To me he will ALWAYS!!! be a legend in mens figure skating. I dont think I can ever forget the feelings his programs give me when i watch him perform. he is a LEGEND!!
i remember as a child and a teenager watching him skate i would think he must have a beautiful soul to skate like this- my heart was always taken away
no one will ever be better then yagudin!! i doesnt matter is somebody do 4A.. yagudin is THE KING of ICE and a legend we will never forget! he has it all, jumps, skating, spins and he knows how to reach out the the audience!
still remember when they said on TV that he was considering moving to Vancouver! I moved to Vancouver for him (well, it was one of the incentives - not a stalker hehe)...but he didn't come:(
Лёша Ягудин и Женя Плющенко - лучшие фигуристы последних десятилетий. благодаря им фигурное катание развивалось, двигалось вперед, а не стояло на месте. Жаль, но могу то же самое сказать про Эвана Лайсачека...
На последнем чемпионате мира очень порадовал канадец Патрик Чан. Желаю ему творческих удач, и главное - без травм!
Yagudin is a fighter,. ,...No one knows how much this man had overcame.. He gave his life.. his heart ..his soul to figure skating!!!! The idol and the most wonderful and dedicated skater.....!!!!! ... !!! ..!! I kneel down to this Man...!!!!!
P.S. If i could i would F... punch this stupid commentator on his face..
Scott Hamilton really needs to STFU. He embarrassed himself here. Look Scott, I know you gotta cheer for the hometown boy, but did you SERIOUSLY just compare Yagudin to Goebel? Did you SERIOUSLY just call a program with eight triples and two quads "conservative?"
@parermayla he landed 2 quads, but his program lack of speed. He is so slow, and his footwork is not as difficult as Patrick Chan. Good program but NOT the best.
@ynkisno1 it is not rude, if i say patricks game is good but not the best. but if you say this to alexei, it is very rude. moreover your comments on his footwork is offensive! don't you know the difference between olympics and canadian Figure Skating Championships? do you know how many good skater who even better than patrick cannot land a quad well in olympics bcs of pressure? And it is olympics! not canadian fkc, not to think patrick can land two quad easily in olympics. i guess he can do
@ynkisno1 This program is 100000000 better than Chan´s. He lands two quads and his footwork ,even a Level 1 according to COP requirements, was very good. Artistically ( performance, choreography, interpretation) is a blasphemy to mention Yagudin and Chan is the same sentence.
@ynkisno1 Unless you can prove I´m wrong and explain how a weak program got a gold medal in one of the thoughest competitions in the history of Olympics it means I´m right. If your answer is " Yagudin´s footwork wasn´t level 4" , please don´t bother to reply, because I´m not in the mood to argue with somebody who clearly understands nothing about FS.
I live in Canada and love it with all my heart and soul, support Canadians (and the Japanese since I was born there) but I have to agree with you. Yagudin has always and will ALWAYS be my favourite skater. Got love for the national homeboy Chan but he is NO...NO Alexei Yagudin.
This is Scott Hamilton at his most idiotic. Was there any question after that performance that Aliexei had won the gold? Timothy Goebel? Plushy? Get real!
This system does not make any sense. Other guys can do more, but they won't win, becayse they failed at one jump, but did other 9 great, while the winner did 6 jums great, but that's it. I am glad the system was changed, cause it is very ambiquous. It would be very interesting to check these 3 performances under the new system and see who really deserved to win, it might have been Alex, cause he is amazing, but so were other 2 guys.
Greatest free skate in the history of the Olympics. Difficult, moving, and just freaking exciting. No one had a chance. The only thing conservative about this video is Scott Hamilton's brain output.
@chuhboemember6 plushenko did not to clean perfomance ,he make a little mistakes and his landings jumps,example in the first combination and the last jump he stay there,wasn't clean and the last triple axel he make a mistake..the short program the same problem,he can't make the combination quad and triple too ,so my opinion is ALEXEI YAGUDIN was the best is SALT LAKE CITY...
WOW, that performance blew me away!!!! Conservative? Are you kidding me??? Doing 2 quads and landing them beautifully not to mention the other jumps were flawless is not being conservative! I can't even imagine what he would do if he wasn't being conservative lol
This is why I don't like Plushenko. He was a sore loser to Yagudin then, and still has an air of a sore loser now. He always will. Look at that sinister hatefull glare in his eyes. He is an underdog.
