Hate Her!! Even though she is a really good skater, she probably wouldnt have done so well if she hadnt ordered her boyfriend to bash Nancy Kerrigan's legs with a baseball bat! LIke are you kidding me? You would do something like that to you biggest competition to win. Sick if you as me. Just plain sick!
@mattimattiusa Nope, it was the short program. She wore white for both. This is definitely from the SP. Search "tonya harding 1992 nationals" and you'll find a video for it--same outfit.
Her story is really sad. She had a difficult life growing up and was constantly villified by the media while Nancy was considered the "perfect" skater. She made lots bad choices throughout her career and paid for it. I mean, she had all the talent in the world and she threw it all away...
She WAS a wonderful athlete, and it's tragic that she's had so many difficulties off the ice.
By all accounts, her mother abused her, as did her first husband Jeff Gillooly. I think the days for piling on the insults are over. She's had an even more horrific life since her skating days. It must be torture thinking of what might have been. It's easy to ridicule her, but she is a person and deserves some compassion,
I've heard that she just had a baby, and I wish both of them the best!
What incredible, incredible talent. Her biggest mistake was meeting and marrying that loser Jeff Gillooly. One can only imagine if she had surrounded herself with better people and trained harder what she may have been.
In case anyone is curious, I exported this and watched it in slow motion, frame-by-frame. It's clearly a triple, and with a perfect launch, and landing.
It seems to me that there's some truth in those who Tanya thought were "better people" being the ones who talked her into returning to her abusive husband to keep up appearences during the Nationals. I think that her biggest mistake was believing people when they told her that she couldn't stand on her own two feet, and this came from almost everyone that she ever interacted with.
Tanya Harding is the BEST thing that ever happened to women's figure skating. I am speaking of the drama in 1994 which generated more interest in it than ever before. I wish that she had trusted her talent and not felt like she had to take out the competition. She could have been a huge star but seemed to just thumb her nose at the necessary ambience or image which is sad because she had it all. Raw talent to the point where she could have given transplants and she seemed to throw it all away:(
She was obviously technically a great skater but when it comes to artistry she's flat. Her triple axel is one of the best I've seen....but for her personal life....what a shame.
@EscoIceSk8 I have removed my comment because I already thought i had taken it off. Yeah I realise that its a triple. She does a very quick double rotation near the end that I was mistaking as one. :D
Sports Illustrated had a article on Tonya before the Nancy mess.Tonya had asthma but could land the jump because she had camped with her Dad as a little girl.She and he would chop fire wood so she built up some strength in her upper arms and that helped her to land the triple axel.
This is definitely a triple. Go get your eyes examined. I can tell without slowing it down BUT I did download it and slow it down just to make sure. 3 and a half rotations without a doubt!
*sigh* The sad part is both Tonya and Midori have better triple axel's than most male competitors today.
There's no need to debate. It's three and a half revolutions. A very "thick" and heavy looking jump completed. If it was a double axel, then with that height, she would have opened up the jump to end it. Josee Chouinard often did that with her very high double axel. She had a very high axel and was known to do triple axels during practice.
This is a triple Axel and there is a video that proves it. The name of the video is Figure Skating Triple Axel History -Ladies- (it should be on related videos). Check on 2:25, you will see this jump in slow motion.
@girlygirl127 sigh...more "experts". Again, I have this on my hard drive and in slow motion it's 'clearly' a triple. That's been established over and over in the comments section. Can we discuss something else now?
@maxthewonderpup ... yeah of course its a triple. i wasn't even a skater, but i was a gymnast for 10 years at my peak during this whole harding scandal and i still to this day love watching her perform. i was always impressed by how skaters were doing 3 (or 3 1/2) rotations from just a vertical jump, while gymnasts in the 90s were struggling to do triple twisting back flips with even more air time and height than skaters. i also cant get over the height of this jump either, WOW.
@girlygirl127 Nope it's a triple. I'd know, I'm practicing triple axel. If it were a double, it would have been a delayed jump. Especially with that height.
@maxthewonderpup what's growing up got to do with anything? slow it down and count the revolutions, you clearly are NOT a skater and just think you are. Loser :)
@Axeljump Actually, I am a former skater. Even competed in pairs against John Zimmerman once. How 'bout you? (and P.S....the "grow up" comment is in regards to calling people losers. If you want folks to listen to you, try a different tack.)
