Tonya was the skater who, even when she missed her jumps (as here), consistently received applause for her spins. How many skaters receive applause for a modified sit spin? She does here. I just wish so much had been different for her.
Her spins are superb and talked about minimally. She never traveled. They are perfectly centered. I remember when I was working on my spins my coach came up to me and said, "Congratulations. You just did a perfect fast toe spin." She showed me the ice where I left a perfect circle within a circle within a circle. Tonya did this every single time even when she had changes of position.
still my inspiration and the best female skater imo. Even in this day of age she'll always be remembered as the first american woman to land the triple axel and that moment will never be taken away from her
Best ever. I remember a commentary after her marriage about her loathsome husband wanting his name takes onto hers when she competed. The skating association showed overreach and deprived her fans of exceptional skating. Their darling, the brunette in Vera Wang, was a media creation.
I agree. The way they stripped her of the medals she won BEFORE the attack was just plain wrong. She won those fair and square. That decision wasn't about justice, it was about revenge and spite.
@@chooseyourpoison5105 What medal was she stripped of that she earned BEFORE the attack? The only medal I know of that was stripped from her was the 1994 national title, which she certainly won AFTER the attack.
This is true sportsmanship. Unlike the pretzel bending 11 & 12 year olds from Russia these days. I like the pretzels but Tonya despite all her hardships is incredibly beautiful & athletic a true underappreciated superstar.
Mind blowing presence every time she skates. Wildly brilliant ability...this transcends the sport. Greatness built in. Lucky lucky all of us who've been soooo blessed to watch her over the decades, still so incredibly far and above any one past or present in the figure skating community. She's remains untouchable.
She should have stuck with Teachman. Rawlinson just smiled and tried to be a friend and assumed a submissive position to Tonya. IMO. Tonya announced herself to the world in 91 and flickered out quickly.
After her skate I had to see who was her coach at this time and lo behold not surprised it was Diane Rollinson, not Dody Teachman. Diane was a pushover of a coach and could not discipline Tonya, who often skipped practice sessions. Compared to a year earlier when Tonya won the Nationals and almost the World's, Tonya was training under Dody Teachman who was a much better coach and made Tonya do triple axels in practice so she could land them in competition. But in reality, Tonya proved to be her own worst enemy.
God bless those UA-camrs who are smart enough to praise Tonya Harding without having to tear down Nancy Kerrigan. The good girl/bad girl dynamic is a misogynistic stereotype that has been around for centuries. I never hear people ripping apart Kristi Yamaguchi, Michelle Kwan, or Surya Bonaly in comparison with Tonya. If the crowbar attack was on them, no one would be hating on them right now. The only thing that is different from the stereotype is that Nancy has the dark hair and Tonya has the blond hair. Meghan Markle fled the monarchy because she didn’t want to participate in the same damn good-girl/bad girl stereotype. I wish Nancy could get away from it. She was no more an arch rival of Harding than anyone else-she just had the misfortune of being a possible winner of the US Nationals in Olympic year. Praise Tonya’s skating but leave Nancy Kerrigan out of it.
Thank you! Both were really great talents, especially Tonya. They contrasted in styles and technique, and the only thing that came between them was the 94 attack and their skating federation. If anyone wants to blame and point fingers, it would be their skating federation for their clear favouritism and suppression of Tonya's talent.
Um sorry @B C but Megain is a horrible person who has ruined that boy she married. She only married him because he was a prince snd she knew she could manipulate. The RF has been around way longer than that cow and she tried to bring it down as soon as he put a ring on it. Rachel Markle is a horrible human being. Open your eyes. And do not ever say her name in the same sentence as Tonya. Not even close. Tonya is a fighter. Rachel is a grifter.
Tonya was a super woman, for my taste the best skater of all time, because in spite of the handicaps she had (a difficult mother, and later a perverse husband) her life was not a bed of roses, quite unstable emotionally, Even so, and taking into account the asthma she suffered from, she achieved what many would have liked, she was a great sportswoman, very little recognized in her country, a great woman overcoming day by day, and putting up with the prejudiced judges who never gave her the mark she truly deserved. Tonya, forever the best.
This marks the beginning of the end for Tonya. The triple axel would desert her for the rest of her career and her creepy husband, Jeff Gilooly, was back in her life. "Nancy Gate" was looming not too far behind.
