Irina Slutskaya Worlds FS 2005

[Ramngrim]

The best & the hottest. Pity she never won an Olympic title.

[boanilsa4]

I like her enthusiuasm!

[Fo4ts]

Фантастика！I will remember you.I like 3 turn 3loop.Russian traditional loop jump ! あとはマカロワ(Makarova )とコストナー(Kostner )かな。

[JUNGLEJIMY123]

I love Irina but she choked.. one triiple combination ..She needed 2 like Hughes.... The judges judged this correctly !

[Letyaga1]

@TacoEqualsFtw

you're disgusting idiot ))

[TacoEqualsFtw]

@Letyaga1 ya tibya lyublyu

[getrealandsee]

Absolutely superb. Irina certainly made the transition from the old 6s scoring system to COP w/o missing a beat. She was always a great skater and absolutley earned the gold here. WOW! It is so wonderfull to hear the audience's reaction and the ovation..in her home country!! Irina is a TRUE champion who was beaten down and picked herself back up and delivered this! As with other posters words fail me but THANK YOU IRINA...for coming back and sharing this!!

[MissThingSings]

@getrealandsee I agree....unlike your beloved Sasha Cohen, Irina is a true champion!!!!

[manderson610]

I'll always prefer Sasha Cohen's style to Irina's, but this night, IRINA WAS THE WINNER! I can't imagine how someone could come back after injury and illness and skate like THIS.

[trishka15]

does anybody know the name of the music used?

[icesk8grl73]

@trishka15 the first piece was Crotation Rhapsody by Maksim

the second piece i know is by Maksim but idk the title

the thirs piece is Wonderland by Maksim ;)

[trishka15]

@icesk8grl73 thank you)

[victoriasoleado]

@trishka15 Croatian Rhapsody by Maxim Mrvica+ Whisper from the mirror by Keiko Matsui + Wonderland by Maxim Mrvica

[memmen1]

WOW, she really deserves the Gold. Fantastic performance overall, the jumps, the spins, full of energy from the beginning of her program till the end.

[letiunis]

The real heroine! Her life was such a not candy....and she did her best- anyone best each time!!!

[zurieljoshua]

Its incredible a skater with such poor transitions and zero grace won as many medals as she did. Her jumping is great, but overall skating...blah.

[RedbeardNC]

It must be frustrating when the audience tries clapping along with the music and the tempo changes, so it sounds like a huge mess. Sure would throw me off.

[Johno1863]

Irina Slutskaya is simply the best ! ...

[MissRubik]

OOOOOOOH Yes! XD

Great Great Great performance! (i always loose an heartbeat when she prepare to jump :D:D)

[laudese]

I've always loved her triple loop

[elsidoodle]

are her skates golden?

[Iceskatergirl22]

the first song is my skating song now!!!!!!

[whirlpool1988]

3Lu-3Lo!!!! gorgeous!! she wasn't perfect artist, but her technique was simply amazing!!

[cw6391]

this was really good, but that footwork sequence was downright awful

[beatbox924]

love herr! so excited so many young russian girls are coming up trying to follow in her footsteps :)

[dsfddsgh]

I much rather listen to these british announcers from Eurosport then the american announcers who just blather on during the skaters routines.

[RedbeardNC]

@dsfddsgh I'm American, but I totally agree with you. Waaay too much talking, and you can't really enjoy the program.

[diegokace]

fantastic!!!! she should had a higher mark.... 145 at least... the difficult of the excellent 3Ltz-3L with no underotation... the two 3L with an extremely diff entrance, one in combination with another 2L... 3S2L2T... Spins,Spiral... well... just magnificent!!!! It was Her night

[sleepyjl77]

Umm, by adding a 3Lo to the first jumping pass, did she end up getting zero points for her 3Lo-2Lo combo? You're only allowed to repeat a triple jump once (and only in combination), and she ended up doing three 3Lo's (two in combination).

[PringlesLover123]

@sleepyjl77 I think she did end up getting a deduction for the 3Lo-2Lo, but she still ended up with the highest technical scores of all the women :D

[pug1gun]

@PringlesLover123 I remember it was that an extra loop jump was not calculated, because she repeated the loop jumps three times. But I could be wrong.