I wish Tim got silver in that olimpics instead of plush.Plush and his coach were poisoning yagudin all year saying discasting stuf about him at russian media and it will be more wonderful if he would get bronze that year not Tim.
Scott got confused - - "knows he didn't need to do that jump" then later "but did he do enough?" He was only focusing on jumps; with today's base values Goebel had the highest points (probably in the 60's with FOUR QUADS and 2 combinations); Plushenko's base values of jumps were probably a few points higher than Yags's (had another jump combination); BUT if each had a base value of say 9.8 for a quad toeloop Yags may have gotten a GOE of +3 whereas the other two may have gotten a GOE of +1.
@clgilray That's how I would interpret Scott's comment "He was squeaky clean." (Jumps were fully rotated and landed cleanly.) Scott should just have identified the elements instead of confusing people. With today's judging, Yags probably had Level 4 spins and footwork, which would have made up points he may not have gotten for a few easier jumps. I was amazed that Tim only had two 5.9's for Technical Elements. (I mean FOUR quads and a triple axle combination.) But Yags 's artistry: perfecto!
@npe1 Thanks for the correction -- he did a quad+triple, triple axle,and triple flip in his short program. In his free skate he did a triple lutz, quad Salchow+ triple toe, triple axle+double toe, triple toe, stepped out of the triple axle, did a quad Salchow, triple flip then a triple loop. That equals 2 for the free skate; BUT SCOTT CONFUSED ME at 7:20 in the video saying. "That's 3 quads and. he stepped out of the triple axle."That's why I thought he'd done 4 - - I'll do my own counting
@clgilray Don't worry pal, we all make mistakes. Throughout the competition Tim did 4 quads. 1 in the short as part of his combo and 3 in the long. There are vids of Tim's Salt Lake long on youtube - watch it because his quad toe really flies, his air position is gorgeous and the landing is beautiful- text book quality. One of the most perfect quads I've ever seen.
@npe1 I ran out of room when I was writing! I meant to say, "Instead of relying on what Scott says or what I THINK he has said,I need to read others' remarks and listen to other commentators!" When I watched the program again last night,I THOUGHT I heard Scott say, "Watch his triple toe" after the 3A+2T. I still can't understand his words today but it looks as if that's the second quad he is doing. The height is huge and Scott gets enthused with the landing. Thanks for pointing that out!
I don't think Scott meant Alexei's program was worse. IF today's scoring system had been used, the base values of Tim Goebel's jumps were higher than Evgeni's (Tim did FOUR quads) and Evgeni's were slightly higher than Alexei's. Tim's grades of execution may have been higher on a few jumps; but Tim would have gotten even more points for jumps because he had three during the last part of his program;Evgeni only had one and wouldn't have gotten the extra points Tim did.
@clgilray I was shocked that Tim only got two 5.9's after doing FOUR quads (one in combination) and a triple axle in combination. What Scott didn't seem to consider (in today's terms) was the grade of execution, footwork, spins, transitions. When Scott said Alexei's jumps were "squeaky clean," that meant judges probably gave him 2's and 3's for Grade of Execution (while Evgeni and Tim may have gotten 0's, 1's and 2's). Alexei's footwork and spins were probably Level 4's.
i agree, i guess i can sorta see where hes coming from, cuz Yagudin changed a lot of his jump sequences. But Hamilton is still a dumbass for making such comments on national TV
Under current judging system, it is difficult to see this type of great performance.
Under current judging system, small insufficient rotation deducts both base value and grade of execution, in short generates double penalties. Very and sadly unfair. With double penalties, players faces too high risk to execute
advaced jumps.
It is true that current point system is very harmful for technical improvements.
The commentators are so annoying! Why on earth were they going on and on about timothy goebel beating yagudin?? He's not even close!! Yagudin is one of a kind!
beyond fantastic. I could watch this on loop ... minus the annoying commentary. he did 2 more quads than the current olympic champion, so this is conservative ... how? ridiculous.
Боже мой, я плакала тогда и я почти плачу сейчас. Сколько энергии, сколько жизни, сколько эмоций! Это было 8 лет назад, и мы все это помним. Тогда никто не мог оспорить первенство российских фигуристов.
Ya tak rada eto yslishat. skajite a vrasii vaanshe panimaiyt shto on bil geniem? mne tak grystno shto ego liybiat tam menshe chem vamerike, vcanade ili vevrope.
this is athleticism and artistry at its best...this guys can do jumps and entertain us with his brilliant artistry and emotions...and he is humble....something lacking in Plushenko.