I am not sure how Sandra Bezic can say can she get a silver or bronze after this performance with only two tripels - one a bit scartchy and not much hard.
Man what a shame she had to have her blades remounted and sharpened and missed valuable training time. She skated so well in Albertville that another month of uninterrupted training probably would have had her looking as strong here as she did in all of 1991, but with better choreographed programs. Argh at what could have been.
Labeling Tonya "blue collar" Blue collar - lower socio-economic jobs that "wear blue uniforms" -singer Bruce Springsteen T shirt and jeans when performing; he sang about blue collar themes vs white collar "higher paying jobs" that wear a suit/ white collar shirts to work. Most figure skaters come from families that are wealthy or high middle class wage earners. Big distinction for Tonya being low income. Survivor- used in this context-a person who has had adverse childhood experiences (abuse / neglect) or Domestic violence. In Tonya's case, she Survived both.
Say what you want about her personal life ,ON THE ICE SHE IS THE QUEEN, FLEMING, YAMAGUCHI, HAMMILL BAIUL, NEVER LANDED A TRIPLE AXEL and never had the guts to try them, Tonyas jumps had no equal, the height and power she took out of them were jaw dropping. To this day no other woman has ever landed one except midori into. You will always be the best, most talented and graceful skater to ever lace up her skates.she could win against guys she was soooooooo good .
it's funny that she makes all the adjustments they ask her for (more art, less power etc) messing w her game, she changes it, and it's still not good enough lol. and the narration too dude, (*she learned to skate in a shopping mall...she was born in a pile of dog shit) lol like ok we get it. these women work day and night and she's such a good sport here even upon receiving the lower scores. it's just funny looking back bc it's blatantly obvious that she just had to make the best of a situation where she was treated poorly at times for her attributes that were born out of strength and necessity. it's funny but one of the truest lines in that I, Tonya movie is when her mother's character goes, "she doesn't fkn fit in, she stands out."
In 1991 she was extraordinary ! At the us , worlds and skate america ! But between 1992-1994 she was too fat and was not enough well trained unfortunately with lots of problems with her husband and her family ! She was unable to skate like in 1991! She knew that.
Everytime she won me over with amazing choice of music: Jurassic park, Batman, Robin Hood etc and her wonderful interpretation. Truly one exceptional athlete and artist who was greatly afflicted by unjustice to do what she knows best. I hope life treats her well..
Yes, she has almost aqua ~ turquoise eyes a sea green color, she has a pretty smile and you can tell she is so young and innocent here. Tonya's costume was stunning, she is a winner to me always, simply the BEST ice skater on earth!
I don't care who thinks Nancy Kerrigan is more "graceful". Tonya is fun to watch; she's exciting. The rest, including Nancy, are all cookie-cutter copies of one another, and they bore me to tears.
Even if you don't see this, for the record, I will say that the image of a ladies' skater (that's the terminology--not women's, although men's is men's) is that she be virginal. Like "Miss" America.
It's because these athletes tend to be younger and have no time to focus on relationships it is something of an anomaly. Probably didn't need to be mentioned but announcers to give some interesting trivia. Also considering that marriage was one of the milestones towards her downfall, I'd say it's an interesting thing to note.
So messed up to me because they wouldn't let her get a divorce at first. They said it wouldn't look good. But then they specifically say only one married? Ya bc they were so young she shouldn't have been married to Jeff ever. I'm glad she has a great life now.
@@allyburnett3315 What really grinds my gears is that everyone in the skating world KNEW that Gillooly was belting seven bells out of her, and not a single person lifted a finger to help her. NOT. ONE. I really wonder how some of those people, both skaters and officials, can sleep at night.
This beautiful woman is the most phenomenal exceptional amazing skater I’ve ever seen!! If I ever had a daughter who was to become a figure skater.. I want TONYA TO train her !
I have always felt bad that Tonya was banned from skating. However, it is great to have all these clips uploaded to UA-cam in order to see again what a talent she was. (I do believe though, that she should have chosen a much prettier costume for the 92" Olympics. I don't think this black number did anything for her really. Just my opinion.
