it's 30 years...and STILL no one comes close to her and I think no one ever will..... even with these quads and triple triples with arms over the head.... blech.... The sheer power, technique, force, speed, the excitement...the DRAMA ...aaahhh .. there's nothing like it. Her and Tonya ... I miss this era....
Every time I come back and watch this she just grows in my estimation. Her body line was not elegant but there is artistry in EVERYTHING she did. It's heartfelt and musical and the excitement she generated was completely unique. Your heart races when you watch her, and the jumps, I don't care if anybody is doing quads now, no woman has every done anything that compares to her triple axel. Despite her issues with the quad when she was young, she would have eventually mastered all of them if she had to. This is 100 years ahead of its time skating.
well said. as Toller Cranston said in the Canadian version of this skate (available on youtube) as she was finishing, "this is beyond 6.0.......no one is in this league."
I just love her! Even after watching 2014 Sochi ladies long programs. This is way more exciting! 24 years later, she is still the greatest! and the cutest also!
There are many ways to be artistic. When you watched Midori skate you were on the edge of your seat. She was exciting and powerful and unique. That was her artistry. There's no requirement that she skate like a ballerina to get good artistic scores. I was a Kristi fan but there was no denying the power and amazingness of Midori. If she skated cleanly it didn't matter how "artistic" anybody else was. She deserved to win.
Scott Hamilton's statement towards the end of the performance is still holding true 19 years later: "I think it will be 50 years before we see anyone like Midori Ito again." We probably will never see her likes again in our lifetime, she was and always is a joy to watch, and the greatest ladies competitor EVER.
The following excerpt is from sports illustrated article on the 1990 world figure skating championships. "The effervescent Ito did squeeze three perfect 6.0's from the judges for technical merit, landing the best triple Axel-men's or women's-that was performed all week, a monumental triple Lutz and a triple toe-triple toe combination that nearly gyrated her through the end-boards. The crowd, captivated and charmed by the sheer joy of skating that Ito transmits, was on its feet before she had stopped her final spin."
Normally I find Scott Hamilton a little irritating as a commentator but here his enthusiasm and hyberbole is totally justified. 20 years later I still love watching Midori Ito's joyous performances, her sportsmanship & great manners (in '91 when she jumped into a camerman, she checked after to see if he was ok). And, of course, unlike many of the women today, there was never ANY question as to whether she underrotated her jumps!!
Midori had a way of making all those amazing jumps look easy....How Jill Trenary won this is still a shocker to this day? Like Scott said, it'll be 50 plus years before we see anything like Midori Ito again.....That triple axel was HUGE and the triple triple at the end was kind of crazy too..Wow! My favorite skater of all time, although I do like Michelle Kwan's style as well.
School figures were still a part of competitions back then, and they were not Midori's strength. I believe she was in 10th place after that phase, making it virtually impossible to win. Even though Midori was able to win both the SP and LP phases, the best she could place was 2nd overall. Jill won the school figures phase and placed high enough in the SP and LP phases to prevent Midori from winning. Starting in 1991, school figures were no longer part of competitions which helped some other skaters achieve better results. Most notably, Kristi Yamaguchi and Surya Bonaly for example, who both did not fare well in school figures...
@@hennagaijin100 Absolutely right! If you placed high enough after school figures you could set yourself up to win, but if you didn’t it was then a monumental task! Midori is the best example of this, sadly…
To think the most difficult jump Jill Trenary ever did was the flip. Midori Ido moved ladies figure skating ahead by miles. Scott was correct. It will be 50 years before we ever see someone like Midori Ito again.
Scott said, "it will be fifty years until we see something like Midori Ito again..." and guess what? It has been 30 years, and so far he is correct. There has never been another Midori Ito. She just came around at the wrong time. (stupid compulsory figures)
It was a great double sal and there was no deduction for doubling triples back then. It still didn't take away from the perfection of her jumps and overall skating qualities. Should've been 6.0 all the way.
