I love the artistry and innovation he has in this program, and how he interprets the music even with the little movements in the spins. I like how it is also more dramatic and hard edged than his usual style, it shows his versatility. Such a talented skater.
Don’t remember this one. While John Curry was truly gifted I never found him as exciting to watch as Toller Cranston. There was a stiffness to John’s skating, while Toller explored his space more. None the less two of the best ever!
Both are brilliant, but I much prefer the 1976 Don Quixote - it's more my style of skating, and my preference for music. It's impressive that he has that range though, to be able to do both styles so well. I wonder which he preferred to perform..
Somewhere I read that the outfit he was wearing was controversial as that line coming up wards aided in his spins and turns. I think the outfit was brilliant especially because in the color pictures it is blue with silver white lines. Beautiful.
This is brilliant. Does anyone know why he didnt win the short. Did Ovchinnikov do an even harder jump combination, like a triple lutz or triple flip combination? Otherwise it is terrible he wasnt given 1st place in the short.
Ovchinnikov did triple Salchow double loop with a more flowing landing out of it than Curry had in his combination (although I'm not sure if Ovchinnikov slightly two footed the Salchow; I can't say). Ovchinnikov overall maybe had a better performance with more speed, higher jumps, a fantastic circular footwork sequence and one of the best single open Axels of that time. All his elements and his presentation were top notch with many interesting and difficult variations. I mean you can't beat Curry's spin positions, but Ovchinnikov had beautiful positions as well. Here it is: ua-cam.com/video/Hh-U3eV9PiU/v-deo.html
Do you have Ovchinnikov's short from the same event floskate? I am just curious to see his skate since it must have been phenomenal if it beat this which I would imagine couldnt have been beaten at the time, especialy since that is a very hard jump combination for the era. Especialy since he was only the 3rd Soviet behind Volkov and Kovalev so I doubt he was held up politically to win the short. Isnt this the only time Toller didnt win the short at a major event from 73-76 too?
I havent seen much of Ovchinnikov's skating but the bit I have I much prefer him to Volkov and Kovalev. Better artistry, better basic skating, and MUCH better and stronger jumps (when landed). In fact I dont like the skating of Volkov and Kovalev at all, they are boring, not much choroegraphic quality, they arent elegant or smooth, and their jump technique is really strange. Why was Ovchinnikov always generally the distant 3rd Russian behind those two then, was it due to the compulsory figures?
I think scoring of figures while somewhat legit was also partly political. Since Ovchinnikov was the 3rd Soviet the federation probably sold him out to buy marks for Volkov and Kovalev, and also contributed to his very low figures placings. The same thing happened to Zayak at the 84 Olympics.
@@morlavader5454 you don't think that Volkov skated smoothly? He had some of the best edging ever; he floated over the ice so lightly it was as though he was on a cloud. He may have lacked charisma, but his blade technique with his edging and stroking was fabulous and light as a feather.
@@MrHronop a very hacked about Rite of Spring! A excellent selection to compress 30 minutes into 3. One can only imagine what he could have done with the full score on ice. But Curry’s musical choices, amateur and professional for his work, were excellent.
Brilliant skate here. I am surprised he didnt win the short, the guy who won the short must have had a brilliant skate since this was superb. It is too bad he did not have a good skate in the long with 2 falls and even dropped below Kovalev of all people, who is really a figures specialist and who John led going into the long. Wasnt he within striking distance to maybe catch Volkov if he had a brilliant long and scored roughly equal to Toller in the long floskate? Or was the gap too large to have realistically caught Volkov.
Thanks, I read he had fallen twice. I guess he just missed 2 jumps but didnt fall? I assumed he had to have a really bad skate to have a lead on Kovalev going into the long and be passed by him since Kovalev is not an impressive free skater, and not even a consistent one. Did he have a chance to catch Volkov if he had a clean long? Would he atleast have stayed over Kovalev for silver with a clean long.
Ahhh, the exuberant youth, the energy and the John Curry's pioneering artistic style ... !! So inspiring!!
