Brian Boitano (USA) - 1988 Calgary, Figure Skating, Men's Long Program (US ABC)
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- Calgary, Alberta, CANADA - 1988 Winter Games, Figure Skating, Men's Long Program - Brian Boitano won the Long Program in a 5-4 split vote of the judges, which in turn placed him 1st overall.
(Reloading this video after it was taken down by the IOC). The IOC seemed to have learned that it's best to allow the videos to remain on UA-cam, but be able to monetize off of them. Fine with me! - Спорт
Let's never forget when Brian Boitano was in the alps, fighting grizzly bears.. and he used his magical fire breath to save the maidens fair💕💕
He did, I was witness to it... he even kicked an ass or two.
@@MattDaBonelessHe sure did Orser's.
That sounds like what Brian Boitano'd do.
When Brian Boitano travelled through time to the year 3010, he fought the evil robot kings and saved the human race again 🤩
Cuz that’s was what Brian Boitano do!
I remember watching this and going crazy with applause and tears.......timeless performance, still gives me goose bumps !
What would Brian Boitano do if he were here right now? He'd probably kick an ass or two cos that's WHAT BRIAN BOITANO'd DO !
The great and legendary Brian Boitano. Immortal moment in the history of Winter Olympics.
The absolute best performance ever. I never get tired of watching this.
Me too
@@gustavofernandez5650 And me.
Mhm, Yagudin was better 😏
@@rafearcher7882 no he wasn’t
I never get tired of watching this! Forever the Gold Standard for men's figure skating!
Indeed, the gold standard.
The best performance ever! He gave it everything he had, and what a passionate, entertaining performance. The American spirit is really in this performance, and I think that’s why everyone loves it so much. His long hair and military inspired outfit really adds to the triumphant power. If he’d had a crew cut and a white glittered suit, it wouldn’t have worked. The music was stupendous, and his outpour of emotion at the end is the most victorious of any performance to date. In one word, flawless! ⛸🇺🇸🏅
Still my favorite performance of all time.
The skate of a lifetime! The Boitano and that spread eagle (that defies gravity!) are still remarkable.
Beautiful to watch, like floating on a cloud.
He was so incredibly perfect. Time has not diminished my appreciation for this performance.
@@anah3864 so right. When would cross pull it was perfect. The way he cut his line...refined and efficient.
When faced with a difficult decision, I often ask myself “what would Brian boitano do?” And then break into a coordinated dance with my 9 year old friends.
justin Kassel yes
"I'm sure he'd kick an ass or two, that's what Brian Boitano'd do"
This is the best comment on UA-cam
justin Kassel like on SouthPark?
When Brian Boitano traveled through time
To the year 3010
He fought the evil robot king
And saved the human race again
Brian was absolute perfection in this program. His music and choreography was impeccable. Love Brian! ❤
It was no contest.... from the consistent strength of his amazing performance and the sheer joy of its execution, it was unmatched...and the sheer fun of watching the elation on his face as he did that final spin...he knew he couldn't top what he had just accomplished.
I think this will go down as one of the best skating routines of all times. The skill and interpretation of that wonderful music is a sheer joy to watch. i come back to this whenever I need to be inspired. Truly amazing after all these years.
His jumps are about as perfect as you can get! What an amazing skate!
Wonderful memory! I smiled so wide when he did the two split jumps. Every time I see a lutz with an arm up, I think of Brian.
The greatest moment in Olympic figure skating ever IMO. I never get tired of seeing this. Great music, choreography, costume and skating!
i agree best skater ever love him.......i remember watching this😺🥳🥳⛸⛸
I'd rather watch Tonya Harding.
@@baritonebynight um. Ok.
I don't think this is the best moment ever.
The choreography here was magnificent & I’m not a huge Sandra Bezic fan. But this is one of the most beautifully choreographed pieces I’ve ever seen. Two of my favorite moments of Brian’s performance were the huge smile in his last spin & then looking upward & giving the man upstairs thanks. After his short, I saw him mouth “Thank you, God.” Sweet.
Elaine Snow it fit his style of skating. The choreography maximized his strengths as a skater therefore it enhanced the program.
This performance was absolutely stunning I loved what he did at the very end .