Mao Asada's triple axel's don't even come close to the height and ice coverage of Ito's. Midori almost looks like she's launched out of a cannon when she jumps. LOL
Kevin Nguyen she did them in practice. there is a video of her warming up before the long program at the lalique tournament at albertville a few months before the olympics held there. if you type in you tube "midori 3A 3" the video will be available. she does an incredible triple axel triple toe in her warm up.
i don't get how jill trenary's program was in any way comparable to midori's... midori did a triple axel, triple lutz, triple triples, and all other triples. Jill barely had a triple flip, and everything she did, Midori had AND MORE, Yet while Jill skated, commentators were comparing like the two programs were comparable. Must have been compulsories all the way.
Compulsory school figures should've been done away with a long time ago. They add NOTHING to the sport ! One of its biggest victims was Midori. A TRIPLE AXEL and a clean long program and she still doesn't get another World title, all due to her bad compulsories. And may I add this is the best Midori's ever looked IMO---her makeup, hair, costume---perfect ! Even the music sounds appropriately dramatic. Then look at someone like Katarina Witt who's obviously been the beneficiary of the old school figures system. Unlike the other skaters Ito also had ALL the triple jumps. No and's, if's or but's. And No comparison.
Weirdly Witt had to scale back on jumps to devote enough time to get better at compulsory figures as she was much the same in 1982 and 83. She was 9th in the figures back in 82 but won the SP with a 2F 3T combination , second to Zayak overall and was off the podium in 83 due to her figures placing.
People tend to forget that Witt was either the first or second lady to land a triple flip (IIRC there were two at the same competition; I can't recall whether Witt or the other skated first.).
The fact that they were not all 6.0's is absurd. like they was anyone else that would be able to even get close to that. It's almost like the scoring wasn't prepared for her.
Trenary didn't just place well, she won the compulsory figures while Midori ended up in 10th place. It was just too much of a deficit for Ito to overcome for the gold.
@MacBaby7 - Jill Trenary won overall gold. Trenary placed well in figures and did a good long. Her placements were consistently high enough through figures, short & long to compensate for Midori's bomb in the figures. Midori probably would've won if she placed well in figures.
I was there that cold Wednesday morning at 6am for figures. Midori was one of the first to skate and did ok on the first set.( I think she was 6th.)The second set of figures were skated in reverse order so she was next to last.While most girls left between figures,she remained in the building and sat in the stands chatting with fans,doing interviews,signing autographs and eating.I saw her have two chili dogs,chips and large soda.Three hours later her heart wasn't in it. She two footed the figure TWICE,which put her in 10th overall. Coaching staff argued with her but Midori was going to do it her way. If she had finished 9th instead of 10th the gold was hers. OR - someone out of the top 3 had to beat Jill.That would be Kristi .....who was a much better skater. But to protect her team mate,Kristi tanked it.In long program she fell TWICE........only time in her career.All to give Jill the gold.I lost all respect for Yamaguchi that day.
@@hennagaijin100 wow.. you got any fact to support that? Kristi throw her LP for a rival so her rival can win??? if anything I would think she want to skate well to medal because if she had beaten Jill she would have medal.. no one throw a medal chance so a rival can win.... talk about conspiracy theory.. LOL
She didn't. The issue was Midori Ito did so dismally in the figures (someone in the comments says she fell) that she couldn't make up the placements in the short and long programs. Remember, this was during a "relative position" era, so if Ito had gone out there and quadrupled all of those jumps, it wouldn't have changed the results -- she was still first in both the short and long program, and you can't be better than first. Trenary won figures, had trouble in the short, and came back to outskate everyone besides Ito to come in second in the long program, and this was enough to win the overall competition.
You couldnt give Midori any 6.0s for artistic impression. Her artistry was far from perfect. 5.9s for artistry I would be fine with. As for technical I would give her a 6.0 but there are reasons to not give one too. Her spins and footwork, and other technical elements besides jumps are good but they are not perfection like the jumps.