Nobody will ever be as good as Alexei. He always skated with inspiration, athleticisim and love. He adored his fans and there will never be anothe......Plushenko had to wait till 2006 to win the Gold when Alexei turned pro and even our newly crowned champion Lysacek cant compare. The sport changed when Alexei left. My son one day hopes to be as admirable in his skating as the Great Yagudin and one day take the music for Man in the Iron Mask :-)
Плющенко всегда был не эмоционален....считаю серебро ему дали заслуженно,даже несмотря на четверной....с помарками прыгал ведь! А с другой стороны,если бы не он,то и медали бы у нас не было...и так провалили Олимпиаду уже
pravda ix nelzia daje sravnivat? plushenko velikii sportsmen, no smotrish ego i posle programi zabivaesh srazyje, a yagudin beriot tebe za serdse i ne otpuskaet ninasikyndy. daje cherez stolko let ymenia vsio takoe je ashyshenie kogda nanego smotriy
It was the BEST MAN FIGURE SCATING PERFORMANCE EVER! Niether Lysacek nor even Evgeni Plushenko can be compaired with this. It's the man figure scating supreme, I'm happy of having been wathing this in real time, and have the same feelings of been BLOWN AWAY with his technique and artistism. The competition between Yagudin and Plushenko has risen the figure scating on an unattainable altitude, and I really afraid that we will not have a single chance to see smth like this in the forseeable future
I miss Alexei. He was my all-time favorite.I wish he was skating in Vancouver so he could beat Plushenko.I don't care for him at all.But he will probably win the gold.He is a great technical skater but not artistic at all.I have to agree that the new rules are ruining the sport.
he is my favourite of all times. to me there was no competition between Yagudin and Plushenko ... not to take any merits from Plushenko he is a great technical skater but to me Yagudin had a special spark and amazing quality that wrapt his performences even when he might have been a bit off. A quality that is rezerved to great performers... he trancended the sportmenship, he was an artist
Going to watch Vancouver 2010 with mixed feelings.We ain't gonna see anything like this, kids, and it won't be the skaters' fault.I HATE the new points system, whatever the stupid ISU officials who devised it say about it being fairer (HOW? it's anonymous for starters!) it's forcing them to choose between jumps and artistry, it's killing the sport, and puts people off watching cos its incomprehensible without a maths degree. Plush and Joubert admitted they had to choose either jumps or steps...
Hard to explain briefly! There used to be two marks, one technical, one artistic, maximum points 6.0. Judges deducted points for mistakes off the overall mark they thought the performance was worth. Now instead of that they have a fixed number of points per element, they can add extra for excellence. The problem is, it's extremely detailed and tough to work out what thing earnt or lost points. To make things worse, you only see the overall marks all added up, not what each judge voted (contd)
There are still two marks, equivalent to tech & artisitc. The system is now an individual evaluation, not a comparison -its only improvement imo. Judges are now anonymous, which is silly when you think this was done to prevent cheating. It's very dry and does not reward artistry, it's all about racking up points, not creating unique pieces. Skaters go for highly marked elements (divided in 4 levels) and so all do the same stuff, no individuality but it's the only way to medal. Hope that helps!
wow, i had no idea that's what's become of the skating point system. I watched figure skating this time and was like...wait, what were their scores anyways? Thanks so much for clearing this up. No wonder Plushenko said figure skating has been degraded somewhat, ugh...terrible
Hamilton states Yagudin didn't do his second quad toe in combination-how could he?? Doesn't the Zayak Rule apply to quads as well as triples? So how could Yagudin have done TWO quad toes in combo? Scott-please you're giving me a headache years after the fact!!!
ITA, I want some of whatever Scott Hamilton was smoking. Dumbass-so embarassing for an American commentator to try and talk up American skater Goebel's athletic but robotic performance-as if he ever had a chance against Yagudin and Plushenko.
zhangshinyi -> Unfortunately, yes. It's a bit strange, because in an interview shortly before the Games, he said that Yagudin is better than Plushenko. I think Scott just had a bad day, lol... The second commentator isn't much better by the way.
he messed up when he was commentating at nationals too; in his excitement over mirai's program, he didn't notice she under-rotated a few jumps and kept saying she would beat rachel -_-
Best Skater Ever!! Forget Plushenko.. Yagudin was the real deal.. He had it all, technique and performance. Goosebumps all again even after all these years.. He is a more natural skater than plushenko, plushkenko is acting on the ice... its all toooo much.. doesnt mean that he is not a good skater..