All I mean is I don't like a black costume - the color. I just don't think it is flattering - just my personal taste. She looked much better in a color - not black. The costumes she had in 91" were better suited for her. Even the costumes she had in 94" were a better design and coloring for her. I didn't say anything about it counting for points.
@slocanrings Correction, Tonya first landed at the 1991 US Nationals, then at the 1991 Worlds. She landed 2 of them at the 1991 Skate America, being the first to land it in combination and in the Short Program. In addition, I have home video of Tonya successfully landing it at a practice session during these 1992 Worlds and 3 times during a practice session at the 1994 US Nationals.
Month she wasn't even trying to fight for a medal Sad considering her other performances Also FYI Tonya landed the triple axel at US Nationals, Worlds and at Skate America twice. The only woman in the world to land a triple axel in the Short program
Madori Ito was the only woman landing a triple Axel consistently in competition(world's and Olympics). She was the first woman to land a triple Axel in competition. Madori is a skating Legend.
She should have just tried to do one of every triple other than the triple axel (which would have been possible even if/when she wasn't in ideal form) and used that to get on the podium. .....a wasted opportunity for sure, and her last one at worlds in hindsight.....
@Dylvente I agree that Lu Chen deserved silver, but you and I both know that this was a sport constantly judged on, if more than anything, reputation. Had Lu skated clean like she did in Albertville, I believe she might still end up in 3rd becoz she was at the time more of a jumping bean in some's eyes, as opposed to, Ice Princess Nancy. In her LP, Lu was in fact a bit off, and Hubert did land more triples. Thats why i said i was quite OK with the placements, seeing Lu made the podium.
I still feel like she was robbed here. She definitely should've won gold here. No one had a clean program and they were scored higher than Tonya. She was robbed. She may have doubled two jumps but they were still huge jumps and she was the only one attempting the triple axle. Granted she fell on it but it was still fully rotated. SHE WAS ROBBED....LOL...JK
+Tyler Chandler Robbed? You must be kidding because this bitch had almost zero technical merit in this performance compared to Kristi, not to mention Harding has about the same level of artistry as a used condom, although I doubt she ever used protection based on the sex tape she made with her goon husband.
Tonya's isnt the one living in a bed bug ridden trailer, like Debi Thomas, the 'classy lady' skater. Tonya has always had to work her ass off to make it and she has found happiness now with a husband and child.
Uhh, why should she have won gold?! Didn't she mess up her combination jump in the short program and miss it? That alone takes the gold away from her...
I'm quite late to the whole ordinals thing; how exactly did this performance have anything to do with Hubert and Chen, given that she didn't outrank either?
Tonya was so ill prepared here. She was in terrible shape, had been smoking a lot, partying...She overbanked on her talent. But neglect and abuse of one's body will show on even the most talented athlete..
I think it's not as simple as that. Smoking in spite of Asthma and being a top athlete may be self-destructive and even self-harming, but People who suffer from psychological Trauma like she did/does often do such Things. Abuse is the word, but I'm talking About the abuse in her childhood by her mother and later by Jeff Gillooly and the Problems with him that affected Tonya and her Skating. I don't mean that as an excuse for everything that went wrong in her life, just as an Explanation.
Totally. The public doesn't realise that the brains of people suffering from psychological trauma actually undergo a physical change in the neuron wiring and go into permanent survival mode - the fight or flight response is switched on 24/7. That causes them to crave things that give them instant energy such as sugary or fatty foods, and yes nicotine too. It's a lot harder to stick to a healthy lifestyle for trauma survivors because their brains' wiring actively fights against it.
Can you imagine how much everything could have played out had she been in that same shape and continued to improve? Instead of using SA as motivation she got cocky and slacked off. Argh!
@@searanch32 I don't think that she just got cocky or lazy. She had a lot of Trouble and Problems that affected her and her Skating and with that terrible childhood and home life it's a Miracle she got as far as she got IMHO...
@@itsallgoodman1244 Even If she admitted it, I still think there was more behind it. A History of abuse and trauma can cause someone to self-sabotage...
@judeluo I think the judges were generous to both Harding and Kerrigan that year, perhaps out of respect for their being on the podium the year before. I really think Lu Chen could have been awarded the silver; Nancy was very lucky to win a silver with landing only four triples, two each of the easiest jumps. Harding was just painful to watch here -- just go for the damn triples! The year before she was making them look like child's play.