@Axeljump Actually Axeljump, it is three revolutions. Now, I'm not a skater but I can tell whether it is a triple or not. I've watched skating for years and I have seen many triple axels from many different skaters.
@kzoochick101 LOL your credibility went out the window when you said it was 3 revolutions (a triple axel has 3 and a half) and the fact that you are an armchair skater. You actually made me laugh out loud. Too funny.
@Axeljump It's a triple axel. I know it is not a double axel, cuz i could do one. And i practice triple axel. People who says other wise aren't at that level yet, or can't do it themselves.
The awesome thing is that Tonya Harding did almost every sport in her current life. She did Boxing, Pro Wrestling, Football,VolleyBall and much more! She's a all star!
@tilliez You are a liar, nobody in history has landed a sextuple axel, which you misspelled, Little tip for life, Post a video on it, thendo it in competetion, boom, instant world famous, though, I dont see why we would be jealous of someone trying to feel better about themselves
best ladies 3axel i have ever seen. midori + tonya are in a class of there own they are power skaters, mao, kimmie, yukari depend of quick rotation to eek out there 3axels, which pale in comparison
This is what a triple axel should look like. she jumps up facing forward and lands in the opposite direction. Doesn't look like there's any prerotation at all. Just totally different from so called triple axel that Asada Mao does.
Amazing ! On the other topic, I remember the news at that time. She had a difficult family life and was around the wrong people that led up to that crime. She had a lot to overcome but didn't get the personal and positive support that many athletes have. She was truly gifted. She has turned her life around now. If we can forgive Bill Clinton, Tiger Woods, and others for their transgressions, we can forgive her. Wishing her the best !
Tonya could skate circles around both Nancy and Kristi. I believe jealousy disposed the most talented skater off the ice permanently. Believing Tonya would plan an attack on Nancy would be comparable to believing Tiger Woods would plot to bang up Sergio Garcia's knee. The skating world should be ashamed they allowed a woman to be a victim of domestic abuse, and cheat her out of a career for jealousy's sake. In the skating world, image is more important than talent. Just a bunch of cheaters.
I'm pretty old school, so grew up watching all the horrible news coverage. Yet, I admit this video clearly shows a perfect triple axel....no prerotation whatsoever. She goes in to the air front-faced. What athleticism.
That's not a perfect 2 axel, look at her landing! It's solid, but it's not perfect. I understand that maybe you might think that i'm supersticious, but i'm not. If it is PERFECT, it is PERFECT!
You are all idiots making excuses for Tonya. That was her problem her entire life-wa wa wa poor me! I don't hear anyone mention that Peggy Fleming was so poor that Peggy and her family actually lived out of their car for awhile!!! And the dress that Peggy wore to WIN the Olympics was made by her mother. Peggy had grace and class something you can't buy you fools. All the money in the world would not have changed the horses ass named Tonya Harding.
If Tonya had believe in herself practice and stop smoking she could have beat Nanvy real easy .But Tonya unlike Nancy did not have some strong family support
I blame her mother more than her husband. An acquaintance of mine grew up skating at the same rink and saw Tonya's mother yell at Tonya for talking to other girls at the rink. She kept emphasizing that the other girls were her enemies etc.
I also witnesed Tonya's abuses by her mother when she was very young and so talented, such a waste I always felt sorry for her. Even her coach took her for granted! Left her sitting having asthma atack after a routine while she talked to another coach! She just had to many bad people in her life.
That is very sad, its like, if you come from a lower class of working people (i know nancy was considered middle class...whatever, it wasnt as low as tonya's parents - and no offense to them for their working class) its just sad that you have to settle for less than the best because of money. Thats one respect russia et al surpass us. many condemn them for taking them so young, ours do to, but dont put them up, house and feed them, and educate and train them all in one. good or bad..it works
Wow....look how high that is! None of today's female skaters come anywhere close to Tonya's jumping ability. And it's so true about skaters today faking triple Axels. "Triple Axels" of today are nowhere close to the quality of jumps demonstrated by Tonya and Midori Ito.
