Paul Wylie (USA) - 1992 Albertville, Men's Original Program
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- Опубліковано 11 вер 2024
- Albertville, FRANCE - 1992 Winter Games, Figure Skating, Men's Original Program - Paul Wylie of the United States placed 3rd here after this wonderful skate.
On a tough day, I love watching beautiful skating programs. It's been a very difficult time, but the joy that Paul gives to the audience can be felt by all of us watching today. Be of good cheer, everyone! Best wishes for good health to you. With lots of love, always, from the United States.
What pure joy emanates from his skating. If you are not smiling by the end of this performance, you have no heart!
Best camel spin I've ever seen. Just a fabulous performance. Vern Lundquist's remark about Mark Mitchell "sitting at home" was woefully insensitive.
One of the best men's short program ever. Love the music choice.
QueenVelveeta Ravel’s “La Valse.”
One of the best American male figure skaters!!...Loved this beautifully choreographed program from Paul Wylie!!....Amazing and unforgettable performance!!....:)
This is still one of my favorite skating moments. Paul was my favorite since 87 olympic festival. There wasnt much skating on tv back then, and Paul always got shafted from the World's broadcasts even though his 90 and 91 LPs were great. Still, i always saw him year after year in the Jimmy Fund harvard exhibitions on pbs, random intl meets, and of course US Nationals, where he was always the crowd and Dick Button's favorite.
Leading up to 92, nobody gave him a chance. Even with that performance, he was WAY undermarked. It took falls from the big names - world champ browning, world bronze Eldredge, and slip up from bowman for Paul to even be top 5. In reality, Paul was the most complete skater of the bunch when he hit his jumps, like here. He was unmatched in energy, speed, enthusiasm, educated nuanced choreography, and all the extras (best split jumps, best spreadeagles, best spiral/extensions, best camel spin, best scratch spin). Ive never been more nervous for a skater than Paul's performances here, first this then the LP. It remains my personal favorite Olympic moment of all time.
What a legend. Severely underscored, but damn.. this program and his skating is timeless
Although it may not have impacted the final result, I definitely think he should have been 2nd after the short. This short program was outstanding... such a complete performance... spins, footwork, jumps... comprehensive in terms of content. Marks should have been higher... Having said that, When you think about the rampant amount of political judging from this era in particular, the fact that a skater who had never finished higher than 9th at Worlds and never won his own national title would be taken as seriously as he was by the judges tells you he had the skills and talent to compete with the best in the world.
I think in this case he was one of those skaters the judges always wanted to give the scores to, but he always messed up. Once he mentally put it together, they gave him all the points!
Amazing. I still love to watch it.
The footwork at 2:00 is brilliant.
The Scotvold's had a wonderful Olympics with Paul's silver and Nancy's bronze!
Never understood Wylie's selection being "controversial." Paul came in second at Nationals, Mitchell third. Nationals were the Olympic trials at that time. What should have been controversial was picking Eldridge, who was injured but a World medalist the year before, over Mitchell who came in third. What special thing did Mitchell do that made him jumping over Wylie expected? In fact, the controversial act, in my opinion, was selecting Mitchell over Wylie for the World spot, a place Wylie earned at Nationals. After 26 years, finally got that off my chest.
As someone who saw '92 US Nationals in person, Mark should have won both the short and the free.
Wylie had excellent skating skills, but his jumps were really off for the entire competition.
He was very lucky to even be fourth after the short program, and should probably have been fourth overall behind Mitchell, Bowman, and Scott Davis.
With Eldredge unable to skate his best and bombing in Albertville, it's painful even now to think about the decision to keep Mark off the Olympic team.
Dk Adkins great response
aussieskates but we only had three male skaters because of Todd...
It was because people felt the judging of Nationals was poor. That was also part of the reason they compensated Mitchell with a Worlds spot.
@@shimmeringfairydust3275 Canadian pairs only had 3 spots for 2018 due to Moscovitch (they saved it coming 6th when an injured Duhamel & Radford were 7th) but that didnt stop from keeping them off the 2018 Olympic team.
5.3 from finland...ARE THEY CRAZY!!!!!
Unbelievable. I have never seen this.
Bnizzofashizzo isn't it remarkable? The only one who compares is the great John Curry - IMHO the best ever
Absolute control over his body and movement. It's spectacular.
Bnizzofashizzo agree. Think he could have been one of the all time greats, but school figures (pre 1992) and lack of confidence held him back. But so wonderful to see someone put it together and show the world what he was really made of. Billy Mills and Dave Wottle in track and field come to mind when one thinks of underdogs who got it together and showed their brilliance.
You're right intldawn, Vern is usually superb. But no one can be perfect. Paul's amazing performance ranks up there with Mike Shine's in terms of "who woulda thunk it?"
It was the early 90's, so you have to be forgiving of his do. Besides, Kurt Browning's mullet was way freakier
Lundquist is such a good commentator, though, I give him a pass on that comment. But it was not the wisest thing to say, especially since the selection of Paul Wylie to the Olympic team over Mark Mitchell was so controversial. But good for Paul Wylie for finally showing the world what he could do. Who would have thought that after a career of being an underachiever, he would have put it together at the Olympics, his last competition? Wow.
The only reason Victor got the gold over Wylie is the lead he got after this Original program...without that Wylie would have won the Gold...!! Paul was amazing...!