..this field of men skaters were one of the BEST...Yagudin, Pleshenko, and Goebel....I do not see this level of skating right now...Can't wait for the olympics though to see if miracles can happen this year!! Hopefully see a few quads and clean programs.....
Dick Button wasn't so bad in this one, but my god I wanted to eat Scott Hamilton alive! Just shut up, please! How about commenting on his amazing footwork or how incredible triple axel was? As a person and a skater I adore Scott, but as a commentator sometimes not so much.
I totally agree with you! Gosh was he ever annoying! I love him to pieces, but wow was he negative. I'm was a TV show host and TV reporter, plus I'm a figure skater. I hate it when commentators try to make something out of nothing lol
I remember how him kissing the ice was one of the "big moments" that year; everyone was talking about it-- I thought it was one of the coolest things I'd ever seen--what an exciting program!
Ha ha I really love it when Scott gets it wrong -which is often! "I think he's conceded that", are you blind, man? That was so obviously gold!
Tarasova is like some sort of lucky charm isn't she, or more likely a bloody good coach: Kulik, Grishuk & Platov, and Yagudin...and some more I don't remember just now...
Too right - I adore Pluschenko - the whole finger in the air, I'm number one thing - I love it! I love the spunk, the drive.
But there is only one Alexei Yagudin, and this was a killer performance. I saw it live and laughed out loud at Scott. Pluschenko's was nothing like this, you couldn't lose yourself in it. It was a young, not sophisticated performance.
As for "skating conservatively" - even when he does that, he's still the best ever!
With the 2010 Winter Games just around the corner I'm hoping that Scott Hamilton isn't doing the commentaries for the Figure Skating Competition. I find Scott Hamilton to be very annoying at most times.
i think Dick Button is more annoying than Scott. Both are actually. I think it would just be nicer if everyone just shut up until the program is over.
Very true, but my obsession with skating started here on youtube (after I've wacthed this exact program) and most of what I know about skating I've learned here, listening to these stupid commentators... :D:d (You know like what is a salchow or spiral or spread eagle, etc)They are sometimes great(they've always loved Sasha. and they loved Alexei too btw). And they are sometimes horrid (like here or at Slutskaya's sp inTorino) But I think I'd miss them if they wouldn comment. I got used to them
I love both alexey and evgeny! They both "feel the music" - but in a different way. You just can not compare the 2 styles! It's just like vanilla and chocolate ice cream. You have to love both, and enjoy them!!
He is awesome and that he has it all. Jumps and choreography. As the latter really is missing from skating these days. As that is what makes it popular back in 1994-2005.
that is such an American comment! Yes, the sport is not as popular anymore in the US, but its popularity is increasing in both Asia & Europe.. And they still have choreography today, what are you talking about. Such a stupid thing to say..
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I don't mean Yagudin is not the real Olympic champ. he is!!! He'd worked really hard. He trained his poor iron body like a dog and he did deserve this victory. Plush was defeated because of the lacck of Olympic experience and wrong mood. That's why he made mistakes and lost. Only an iron mood and calmness can lead one to an Olympic gold, and that's what Alexei had.
Asyakry, I don't think you have the good sense of beauty. As an artist on ice Yagudin always beats Plushenko, who seldom grasps the theme of the music he skates with. Although Plushenko won 2006 Torino, that was more by his technical merit rather than by presentation, I never thought he should skate "Godfather" with such ballet postures --- Ridiculous and Bizzard. His expression improved later, in "To Vaslav Nijinsky", which is the only program I like in Plushenko. But still, Alexei is the best!
El mejor patinador de todos los tiempos!es el patinaje artístico por excelencia en dificultad, en técnica y en arte, tiene una elegancia patinando como ningun otro, no hay otro como él y encima guapísimo... magistral Alexei Yagudín!!
HAMILTON: idiot or not? "Conservative" is a wrong word to use....I think you got it. Get to Yagudin's level and then talk about ....consided to...conservative...etc...BS
Scott was confused after the second quad saying Alexei didn't need a combination but later commented he didn't know if he'd beaten Tim. With today's system, Tim would have gotten more points for jumps; he had 3 quads (two Salchows which count more) and 5 triples (two in combination); Alexei had 2 quads and 6 triples. Tim's technical scores should have been higher (only one bobble). BUT Alexei's footwork, spins + speed made up for the fewer points on jumps. Artistry - perfecto.