Brian Boitano’s performance after 34 years still looks golden. I can see where Johnny Weir saw Brian’s lyrical sensibilities, they’re very similar that way. ☝🏼
Agree. You know, I do not know how some of these posters arrive at the conclusion that Orser was more artistic than Boitano. ON THIS NIGHT, Boitano had it all -- technically and artistically, musically and visually (costume). I thought Orser's music sounded almost like circus music. His red costume didn't appeal to me. With all due respect to Orser as a skater and artist, it just was not his night.
I remember watching this live as a kid. Boitano definitely raised the bar for men's skating. That ending...goosebumps.
Brian was (and still is), the full package. Artistry, athleticism, emotion and his choice of outfit. My favorite skater of all time. Was thrilled when I met him in person in 2013. He was more than what I imagined
I still watch this from time to time. Brian is the GOAT. Nobody has compared since.
It still makes me angry that Brian B. only won by .1 point, especially since Boitano had a minor lead going into the long program. It just shows the corruption of the Olympics.😡 I was only 12 when I watched this live and couldn't understand why it was so close then. There's no way that it should've been that close. I'm not taking anything away from Brian Orser as a skater, but his performance was nowhere near as cleanly executed and as well choreographed. I also didn't care for Orser's red costume, and it was clear Orser was tired during the last part of his program. I understand why Orser would be tired. He had to wait to perform after Boitano's amazing performance. That nervous energy will wear you out, but that is ice skating. I rarely, if ever at the Olympics, have seen a whole package of choreography, costume, music, and execution come together as great as Boitano's did this night. There is a reason this performance has become iconic, and Orser's has not.
When Brian Boitano was in the
Olympics
Skating for the gold, He did two Salchows and a triple Lutz while wearing a blindfold 👌
I cant even imagine how many times Ive watched this Fantastical performance.
The GOAT, ladies and gentlemen. I remember seeing this live -- and the short program was just as good!
Wow, poor Orser. Having to follow that performance with that kind of applause. He very nearly carried it off tho which speaks volumes about him as a skater. And what a coach. But back to Boitano. Those split jumps. A death drop so high I am sure there was a hole at the top of the Saddle Dome. The elegantly carved circle of that spread eagle. And we’re still not even close to talking about his jumps! What a performance. I still shake my head, 30 years later. And I still miss the refined Jim McKay, who became sports reporter turned serious news reporter in 1972 in Munich...covering that tragedy with his typical eloquent style.
Well stated. The way McKay intoned "Everything he had...." after Boitano finished was classic.
The way he did the split jumps and the death drop at THE END of the long program made the height and execution even more amazing. To get that height when you are at your most fatigued is amazing. Boitano was riding a cloud of adrenaline that night and obviously had amazing endurance.😊👏🏻
Watching this on 29th of December 2021. What an awesome performance. Definitely gold medalist performance
Still one of my all time favourite performances ever ❤️💙💖
I remember watching this and it brought tears to my eyes then and still does today!! BEAUTIFULLY DONE ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
One of my favorite performances. Absolutely amazing!
I’ll never forget this moment, the music really got to me, it was so powerful. And he interpreted it so perfectly on the ice! Still gives me goosebumps and tears.
Brian Boitano was such a beautiful young man, and now he's a beautiful mature man. The best Male Figure skater in my book.
Jim McKay and Dick Buttons ... the voices of Olympics past. Truly miss them.
lotsabears this is one of the few times I have heard Dick be quiet during his commentary. It was if he was just soaking it all in.
His split jumps were phenomenal
Trying having him do the Russian splits over your head I was trying to get out of his way during practice back in the day thank god neither one of us were hurt he was always like a second big brother to me love brian
So glad this video is back. Was gone a long time and I missed re-living Brian's moment.
as a general rule, this may help:always be on the look out for this performance to have been uploaded and available on the youtube channel by the person who I am almost positive is 3Axel1996. That person is far and above all others with regards to giving us the classic skating performances, and is the personification of resilience and being persistent in reloading each of these great ones every time his video has been taken down by whichever entity claims copyright infringement. I am forever grateful for his performance.
Jim McKay was such a classic sportscaster. He always knew what to say at just the right moment. "What a lonely place to be. Twenty thousand pairs of eyes in the arena. Heaven knows how many millions watching from home."
Well said!
Boy, do I ever miss his heartfelt and informed commentary.
