Liz was NOT robbed. Liz WON the long program. Unfortunately, she was in third place after figures and the short program which is why she got silver instead of gold. But as the program above shows: she beat both Katarina and Debi in the long program. Simply beautiful!!
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Ito should have won. Manley wuzgifted in the SP - she should have received deductions for her faulty camel change camel, and her 3sal combo in the SP was one of the easiest of the night. Kadavy, Ito, Trenary and Koch should all have placed above Manley in the SP - they were all cleaner and had much harder combos.
@ballinagra13 Koch and Trenary deserved to beat Manley in the short. Are you on crack women. Ito should have won with her shitty figures. What a moron you are.
@karrtt1234 I don't know how accurate this is, but I thought I remember Katarina saying she only did what she needed to win and nothing else. Like giving the minimum effort, and I've never liked that attitude. Manley should have won that night.
Great skate Liz Manley, she was the real winner at these games, she a true champion. Unlike the steroid taking Katarina Witt - who cheated and then had the help of the European Judges blocking they way, so she could win Gold. We are looking at the real Gold Medalist.
I remember watching this live in 1988, it was amazing. All the media were buzzing about Debi Thomas and Katerina Witt and their rivalry etc, etc, and Liz just sneaks in there and takes the silver. This is one of my favorite "Olympic Moments" Awesome.
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very nice! However from the point of view of the jumps, the 3Lo was double-footed and she performed her last triple, the 3S, at 1min48s, i.e. there were no more triples in the second part of the program, Said that, it was a well choreographed and interpreted program skated with great speed and flow. Congratulations.
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Katerina Witt had a much better program, look, display etc.. This music SUCKS!!! Katerina's was much more meaningful emotionally tied to the performance..... This was worthy of silver but doesn't come close to K.Witt Gold
If they judges weren't holding down Ito in the free program so that Witt could walk away with the gold, things might have been fair.. not to mention Katarina's willing praticipation in East Germany's state sponsored drug program.
This was definitely the gold-medal performance; too bad the current scoring system wasn't yet installed; she'd have won by a mile. I loved Katarina's artistic flair in her own Carmen program, but Manley's performance was the best of the evening, being more artistically pleasing than Ito's technically brilliant extravaganza.
Look at her face and reaction when she was done..she did it perfectly and was as shocked as I'm sure the announcers and competitors were. This is called "stepping up when the pressure is on
Yes, I would have been happier if there had been 2 Canadian Gold medals in singles skating that year........best wishes
k9henrydog 1 year ago
I feel so bad for her. Her and tonya harding skated so simular
TripleAxel1991 1 year ago
IMO, Midori Ito had enough content in her program to easily defeat Katarina Witt in the FS, which mathematically should have given Manly the gold.
barkingtree88 1 year ago
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Liz was NOT robbed. Liz WON the long program. Unfortunately, she was in third place after figures and the short program which is why she got silver instead of gold. But as the program above shows: she beat both Katarina and Debi in the long program. Simply beautiful!!
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kinkslola1 1 year ago
I've never watched the programs of Manley and Witt from that night before now, and all I can say is Manley got screwed!!!!
TMKQueen 1 year ago 5
It is all a moot argument ... It was 20 + years ago. I saw it in real time and it is just as fun to watch today.
jhm 1 year ago
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Ito should have won. Manley wuzgifted in the SP - she should have received deductions for her faulty camel change camel, and her 3sal combo in the SP was one of the easiest of the night. Kadavy, Ito, Trenary and Koch should all have placed above Manley in the SP - they were all cleaner and had much harder combos.
ballinagra13 1 year ago
@ballinagra13 Koch and Trenary deserved to beat Manley in the short. Are you on crack women. Ito should have won with her shitty figures. What a moron you are.
lambielkwanfan 4 months ago
This was the skate of the night, and it was so much better than the boring and inferior performance of Katarina Witt.
karrtt1234 1 year ago 10
@karrtt1234 I don't know how accurate this is, but I thought I remember Katarina saying she only did what she needed to win and nothing else. Like giving the minimum effort, and I've never liked that attitude. Manley should have won that night.
GloriaD5767 1 year ago
Great skate Liz Manley, she was the real winner at these games, she a true champion. Unlike the steroid taking Katarina Witt - who cheated and then had the help of the European Judges blocking they way, so she could win Gold. We are looking at the real Gold Medalist.
jokerwildest 1 year ago 11
This was so much better than K. Witt's. I think Katerina went a long way with her charisma.
mpjrdldn 2 years ago 7
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Sadly that nobody with a credible unbias opinion agrees with you
BjGard 1 year ago
@BjGard "No one" agrees with what part of my statement? Elizabeth Manley's LP garnered
the highest scores from the judges.
mpjrdldn 1 year ago 5
She is just flying!!! WOW!!!!
ShortySOM 2 years ago 6
I remember watching this live in 1988, it was amazing. All the media were buzzing about Debi Thomas and Katerina Witt and their rivalry etc, etc, and Liz just sneaks in there and takes the silver. This is one of my favorite "Olympic Moments" Awesome.
Vincerama 2 years ago 7
I have always remembered that move at 4:09!!!
emarkle7 2 years ago 4
Had the new system been in place when she skated, she would have kicked Katarina Witt's ass out of the rink and won the gold.
mrsbenderbain 2 years ago 7
true she would have won the whole thing, winning the long after 3rd in the short
StewNWT 2 years ago 6
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very nice! However from the point of view of the jumps, the 3Lo was double-footed and she performed her last triple, the 3S, at 1min48s, i.e. there were no more triples in the second part of the program, Said that, it was a well choreographed and interpreted program skated with great speed and flow. Congratulations.
will74lsn 2 years ago
I remember this - what a fab skate! Liz Manley was my idol growing up when I was a young skater - she is amazing!
sketchley80 2 years ago 5
This was such a great skate, the real gold medalist ..Liz Manley
shottut 2 years ago 6
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noooooooo NO! Did you not see Katerina?? Don't be such a bias homer
BjGard 2 years ago
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Katerina Witt had a much better program, look, display etc.. This music SUCKS!!! Katerina's was much more meaningful emotionally tied to the performance..... This was worthy of silver but doesn't come close to K.Witt Gold
BjGard 2 years ago
If they judges weren't holding down Ito in the free program so that Witt could walk away with the gold, things might have been fair.. not to mention Katarina's willing praticipation in East Germany's state sponsored drug program.
Marchjoy1963 2 years ago 6
She was SO robbed at these games. The gold medal should have been hers.
Luubelaar 2 years ago 12
This was definitely the gold-medal performance; too bad the current scoring system wasn't yet installed; she'd have won by a mile. I loved Katarina's artistic flair in her own Carmen program, but Manley's performance was the best of the evening, being more artistically pleasing than Ito's technically brilliant extravaganza.
Aldobrandini 2 years ago 8
Look at her face and reaction when she was done..she did it perfectly and was as shocked as I'm sure the announcers and competitors were. This is called "stepping up when the pressure is on
rbrattn10 2 years ago 8
U were robbed of the gold - but there is no denying your fabulous performance !!!
yescanto 2 years ago 14
I remember this and Ito's performance from Calgary! They were fantastic.. I felt so good for Liz! "Go get em Liz.."
mlc2005 2 years ago 6