If only she had had a decent upbringing with decent people around her. One can grow up working class and still have character. Tonya had the odds stacked against her particularly with the kind of mother she had-trailer trash all the way.
axels are a half-rotation more than the other jumps, so a triple axel is 3 1/2 turns and can easily be mistaken for a quad. If they start the jump facing forwards, it's an axel.
it wasn't completed though, they did not use replay to look at it. Meissner never actually completed the full jump in practice nor in competition (all the youtube videos affirm this) She should be given a thumbs up for trying though.
BTW It was never "officially" ratified that she completed the jump.
It's a shame what has happened to her. They say she could have been one the greatest woman skaters of all time. She was the first american to nail the triple axel. Sad.
Surprising she bombed out at the Olympics. The year prior to that, she attempted and landed all four of her triple axels. This jump, though in warmup, was by far her best ever, with her body perfectly vertical (90 degrees) in the air and very high off the ice. Arguably one of the best ever from any woman, and although this jump didn't count for anything, thankfully it was captured on video.
Hate Her!! Even though she is a really good skater, she probably wouldnt have done so well if she hadnt ordered her boyfriend to bash Nancy Kerrigan's legs with a baseball bat! LIke are you kidding me? You would do something like that to you biggest competition to win. Sick if you as me. Just plain sick!
sk8tingandcontortion 2 months ago
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markbob120 2 months ago
@markbob120 I never saw the video.It must be your favorite one.Snickers.
HattieLovesCattie 2 months ago
Casual
cutieepiexo 2 months ago
shes like," im just gonna go do a triple axle rite now, no stress there..."
myscarlettbirdy 2 months ago
i like how she skates straight back instead of skating on a curve..
chapstickgurl1 3 months ago
Hahahaha I love how she was like "fuck yeah." after landing it.
audreyeatworld 4 months ago 2
That's how triple axels are done.
filipinoICEsk8ter 4 months ago 3
Girl in red dress: Dayumn
SkateboarderChick27 4 months ago
Great jump... a truly timeless skater! Best wishes to her new life and new family.
barkingtree88 4 months ago
skid take off
chapstickgurl1 5 months ago
@chapstickgurl1 thats how axels work......
TheOblivionfan123 5 months ago
Huge!!
filipinoICEsk8ter 5 months ago
I -3 Tonya! lol
ExternalGod 7 months ago
Wow simple i should upload some videos this triple axel SIMPLE
danikaivylynn 7 months ago
Someday, SOMEDAY i'll land my triple axel! :)
TheSkatingGirlDream 7 months ago 2
best jumper! stupid girl. She could have left Kerrigan for dead! She is a much better skater,very athletic !
pelicanus11 8 months ago
That was the warmup to the long program, not the short program.
mattimattiusa 9 months ago
@mattimattiusa Nope, it was the short program. She wore white for both. This is definitely from the SP. Search "tonya harding 1992 nationals" and you'll find a video for it--same outfit.
maxthewonderpup 9 months ago
@mattimattiusa Nope, it was the short programm!
The123musicals 2 months ago
She is the queen!
The123musicals 11 months ago
@The123musicals I agree!!
filipinoICEsk8ter 10 months ago
Her story is really sad. She had a difficult life growing up and was constantly villified by the media while Nancy was considered the "perfect" skater. She made lots bad choices throughout her career and paid for it. I mean, she had all the talent in the world and she threw it all away...
allenglandlawns 11 months ago
She WAS a wonderful athlete, and it's tragic that she's had so many difficulties off the ice.
By all accounts, her mother abused her, as did her first husband Jeff Gillooly. I think the days for piling on the insults are over. She's had an even more horrific life since her skating days. It must be torture thinking of what might have been. It's easy to ridicule her, but she is a person and deserves some compassion,
I've heard that she just had a baby, and I wish both of them the best!
PthaloGreen2 11 months ago 3
She was fucking amazing. I don't get why she thought a social retard (Nancy Kerrigan) was a threat to her.
ifuseekamy 11 months ago 13
@ifuseekamy Really? Are we using that word? Weak...
maxthewonderpup 11 months ago 17
@ifuseekamy Well if you met TH's family and husband back then it would explain some of that.......ha ha
dtw1958 10 months ago
What incredible, incredible talent. Her biggest mistake was meeting and marrying that loser Jeff Gillooly. One can only imagine if she had surrounded herself with better people and trained harder what she may have been.