Watch the Canadian TV coverage - they announced Alexei as the winner before the program ended. Tim DID do more jumps from hard entries and later in the program; but today's system includes points for spins, footwork. Tim needed more speed and footwork. Alexei always uses arms, changes positions AS he gains speed. Tim doesn't. Scott vacillated - didn't think another jump was needed with the quad 'cause he thought two triple axles were coming.The judges also knew Alexei could do any jump!!
Historically, the top skater edged out the second-place skater because he or she did one more difficult jump. If you don't think the number of jumps Evgeni did mattered, then you must think his footwork, spins, transitions, speed and artistry were better than Alexei's. The judges, however, didn't agree with you. They seemed to mark him down because of his first quad combination and his doubling of the Salchow. If Evgeni had beaten Alexei, Alexei still would have won the gold; he beat Tim.
K. Witt ('84) had an extra triple than R. Sumners and O. Baiul ('94) did an extra triple at the end of her program, beating N. Kerrigan. Number of jumps CAN matter. Alexei was ranked first by every judge in the qualifying round, in the short and long programs - - he also was awarded four 6.0's. Why do you think Evgeni was "the best"?
Asyakry: Why do you not like Alexei?? I used to "cheer on Americans" in the '80's" when skaters from the Soviet Union and East Germany were supported by their governments. Now many Japanese, Korean and Russian skaters train here and in Canada!! Now I appreciate great skating and humble, grateful skaters! I didn't like comments made by Mishin and Evgeni about Alexei (i.e. He was in a "trance" when skating.) I TRY to put aside personal feelings when judging skaters. (Read next comment.)
I guess Zheya feels the music like Yagudin never did. Yagudin actually skated like a zomby. He only did what his ballet master told him to do. And Plush felt his Carmen and did it alright, though it was his new LP, it was created only in a couple of months before the Games because judges hadn't liked the previous one though it'd been perfect
Zhenya was just a bit too nervous so he made 1 BAD mistake in his SP and 2 little mistakes in LP. And he came 2nd
To correct you on one thing though, Baiul in '94 didn't win on number of jumps. Even with her added triple at the end of her program (which was two-footed, by the way, and thus technically should not have been counted as a completed jump) that would simply have brought her to within 1 triple of Kerrigan's program, 5-4. No one really knows what the deciding factor was in that doozy of a decision.
You're right, Adeal. I used to trust the commentators' judgment. I remember hearing, "Rosalynn doubled that"; hence, she lost. I heard, "Nancy doubled that" and "Oksana put that last jump in"; hence, Nancy lost. NOW that I have watched the QUALITY of the jumps, I am shocked. They got the same marks for presentation so the tie-breaker should have been the technical marks - - Nancy's were higher! I'm stumped!!!
every time i watch this performence my tear's up. what a piece! gorgeous, powerful moves, sharp time under reserved expression... perfection! that's what it is. immortal!
I don't get it. How does he get 6s for Presentation? The men are not very strong artists. The only way I could handle more of their cheese is if they served in some wine and crackers along with. The ladies side has been fortunate enough to have Mao Asada, Yu Na Kim, Sasha Cohen and Michelle Kwan - all wonderful artists. I'm just surprised that even the Russian men, given the country's strong ballet history, cannot stop their best skaters from such tacky artless performances.
WTF are you talking about? You simply dont understand anything in figure skating, dont you? Yagudin was the most artistic skater ever and I think, there will be no other like him. So yes, you dont get it, drink some wine, perhaps then you will understand.
Thank you for sharing this! Yagudin imo is the greatest male skater of his era. This is my favorite men's program of that season by far. His SP 'Winter' is also my favorite. :)
Scott, did you check Yagudin's jump elements in this program?? Goebel jumped quadruple three times and Yagudin did twice... We know... But Yagudin's step sequence, transition and spin levels are much higher than Goebel's... Although both of Goebel and you are Americans, you shouldn't have compared Yagudin with Goebel.. As you know, this program is perfect without flaw...
the music wins my heart and so does he when he sets foot on ice
MaggieMaggieable 2 weeks ago
To me he will ALWAYS!!! be a legend in mens figure skating. I dont think I can ever forget the feelings his programs give me when i watch him perform. he is a LEGEND!!
adri1234100 3 months ago 2
After all off these years this program STILL amazes me!!! :) oh yeah!
sr200179 4 months ago 3
i remember as a child and a teenager watching him skate i would think he must have a beautiful soul to skate like this- my heart was always taken away
jennieforthesox 4 months ago
WHAT A SPUNK!
pelicanus11 4 months ago
no one will ever be better then yagudin!! i doesnt matter is somebody do 4A.. yagudin is THE KING of ICE and a legend we will never forget! he has it all, jumps, skating, spins and he knows how to reach out the the audience!