There are basically two good jumps in this program, the triple salchow at the top and the double axel to close. Second triple salchow doesn't count because neither was in combination. Hopeless triple axel, doubled the lutz, toe-loops, loop, didn't even try the planned flip. There were skaters who finished in the teens who had more content than this. She was lucky not to get marks into the 4's.
Here was one of the weirdest ordinal flips I've seen. Tonya literally pushed Hubert off the podium, and her marks were all over the place. The Hungarian judge handed her a puzzling 5.5/5.8 whereas Vanessa Riley, relentless as usual, a 5.0/5.0....Not that i am unhappy with the final placements though.
The music is from the score to the movie Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves. The songs are "Overture" "Prisoner of the Crusades" "Marian at the Waterfall" and "Finale."
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Tonya was the skater who, even when she missed her jumps (as here), consistently received applause for her spins. How many skaters receive applause for a modified sit spin? She does here. I just wish so much had been different for her.
Her spins are superb and talked about minimally. She never traveled. They are perfectly centered. I remember when I was working on my spins my coach came up to me and said, "Congratulations. You just did a perfect fast toe spin." She showed me the ice where I left a perfect circle within a circle within a circle. Tonya did this every single time even when she had changes of position.
Agreed. 2 more triples and she'd have medaled. She was special. And I agree about something as basic as her spins. She got the crowds going.
still my inspiration and the best female skater imo. Even in this day of age she'll always be remembered as the first american woman to land the triple axel and that moment will never be taken away from her
Absolutely 💯
Loved her then and still do..
I love Tonya Harding. Fast and exciting!!
And pretty.
Always our Olympian! Such a beautiful skater!
Best ever. I remember a commentary after her marriage about her loathsome husband wanting his name takes onto hers when she competed. The skating association showed overreach and deprived her fans of exceptional skating. Their darling, the brunette in Vera Wang, was a media creation.
I agree. The way they stripped her of the medals she won BEFORE the attack was just plain wrong. She won those fair and square. That decision wasn't about justice, it was about revenge and spite.
@@chooseyourpoison5105 nope. They took away ONE medal - her National Title when the “hit job” took place.
@@chooseyourpoison5105 What medal was she stripped of that she earned BEFORE the attack? The only medal I know of that was stripped from her was the 1994 national title, which she certainly won AFTER the attack.
This is true sportsmanship. Unlike the pretzel bending 11 & 12 year olds from Russia these days. I like the pretzels but Tonya despite all her hardships is incredibly beautiful & athletic a true underappreciated superstar.
Mind blowing presence every time she skates.
Wildly brilliant ability...this transcends the sport. Greatness built in. Lucky lucky all of us who've been soooo blessed to watch her over the decades, still so incredibly far and above any one past or present in the figure skating community. She's remains untouchable.
She should have stuck with Teachman. Rawlinson just smiled and tried to be a friend and assumed a submissive position to Tonya. IMO. Tonya announced herself to the world in 91 and flickered out quickly.
I agree!!!
After her skate I had to see who was her coach at this time and lo behold not surprised it was Diane Rollinson, not Dody Teachman.
Diane was a pushover of a coach and could not discipline Tonya, who often skipped practice sessions.
Compared to a year earlier when Tonya won the Nationals and almost the World's, Tonya was training under Dody Teachman who was a much better coach and made Tonya do triple axels in practice so she could land them in competition.
But in reality, Tonya proved to be her own worst enemy.
She was fabulous...best axel ever!
Yes, but it had been MIA (missing in action) by this point for quite some time.
@@shihlin1 a few times that she did it its enough to be the evidence
I think the "boo's" from the crowd said it all. I mean 5.0? Even with the fall it was better than than 5.0
She was the best, do you know anyone else like her????
She had a rough life. If only they could have stepped aside, gotten out of the way and let her be great.
It was a beautiful program. If only she had landed the jumps.
Tonya was the best!
She just pulls you in. ♥️
Was she really hyphenating her name at that time? The worst thing that ever happened to Tonya Harding was having "Gillooly" attached to her name.
Tonya is exciting !!!