In case anyone is curious, I exported this and watched it in slow motion, frame-by-frame. It's clearly a triple, and with a perfect launch, and landing.
zenmachinefilms 11 months ago
@zenmachinefilms
It seems to me that there's some truth in those who Tanya thought were "better people" being the ones who talked her into returning to her abusive husband to keep up appearences during the Nationals. I think that her biggest mistake was believing people when they told her that she couldn't stand on her own two feet, and this came from almost everyone that she ever interacted with.
lesterclaypool1 10 months ago
Tanya Harding is the BEST thing that ever happened to women's figure skating. I am speaking of the drama in 1994 which generated more interest in it than ever before. I wish that she had trusted her talent and not felt like she had to take out the competition. She could have been a huge star but seemed to just thumb her nose at the necessary ambience or image which is sad because she had it all. Raw talent to the point where she could have given transplants and she seemed to throw it all away:(
getrealandsee 11 months ago
freeze at 0:12, she is up in the air about as high as her legs are long with her body straight. Thats some explosive power.
zer0dahero 1 year ago
wow
GIRLSKATER6 1 year ago
DAMN!!! HUGE!!
filipinoICEsk8ter 1 year ago
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filipinoICEsk8ter 1 year ago
wow, she could sky
Sincopare 1 year ago
PEOPLE THAT JUMP IS A TRIPLE
Hylogetic 1 year ago
tonyas' gonna kick your ass..basketball anyone?
accusationChair 1 year ago
Great height on that jump! Tonya Harding is a fun skater to watch :)
SymphonySiren 1 year ago
After watching this video exactly 102 times, I have concluded this is a triple axel. A very beautiful one.
Blckoctobervoclz 1 year ago
beatuiful Tonya was the first to do a Triple Axel but now that she's about to turn 40 she's just become a Triple Sow Cow!
blkakim3 1 year ago
The triple is in the mind, not on this post.
Leonnidik 1 year ago
She was obviously technically a great skater but when it comes to artistry she's flat. Her triple axel is one of the best I've seen....but for her personal life....what a shame.
MisterBokeh 1 year ago
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hawc243 1 year ago
@hawc243 look again. i've done triple axels and double axels. double axels on that height would be delayed, but it is not. it's a triple axel.
EscoIceSk8 1 year ago
@EscoIceSk8 I have removed my comment because I already thought i had taken it off. Yeah I realise that its a triple. She does a very quick double rotation near the end that I was mistaking as one. :D
hawc243 1 year ago
that is sooooooooooooo a triple
nesteki 1 year ago
Sports Illustrated had a article on Tonya before the Nancy mess.Tonya had asthma but could land the jump because she had camped with her Dad as a little girl.She and he would chop fire wood so she built up some strength in her upper arms and that helped her to land the triple axel.
HattieLovesCattie 1 year ago
This is definitely a triple. Go get your eyes examined. I can tell without slowing it down BUT I did download it and slow it down just to make sure. 3 and a half rotations without a doubt!
*sigh* The sad part is both Tonya and Midori have better triple axel's than most male competitors today.
DarrenInCA 1 year ago
that's like, four feet in the air! WOW!
skaterpixie 1 year ago
she was the best love her skating
sambuka72002 1 year ago
There's no need to debate. It's three and a half revolutions. A very "thick" and heavy looking jump completed. If it was a double axel, then with that height, she would have opened up the jump to end it. Josee Chouinard often did that with her very high double axel. She had a very high axel and was known to do triple axels during practice.
delayedricochet 1 year ago
THAT was a triple, definitely....I always felt she was a better skater than Nancy. Just wasn't meant to be...
luvtowin 1 year ago
girlygirl127 your an idiot, it was clearly a triple, I WANT TO SEE YOU DO THAT, so stop judging guuuuuuuuuuurl
andrewp1217 1 year ago
i saw 3 spins :)
its a triple
iluvicesk8ing 1 year ago
@iluvicesk8ing you saw three and a half spins, remember? :) Though i agree, this was soooo obviously a triple!