Love him! <3
SweBlackArmy 6 months ago 2
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still remember when they said on TV that he was considering moving to Vancouver! I moved to Vancouver for him (well, it was one of the incentives - not a stalker hehe)...but he didn't come:(
LuvLesha 7 months ago
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LuvLesha 7 months ago
this guy is my favorate hes the BEST!!
Dolphindream15 7 months ago
Yagudin= my favoritre male skater, Yuna = my favorite female skater.
ohanungsaya 8 months ago
Лёша Ягудин и Женя Плющенко - лучшие фигуристы последних десятилетий. благодаря им фигурное катание развивалось, двигалось вперед, а не стояло на месте. Жаль, но могу то же самое сказать про Эвана Лайсачека...
На последнем чемпионате мира очень порадовал канадец Патрик Чан. Желаю ему творческих удач, и главное - без травм!
EVVasilyeva 8 months ago
This was wonderful!!!
manderson610 8 months ago
This is by far the best Olympics ever!
Icespeller 8 months ago 2
Yagudin is a fighter,. ,...No one knows how much this man had overcame.. He gave his life.. his heart ..his soul to figure skating!!!! The idol and the most wonderful and dedicated skater.....!!!!! ... !!! ..!! I kneel down to this Man...!!!!!
P.S. If i could i would F... punch this stupid commentator on his face..
Darya8dawa 9 months ago
What was going on in Scott Hamilton's mind? Yagudin dominated the competition yet Scott acted like he was lucky to have won.
dsfddsgh 9 months ago
This is beautiful!He makes me just go insane with his good looks and charm!He deserved this win over the other Russian!
08Sweetiepie 9 months ago
He is so freakin hot!!!
08Sweetiepie 9 months ago
Alexei Yagudin and Evgeni Plushenko; The two greatest figure skaters, ever. Also bitter rivals!
FleetingProductions 10 months ago
It's funny how Scott Hamilton was so unsure about him winning. He kept saying that he was conceding the LP to Plushenko and blablabla.
The canadian commentators, however, described it as a decisive and doubtless victory.
gabb791 10 months ago
Scott Hamilton really needs to STFU. He embarrassed himself here. Look Scott, I know you gotta cheer for the hometown boy, but did you SERIOUSLY just compare Yagudin to Goebel? Did you SERIOUSLY just call a program with eight triples and two quads "conservative?"
AsksOneThing 10 months ago 2
@AsksOneThing And very significant that the USA judge gave Yagudin 5.9/6.0 - totally blowing Scott Hamilton's absurd commentary out of the water!
muscleboi4use 10 months ago
who the hell is Timothy Goebbel(s)? Yes of course that's an ironic, rhetorical question. American commentors are as shitty as they've always been.
On another note, Alexei Yagudin is the best thing that happened to figure ice skating. Ever.
portishphonic 1 year ago 3
only russian can skate such a historical programm!!!!!!!!
parermayla 1 year ago
@parermayla he landed 2 quads, but his program lack of speed. He is so slow, and his footwork is not as difficult as Patrick Chan. Good program but NOT the best.
ynkisno1 1 year ago
@ynkisno1 it is not rude, if i say patricks game is good but not the best. but if you say this to alexei, it is very rude. moreover your comments on his footwork is offensive! don't you know the difference between olympics and canadian Figure Skating Championships? do you know how many good skater who even better than patrick cannot land a quad well in olympics bcs of pressure? And it is olympics! not canadian fkc, not to think patrick can land two quad easily in olympics. i guess he can do
parermayla 1 year ago
@ynkisno1 This program is 100000000 better than Chan´s. He lands two quads and his footwork ,even a Level 1 according to COP requirements, was very good. Artistically ( performance, choreography, interpretation) is a blasphemy to mention Yagudin and Chan is the same sentence.