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今は4回転時代ですが、それよりも自分はこんなジャンプをまたみてみたい。
30年経ってもまだ出てこないのが、みどりさんのすごさを物語っている。
みどりさん、素敵です。今見ても色褪せない。
まるで男子スケーターが跳んでいるようなジャンプ。このジャンプそのものが芸術。そして柔らかい表現力もある。最高！
男子の選手よりずっと高く跳んでいる。みどりは別格。
伊藤みどりは女子フィギュアスケートを一人で変えた存在。
その存在こそが芸術だと思います
「ミドリが男でなくてよかった」って男性選手に言われたのもわかります。
it's 30 years...and STILL no one comes close to her and I think no one ever will..... even with these quads and triple triples with arms over the head.... blech.... The sheer power, technique, force, speed, the excitement...the DRAMA ...aaahhh .. there's nothing like it. Her and Tonya ...
I miss this era....
ジャンプする時はスピードが落ちるのに、みどりさんは落ちないのでビックリです。今見ても素晴らしいです。
すごい・・・超感動
Every time I come back and watch this she just grows in my estimation. Her body line was not elegant but there is artistry in EVERYTHING she did. It's heartfelt and musical and the excitement she generated was completely unique. Your heart races when you watch her, and the jumps, I don't care if anybody is doing quads now, no woman has every done anything that compares to her triple axel. Despite her issues with the quad when she was young, she would have eventually mastered all of them if she had to. This is 100 years ahead of its time skating.
well said. as Toller Cranston said in the Canadian version of this skate (available on youtube) as she was finishing, "this is beyond 6.0.......no one is in this league."
I just love her! Even after watching 2014 Sochi ladies long programs. This is way more exciting! 24 years later, she is still the greatest! and the cutest also!
彼女のトリプルアクセルは完璧です！
There are many ways to be artistic. When you watched Midori skate you were on the edge of your seat. She was exciting and powerful and unique. That was her artistry. There's no requirement that she skate like a ballerina to get good artistic scores. I was a Kristi fan but there was no denying the power and amazingness of Midori. If she skated cleanly it didn't matter how "artistic" anybody else was. She deserved to win.
27 Sep 2023.
Just fabulous, even today!❤
金色に輝くシルバーメドリストですが何か？
コンパルソリーの順位からまさかまさかの銀メダルです。
tsunami girlと言う言葉の本当の意味はこういった伊藤みどりがコンパルソリーで上位に食い込めなくても、
ショートプログラム、オリジナルプログラムで他のどの選手よりも高い点数を上げて来るからです。
本来ならば逆にコンパルソリー上位の選手達よりも点数が抑え気味になるのが常識なのです。
その当時の規定競技は、図面をいかに寸分違わず綺麗にトレース出来るかと言う絵をなぞるお絵描きみたいなものでした。伊藤みどりのパワフル且つスピード感溢れ、多彩な技で観客を魅了するスケーティングには全く逆行する様な、見てて非常に面白味の無い退屈な規定競技が重視されていたのです。
その当時の日本のスケートリンクは海外のスケート上位国に比べ選手専用のリンクが有る訳でも決して無く、一般のお客さんの滑っているリンクのお客さんの居ない、少ない時間帯とかを練習時間に当てていた訳です。
そういったものを乗り越えて、伊藤みどりはたった1人でフィギュアスケートの規定競技、いわゆるコンパルソリーを廃止させてしまった様な類稀なるスケーターだった訳です。
Scott Hamilton's statement towards the end of the performance is still holding true 19 years later: "I think it will be 50 years before we see anyone like Midori Ito again." We probably will never see her likes again in our lifetime, she was and always is a joy to watch, and the greatest ladies competitor EVER.
コンパル10位、ショート1位、フリー1位
総合2位という伝説の演技
桁違いの選手でした。(^-^)
this is no only about winning the gold...the performance, the ovation, an accomplished athlete always ready for the challenge...awesome!
The following excerpt is from sports illustrated article on the 1990 world figure skating championships.
"The effervescent Ito did squeeze three perfect 6.0's from the judges for technical merit, landing the best triple Axel-men's or women's-that was performed all week, a monumental triple Lutz and a triple toe-triple toe combination that nearly gyrated her through the end-boards. The crowd, captivated and charmed by the sheer joy of skating that Ito transmits, was on its feet before she had stopped her final spin."
omg her jumps are amazing!!!! her axel was soooo high off the ice!