I also miss ABC's coverage of these events. They did a wall-to-wall showing, unlike NBC's slice-and-dice coverage, peppered with commercials every few minutes, and leaving out the majority of the skaters. ABC covered Calgary live, while NBC covered Vancouver with their usual repackaged nightly coverage, leaving out all the lower groups, and selectively covering the rest. ABC had to cover all of each skating event in order to cover it live, and not slice and dice it with a skater here, a snowboarder there. In allowing us to see the early groups of skaters, we also were far more capable of appreciating the difference in the various levels of what was still Olympic level skating.
But, I deeply miss Dick Button's commentary. His love of the sport was just utterly undeniable. I miss Scotty's commentary as well.
I never forgot that quote. How true it is!
Classy!!!
That comment was an annoying disruption to the program.
Jim McKay was one of the best. I grew up hearing his Voice on ABC. Really miss him.
Perfection in motion. What an artist and athlete!!
I just witnessed the BEST figure skating by a man to date....Brian Boitano equals PERFECTION...no doubt about it...!!!!!
Well deserved. Its interesting how to this day Brian Orser thinks that he should have gotten gold. I looked at both programs- it was very obvious that Boitano should have won. Orser had 7 triples, Boitano had 8 triples which included 2 triples axel and a triple triple combo. Also- overall the packaging was better for this program. Anyways- this performance was awesome!!
Elena Minakova his technique was completely amazing and the height he got in those jumps were incredible.
Boitano was stiff and only won due to errors made by Orser. While it was a valid victory, throughout their careers, when Orser skated his best and Boitano skated his best, Boitano finished behind Orser 100 percent of the time. Boitano being victorious over Orser, always depended on an Orser error. If Orser skated clean, there was nothing Boitano could do to beat him.
Elena Minakova it’s the best skater THAT day and Brian won fair and square.
Sour grapes from Orser. What a sore loser. Boitano skated better. He was the best. And he deserved the gold.
@@galileocan Boitano was "stiff"? ???? How can you plausibly say that when one does that spread eagle like that? That's flexibility and agility not stiffness. flailing arms movements by Orser don't constitute better artistic expression, either, IMHO.
I was so nervous when I watched this live that I couldn't really enjoy it but I had taped it and was able to watch it back later and really get the full enjoyment of it. Masterful!
I was the same way watching this live as a 12 year old girl.😂
I hid behind a couch!
Incredible ! Brian is one of a kind and it was always a treat and a joy to watch him skate.
This is the most exciting performance I've ever seen. Incredible! ♥♥♥♥
My GOAT. Pure classic line...and i mean pure. When they put the package together with music choreography costumes Brian gave the rest. America's Olympian!!!!
he is not the goat if he was here he would agree along with Evgenia that yuzu is unreal the influence on the sport is on a diff level he like the mj of figure skating
@@recommended1782 do u notice i began my post with MY? Since you brought up Evgenia...to me gps cross pulls cam hooks a vanish candle to BB. I specifically phrased my comment so it reflects MY FELLINGS MY OPINION. Not to read responses like yours. You missed it...but it's ok. Now you know
This program was so inspiring to me, when I was 14 and an intermediate skater, I skated to this same music. I even had my mom sew me a similar military like costume. I won every time I used it.
This performance should’ve have been 6.0. The best memorable performance in my memory. I’ll never get tired of watching that lutz with the arm up, and those two splits t\at the end. He was flawless.
If Orser could get a 6.0 from one of the judges, this deserved at least one 6.0, too. It was obvious they were leaving room for Orser since Boitano went first. I remember thinking that as a 12 year old, who was watching this at home. Seriously, a 5.7 in artistry from the Denmark judge.🤨
Watching the Olympics tonight my mind went back to this performance. Watching it live was just thrilling. It was all perfect. You could feel the momentum building and then to end it off that way it was just spectacular. Definitely my favorite ice-skating performance. Bravo.
Simply extraordinary.
Such an incredible artistic difference from his previous programs. Kudos to Sandra Bezic.
There are no words....
One of my favorite performances! Brian will always be one of my favorite figure skaters!!! Plus he looks like Prince Eric from The Little Mermaid here. Lol cute!!
I came to watch all the old gold medal winners since the new field is just boring jumps. Such style back in the day!
I totally agree,the Russian pairs skating gold winners,still choke me up,, from this Olympic knowing the tragic happening later in there careers.there skating was so perfect,and the men's and women's programme was excellent as well I agree with what you said,yuna kim was a beautiful skater,of artistry as well
@@redd605That Russian couple skated so beautifully together. They were mesmerizing. So sad the tragedy that happened.
