So glad they did away with compulsory figures. Peggy Fleming won gold in part because she was excellent in that part of the competition. Denise would have won over everyone .. but she did go on to have a very successful career skating for many years. Winning dozens of titles. Denise was fearless on her programs, music choices, costumes.. she is the G O A T !
Compulsory hindered her! ;( *very sad* But to win the Olympics at the age of 17 would probably have been too early for her. She won the ladies world championship in 1981 and turned professional where she won another 11 championships! Best ladies skater ever! :D
Remarkable is,is that she Still skates in the same way as 20 years ago!Fantastic!Everytime she's a dream to watch!So elegant..graceful. And with "Bilitis" the slow number is like as if she came out of a Fairytale..Beautiful!
Wow, such beautiful spins.
thank you! i watched this on tv back in 1980, unforgettable song, unforgettable performance...
Amazing spins! I love the one where she is basically bent double with her arms all the way over to one side.
It's so cute how they're waiting for the Biellman!!
Penultimate athleticism and artistic excellence.
Magnificent!
She always picked great funky music!
So glad they did away with compulsory figures. Peggy Fleming won gold in part because she was excellent in that part of the competition.
Denise would have won over everyone ..
but she did go on to have a very successful career skating for many years. Winning dozens of titles.
Denise was fearless on her programs, music choices, costumes..
she is the G O A T !
Best FS in the world.
@reston81 Because of her "poor" mandatory figures. Otherwise she was amazing and should have won. However she won one year later.
how did she not win gold?
Compulsory hindered her! ;( *very sad* But to win the Olympics at the age of 17 would probably have been too early for her. She won the ladies world championship in 1981 and turned professional where she won another 11 championships! Best ladies skater ever! :D
She wuz robbeeed!
Remarkable is,is that she Still skates in the same way as 20 years ago!Fantastic!Everytime she's a dream to watch!So elegant..graceful.
And with "Bilitis" the slow number is like as if she came out of a Fairytale..Beautiful!