TheSkatingGirlDream 7 months ago
@TheSkatingGirlDream oh....yea xD
iluvicesk8ing 7 months ago
That is a triple axel you dumbass lol
TripleAxel1991 1 year ago
This is a triple Axel and there is a video that proves it. The name of the video is Figure Skating Triple Axel History -Ladies- (it should be on related videos). Check on 2:25, you will see this jump in slow motion.
vanya0785 1 year ago
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girlygirl127 1 year ago
@girlygirl127 sigh...more "experts". Again, I have this on my hard drive and in slow motion it's 'clearly' a triple. That's been established over and over in the comments section. Can we discuss something else now?
maxthewonderpup 1 year ago 30
@maxthewonderpup ... yeah of course its a triple. i wasn't even a skater, but i was a gymnast for 10 years at my peak during this whole harding scandal and i still to this day love watching her perform. i was always impressed by how skaters were doing 3 (or 3 1/2) rotations from just a vertical jump, while gymnasts in the 90s were struggling to do triple twisting back flips with even more air time and height than skaters. i also cant get over the height of this jump either, WOW.
benrobinson77 1 year ago
@girlygirl127 clearly, you're blind.
kwadruple 1 year ago
@girlygirl127 crowd wouldn't roar like that if it was only a double. :P
vesperholly 1 year ago 4
@girlygirl127 Nope it's a triple. I'd know, I'm practicing triple axel. If it were a double, it would have been a delayed jump. Especially with that height.
EscoIceSk8 1 year ago
@girlygirl127 yeah, that was a double. this girl is just like Lisa Manley... she's not very feminine. she looks more like a broad
TracyAndersonFoxhunt 1 year ago
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VideoViv 1 year ago
@girlygirl127 get your eyes checked
getoutofmyway01 1 year ago
@girlygirl127 No it's not a double. It is very clearly a triple. You need glasses.
npe1 9 months ago
damn!! if only she wasn't kicked out. her triple axel is better than lysacek
fanboys7 1 year ago
That is damn high !
xaria100 1 year ago
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Can you losers even count? that is NOT a triple axel!! try hard wanabes.
Axeljump 1 year ago
@Axeljump grow up, it's a 3 Axel, done beautifully.
maxthewonderpup 1 year ago 8
@maxthewonderpup what's growing up got to do with anything? slow it down and count the revolutions, you clearly are NOT a skater and just think you are. Loser :)
Axeljump 1 year ago
@Axeljump Actually, I am a former skater. Even competed in pairs against John Zimmerman once. How 'bout you? (and P.S....the "grow up" comment is in regards to calling people losers. If you want folks to listen to you, try a different tack.)
maxthewonderpup 1 year ago 3
@Axeljump Actually Axeljump, it is three revolutions. Now, I'm not a skater but I can tell whether it is a triple or not. I've watched skating for years and I have seen many triple axels from many different skaters.
kzoochick101 1 year ago
@kzoochick101 LOL your credibility went out the window when you said it was 3 revolutions (a triple axel has 3 and a half) and the fact that you are an armchair skater. You actually made me laugh out loud. Too funny.
Axeljump 1 year ago
@Axeljump well you know what, I'm still learning okay. maybe you should do the same.
kzoochick101 1 year ago
@Axeljump that was no doubt a triple axel, i've seen that exact one slowed down and it is one of the biggest triple axels i've seen. learn to count.
Sabrina7722772 1 year ago
@Sabrina7722772 I'll learn to count when you have a clue about skating :)
Axeljump 1 year ago
@Axeljump actually i'm a figure skater. :) and even the commentators said she was doing a triple axel.
Sabrina7722772 1 year ago
@Axeljump It's a triple axel. I know it is not a double axel, cuz i could do one. And i practice triple axel. People who says other wise aren't at that level yet, or can't do it themselves.
EscoIceSk8 1 year ago
@Axeljump DUMB BITCH IT'S CLEARLY A TRIPLE AXEL. AND YOU MUST HAVE BEEN THE WORST FUCKING SKATER IN THE WORLD.
mariahfan444 1 year ago
@Axeljump it's triple axel. i know i counted the head rotation. you are the wannabe on here man.
