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Katarina Witt (GDR) - 1983 World Figure Skating Championships, Ladies' Long Program

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  • Опубліковано 1 тра 2010
  • Helsinki, FINLAND - 1983 World Figure Skating Championships, Ladies' Long Program - Katarina Witt of East Germany placed 2nd in the Long Program, but because of her 8th Place finish in Compulsory Figures, Katarina ended up finishing in 4th Place overall, just missing out of a medal.

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  • @beckydelafuente7474
    @beckydelafuente7474 6 років тому +12

    I think the reason we don't remember Katerina doing a triple flip very often is because she may have decided to take it out in 84. and although her other triples were consistent, I don't remember her ever trying it again. This is a nice surprise!

  • @excalibur1812
    @excalibur1812 2 роки тому +7

    Is it my imagination, or did she almost slip at :21? Looks like she hit a rut in the ice, but barely noticeable.

  • @mht4908
    @mht4908 6 місяців тому +2

    She really pushed for more difficult jumps before 84, after that the competition field was so weak that she only needed triple toes and triple salchows to win

  • @TheSienna29
    @TheSienna29 2 місяці тому

    Witt was fantastic here!

  • @MrOu83
    @MrOu83 4 роки тому +8

    What? Katarina tried a triple flip, while none of the other ladies did? That’s a surprise. She’s usually the one to take the easy route.

  • @joshhalcyon1192
    @joshhalcyon1192 10 місяців тому

    that was a very glaring Flutz on that initial combination jump - flutzes must have been so uncommon back then the commentators weren't paying attention...and that flip was definitely two-footed..

  • @northsmoket
    @northsmoket Рік тому +3

    katarina was a great jumper however at this point her body didnt have the bends and leans of a skater . her jumps came mostly at one end of the ice or the other. she was actually not very artistic not until 1994 when sandra bezic got hold of her. she was the fiercest competitor but artistically not quite up to sumners level/ conversely roz was not as fierce, however when she was on, she was what the judges were looking for.

    • @rekr3316
      @rekr3316 10 місяців тому +1

      Katarina had so much more artistry on the ice than Sumners.

    • @northsmoket
      @northsmoket 9 місяців тому +1

      @@rekr3316 I don't see that in any manner

    • @Person-mh6xq
      @Person-mh6xq 8 місяців тому

      @@rekr3316 Witt was more flirtatious on the ice and perhaps more theatrical - but not more artistry compared to Sumners, who had much better positions, overall carriage, and natural presentation.

    • @rekr3316
      @rekr3316 7 місяців тому

      Sorry but: no way! 😅 And that’s why nobody remembers Sumners any more and that’s also why she has only 2 international medals. 🤷🏻‍♀️

    • @northsmoket
      @northsmoket 7 місяців тому

      listen closely to the commentator during her performance..none other than janet lynn who called roz a skaters skater.@@rekr3316

  • @i.i.3399
    @i.i.3399 3 роки тому +5

    All these people critiquing her jumps how she wasn’t has good later on.. WHAT TWO OLYMPIC GOLD MEDALS DID YOU WIN IN 84 and 88‼️‼️??... HAS I THOUGHT.... TAKE A SEAT WITH THE OTHERS....‼️‼️

    • @npe1
      @npe1 3 роки тому +1

      Well said.

    • @i.i.3399
      @i.i.3399 3 роки тому

      @@npe1 ..Thank You..

    • @toms9864
      @toms9864 2 роки тому

      She didn't deserve those medals.

    • @rekr3316
      @rekr3316 10 місяців тому

      Well the whole world think different…😂

    • @northsmoket
      @northsmoket 8 місяців тому

      she won the 1st one because sumners was not on and the second one because of reputation. i like katarina yet at this point was somewhat robotic@@toms9864

  • @skaterboy-cz9wj
    @skaterboy-cz9wj 4 роки тому +3

    This is when Katarina had contact. Considering her age one wold not think puberty was a huge issue but the triple flip and double lutz triple toe combo are technically superior to what we saw in latter years which was really the "garbage triples" the toe and sal. She was a competitor, a peformer and used everything her confidence, her body, her acting and even off the ice she especially could make the weak Russian / Soviet skaters fall apart - her victims Elena V, Kira Ivanova and Anna Kondrosheva.

    • @excalibur1812
      @excalibur1812 2 роки тому

      Kira Ivanova was literally a victim. She was stabbed to death. Such a horrific crime in such a beautiful sport.

    • @northsmoket
      @northsmoket 8 місяців тому

      no double lutz, same with zayak. it was as if they did not respect a proper lutz

  • @toms9864
    @toms9864 2 роки тому

    No way did she deserve to win the gold medals with this type of performance.

    • @rekr3316
      @rekr3316 2 роки тому

      What do you mean? She skated better than Sumners but finishing only in 4th place!

    • @toms9864
      @toms9864 2 роки тому +1

      @@rekr3316 I believe I am clear on what I meant. She was not that good.

    • @rekr3316
      @rekr3316 2 роки тому +2

      I’m very happy, that the judges and the audience think different… 😄

    • @user-kf8wb2cq4f
      @user-kf8wb2cq4f 2 місяці тому

      Katarina....did NOT win this World's.

  • @averyfrederick5745
    @averyfrederick5745 3 роки тому +5

    I don't think I've ever seen an uglier position in a sit spin. For top level skater, she had some of the ugliest positions I've ever seen.