Not true... back then they used factored placements. And that meant if somebody was 3rd or higher after the short program, they would automatically win the gold by winning the long program. Petrenko won gold because he won the long program. If Wylie had one the long program he would have won the gold.
Paul skated great! If only he had triple triple on his jumps.
He still outskated Petrenko in the FS. Petrenko did two great combinations, and the rest of it was an absolute disaster. If I’d been a judge, I would have given Wylie the gold, Barna the silver and (tough call here) either Bowman or Elvis the bronze. Petrenko’s performance was so historically awful, he would have placed no higher than fifth overall in my book. Love Viktor, but absolutely the least deserving winner ever in the sport. Yes, I know the American judge gave Petrenko much higher marks than Paul in the FS. But hey, I’m a skater, and Wylie’s poor prior international finishes hurt him. Had this been a non-subjective event, say like track, Wylie’s win would have been uncontested. Those of us who like to punish ourselves pick subjective sports, I guess...
@@shimmeringfairydust3275 I would have Wylie in 1st but not sure about Barna 2nd. He did a 2 footed quad but Petrenko had a 3 axel/3toe (albeit an uncontrolled 3 toe). I would've given Bowman 3rd since he did a clean 3 axel (turn out) and a 3/3 and several triples. His style was nicer IMO than Barna's and Stojko's.
Interesting how he and Kristi Yamaguchi both struggled with the triple salchow which is considered one of easiest triples to perform.
Todd Eldredge struggled with it too, or at least considered it his least favorite jump. Wonder what's up with Americans and the salchow?
He also never (to my knowledge) ever put a triple loop into his program
Incredible skate. His marks, however, were outrageously low. This program was a 5.8-5.9 technical and 5.9-6.0 artistic, easily. If he'd received the marks he deserved in the SP, he certainly would have won gold with his amazing LP, the way he should have at these games. The only reason he didn't get gold is because the judges so drastically underscored him here, and for a flawless program. Oh, the days of eastern block judging, handing the gold to Ukrainian, Victor Petrenko, even after falling 3 times and missing a 4th jump in his LP. Petrenko's LP is without a doubt the most unworthy gold-medal winning skate in Olympic history....followed by that other Ukrainian's, two-foot landing fest, Oksana Baiul. Paul Wylie was robbed, big time.
lcowles he still should have won gold. Petrenko’s free skate was dreadful, the worst of any gold medalist. Skating being such a political sport, there’s no way the judges were going to let a skater whose highest world placement was ninth go home with the gold. Had I been judging, I would have given Wylie gold, Barna silver & Bowman bronze. I would have put Petrenko fifth, due to that dreadful free skate full of falls and downgraded jumps. And, unlike poor Kurt Browning, he didn’t have the excuse of a back injury.
I sure don't understand those 5.3 through 5.5 marks on the required elements. I didn't see a single mistake. If someone could explain, I'd appreciate it. A beautifully skated program.
@@maryspencer4975 It's because the fix was in for Petrenko. Paul's loss at the '92 Olympics is, to me, the most outrageous example of judging corruption under the 6.0 system, followed by Baiul's "gifting" of the gold in '94. The new Code of Points isn't perfect. Judges can pump up the scores for preferred skaters with fake GOE and PCS points, but I'm so glad the 6.0 system is gone forever.
@@L1623VP Paul skated two beautiful programs. A few small mistakes in the long program, but not even worth mentioning. That long program was beautiful artistically; his spins were lovely. I remember that program to this day.Thank you for the explanation about the scoring system.
@@rolandgreen7484 Barna couldn't do a triple axel. He didn't have one, and Paul did. A triple lutz, triple toe isn't as hard as a triple axel, double toe. Paul's combination was more difficult because of the triple axel. That was the most difficult jump in skating at the time. LOL If you watch skating, you should know that. Paul certainly should have placed ahead of Barna, No question about it. Barna didn't even do a triple axel in the LP. That's why he attempted the quad. Barna with his wooden choreogrpahy was nowhere NEAR as good as Paul.
Great performance. His hair freaks me out though! I guess I'm just weird :)
The male version of Janet Lynn
I prefer this program to Petrenko’s but Petrenko’s was much more difficult, and fairly, placed ahead of Wylie in this part of the competition.
WTF finland judge????
nettask81 and unified team judge. 5.4 for artistic impression is shameful.
Both were in the old "Soviet Bloc" of cheaters !
I absolutely HATE Scott Hamilton. He NEVER shuts up to allow ANYONE to enjoy the program. Its like sitting next to someone who wants to talk about the movie throughout the movie. He's already seen it but he can't SHUT UP. I never watch anything with him as a commentator. I'm clicking off.
Carolyn F. He's not my favorite either, although I think his motives were truly good ones. Thankfully, NBC has replaced him with the more thoughtful pair of Johnny Weir and Tara Lipinski. They never get overwrought and in fact correctly called the winner of the very close ladies title in 2014. Scott still hangs round for some commentary but it's way less than when he called this skate. That aside, he has been diagnosed with yet a third brain tumor. As a seemingly nice guy and fantastic skater, that saddens me to no end. Many prayers to him and his family!
Yes...I completely agree !...and he is LOUD ! 🥶🥶🥶