This is a performance for the ages.
Normally I find Scott Hamilton a little irritating as a commentator but here his enthusiasm and hyberbole is totally justified. 20 years later I still love watching Midori Ito's joyous performances, her sportsmanship & great manners (in '91 when she jumped into a camerman, she checked after to see if he was ok).
And, of course, unlike many of the women today, there was never ANY question as to whether she underrotated her jumps!!
The best ever!!!! Truly amazing.
Every single thing she does is simply glorious!
She's THE best female jumper. The height, speed, distance and power in her jumps is unparalleled. And she has THE best triple axel.
You never get nervous when watching her! You just enjoy! Pure pleasure! She’s LEGENDARY!
Midori had a way of making all those amazing jumps look easy....How Jill Trenary won this is still a shocker to this day? Like Scott said, it'll be 50 plus years before we see anything like Midori Ito again.....That triple axel was HUGE and the triple triple at the end was kind of crazy too..Wow! My favorite skater of all time, although I do like Michelle Kwan's style as well.
School figures were still a part of competitions back then, and they were not Midori's strength. I believe she was in 10th place after that phase, making it virtually impossible to win. Even though Midori was able to win both the SP and LP phases, the best she could place was 2nd overall. Jill won the school figures phase and placed high enough in the SP and LP phases to prevent Midori from winning. Starting in 1991, school figures were no longer part of competitions which helped some other skaters achieve better results. Most notably, Kristi Yamaguchi and Surya Bonaly for example, who both did not fare well in school figures...
@@watchdapawz Scores did not matter in the 6.0 system....it was placement - the opposite of what it is today.
@@hennagaijin100 Absolutely right! If you placed high enough after school figures you could set yourself up to win, but if you didn’t it was then a monumental task! Midori is the best example of this, sadly…
To think the most difficult jump Jill Trenary ever did was the flip. Midori Ido moved ladies figure skating ahead by miles. Scott was correct. It will be 50 years before we ever see someone like Midori Ito again.
This, in my opinion, is the best interpretation of Scheherazade ever skated.
Without a doubt. Still holds true today.
Magnificent
When everyone is just doing double, she’s doing triples.
Scott said, "it will be fifty years until we see something like Midori Ito again..." and guess what? It has been 30 years, and so far he is correct. There has never been another Midori Ito. She just came around at the wrong time. (stupid compulsory figures)
It was a great double sal and there was no deduction for doubling triples back then. It still didn't take away from the perfection of her jumps and overall skating qualities. Should've been 6.0 all the way.
Still competing and doing very well.And next year she will be 50.
That triple axel was huge. The ladies today can't come close to the height or space it covered.
very nice 3 axel
in spite of the under estimated judgement
she was excellent skating
当時は天才伊藤みどりの報道より、「じゅんじゅん」の報道が盛んで違和感を持ちました。伊藤みどりは「出来て当然」と皆思っていたようです。
No one jumps likes Midori Ito.
Working the CoP system YEARS before it was even thought of!
Mao Asada's triple axel's don't even come close to the height and ice coverage of Ito's. Midori almost looks like she's launched out of a cannon when she jumps. LOL
Thunder thighs.
+10 GOE levels. ;-)
She could have done a triple toe out of that triple axels if she wanted to. She had so much height.
Kevin Nguyen she did them in practice. there is a video of her warming up before the long program at the lalique tournament at albertville a few months before the olympics held there. if you type in you tube "midori 3A 3" the video will be available. she does an incredible triple axel triple toe in her warm up.
Who got a Gold with this 1990 World Figure ?? I think she should've won this one!
i don't get how jill trenary's program was in any way comparable to midori's... midori did a triple axel, triple lutz, triple triples, and all other triples. Jill barely had a triple flip, and everything she did, Midori had AND MORE, Yet while Jill skated, commentators were comparing like the two programs were comparable. Must have been compulsories all the way.
+Grey L I agree....Midori won this hands down. What a joke!