    • @Kufencrack
      @Kufencrack 9 місяців тому +1

      2 mal Olympiagold,4 mal Weltmeister und 6 mal Europameister spricht aber für sich.

    • @fromUrals
      @fromUrals 7 місяців тому

      @@Kufencrack Er kann das auf dem Sofa zu Hause besser machen.:)

  • @grantnoroyan4083
    @grantnoroyan4083 3 місяці тому

    She was MUCH better here than she was after she won worlds and olympics

  • @TheBob1901
    @TheBob1901 12 років тому +16

    This was probably her second-best freeskate performance in amateur competition, after her win at the 1987 World Championships.

    • @davidbrody8713
      @davidbrody8713 2 роки тому +2

      Yeah agree. Although I still prefer the 2L 3T she did early in her career over the 3T 2 T she resorted to later . 1987 west side story was perfect for her .

    • @mht4908
      @mht4908 6 місяців тому

      @@davidbrody8713 I agree, it added more variety to her jumps even if they were doubles

  • @alwonderb0y
    @alwonderb0y 11 років тому +10

    Great Triple flip! and a very unusual take off to a triple salchow.:D

    • @excalibur1812
      @excalibur1812 2 роки тому +1

      It was double-footed on the landing.

  • @e2theeyepie
    @e2theeyepie 5 років тому +2

    I wish there was one Katarina performance where she at least rotated both the 3Flip and the 3Loop in the same program. In her 1983 Euros LP, she doubled the flip but went for the 3Loop (but fell).

  • @spartyutube2020
    @spartyutube2020 8 років тому +13

    Hey I didnt know Katarina could do a Triple Flip!!

    • @e2theeyepie
      @e2theeyepie 8 років тому +2

      She stopped doing them (along with the 2Lutz-3Toe combo) after 1984 Worlds. That's when she made 3Loop her hardest triple.

    • @spartyutube2020
      @spartyutube2020 8 років тому +2

      She seemed fine here- she shoulda kept doing it :) I'm not a skater- but triple loop looks harder than a flip to me! lol

    • @e2theeyepie
      @e2theeyepie 8 років тому +3

      If Katarina had competition who pushed her technically on a *consistent* basis (consistent being the key word), I'm pretty sure she had it in her to do all of 2Lutz-3Toe, 3Loop, and 3Flip in the same program.

    • @3Axel1996
      @3Axel1996  6 років тому +6

      It was more puberty/body changes that made the more difficult jumping passes for her to maintain. And with Compulsory Figures worth 30% of the total score, and each lady having to master at least 3 figures each season, there wasn't enough time spent on Free Skating, especially when a skater wants to perform well in compulsories. When Katarina had the 2Lz-3T and the 3F, she wasn't able to place in the Top 5 at Worlds in the figures portion. When the focus was more on figures and less on the jumps, she consistently began placing in the Top 3 in figures.

    • @hgclarke25
      @hgclarke25 5 років тому +2

      Her jump Arsenal pre 1985 was so good...then to me it became watered down but it didnt hurt her 1984 and 1988

  • @shihlin1
    @shihlin1 6 років тому +5

    This is the first time I've seen her do a triple flip! Why did she take it out in later years? This is a much more difficult program than her two Olympics in 84 and 88. She could have kept this up, why did she chicken out on the triple flip later on?

    • @lb4585
      @lb4585 4 роки тому +2

      Cause she noticed she could beat the others without sacrificing her hip

    • @victoriagill3337
      @victoriagill3337 Рік тому

      She did it in 81 and 82 but didn’t need it onwards as no one else was doing it so she managed to win without it

  • @iriswigle
    @iriswigle 11 років тому

    Katarina composed music under several names such as Ladybird singing pridi dala ti bomcoer to raise tax monies for Ugoslavia to help raise money for programs for the poor. The nylons were designed to show barb wire. Later, Katarina hired a lookalike to do covers. The pridi dala song was to show the confusing inside of Katarina's brain

  • @kevinjohnson8945
    @kevinjohnson8945 7 років тому +5

    Katarina's technical ability seems to have deteriorated over her career. Her two stand and pose Olympic wins didn't hold a candle to this performance.

    • @TheBob1901
      @TheBob1901 7 років тому +2

      She was at her prime jumping peak prior to the 1984 Winter Olympics. The only other freeskate performance after this one that was comparable was her winning freeskate at the 1987 World Championships. I agree that her two Olympics freeskates were definitely technically weaker than this one.

    • @3Axel1996
      @3Axel1996  6 років тому

      Puberty/body development is the one thing that hampers many women skaters with the ability to maintain the ability of triple jumps. After completion of puberty, she was never able to regain her timing with the more difficult jumping passes. She lost the flip after this season...it became very inconsistant, and she lost the 2Lz-3T after the 1983/1984 season. She managed to add the 3Lo for the 1985/86 and 86/87 seasons, but it became very inconsistent after that.

    • @sibylles.113
      @sibylles.113 5 років тому +1

      @@3Axel1996 she was a real Artist!

    • @victoriagill3337
      @victoriagill3337 3 роки тому +2

      @@3Axel1996 agree with the puberty analogy but also - if you look at her main rivals they’re weren’t doing them either and her philosophy was why risk insecure triples if your rivals aren’t doing them which is a good call and it worked for her

    • @martypellow9908
      @martypellow9908 Рік тому

      @@3Axel1996 She did land a triple flip (two-footed) in the 1983/1984 season at Skate Canada