God bless those UA-camrs who are smart enough to praise Tonya Harding without having to tear down Nancy Kerrigan. The good girl/bad girl dynamic is a misogynistic stereotype that has been around for centuries. I never hear people ripping apart Kristi Yamaguchi, Michelle Kwan, or Surya Bonaly in comparison with Tonya. If the crowbar attack was on them, no one would be hating on them right now. The only thing that is different from the stereotype is that Nancy has the dark hair and Tonya has the blond hair. Meghan Markle fled the monarchy because she didn’t want to participate in the same damn good-girl/bad girl stereotype. I wish Nancy could get away from it. She was no more an arch rival of Harding than anyone else-she just had the misfortune of being a possible winner of the US Nationals in Olympic year. Praise Tonya’s skating but leave Nancy Kerrigan out of it.
Thank you! Both were really great talents, especially Tonya. They contrasted in styles and technique, and the only thing that came between them was the 94 attack and their skating federation. If anyone wants to blame and point fingers, it would be their skating federation for their clear favouritism and suppression of Tonya's talent.
Um sorry @B C but Megain is a horrible person who has ruined that boy she married. She only married him because he was a prince snd she knew she could manipulate. The RF has been around way longer than that cow and she tried to bring it down as soon as he put a ring on it. Rachel Markle is a horrible human being. Open your eyes. And do not ever say her name in the same sentence as Tonya. Not even close. Tonya is a fighter. Rachel is a grifter.
@@PrincessDiana1220 So you know Meghan and know the details of her relationship? So, you guys close?
Very nice!
Harding was the best. Power!!!
Tonya was a super woman, for my taste the best skater of all time, because in spite of the handicaps she had (a difficult mother, and later a perverse husband) her life was not a bed of roses, quite unstable emotionally, Even so, and taking into account the asthma she suffered from, she achieved what many would have liked, she was a great sportswoman, very little recognized in her country, a great woman overcoming day by day, and putting up with the prejudiced judges who never gave her the mark she truly deserved. Tonya, forever the best.
She never did well with this program, but I loved the slow portion of it.
This marks the beginning of the end for Tonya.
The triple axel would desert her for the rest of her career and her creepy husband, Jeff Gilooly, was back in her life.
"Nancy Gate" was looming not too far behind.
Her last Hurrah was winning the US National in '94.
@@btqyWith the help of a baton 😆😆😆
@@shihlin1 That was funny as Sh!t made my day.
@@btqy Meh, USFSA should've passed the 1994 national title over to Michelle Kwan 😛
it must make her feel great to come and check out comments on videos of her skating. it's actually a very positive atmosphere
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I am not sure how Sandra Bezic can say can she get a silver or bronze after this performance with only two tripels - one a bit scartchy and not much hard.
What is a “ blue collar survivor ! ?” Lol
Man what a shame she had to have her blades remounted and sharpened and missed valuable training time. She skated so well in Albertville that another month of uninterrupted training probably would have had her looking as strong here as she did in all of 1991, but with better choreographed programs. Argh at what could have been.
Yamaguchi who? Yawn. Harding was the one everyone wanted to watch!
How you did not win a gold metal is beyond me. You are the best skater the world has seen 👍🏼🌼
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Well, she fell a couple of times at the Olympics if you go back and watch again.
That's enough of many reasons.
2500+ stage names almamater
Her program was perfect at Skate America 1991 - why the F did they butcher it into this monstrosity.
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“Blue collar survivor.” What does that mean?
Labeling Tonya "blue collar" Blue collar - lower socio-economic jobs that "wear blue uniforms" -singer Bruce Springsteen T shirt and jeans when performing; he sang about blue collar themes vs white collar "higher paying jobs" that wear a suit/ white collar shirts to work. Most figure skaters come from families that are wealthy or high middle class wage earners. Big distinction for Tonya being low income.
Survivor- used in this context-a person who has had adverse childhood experiences (abuse / neglect) or Domestic violence. In Tonya's case, she Survived both.
@@trotter7679 oh wow. I didn’t know about her childhood. Great definition! Thank you for laying it out like that.
@@screamingmimi90 you should watch the movie "I, Tonya"...it's outstanding.
