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Best Olympic Gold performance by a guy!

Best Olympic Gold performance by a guy!

  • 1976 - John Curry / GBR

    Votes: 3 4.2%
  • 1980 - Robin Cousins / GBR

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • 1984 - Scott Hamilton / USA

    Votes: 1 1.4%
  • 1988 - Brian Boitano / USA

    Votes: 14 19.4%
  • 1992 - Viktor Petrenko / UKR

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • 1994 - Alexei Urmanov / RUS

    Votes: 1 1.4%
  • 1998 - Ilia Kulik / RUS

    Votes: 12 16.7%
  • 2002 - Alexei Yagudin / RUS

    Votes: 39 54.2%
  • Others - yeah, Dick Button, Manfred Schnelldorfer, what-do-I-know?

    Votes: 2 2.8%

  • Total voters
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Jul 11, 2003
Well, it has to be Uncle Dick. While I only saw newreel clips, I remember them, and he could hold his own today. Imagine, triple jumps in 1949 - well over a century ago, and the fastest spins in the west!

Joe
 

icenut84

Final Flight
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Jul 27, 2003
Joesitz said:
Imagine, triple jumps in 1949 - well over a century ago, and the fastest spins in the west!

1949 - well over a century ago? Dick must be reeeeeally old! :laugh:
 

Lee

Rinkside
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Jul 27, 2003
I really wanted to say Yags, but Boitano was damn near perfect that night in 1988. As much as I'm not a fan of his, there's no denying the quality of that skate in Calgary.
 

Grgranny

Da' Spellin' Homegirl
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Jul 26, 2003
Watch out what you say about old! Dick was born the same year as I was! :laugh:
 

shine

Record Breaker
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Jul 27, 2003
I don't understand why people think as highly of Alexei's Oly performance as they do. It was not a perfect performance and I know he was capable of better presentation. I'd say it's Boitano's followed by Kulik's.
 

Jaana

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shine said:
I don't understand why people think as highly of Alexei's Oly performance as they do. It was not a perfect performance and I know he was capable of better presentation. I'd say it's Boitano's followed by Kulik's.

LOL, I think that in these polls skating fans just vote for their favourite without considering whether the Olympic permormance REALLY was that great. Of the choices given here, I agree with you about Boitano and Kulik, their performances are the greatest.

Maybe some people base their vote on the scores Yagudin got? It is true that he got many 6,0´s, but the question is to consider, were they really deserved and WOULD he have gotten them for that Olympic freeskate performance of his if he e.g. would have been the first to skate in the final group like Boitano and Kulik did? Yagudin gave a better performance in 2002 Worlds (as far as I remember).

Marjaana
 
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Pookie

Final Flight
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Jul 27, 2003
I chose Boitano of those that I have seen. I've never been a huge fan but he was fantastic that night.
 

All that Jazz

Rinkside
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Aug 14, 2003
Jaana said:
LOL, I think that in these polls skating fans just vote for their favourite without considering whether the Olympic permormance REALLY was that great. Of the choices given here, I agree with you about Boitano and Kulik, their performances are the greatest.

Maybe some people base their vote on the scores Yagudin got? It is true that he got many 6,0´s, but the question is to consider, were they really deserved and WOULD he have gotten them for that Olympic freeskate performance of his if he e.g. would have been the first to skate in the final group like Boitano and Kulik did? Yagudin gave a better performance in 2002 Worlds (as far as I remember).

Marjaana
Oh yes, skating last is such an easy ride, if you only skate well a bit, you get all the high marks for nothing! ;) Did somebody even consider what it means to skate last in the most important competition of your life? How nerve-racking, almost unbearable the waiting is until you enter the ice again? Being aware all your competitors skated well before? Being aware you're first after the SP and these are the Olympics?! Under this cirumstances Alexei did a great job. It is true, he didn't skate with his usual fire, even quite conservative, but he kept his nerves and still delieverd an outstanding performance. Some people should ask themselves if their idol would have been able to that in the same situation as well. Maybe it was their "luck" to skate first? ;)
 
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curious

Final Flight
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Aug 15, 2003
is easier to skate last when you know theres no possible way you can't win because your main rival fell in the short program. Yagudin did what he had to do to win,good but not his best. I agree he skated better in 2002 Worlds.
 

NanSinger2

On the Ice
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Jul 26, 2003
Joesitz said:
Well, it has to be Uncle Dick. While I only saw newreel clips, I remember them, and he could hold his own today. Imagine, triple jumps in 1949 - well over a century ago, and the fastest spins in the west!

Joe

I would love to see that newsreel clip! I sure wish that skate channel would get going!
 

Tonichelle

Idita-Rock-n-Roll
Record Breaker
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Jun 27, 2003
Yags is the one fresh on my mind... I don't have any of these performances on tape :(
 

mike79

On the Ice
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Jul 27, 2003
I used to think Yags but now I've flip-flopped so I voted for Kulik. That was absolute perfection on ice. I still think that Yags' was nearly as good.

I think Boitano's was spectacular (one of my all-time favorite skates) but if Orser had skated perfectly I think Boitano would have won silver. It came down to 1/10th of a point, with Orser flubbing the landing on a 3flip and doubling a 2nd 3Axel.
 

icenut84

Final Flight
Joined
Jul 27, 2003
Tonichelle said:
Yags is the one fresh on my mind... I don't have any of these performances on tape :(

Try going to the tape-trading section of this site. There may well be someone who could make you a copy of these routines, and any others you're interested in. I'd be able to (I have all of them back to Boitano), but I live in England and use PAL format. It's worth a try though.
 
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