Hard to believe that she only practised on public rinks! I mean - wow - only in public sessions?! Denise Beliman, Natalie Krieg, Lucinda Ruh, Stephane Lambiel..., all Swiss... incredible!!
The comments about the marking procedure were helpful. I didn't know the judges had the chance to see the average and then change their marks after the first skater. I miss the old scoring system.
i agree. 1:57 She has a sideways Pearl spin going on, but then she pulls up and it does look like a kind of flower...that's neat! Krieg should be coaching girls on spinning...
She was a brilliant spinner but her jumps never seemed to improve did they? Every comp she messed up on her jumps which were sometimes awful and this was a real shame.
In the 6.0 system dynamic positions were permitted and the required number of revolutions were fewer and not often enforced, so she didn't have to establish every position. In any case she spun fast enough that it didn't matter really. Her first spin did appear as though she let the grab go early, and having done similar spins I can say that it happens often enough, especially when your hand is being cut open :).
Amazing spins, though! Wish we saw more like that nowadays!
I believe that it was two in a position and it is still two, but judges are much stricter now so our coaches teach us to go two revolutions past what the requirement states, so now it's de facto 4 revs. In her day one could get away with one revolution in position and still get credit.
Also, some of her positions count as hard because they are a difficult transition, like the pearl-biellmann-short pearl-biellmann combo... I don't think ANYONE else has ever gone from Biellmann back to layback!
I didn't realize that there were such things as Swiss bastards...
It's too bad she didn't relovate to somewhere else to train, or get time to herself, you know?
As for judging...the Belgian, in my opinion, was too harsh. Perhaps she should've gotten 4.7-5.0, mostly because it seemed like nobody could match Krieg on any element of their spins, and such excellence should not go un-awarded.
She blew me away, I almost fell in love with that figure skater! Eye popping spirals and such speed! And amazing flexibility too. Its a shame that she wasn't mentioned along with Sasha, Caroline, Alissa and Mirai.
If only Nathalie had nailed those triple jumps - with those astonishing spins she could easily have been an Olympic and world champion. Her spins never fail to take my breath away, especially the one about 2 minutes into this program - truly fantastic.
This is the first pre-Sasha Cohen I-Spin I've seen! Wow!
faeryquene 8 months ago
Hard to believe that she only practised on public rinks! I mean - wow - only in public sessions?! Denise Beliman, Natalie Krieg, Lucinda Ruh, Stephane Lambiel..., all Swiss... incredible!!
muscleboi4use 1 year ago
It looks like Sasha's I-spin and Caroline Zhang's pearl spin was first done by Nathalie Krieg!
me1issaK3 1 year ago
It looks like Sasha's I-spin and Caroline Zhang's pearl spin was first done by Nathalie Krieg!
me1issaK3 1 year ago
The comments about the marking procedure were helpful. I didn't know the judges had the chance to see the average and then change their marks after the first skater. I miss the old scoring system.
dylanvalente 2 years ago
wow! she did like a beilman/pearl it sould be called the pearlman lol jk
it should be called the magnolia or some kind of flower because it looks like a flower opening up!!
ItsEmmalicious 2 years ago
i agree. 1:57 She has a sideways Pearl spin going on, but then she pulls up and it does look like a kind of flower...that's neat! Krieg should be coaching girls on spinning...
herm712 2 years ago 6
i wish she was my coach!
ItsEmmalicious 2 years ago
@herm712 coaching girls, guys, and anyone who'd listen!
HowDareThey1970 11 months ago
her prep jumps before spins aren't bad and thankfully the lousy jumps didn't effect the fantastic spins.
Ggirl91 2 years ago
She was a brilliant spinner but her jumps never seemed to improve did they? Every comp she messed up on her jumps which were sometimes awful and this was a real shame.
premierrules 3 years ago
it doesn't matter how many position she does in a spin comb if she doesn't stay long enough in the positions 'cause it doesn't count, does it?
nightfairy12 3 years ago
In the 6.0 system dynamic positions were permitted and the required number of revolutions were fewer and not often enforced, so she didn't have to establish every position. In any case she spun fast enough that it didn't matter really. Her first spin did appear as though she let the grab go early, and having done similar spins I can say that it happens often enough, especially when your hand is being cut open :).
Amazing spins, though! Wish we saw more like that nowadays!
worldiscavingin 3 years ago
Oh! how many was the required number of revolutions before then?
nightfairy12 3 years ago
I believe that it was two in a position and it is still two, but judges are much stricter now so our coaches teach us to go two revolutions past what the requirement states, so now it's de facto 4 revs. In her day one could get away with one revolution in position and still get credit.
Also, some of her positions count as hard because they are a difficult transition, like the pearl-biellmann-short pearl-biellmann combo... I don't think ANYONE else has ever gone from Biellmann back to layback!
worldiscavingin 3 years ago
mirai did at her last spin comb. at her exh. a dream is a wish your heart make. :)
nightfairy12 3 years ago
I didn't realize that there were such things as Swiss bastards...
It's too bad she didn't relovate to somewhere else to train, or get time to herself, you know?
As for judging...the Belgian, in my opinion, was too harsh. Perhaps she should've gotten 4.7-5.0, mostly because it seemed like nobody could match Krieg on any element of their spins, and such excellence should not go un-awarded.
OctopussInPants10min 3 years ago 3
Incredible speed and flexibility in her spins!
puaalaaumoe 4 years ago 2
She blew me away, I almost fell in love with that figure skater! Eye popping spirals and such speed! And amazing flexibility too. Its a shame that she wasn't mentioned along with Sasha, Caroline, Alissa and Mirai.
elisan693 4 years ago
Wow, that's some great spinning! There's something about those Swiss and spinning....beautiful! Thanks for the video, bryan!
cadebra1961 4 years ago
compare to Nathalie Krieg,Lucinda Ruh is good at jumpping,but they both are brilliant spinner.
wangquanquan 4 years ago
If only Nathalie had nailed those triple jumps - with those astonishing spins she could easily have been an Olympic and world champion. Her spins never fail to take my breath away, especially the one about 2 minutes into this program - truly fantastic.
nicoladawn 5 years ago 2