Say what you want about her personal life ,ON THE ICE SHE IS THE QUEEN, FLEMING, YAMAGUCHI, HAMMILL BAIUL, NEVER LANDED A TRIPLE AXEL and never had the guts to try them, Tonyas jumps had no equal, the height and power she took out of them were jaw dropping. To this day no other woman has ever landed one except midori into. You will always be the best, most talented and graceful skater to ever lace up her skates.she could win against guys she was soooooooo good .
That's not so. Elisaveta Tutmysheva, Mao Asada, Mirai Nagasu, Kamila Valieva and Wakaba Higuchi have all landed them in competition.
@@chooseyourpoison5105 NOW , IM TALKNG. BACK WHEN TONYA RULED THE ICE.
Nancy is boring! I always like Tonya!!!
it's funny that she makes all the adjustments they ask her for (more art, less power etc) messing w her game, she changes it, and it's still not good enough lol. and the narration too dude, (*she learned to skate in a shopping mall...she was born in a pile of dog shit) lol like ok we get it. these women work day and night and she's such a good sport here even upon receiving the lower scores. it's just funny looking back bc it's blatantly obvious that she just had to make the best of a situation where she was treated poorly at times for her attributes that were born out of strength and necessity. it's funny but one of the truest lines in that I, Tonya movie is when her mother's character goes, "she doesn't fkn fit in, she stands out."
God, that was bad. 2 triple salchows, lol.
And she forgot to put one of them in combo, making it not count.
@@e2theeyepie I think that’s a modern rule that didn’t exist in 92
@@ManuelPabloArnao It has existed from the 80s. The Zayak rule states that if a jump is repeated it MUST be in combination.
That British Judge was Trash
you mean rubbish?
Go Home
In 1991 she was extraordinary ! At the us , worlds and skate america ! But between 1992-1994 she was too fat and was not enough well trained unfortunately with lots of problems with her husband and her family ! She was unable to skate like in 1991! She knew that.
She was beautiful, beautiful.
She was a sweet person
Looks good in that black outfit.
@@richardcarden4161 I was talking about the skating, but yes, with this outfit she was really a beauty 😅❤
@@ariannavittoriabeffardi1902 A Beauty with a Baton and a bunch of henchmen.
Her jumps give me chills she was absolute divine. The best.
Everytime she won me over with amazing choice of music: Jurassic park, Batman, Robin Hood etc and her wonderful interpretation. Truly one exceptional athlete and artist who was greatly afflicted by unjustice to do what she knows best. I hope life treats her well..
I've never seen her (attempt a) triple axel from this angle. I didn't realize how *high* she goes for that jump!
Insanely high!
@@freddiemercury4evr yess
Unbelievable those jumps!
She is so beautiful. Those eyes
I know right? Everyone made her out to be ugly but she is really quite pretty
Yes, she has almost aqua ~ turquoise eyes a sea green color, she has a pretty smile and you can tell she is so young and innocent here. Tonya's costume was stunning, she is a winner to me always, simply the BEST ice skater on earth!
Those LEGS!
I don't care who thinks Nancy Kerrigan is more "graceful". Tonya is fun to watch; she's exciting. The rest, including Nancy, are all cookie-cutter copies of one another, and they bore me to tears.
Kayla "Precious Princess" Armstrong no where near the energy, athleticism... the height! I agree.
Agree!
Kayla "Precious Princess" Armstrong Tonya was the only one trying to be new and exciting
@@SammyKitty92 she was the only one with the guts to really do her she jus was a total badass i love that about her
Omg well said!!!!
"only married competetor" -- what does that matter? Sports announcers are so strange sometimes.
Even if you don't see this, for the record, I will say that the image of a ladies' skater (that's the terminology--not women's, although men's is men's) is that she be virginal. Like "Miss" America.
This fool, also calls Tonya a blue collar survivor, he's a royal jackA$$!
It's because these athletes tend to be younger and have no time to focus on relationships it is something of an anomaly. Probably didn't need to be mentioned but announcers to give some interesting trivia.
Also considering that marriage was one of the milestones towards her downfall, I'd say it's an interesting thing to note.
So messed up to me because they wouldn't let her get a divorce at first. They said it wouldn't look good. But then they specifically say only one married? Ya bc they were so young she shouldn't have been married to Jeff ever. I'm glad she has a great life now.
@@allyburnett3315 What really grinds my gears is that everyone in the skating world KNEW that Gillooly was belting seven bells out of her, and not a single person lifted a finger to help her. NOT. ONE. I really wonder how some of those people, both skaters and officials, can sleep at night.