Of course.It was CBS........Verne Lundquist and Scott Hamilton were paid Jill Trenary homers.
how she got silver medal here is beyond me... f@ck the figures! her jumps are worth the edges and artistry of anyone combined!!!
Stupid compulsory figures..... She should have won this title
Compulsory school figures should've been done away with a long time ago. They add NOTHING to the sport !
One of its biggest victims was Midori.
A TRIPLE AXEL and a clean long program and she still doesn't get another World title, all due to her bad compulsories.
And may I add this is the best Midori's ever looked IMO---her makeup, hair, costume---perfect !
Even the music sounds appropriately dramatic.
Then look at someone like Katarina Witt who's obviously been the beneficiary of the old school figures system.
Unlike the other skaters Ito also had ALL the triple jumps. No and's, if's or but's.
And No comparison.
Weirdly Witt had to scale back on jumps to devote enough time to get better at compulsory figures as she was much the same in 1982 and 83. She was 9th in the figures back in 82 but won the SP with a 2F 3T combination , second to Zayak overall and was off the podium in 83 due to her figures placing.
People tend to forget that Witt was either the first or second lady to land a triple flip (IIRC there were two at the same competition; I can't recall whether Witt or the other skated first.).
The fact that they were not all 6.0's is absurd. like they was anyone else that would be able to even get close to that. It's almost like the scoring wasn't prepared for her.
..i sooo "Agree" with this statement.. still think that something was "amiss" here.. why she didn't walk away with The Win.. Or even a GOLD medal!!
Trenary didn't just place well, she won the compulsory figures while Midori ended up in 10th place. It was just too much of a deficit for Ito to overcome for the gold.
@MacBaby7 - Jill Trenary won overall gold. Trenary placed well in figures and did a good long. Her placements were consistently high enough through figures, short & long to compensate for Midori's bomb in the figures. Midori probably would've won if she placed well in figures.
I was there that cold Wednesday morning at 6am for figures. Midori was one of the first to skate and did ok on the first set.( I think she was 6th.)The second set of figures were skated in reverse order so she was next to last.While most girls left between figures,she remained in the building and sat in the stands chatting with fans,doing interviews,signing autographs and eating.I saw her have two chili dogs,chips and large soda.Three hours later her heart wasn't in it. She two footed the figure TWICE,which put her in 10th overall. Coaching staff argued with her but Midori was going to do it her way. If she had finished 9th instead of 10th the gold was hers. OR - someone out of the top 3 had to beat Jill.That would be Kristi .....who was a much better skater. But to protect her team mate,Kristi tanked it.In long program she fell TWICE........only time in her career.All to give Jill the gold.I lost all respect for Yamaguchi that day.
@@hennagaijin100 wow.. you got any fact to support that? Kristi throw her LP for a rival so her rival can win??? if anything I would think she want to skate well to medal because if she had beaten Jill she would have medal.. no one throw a medal chance so a rival can win.... talk about conspiracy theory.. LOL
How did Jill manage to top this?
She didn't. The issue was Midori Ito did so dismally in the figures (someone in the comments says she fell) that she couldn't make up the placements in the short and long programs. Remember, this was during a "relative position" era, so if Ito had gone out there and quadrupled all of those jumps, it wouldn't have changed the results -- she was still first in both the short and long program, and you can't be better than first. Trenary won figures, had trouble in the short, and came back to outskate everyone besides Ito to come in second in the long program, and this was enough to win the overall competition.
Shi was God!
@mlc2005 me too! this made yuna's one looked like a junk.
@pieldeoliva81 Even Lysacek's triple axel sucks.
@mlc2005 I agree on technical but artistically Ito is not worth a 6.0.
You couldnt give Midori any 6.0s for artistic impression. Her artistry was far from perfect. 5.9s for artistry I would be fine with. As for technical I would give her a 6.0 but there are reasons to not give one too. Her spins and footwork, and other technical elements besides jumps are good but they are not perfection like the jumps.
Yeah......Jill Trenary was the greatest skater ever.
@@hennagaijin100 no she was not
Just only her arm and backbone movement was not artistic.... But the others was beautiful.... If she may learn a ballet, it could be even better....