[SuperShinyPeach]

Why does she have to have such an embarrasing last name?

[MIssssLate]

У муражки по коже!!! Умницаааааа!!! Каждый раз смотрю, кажды раз радуюсь за Ирочку!!! Она УМНИЦА!!!!

[MIssssLate]

Sluckaja is the best and will always be... )))) Unforgettable sportsman!!!

What a performance.... Fantastic... :)))))

[IbeJaleel]

What a performance. My heart broke for her when her efforts, yet again, came up short in Turino. She will forever remain a champion.

[Hail2TheVictorsBaby]

I miss Sasha Cohen

[steveclapper]

my favorite skater of all time beauty, grace and a will of steel i miss her.

[bamberrr]

this is my favorite performance of any skater ever!!!

[billiebunny19]

I have a question about her costumes... she's the first female skater I can remember that wore pants or a unitard. Is there a reason that this doesn't happen more often or that I hadn't seen it before? Was there a rule of some kind? Thanks!

[AshesWithin7]

there was a rule that women couldn't wear pants, but after 04 it was changed to allow women if they wanted to. the reason why it doesn't happen as much is because its a personal preference. irina always liked long-ish dresses and pants. i guess other female skaters just prefer to wear a dress. hope that answered you question =)

[billiebunny19]

That definitely does! Thank you!!  :)

[braveheartlioncarebe]

exactly what I thought, the best

[maestrosoda]

the BEST

[OpheliaImWahn]

she is wonderful!

[qxw66]

very very strong. In 26, she is the only one so great

[MissGreenDay7]

I love the camera angle starting at 1:38. It gives a new way to look at the spin.

[Dunjushka]

wow !

i love remembering this !

about 2002 - irina was not robbed in Lp, but in SP. Has she been 1st in SP as I think she should have - the medals would have been very different.

But it matters nothing now. She is happy and that is all that matters :)

[jamarsano]

Normally when a skater adds a triple it is out of desperation - they've screwed up earlier and are trying to make up for it.

To see Irina just throw one from sheer exhilaration makes me smile every time. This performance sums up all the things her fans loved about her - the joy, energy, athleticism and exhilaration she always tried to create.

And those apple-cheeks! I really miss her. She was an inspiration to watch - never relying on natural talent, but with tonnes of spunk and hard work.

[MrSk8ingfan]

Yeah, she did three triple loops-- so only one of them counted.

Irina clearly deserved to win this competition, but I'd strongly dispute the idea that she earned every title she won. Sometimes she was undermarked, sometimes she was overmarked.

Personally, I thought she should have been 4th in the 1996 Worlds, 3rd (for a bronze) in the 1997 Worlds (causing Michelle Kwan to win the title and Terror Lewinsky to finish second), and 3rd at the 2002 Olympics.

[zachschultz]

She did triple loop three times right? So the 3L-2L Combo was disallowed, no?

[mistybabe5489]

she got credit for the 2Lo but not the 3Lo. i guess her and her coach forgot to change that combo since she added in the loop to her first lutz.

[xninarawkz]

wonderful performance!

poor michelle though.

i really support her

[waddleduckie1]

You guys, you have got to see the most recent video of Irina Slutskaya presented under Golden Skates Award 2009! It is the most recent video of her and you won't believe how incredible she is. She is still skating!

[hyperredblue55]

oh yes!!!!!!!!!!!!!

really,really i love!

She is amazing skaters in the world.I love this track too.

[Candidfire]

This programme puts such a huge smile on my face, knowing what she had been through that year and how hard she had to fight to over-come it all. Love the audience's response, as well. Nothing better than unanimous cheering and clapping to get one through competition ! :o)

[chepcova29]

Pride of the russian school of figure skating

[Russie77]

Well this is where you're very wrong. She deserved every title she won - and didn't get a few that she deserved as she had been shafted for certain US skaters.

[Egbert23]

whatever, those "certain US skaters" delivered blinding performances~~~

Kwan EARNED ALL her titles!

And even though I don't care too much for her, Sarah EARNED her OGM!

IT's not always about jumping! It's about the total package.