I love the artistry and innovation he has in this program, and how he interprets the music even with the little movements in the spins. I like how it is also more dramatic and hard edged than his usual style, it shows his versatility. Such a talented skater.
Don’t remember this one. While John Curry was truly gifted I never found him as exciting to watch as Toller Cranston. There was a stiffness to John’s skating, while Toller explored his space more. None the less two of the best ever!
Stiffness overall in his mind. He thought,he had a too orthodox mind
You are right Paolo
Poetry in every move !
Both are brilliant, but I much prefer the 1976 Don Quixote - it's more my style of skating, and my preference for music. It's impressive that he has that range though, to be able to do both styles so well. I wonder which he preferred to perform..
Somewhere I read that the outfit he was wearing was controversial as that line coming up wards aided in his spins and turns. I think the outfit was brilliant especially because in the color pictures it is blue with silver white lines. Beautiful.
Before John hit his mark in 1976.
This is brilliant. Does anyone know why he didnt win the short. Did Ovchinnikov do an even harder jump combination, like a triple lutz or triple flip combination? Otherwise it is terrible he wasnt given 1st place in the short.
Ovchinnikov did triple Salchow double loop with a more flowing landing out of it than Curry had in his combination (although I'm not sure if Ovchinnikov slightly two footed the Salchow; I can't say). Ovchinnikov overall maybe had a better performance with more speed, higher jumps, a fantastic circular footwork sequence and one of the best single open Axels of that time. All his elements and his presentation were top notch with many interesting and difficult variations. I mean you can't beat Curry's spin positions, but Ovchinnikov had beautiful positions as well. Here it is: ua-cam.com/video/Hh-U3eV9PiU/v-deo.html
Do you have Ovchinnikov's short from the same event floskate? I am just curious to see his skate since it must have been phenomenal if it beat this which I would imagine couldnt have been beaten at the time, especialy since that is a very hard jump combination for the era. Especialy since he was only the 3rd Soviet behind Volkov and Kovalev so I doubt he was held up politically to win the short. Isnt this the only time Toller didnt win the short at a major event from 73-76 too?
I havent seen much of Ovchinnikov's skating but the bit I have I much prefer him to Volkov and Kovalev. Better artistry, better basic skating, and MUCH better and stronger jumps (when landed). In fact I dont like the skating of Volkov and Kovalev at all, they are boring, not much choroegraphic quality, they arent elegant or smooth, and their jump technique is really strange. Why was Ovchinnikov always generally the distant 3rd Russian behind those two then, was it due to the compulsory figures?
I think scoring of figures while somewhat legit was also partly political. Since Ovchinnikov was the 3rd Soviet the federation probably sold him out to buy marks for Volkov and Kovalev, and also contributed to his very low figures placings. The same thing happened to Zayak at the 84 Olympics.
@@morlavader5454 you don't think that Volkov skated smoothly? He had some of the best edging ever; he floated over the ice so lightly it was as though he was on a cloud. He may have lacked charisma, but his blade technique with his edging and stroking was fabulous and light as a feather.
What is the music?
That's definitely Stravinsky, 'The Rite of Spring'.
@@MrHronop Thank you very much.
@@MrHronop a very hacked about Rite of Spring! A excellent selection to compress 30 minutes into 3. One can only imagine what he could have done with the full score on ice. But Curry’s musical choices, amateur and professional for his work, were excellent.
Brilliant skate here. I am surprised he didnt win the short, the guy who won the short must have had a brilliant skate since this was superb.
It is too bad he did not have a good skate in the long with 2 falls and even dropped below Kovalev of all people, who is really a figures specialist and who John led going into the long. Wasnt he within striking distance to maybe catch Volkov if he had a brilliant long and scored roughly equal to Toller in the long floskate? Or was the gap too large to have realistically caught Volkov.
Thanks, I read he had fallen twice. I guess he just missed 2 jumps but didnt fall? I assumed he had to have a really bad skate to have a lead on Kovalev going into the long and be passed by him since Kovalev is not an impressive free skater, and not even a consistent one. Did he have a chance to catch Volkov if he had a clean long? Would he atleast have stayed over Kovalev for silver with a clean long.