@@thesandqueen2559 it was worth getting up late to watch it live , never seen such profection .in every element.
I remember taping this on my Betamax. I watched this performance so many times the tape eventually got worn out. I used to call Brian Boitano "thunder thighs" he was so strong. Classic performance.
I was 12 and taped it on VHS. I watched it so many times through the years that the tape started getting static in it during parts of his performance.😂 Wore mine out, too.
That was the.most beautiful spread eagle I've ever seen.
Thanks for posting this. I remember watching like it was yesterday and was super excited when Boitano won the gold. It was a great competition and rivalry coined "The Battle of the Brians"!!! But the best Brian won!!
Just an observation; but both Scott Hamilton and Brian Boitano placed 5th at Lake Placid and Sarajevo, respectively, in their previous Olympics. Coincidence?
Perfection on Ice... Couldn't have been any better!
As they said, he brought! Still gives me the chills watching this!
I was 16yrs old in 1988. I remember this day like it was stinking YESTERDAY
Chava Ayanna I was 1 but remembered the music
I was 16yrs old in "88" too. Skating was so much better back then.
I was 12 and was spellbound watching this. I don't know if I even blinked.😂
I think that these two young men (the Brians) were the epitome of sportsmanship. Both threw it all out there and let me add my ***thanks*** for this video. Brian Orser was so honest about his believing he would win and then so very gracious in not, even when the cameras were shoved in his face in the K&C.
Sandy Vale so very true. The pressure must have been enormous. Orser was so gracious in defeat (ditto Kurt Browning a scant 4 years later). I am very pleased he has become such a successful and important coach.
@@elainesnow326 I’ve often wondered if Orser would have become such a successful coach if he had won the gold medal at these Olympics. Probably not, his life would have taken a completely different path. I still get teary eyed when I watch Yuna Kim’s long program from the 2010 Olympics and Scott Hamilton says “If these scores are anything like what’s expected, Brian Orser finally has his gold medal.” ❤️❤️
Unbelievably good. I’m inspired to this day!
Brian Boitano has to be the most beloved Skater across different platforms. Not only in the skating world, but he's a favorite in South Park and now has his own cooking program.
Thinking back to every celebrity representation on South Park, including the movie, Boitano probably had the most complimentary mention. He got a song where he's a superhero!😂 It doesn't get much better than that.
I love his spread eagle!!!!
This was the program that made me fall in love with figure skating. I will take Brian’s spread eagles over quadruple jumps any day.
I came here because I was in the mood to see this perfect spread eagle 4:14 . I recall when I saw this performance that I'd never seen anything like it. To this day, I don't think anybody else has executed it so well. His whole program was amazing.
The lean on his spread eagle is the inverse of the cantilever. Though I think Paul Whylie also had a very good spread eagle. That was a different era before it was all about quads.
Josef Sabovcik does those spread eagles as high as Brian’s
Shockwave, check out Toller Cranston's skating.
@@pettytoni1955 Every time I see a skater perform the "broken leg" sit spin, I am reminded of him. R.I.P., Toller. ♥
@@pettytoni1955 Yes, Toller Cranston is magnificant but he fell when it mattered most. Boitano did indeed skate the performance of his life here!
You might think this is funny, but I watched this performance at home (so electrifying!) and then my family went out to eat...at the new Applebees. They were awesome back then. (Now I don't like Applebees' food - it's changed.) And when I saw on the screen in the restaurant that Boitano was on the highest dias, I had just received my glass of red wine and raised it to him. Fond memories.
AmusedChild BTW. Applebees changes its menu every 3 months. Agree with you. I had much the same thing-my husband invited our friends over to play Trivial Pursuit and I had to keep the TV off. I VCRed it and turned on my television just in time to see Brian get the gold medal. So wonderful.
that's what Brian Boitano do
Great program. I believe Orser was stronger artistically; however, this program suited Boitano and his technique was superb. He was just so consistent with his jumping. During his early professional career, there was a time when he literally never missed a jump. He also kept himself in impeccable shape, a bit ahead of his time for fitness.
Yes, more artistic with the knee slap and ridiculous arm movements
@@metsdudenj Your triggered
@@metsdudenj I really did not like that weird puppet-like movement that Orser did right in the middle of the ice during his performance. The "jazz hands" at one point, even back then, was cringeworthy, too. I watched it live and thought that after seeing it.
