

 

[HanDomi]

1. Hanyu
2/3 Yagudin Plushenko


It's hard to say between Yagudin/Plushenko

 

[lighthouse]

Ladies
1. Yuna Kim
2. Katarina Witt
3. Oksana Baiul

Men
1. Yagudin
2. Hanyu
3. Kulik
4. Boitano

Pairs:
1. Gordeeva/Grinkov
2. Mishkutenok/Dmitriev
3. Volosozhar/Trankov

Dance:
1. Torvill/Dean
2. Davis/White
3. Virtue/Moir
4. Klimova/Ponomarenko

 

[love]

1.Yuna Kim 2. Shizuka Arakava 3. Katarina Witt

 

[4everchan]

1)Kurt Browning
2)Brian Orser
3)Elvis Stojko

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