[Russie77]

You're contradicting yourself. Sarah won in 2002 due to her jumps, and nothing else. Irina was shafted in the short programme for Kwan, and had a couple of less-than-perfect jumps in the long, but it was Irina who had the TOTAL PACKAGE.

[idolfan9495]

@Russie77 - Sarah won because two better skaters screwed up in the long program. After Michelle fell, the gold was Irina's to lose. If she had done her 3-3 (or maybe even without it, with out the step-out) and not rushed her program, she would have placed first in the long and won the gold medal. In my opinion, she incorrectly believed that there was no way the judges would place

Sarah Hughes ahead of her. She was wrong.

[GoBogi]

The issue, though, is that she shouldn't have bene wrong. Sarah couldn't jump. To the naked eye, her program looked rediculously good, but judges should have clearly seen the flutz jumps and underrotated jumps/combinations.

Michelle and Irina should not have needed Triple-Triples to beat Hugues, and Hughes should have been behind Cohen with those technical issues. I think that's another reason why the CoP was brought in, to give the judges a means to penalize poor tech/execution in the LP.

[AshesWithin7]

you're right, but all of it was wrong from the beginning. Irina should've been 1st after the short program...not michelle. if Irina was first after the short, she would've won the gold even if Sarah won the free skate. but i agree, she never saw Sarah as a threat, and underestimated the U.S. skaters

[Russie77]

EXACTLY. Sarah owns that medal to Irina, just like London owns those marbles to Athens :) !!! Long overdue, both of them!

[zurieljoshua]

@MrAlexNaum Are Russian figure skating fans crazy or something? Irina is a fantastic jumper: high jumps and some amazing combinations and she has good energy on the ice. Difficult footwork, transitions? Interpretation of music? Repore with the audience? It takes a complete package to be a skating champion. She was good. She deserved this win. But not an inspiring artist which is the magic of figure skating and what makes the legends: John Curry, Janet Lynn, G&G, Michelle Kwan, Peggy Flemming.

[allenglandlawns]

@zurieljoshua If you want crazy and rabid fans, check out the rabid Kwanatics. Irina is a powerful athlete and great champion... a true credit to the sport of figure skating. She has been through so much personally and emotionally the last two seasons preceding this championships so I think it's hard not to root for her. I agree she certainly deserved this win and it was great to see her do it in front of the home crowd =)

[getrealandsee]

@zurieljoshua Michelle Kwan is a whiny wimpy coward full of excuses..ooooh, I have a groin owie....ooooh, marching was so hard after a first class flight at Emily's expense...wasn't good for her body...Irina is a TRUE champion.

[zurieljoshua]

@getrealandsee There is a reason Kwan's programs have hundreds of thousands of views. They are art and one can watch them over and over. Ask people not from the USA and Russia, and most would say they like Michelle's skating more. Slutskaya is a great athlete, but Michelle is a legend for her incredible presence on the ice and her consistancy. Skating fans around the world adore her and cherish her skating. You seem to have personal vendetta against Michelle. You must feel very threatened.

[virgipirgi]

where can I get the song form?

[enochxu]

the midpart is Whisper From The Mirror By Keiko Matsui.

The first and last part are Croation Rhapsody and Wonderland respectively by Maksim.

Good luck.

[b2367]

FANTASTIC Comeback

Great Skater!!

[ImmaculateRecovery]

possibly one of the best programs in recent history,technically she is one of the strongest females ever

[uwoeric]

Loved this! What a great comeback for her after a few rough years before this~

[chepcova29]

Oh! This is a wounderful free skating!

[blancomadridista]

Hi! this is really amazing, do you know what is the song in this video?

[dreamskillme]

Makism-Croatian Rhaspsody and Keiko Matsui-Whisper From The Mirror

[blancomadridista]

Thanks!!!!!!!!!! :D

[Russie77]

I LOVE this girl. She's such an inspiration. Perhaps I should change my nickname to SlutskayaFan :)...

[Russie77]

Ah, I was in attendance at that competition. I remember waiting with bated breath for that announcement FIRST PLACE. Half the audience were in tears. The win in Moscow meant so much to Irina, and the pressure was huge.

[journalistgirl07]

i spose even Chris and Simon were in tears ( the annoucers)