I think I seen the wind beneath his feet, What a beautiful Performance...♥️
By far the best ever men's free skate in the history of the Winter Olympics without a doubt!
Rick Mileske
Never get tired of watching his performance, a masterpiece
i couldn't agree more. My favorite Winter Olympic moment ever!
I agree, this long would have won in 88, 92, 94, and 2nd in 98
Except for Hanyu, plushenko, yagudin. Brian was great but he can’t hold a candle to the younger guys
@@callystarr It actually won in '88! ¬¬ Not sure how it would place in later years. It is the proper technical content of the 80s.
This still gives me goosebumps!
The spread eagle was so good.
The figure skating at the Calgary games was over the top. Each discipline had amazing competitors, intriguing match ups, and dramatic backstories. The best overall Olympics for FS in my opinion!!!
I remember this so well and watching it over and over (we had it on VHS back then, so thanks for posting!) He was a teeeny bit better than Brian Orser, and just had so much heart in this. He's still great to this day :)
When figure skating was awesome!!!! XOXO
Thank you for posting this! It’s been years since Brian’s full LP was available for viewing here.
Brian still has some jumps that nobody else in the WORLD can do.
His jumps are so effortless!!!! 2020
Still had his baby face that year...so adorable!
What a great routine. Simply fantastic, I'm breath-taken
So wonderful! Thank you for posting!
He is still my favourite male skater after all of this time! :)
Not only did he win Olympic Gold but Brian Boitano also wins the Bronson Pinchot lookalike contest (when Bronson played on Perfect Strangers)!
St. Thelonious the Monk Don't be ridiculous.
Какая красивая программа, насыщенная, яркая, а какие элементы! До сих пор интересно смотреть, захватывает!
I was going to search high and low on UA-cam for this performance after watching Nathan Chan's. THANK YOU for digging this one up!
Nathan Chen
@@jondavwal13 Thanks.
I'd have to say, Boitano did a superior program to Orser, even though I love and respect Brian Orser's skating.
Every time I am faced with difficult situations, I always ask myself, what would this man do?
Lol.
Сейчас техника фигурного катанию стала намного сложнее и интереснее. Но, ребята спустя 30 лет мне было интересно посмотреть и глаз радовался - это настоящее мастерство. 👏 Круто! Ставь лайк, если попал сюда после интервью с Этери Тутберидзе. ❤️
Браво Байтано!!!
I remember this well just as if it had happened yesterday. That skate was so clean Orser had lost before he even stepped on the ice. Brilliant performance by Boitano. Simply brilliant.
Нравился ---красив,талантлив,обаятелен,трудяга!до сих пор помню.Вэ Бэст!
I never quite understood why the result was so close in 1988 in Calgary. Boitano was head and shoulders better than Orser in all 3 sections. I would have put him above Orser in the short as well because I thought his 'Les Patineurs' SP was a masterpiece of choreography and his LP here was both technically and artistically better than Orser. Now don't get me wrong, I loved Orser's skating too but the result must go on how the skater performed in the actual competition and Boitano was clearly better in Calgary. By the way, I have no axe to grind from a national point of view as I'm neither American nor Canadian (I'm British) but I'm just someone who appreciates good skating.
npe1: Completely agree. Boitano out-performed Orser in every phase of the competition, especially the LP where Orser fell out of the triple flip, downgraded his second triple axle to a double and had a hard two-foot landing on his last jump, not to mention that juvenile puppet-on-a-string choreography from Ushi Kessler. Orser's marks were a joke, especially in the LP. 6.0? Outrageous. Boitano did two triple axles, two triple flips and a triple-triple combo in his LP, none of which Orser did, not to mention his much more sophisticated theme and choreography, and that he was flawless in all phases of the competition. Any judge that scored Orser above Boitano, especially in the LP should have been sanctioned.
Boitano has talked about how in skating, people got to take "their turn" at the top, especially back in the 6.0 system days. Because Orser was the favorite in 84 and didn't win (Hamilton was much better in compulsory figures and beat him), there was a LOT of sympathy working in his favor, not to mention the Olympics were in Canada in 88. I've always felt the Canadian skating federation is very corrupt, on the scale of the old Eastern block countries, and was gunning hard for Orser to win behind the scenes by any means necessary, no matter how he skated. No Canadian man has ever won Olympic gold, and he was to be the anointed one in 88. It was "his turn".