EscoIceSk8 1 year ago
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Mao Asada's triple axel jumps are totally cheating jumps.
She does it with two foot landing or pre-rotation.
ale201006 1 year ago
To think she threw it all away.
iamzbacku 1 year ago
The awesome thing is that Tonya Harding did almost every sport in her current life. She did Boxing, Pro Wrestling, Football,VolleyBall and much more! She's a all star!
iPwnSkaterNoobs 1 year ago
That height was incredible!
lunajedi 1 year ago
PFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFT. i can do a sixtuplet axel. oh yeah. dont be jealous. BE VERY JEALOUS!
tilliez 1 year ago
@tilliez You are a liar, nobody in history has landed a sextuple axel, which you misspelled, Little tip for life, Post a video on it, thendo it in competetion, boom, instant world famous, though, I dont see why we would be jealous of someone trying to feel better about themselves
SkateboarderChick27 3 months ago
holy shit she gets mad air.
EricCW 1 year ago 2
Beautiful landing; it's too bad she screwed herself and never was allowed to compete again.
109jla 1 year ago 3
Wow!
Tonya was grate!
hisoft37 1 year ago
@hisoft37 you mean great?
Tinymissy 1 year ago 2
Yes,you are right.
I made a mistake.
How embarrassing!
Any way, I didn't know Tonya was such a good skater.
hisoft37 1 year ago
@hisoft37 No problem I make mistakes a lot too.
Tinymissy 1 year ago
This is it!! Tonya Harding and Midori Ito's tiple axel was amazing. theses days so called triple axel.. hmm that's fake axel.
LaLeur0 1 year ago
best ladies 3axel i have ever seen. midori + tonya are in a class of there own they are power skaters, mao, kimmie, yukari depend of quick rotation to eek out there 3axels, which pale in comparison
Taan123 1 year ago
This is what a triple axel should look like. she jumps up facing forward and lands in the opposite direction. Doesn't look like there's any prerotation at all. Just totally different from so called triple axel that Asada Mao does.
ek6170 1 year ago
Just couldn't agree more!
jwpapa 1 year ago
WOW! That was amazing! Isn't she the only American woman who ever landed the triple axel??
brandozy87 1 year ago
@brandozy87 No, I believe Kimmie Meissner did land kind of triple axel at 2005 US Nationals in the free!
zenitrulit2 1 year ago
The height she gets is amazing!! Very powerful skater.
sparkwheel 1 year ago 4
Tonya Harding and Midori Ito forever. Unmatched.
pieldeoliva81 1 year ago 4
That height! Amazing!!
moietmavieana 1 year ago 6
i think that tonya is a very dangerous skater.. she doesn't have great technique and she has some nasty falls
RCskater97 2 years ago
I wonder if she can still do that. Booty is looking kind of big these days...and hot.
SixHundredWays 2 years ago
So sad. World class athlete. Trailer park values.
dsrtflwr 2 years ago 61
@dsrtflwr Yes and just hung around the losers in life,same as Christopher Bowman who grew up in the city.
HattieLovesCattie 1 year ago
@dsrtflwr yes.
jdnnschreiber 1 year ago
@dsrtflwr lol... i like that comment...
WestValley2 9 months ago
The problem was that Tonya was an athlete, in a sport that values dancers!
MickInTheMorning 2 years ago
The problem was that Tonya managed to attack with a club an innocent competitor, and any sport values character.
cargobud 1 year ago
piece of cake!
kryptonian541 2 years ago
Amazing ! On the other topic, I remember the news at that time. She had a difficult family life and was around the wrong people that led up to that crime. She had a lot to overcome but didn't get the personal and positive support that many athletes have. She was truly gifted. She has turned her life around now. If we can forgive Bill Clinton, Tiger Woods, and others for their transgressions, we can forgive her. Wishing her the best !
u2brr1 2 years ago 10
Lol! @ markbob
Someone who can't spell "opinion" or "trailer" talks about education. LMAO!
gypsyearthspirit 2 years ago
There aren't any female skaters today who can land anything remotely close to this! That height is incredible.
NorthEast81 2 years ago 38
@NorthEast81 you are right, Mao landed it way better
collegeguy15 1 year ago
@NorthEast81 i know amazing!!!