SimonaCB 11 months ago
@SimonaCB WAKE UP, WAKE UP FROM UR DREAM SIMONACB,
ynkisno1 11 months ago
@ynkisno1 Unless you can prove I´m wrong and explain how a weak program got a gold medal in one of the thoughest competitions in the history of Olympics it means I´m right. If your answer is " Yagudin´s footwork wasn´t level 4" , please don´t bother to reply, because I´m not in the mood to argue with somebody who clearly understands nothing about FS.
SimonaCB 11 months ago
@SimonaCB
I live in Canada and love it with all my heart and soul, support Canadians (and the Japanese since I was born there) but I have to agree with you. Yagudin has always and will ALWAYS be my favourite skater. Got love for the national homeboy Chan but he is NO...NO Alexei Yagudin.
delicateporcupine 9 months ago
me worked out if the points were today he would hav eraned 192.09
tom4s2 1 year ago
This is Scott Hamilton at his most idiotic. Was there any question after that performance that Aliexei had won the gold? Timothy Goebel? Plushy? Get real!
idolfan9495 1 year ago 7
"his bitter rival, pulshenko."
mikkachann 1 year ago
This system does not make any sense. Other guys can do more, but they won't win, becayse they failed at one jump, but did other 9 great, while the winner did 6 jums great, but that's it. I am glad the system was changed, cause it is very ambiquous. It would be very interesting to check these 3 performances under the new system and see who really deserved to win, it might have been Alex, cause he is amazing, but so were other 2 guys.
lukosius1221 1 year ago
"a lot more convincing a victory than i thought it was going to be." uhhhhh only you thought that, scott.....
zhangshinyi 1 year ago
Greatest free skate in the history of the Olympics. Difficult, moving, and just freaking exciting. No one had a chance. The only thing conservative about this video is Scott Hamilton's brain output.
Junon999 1 year ago 3
I think Sasha Cohen made the biggest mistake of her life by quitting tarasova
DimaOlerd 1 year ago
Tarasova is a genius!! Look at the skaters that studied under her... Wow!
MikagamiMenou 1 year ago 2
@lyra286 : Absolutaly agree with you. I still have to see a performance like that, till now unbeatable.
Amusement73 1 year ago 2
but... he did only one combination...
viksa83 1 year ago
This program was a million times better than Plushenko's! Scott just wanted Plushenko to win. There was no question.
chuhboemember6 1 year ago
@chuhboemember6 plushenko did not to clean perfomance ,he make a little mistakes and his landings jumps,example in the first combination and the last jump he stay there,wasn't clean and the last triple axel he make a mistake..the short program the same problem,he can't make the combination quad and triple too ,so my opinion is ALEXEI YAGUDIN was the best is SALT LAKE CITY...
dragongirl1980 1 month ago
after seeing this piece of heaven work from tarasova, i finally understand why mao would like to train with her.
yellowbanana104 1 year ago
My god! love this!!
seaflow338 1 year ago
Plushenko can only dream of this kind of performance
spanishgirl75 1 year ago 7
WOW, that performance blew me away!!!! Conservative? Are you kidding me??? Doing 2 quads and landing them beautifully not to mention the other jumps were flawless is not being conservative! I can't even imagine what he would do if he wasn't being conservative lol
triciamatsuda 1 year ago 14
This is why I don't like Plushenko. He was a sore loser to Yagudin then, and still has an air of a sore loser now. He always will. Look at that sinister hatefull glare in his eyes. He is an underdog.
Gussar 1 year ago 14
I wish Tim got silver in that olimpics instead of plush.Plush and his coach were poisoning yagudin all year saying discasting stuf about him at russian media and it will be more wonderful if he would get bronze that year not Tim.
tamarafromhaldeman 1 year ago
i'm guessing that this athlete did not get gold?
veenusabina 1 year ago
@veenusabina No he did =)
lilmisstoepix17 1 year ago
gosh how stupid scott hamilton is? I cant stand the guy after his damb comments. I,ve never seen anybody as brilliant as Yagudin ever
tamarafromhaldeman 1 year ago 6
OMG,Who are those commentators???
b2367 1 year ago
Scott got confused - - "knows he didn't need to do that jump" then later "but did he do enough?" He was only focusing on jumps; with today's base values Goebel had the highest points (probably in the 60's with FOUR QUADS and 2 combinations); Plushenko's base values of jumps were probably a few points higher than Yags's (had another jump combination); BUT if each had a base value of say 9.8 for a quad toeloop Yags may have gotten a GOE of +3 whereas the other two may have gotten a GOE of +1.