The truth is that Boitano should have beaten Orser by a MUCH larger margin. In the end, he only won by 0.1 technical points. Ridiculous. The Canadians, and even Orser himself, touted for years that it was a "broken tie", when Boitano really crushed him in this competition. Interestingly, it was after these Olympics that the tie-breaking score in figure skating was switched from the technical mark to the far more subject artistic mark. In essence, the ISU made it even easier for judges to cheat by padding the artistic marks of their preferred skater, no matter how they performed.
Even more interesting, check out this interview with Brian Boitano and his long-time coach, Linda Lever, Go to the 17:10 mark and listen to what Linda says about running into one of the judges from the Calgary Olympics 15 years later. THAT'S why the scores were so absurdly close. How many of those judges were compromised that night? Thank God one person had some integrity.
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Back then, and now sadly re-emerging gain in skating, was the entire "reputation" based judging. Brian Orser went in as the favorite based on his world championships. But Brian Boitano's skating was really just starting to take off. He acknowledged after the 88 Olympics that he felt that he had to skate programs that were much more in the light and airy style of Brian Orser's (who was 3-4 inches shorter than Brian B, and with a much smaller frame), despite a significant difference in height and body build. He even acknowledged that he'd kept his weight to an unreasonably low level of 155 pounds at that time. The Olympics was the beginning of a big transition for him. By December of 88 (I think it was Dec., it could have been Nov.) Brian appeared at the Professional World Figure Skating Championships just outside of D.C. with a significantly larger amount of muscle mass. He'd begun to embrace his strengths in skating, and and was utterly jaw dropping to watch in person. Great amplitude and coverage of the ice with his jumps, which came out of the blue. No telescoping of the jumps. Such deep edges and astonishing speed and utter security on the ice. I feel blessed to have been able to sit back and just enjoy. His skating was so utterly consistent that a spectator was able to simply enjoy! He was a once in a lifetime skater, and blew his competitors away when after turning pro, he continued to do all of his triple jumps in pro competition and in exhibition. Until then, if a pro skater attempted a triple, it would be one triple, and would have been a triple toe.
That said, I love true skating, and while as an American it was joyous to watch Brian B win the 88 Olympics, it wouldn't have felt that way had he not skated as he did. And I'll pull for the true skaters in any competition.
Oops. I meant to say that Brian B. was 4-5 inches taller than Brian O. Skating is an entirely different beast when you have that much more mass to move and to align head to toe in spins and jumps. It's much harder. Brian just needed to accept that his skating style needed to play to his physical attributes, which he was clearly starting to grasp and embrace by the time preparation for Calgary rolled around. But there were few skaters to look towards at that elite level in singles skating, of that height for examples of programs suitable to that physique.
Laurie: To me, Brian Boitano is the greatest all-around male figure skater the sport has ever produced. There are lots of other talented skaters for one reason or another, but he is peerless for me when it comes to all-around talent where artistry, strength, athleticism and consistency all converge in one skater. You are right in that all his professional routines were technically difficult enough to easily compete on the eligible circuit. Kristi Yamaguchi was the same way, too. Neither she nor Boitano rested on their laurels in their professional careers. They got even better after winning their gold medals. When does that ever happen today?
Boitano was unique in that he always pushed himself and never skated safe. A perfect example is 1987 Worlds. Boitano was the defending champion and he knew the winner of that competition would go into the 88 Olympics with the momentum that comes with that title. In spite of that pressure that would have caused most skaters to play it safe, he opted to attempt a quad. His reasoning was that he'd always carry the title of World Champion since winning in 1986, and no one could take that from him. So, instead of trying to cautiously protect his title, he threw caution to the wind in order to keep pushing himself to be a better skater. Well, Boitano fell on the quad, and that was enough to give Orser the win, which would be his only world title. In truth, if Boitano had not attempted the quad, Orser would likely not have ever been a world champion.
Even after winning the Olympics, when most gold medalists don't go to Worlds because they don't want to come down from their high and risk losing the last competition of the season, Boitano opted to go back to the 88 Worlds. Again, instead of playing it safe thinking, "I'm a gold medalist now, and Olympic champions don't fall", he opted to attempt the quad again. That time, he stood it up beautifully, although two-footed, it was a triumph for him, and he won his title back.