5UP3RV4MP 9 months ago
Tonya could skate circles around both Nancy and Kristi. I believe jealousy disposed the most talented skater off the ice permanently. Believing Tonya would plan an attack on Nancy would be comparable to believing Tiger Woods would plot to bang up Sergio Garcia's knee. The skating world should be ashamed they allowed a woman to be a victim of domestic abuse, and cheat her out of a career for jealousy's sake. In the skating world, image is more important than talent. Just a bunch of cheaters.
youariston 2 years ago 6
I TOTALLY agree with you youariston.
It seems like everybody just cares about the fame now instead of the talent.
AxelHeadBethany 2 years ago 6
Wow!! LOL, her entrance to the axel!
Tinafigureskating 2 years ago 3
I'm pretty old school, so grew up watching all the horrible news coverage. Yet, I admit this video clearly shows a perfect triple axel....no prerotation whatsoever. She goes in to the air front-faced. What athleticism.
jwpapa 2 years ago 10
That's not a perfect 2 axel, look at her landing! It's solid, but it's not perfect. I understand that maybe you might think that i'm supersticious, but i'm not. If it is PERFECT, it is PERFECT!
Tinafigureskating 2 years ago
she has so much airtime, more than the others
SumNJFella 2 years ago 6
You are all idiots making excuses for Tonya. That was her problem her entire life-wa wa wa poor me! I don't hear anyone mention that Peggy Fleming was so poor that Peggy and her family actually lived out of their car for awhile!!! And the dress that Peggy wore to WIN the Olympics was made by her mother. Peggy had grace and class something you can't buy you fools. All the money in the world would not have changed the horses ass named Tonya Harding.
markbob120 2 years ago
Wow what an amazing jump! Who is this Tonya Harding?
RawFedSkye 2 years ago 2
Incredibleee. Wooooow
MakeAScenexox 2 years ago 4
OH WOW!!!
BlondeButSmartical 2 years ago 4
Tonya was and is amazing. It's not her fault her team beat the other player. Poor Tanya...
KateKatastrophei 2 years ago 3
If Tonya had believe in herself practice and stop smoking she could have beat Nanvy real easy .But Tonya unlike Nancy did not have some strong family support
misteeq64 2 years ago 8
whatever personal issues surrounded her, that jump was truly spectatcular!
dvdneely 2 years ago 9
Beautiful!
I can barely manage a single salchow! Haha, this girl is gifted alright.
helmy044 2 years ago 4
dam thts high
ahhveevahh 2 years ago
damn that was awesome
lykopis 2 years ago
That was amazingly high!!!! She had really good posture to.
zutara4evakisskiss 2 years ago
I blame her mother more than her husband. An acquaintance of mine grew up skating at the same rink and saw Tonya's mother yell at Tonya for talking to other girls at the rink. She kept emphasizing that the other girls were her enemies etc.
Fishflopov 2 years ago 3
I also witnesed Tonya's abuses by her mother when she was very young and so talented, such a waste I always felt sorry for her. Even her coach took her for granted! Left her sitting having asthma atack after a routine while she talked to another coach! She just had to many bad people in her life.
SteviesEcho 2 years ago 3
That is very sad, its like, if you come from a lower class of working people (i know nancy was considered middle class...whatever, it wasnt as low as tonya's parents - and no offense to them for their working class) its just sad that you have to settle for less than the best because of money. Thats one respect russia et al surpass us. many condemn them for taking them so young, ours do to, but dont put them up, house and feed them, and educate and train them all in one. good or bad..it works
looneybun1 2 years ago 4
Awesome, looked like she was flying...!!
alvictory 2 years ago 3
HOLY SHIT THATS HIGH
trixxirocks 2 years ago 4
That's just....freaking WOW.
Tenebarum 2 years ago 2
IT SO HIGH !!!!!!!!!!!!!
angelBPX13 2 years ago
Fantastic skater/stupid girl. Sad.
msklausler 2 years ago 2
Not as stupid as Nicole Bobek.She is in real deep do do for selling meth.