She was and always will be one of the greats.
“Married asthmatic” LoL
The commentator needs viagra and gets double doses to perform himself!
Freedom of speech &press USA copyrighted.
Labels labels labels. Story of her life. I will always love her.
This beautiful woman is the most phenomenal exceptional amazing skater I’ve ever seen!! If I ever had a daughter who was to become a figure skater.. I want TONYA TO train her !
I have always felt bad that Tonya was banned from skating. However, it is great to have all these clips uploaded to UA-cam in order to see again what a talent she was. (I do believe though, that she should have chosen a much prettier costume for the 92" Olympics. I don't think this black number did anything for her really. Just my opinion.
Yet judges found guilty of cheating are banned for just a year. It's ridiculous.
Agreed. . . it does seem unfair. I wish things could have been different . . .Tonya when she was on was so exciting to watch!
All I mean is I don't like a black costume - the color. I just don't think it is flattering - just my personal taste. She looked much better in a color - not black. The costumes she had in 91" were better suited for her. Even the costumes she had in 94" were a better design and coloring for her. I didn't say anything about it counting for points.
For the time period, I actually really liked this one. Could have done without the tassels on the arms, but I loved the black and gold.
@@searanch32 it's my favorite of her costumes. Love the black contrast with her blonde hair, and the gold. To each his own..
Always loved this dress on her (minus the tassles on the arms). Wish she would have worn it in later seasons.
My favorite costume of hers..
@slocanrings Correction, Tonya first landed at the 1991 US Nationals, then at the 1991 Worlds. She landed 2 of them at the 1991 Skate America, being the first to land it in combination and in the Short Program. In addition, I have home video of Tonya successfully landing it at a practice session during these 1992 Worlds and 3 times during a practice session at the 1994 US Nationals.
Wow. She landed a jump in practice.
Jonathan Wallach And you didn’t ❤️👱🏻♀️
3Axel1996: Have you posted that home video of Tonya, or if not, would you? I'd love to see! Thanks!
@@jondavwal13 ,🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Month she wasn't even trying to fight for a medal Sad considering her other performances Also FYI Tonya landed the triple axel at US Nationals, Worlds and at Skate America twice. The only woman in the world to land a triple axel in the Short program
Madori Ito was the only woman landing a triple Axel consistently in competition(world's and Olympics). She was the first woman to land a triple Axel in competition. Madori is a skating Legend.
l watched the movie twice and came here to see the real one she issss amazinggggggg
She should have just tried to do one of every triple other than the triple axel (which would have been possible even if/when she wasn't in ideal form) and used that to get on the podium. .....a wasted opportunity for sure, and her last one at worlds in hindsight.....
@Dylvente I agree that Lu Chen deserved silver, but you and I both know that this was a sport constantly judged on, if more than anything, reputation. Had Lu skated clean like she did in Albertville, I believe she might still end up in 3rd becoz she was at the time more of a jumping bean in some's eyes, as opposed to, Ice Princess Nancy. In her LP, Lu was in fact a bit off, and Hubert did land more triples. Thats why i said i was quite OK with the placements, seeing Lu made the podium.
What are the songs she used? They sound so familiar.
My aunt still does her hair like hers lol bangs n all, still stuck in the 90's.
We need pictures, please.
Yea, I know the kind. Why don't you help her to get a makeover. Once she sees how great 2018 hair can be, she won't ever look back :)
@Gerrid Williams, lol! So MANY women kept that look with the curly bangs in front. I think some people will always have it. It is kind of cute, lol!!
I still feel like she was robbed here. She definitely should've won gold here. No one had a clean program and they were scored higher than Tonya. She was robbed. She may have doubled two jumps but they were still huge jumps and she was the only one attempting the triple axle. Granted she fell on it but it was still fully rotated. SHE WAS ROBBED....LOL...JK
+Tyler Chandler No, she doubled too many of her jumps.
+Tyler Chandler Robbed? You must be kidding because this bitch had almost zero technical merit in this performance compared to Kristi, not to mention Harding has about the same level of artistry as a used condom, although I doubt she ever used protection based on the sex tape she made with her goon husband.