His work ethic was second to none, because it was never about the titles for him. It was always about being a better skater, and the victories came as a byproduct of that. Orser, unfortunately, skated safely in 88; he didn't skate to win, but to "not lose". Big difference. Skaters who skate cautiously usually don't win: Orser in 88, Kwan in 98, Kim in 14, etc.
Unfortunately, the judges still almost gave it to Orser politically. Thank God for one judge with a conscience. The others should have been sanctioned for years or banned for life. Disappointingly, Orser maintained for years that his loss was the result a "broken tie" (at least it was on the scoring sheets) and that he'd done enough to win. Perhaps that was what he needed to tell himself to get through the pain of the loss and possibly regretting his own choices, especially intentionally downgrading his second triple axle to a double after falling out of the flip.
If you search: Boitano Team USA on UA-cam, you'll find a short interview with Boitano where he talks more openly about certain skaters being anointed to "take their turn" at the top back in the day and how he had to construct his routine to be able to compete with all the unspoken but obvious collusion and favoritism for Orser. Even then, he knew he had to be absolutely flawless in all three phases of the competition to have any hope of winning and even then, it wasn't guaranteed. It's really interesting.
lcowles Since the Olympics were in Calgary the wanted a Canadian champion so badly. Since Orser was the reigning world champion it would have been easy for him to be that champion.
I watched this live. That spread eagle was such perfection, I was in tears.
Back in the day when the skater had already proved he could skate edges in the compulsory figures, and could just skate artistically to the music. Of course the fabulous jumps and spins helped !,
One of the greatest performances in Olympic history! He should have received all 6.0's for artistic presentation and technique. This was far better than Brian Orser.
What would Brian Boitano do
If he was here right now,
He'd make a plan
And he'd follow through,
That's what Brian Boitano'd do.
When Brian Boitano was in the olympics,
Skating for the gold,
He did two salchows and a triple lutz
While wearing a blind fold.
When Brian Boitano was in the alps,
Fighting grizzly bears,
He used his magical fire breath,
And saved the maidens fair.
So what would Brian Boitano do
If he were here today,
I'm sure he'd kick an ass or two,
That's what Brian Boitano'd do.
I want this V-chip out of me,
It has stunted my vo-ca-bu-lar-y.
And I just want my mom
To stop fighting everyone
For Wendy I'll be an activist, too,
Cos that's what Brian Boitano would do.
And what would Brian Boitano do,
He'd call all the kids in town,
And tell them to unite for true
That's what Brian Boitano would do.
When Brian Boitano travelled through time
To the year 3010,
He fought the evil robot kings
and saved the human race again
And when Brian Boitano built the pyramids,
He beat up Kublai Khan.
Cos Brian Boitano doesn't take sh*t from an-e-y-body
So lets all get together,
And unite to stop our mom's
And we'll save Terrance and Phillip too,
Cos that's what Brian Boitano do.
And we'll save Terrance and Phillip too,
Cos that's what Brian Boitano dooooo,
That's what Brian Boitano do.
Northern Lights #5 what song is this supposed to be to lol
Kaila Karns What would Brian Boitano do? From South Park: Bigger Longer and Uncut.
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This was such a magical night!
I remember very well seeing this on tv . This year’s Olympics were ones that will always stay in my memory; ALL the skaters were absolute winners; I adored ALL their magnificent performances ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⛸⛸⛸⛸⛸⛸⛸⛸⛸⛸⛸⛸⛸⛸⛸⛸⛸⛸⛸⛸
I was 12 and a half when I watched Brian state this. And in 2013, I met Brian in Jacksonville, FL when he and several others performed in Pandora Unforgettable Moments On Ice and told him how I remember watching him win and that he was my fave skater ever.
Love how he looks up and gives the nod to God...So nice to see.
Well deserved Brian Boitano.
Performance for the ages!
King of the spread eagle, split jumps, and flying camel! His interpretation of this music was just exquisite too.
His skating brings back loving memories of my beloved Mother and how she was routing for him all the way!!
Same for me! I remember my Mom and I were cheering and clapping like crazy seeing this...
Какое великолепное выступление! Даже если сравнить с сегодняшними спортсменами. Какие таланты, были в пору моей молодости, я и не знала. Если бы не Алина Загитова, я бы не знала Орсера. А узнав Орсера, я узнала Бойтано, как интересно всё закручено. И интерес начался с маленькой Алины. Великая девочка!
Brilliant!!!!! What artistry, what lyricism!! The new scoring system has penalized these elements in favor of jumps.