HattieLovesCattie 2 years ago
Whooooooa!
figureskater345 2 years ago
wow she jumps so hi!! :O
lollie87 2 years ago
wow
emilylte 2 years ago
Wow....look how high that is! None of today's female skaters come anywhere close to Tonya's jumping ability. And it's so true about skaters today faking triple Axels. "Triple Axels" of today are nowhere close to the quality of jumps demonstrated by Tonya and Midori Ito.
NorthEast81 2 years ago 5
Well said! :)
maxthewonderpup 2 years ago
meissner's axels were ALWAYS cheated guys... tonya still remains the only one to land it in competition
Greatass4 2 years ago
If only she had had a decent upbringing with decent people around her. One can grow up working class and still have character. Tonya had the odds stacked against her particularly with the kind of mother she had-trailer trash all the way.
faeryquene 2 years ago 2
axels are a half-rotation more than the other jumps, so a triple axel is 3 1/2 turns and can easily be mistaken for a quad. If they start the jump facing forwards, it's an axel.
RedbeardNC 2 years ago
ino
abitwilightfanatic 2 years ago
First and only American woman to land the triple axel
Meissner never fully rotated the jump, no one else has come even close :S
Her and Midori Ito remain the only women to have completely rotated the jump in competition (though Tiffany Chin executed it properly in warm-up)
Greatass4 2 years ago
Actually, Meissner's was ratified at the comp. so that makes her the only other US woman to land it in competition.
maxthewonderpup 2 years ago
how about mao asada?
XJenniferLeighX 2 years ago 2
Wow-I had no idea Tiffany attempted triple axels in competition! I thought Midori was the first. :)
faeryquene 2 years ago
Tiffany Chin landed several 3Axels in practice. Too bad she couldn't do it in comp.
maxthewonderpup 2 years ago
Again-wow! I hope there is some footage somewhere-I'd love to see the attempts!
faeryquene 2 years ago
@Greatass4 HELLO MAO ASADA DID 3 IN THE OLYMPICS!!!!!!
NYSkater1994 1 year ago
Ito and Harding - untouchable and exlusive. There is no female skater who has done a triple axel of their level and quality.
lookscudkill 2 years ago 6
So very true!
Greatass4 2 years ago
it wasn't completed though, they did not use replay to look at it. Meissner never actually completed the full jump in practice nor in competition (all the youtube videos affirm this) She should be given a thumbs up for trying though.
BTW It was never "officially" ratified that she completed the jump.
Greatass4 2 years ago
Tiffany chinn did them, when she was younger. You might be able to find them on her web site. check it out.
bellier 2 years ago
Wow she went off abit
I7emon 2 years ago
WHOA! That was so incredible!
FavouriteFreak 2 years ago 4
well damn!!! That was awesome!!!! Its a shame that she didnt go further in her career. Such a talent!
Professorblu 2 years ago 4
It makes me angry to watch this, no telling how far she could have gone if she didn't get involved with all that lowlife. We'll never know!!!
CapricornDavo 2 years ago 11
omfg! Thats friken high! shes soooo wow :P
x0xrollerskaterx0x 2 years ago 6
It's a shame what has happened to her. They say she could have been one the greatest woman skaters of all time. She was the first american to nail the triple axel. Sad.
realredhead1214 2 years ago 14
that was good :)))
2carlyq6 2 years ago
I gotta admit that was pretty awesome.
kmaguder 2 years ago
This footage is so incredible I can't tear myself away... I just keep hitting 'replay' again and again! :-)
(and I whole-heartedly agree with the comments below that it's probably the best triple axel by a woman ever and how fortunate it was captured)
CityofDreadfulDelite 2 years ago 2
I think she got higher in the air than most people can on trampolines! Bloody hell!
amernob 3 years ago 12
wow.. that ws sooo awesome, especially the landing!!
umwohoo 3 years ago 3
Surprising she bombed out at the Olympics. The year prior to that, she attempted and landed all four of her triple axels. This jump, though in warmup, was by far her best ever, with her body perfectly vertical (90 degrees) in the air and very high off the ice. Arguably one of the best ever from any woman, and although this jump didn't count for anything, thankfully it was captured on video.
RK831 3 years ago 8
holy...WoW! i cant spin that well on land....i cant imagine doing that on ice!
xfigurexsk8rx4evax 3 years ago
damn. probably the best I have seen from a woman.
vistaprime 3 years ago 3