Tonya's isnt the one living in a bed bug ridden trailer, like Debi Thomas, the 'classy lady' skater. Tonya has always had to work her ass off to make it and she has found happiness now with a husband and child.
are you mad
Uhh, why should she have won gold?! Didn't she mess up her combination jump in the short program and miss it? That alone takes the gold away from her...
I'm quite late to the whole ordinals thing; how exactly did this performance have anything to do with Hubert and Chen, given that she didn't outrank either?
Tonya was so ill prepared here. She was in terrible shape, had been smoking a lot, partying...She overbanked on her talent. But neglect and abuse of one's body will show on even the most talented athlete..
I think it's not as simple as that. Smoking in spite of Asthma and being a top athlete may be self-destructive and even self-harming, but People who suffer from psychological Trauma like she did/does often do such Things. Abuse is the word, but I'm talking About the abuse in her childhood by her mother and later by Jeff Gillooly and the Problems with him that affected Tonya and her Skating. I don't mean that as an excuse for everything that went wrong in her life, just as an Explanation.
Finally someone with some objectivity, and common sense. Thank you for your comments!
Totally. The public doesn't realise that the brains of people suffering from psychological trauma actually undergo a physical change in the neuron wiring and go into permanent survival mode - the fight or flight response is switched on 24/7. That causes them to crave things that give them instant energy such as sugary or fatty foods, and yes nicotine too. It's a lot harder to stick to a healthy lifestyle for trauma survivors because their brains' wiring actively fights against it.
wasn't in the shape she was in at Skate America
Can you imagine how much everything could have played out had she been in that same shape and continued to improve? Instead of using SA as motivation she got cocky and slacked off. Argh!
@@searanch32 I don't think that she just got cocky or lazy. She had a lot of Trouble and Problems that affected her and her Skating and with that terrible childhood and home life it's a Miracle she got as far as she got IMHO...
@@itsallgoodman1244 Even If she admitted it, I still think there was more behind it. A History of abuse and trauma can cause someone to self-sabotage...
I always found her skating more exciting than Kristi and Nancy
No attempt to the triple flip :-(
So strange, right?
I think her 2nd Salchow might've been a planned Flip, but she changed her mind at the last minute. She never repeated triples except for the Toe Loop.
Beautiful music too bad she didn’t nail this at her best
@judeluo I think the judges were generous to both Harding and Kerrigan that year, perhaps out of respect for their being on the podium the year before. I really think Lu Chen could have been awarded the silver; Nancy was very lucky to win a silver with landing only four triples, two each of the easiest jumps. Harding was just painful to watch here -- just go for the damn triples! The year before she was making them look like child's play.
exactly.....ditto on every single point.......and Nancy was treated pretty generously at the Olympics, as well, if I remember.
Brilliant.
5.0?
There are basically two good jumps in this program, the triple salchow at the top and the double axel to close. Second triple salchow doesn't count because neither was in combination. Hopeless triple axel, doubled the lutz, toe-loops, loop, didn't even try the planned flip. There were skaters who finished in the teens who had more content than this. She was lucky not to get marks into the 4's.
The fact that she just completely left out the triple flip pretty much says it all.
That was fantastic honestly
Where's horse teeth??
;D~ she hugs yamaguci near the end of video....
Here was one of the weirdest ordinal flips I've seen. Tonya literally pushed Hubert off the podium, and her marks were all over the place. The Hungarian judge handed her a puzzling 5.5/5.8 whereas Vanessa Riley, relentless as usual, a 5.0/5.0....Not that i am unhappy with the final placements though.
Songs name plsss
The music is from the score to the movie Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves. The songs are "Overture" "Prisoner of the Crusades" "Marian at the Waterfall" and "Finale."
Who is that woman with dianne????
Erica Bacchus (sp?), her choreographer.
Tonya was so much better than Nancy!
So Tonya takes 6th place unbelievable
There are no words to describe how much I hate Sandra Bezic's commentary.
D D quite shady she sounded!
Every time i hear her i cringe she’s really shady
Think commentator is JoJo Starbuck
Sandra Bezic.
Too many changes in only a
One of her worst ones.
not a very good skater at all - not consistent at all
Lol...you seem to know a lot😆
That dress 🤮🤮
Here we go the asthma coughing when Tonya does not win.