clgilray 1 year ago
@clgilray That's how I would interpret Scott's comment "He was squeaky clean." (Jumps were fully rotated and landed cleanly.) Scott should just have identified the elements instead of confusing people. With today's judging, Yags probably had Level 4 spins and footwork, which would have made up points he may not have gotten for a few easier jumps. I was amazed that Tim only had two 5.9's for Technical Elements. (I mean FOUR quads and a triple axle combination.) But Yags 's artistry: perfecto!
clgilray 1 year ago
Tim did 3 quads in his long not 4.
1. Quad sal/3 toe loop combo
2. Quad toe loop
3. Quad sal
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clgilray 1 year ago
@clgilray Don't worry pal, we all make mistakes. Throughout the competition Tim did 4 quads. 1 in the short as part of his combo and 3 in the long. There are vids of Tim's Salt Lake long on youtube - watch it because his quad toe really flies, his air position is gorgeous and the landing is beautiful- text book quality. One of the most perfect quads I've ever seen.
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clgilray 1 year ago
I don't think Scott meant Alexei's program was worse. IF today's scoring system had been used, the base values of Tim Goebel's jumps were higher than Evgeni's (Tim did FOUR quads) and Evgeni's were slightly higher than Alexei's. Tim's grades of execution may have been higher on a few jumps; but Tim would have gotten even more points for jumps because he had three during the last part of his program;Evgeni only had one and wouldn't have gotten the extra points Tim did.
clgilray 1 year ago
@clgilray I was shocked that Tim only got two 5.9's after doing FOUR quads (one in combination) and a triple axle in combination. What Scott didn't seem to consider (in today's terms) was the grade of execution, footwork, spins, transitions. When Scott said Alexei's jumps were "squeaky clean," that meant judges probably gave him 2's and 3's for Grade of Execution (while Evgeni and Tim may have gotten 0's, 1's and 2's). Alexei's footwork and spins were probably Level 4's.
clgilray 1 year ago
People, don't be too harsh on Hamilton, he's not biased. He's just stupid. We must be tolerant with people like him.
kaoruzinha 1 year ago 5
i agree, i guess i can sorta see where hes coming from, cuz Yagudin changed a lot of his jump sequences. But Hamilton is still a dumbass for making such comments on national TV
iarewtf 1 year ago
Did the commentators mean Alexei's programme was worse than Plushenko's?
invisablefishka 1 year ago
Under current judging system, it is difficult to see this type of great performance.
Under current judging system, small insufficient rotation deducts both base value and grade of execution, in short generates double penalties. Very and sadly unfair. With double penalties, players faces too high risk to execute
advaced jumps.
It is true that current point system is very harmful for technical improvements.
SuperKeronpa 1 year ago 4
He must have felt like a complete idiot when alexei won the gold, after he went on and on about how he might lose to timothy goebel
youjia 1 year ago 7
The commentators are so annoying! Why on earth were they going on and on about timothy goebel beating yagudin?? He's not even close!! Yagudin is one of a kind!
youjia 1 year ago 3
beyond fantastic. I could watch this on loop ... minus the annoying commentary. he did 2 more quads than the current olympic champion, so this is conservative ... how? ridiculous.
betmol23 1 year ago 28
It's not all about the quads. Artistry is crucial.
AerdnaL 1 year ago 3
Боже мой, я плакала тогда и я почти плачу сейчас. Сколько энергии, сколько жизни, сколько эмоций! Это было 8 лет назад, и мы все это помним. Тогда никто не мог оспорить первенство российских фигуристов.
Куда все делось? Грустно.
Singularite 1 year ago 4
Ya tak rada eto yslishat. skajite a vrasii vaanshe panimaiyt shto on bil geniem? mne tak grystno shto ego liybiat tam menshe chem vamerike, vcanade ili vevrope.
tamarafromhaldeman 1 year ago
Почему был? :-)) Он есть :-)
Я думаю, что я не единственный человек, который его любит и понимает в России. А еще я думаю, что нельзя судить о любви - больше-меньше :-).
Singularite 1 year ago
@Singularite не говорите, после этой чертовой олимпиады так обидно.
TheKatrinulya 1 year ago 4
i cryed with him
it was amazing and very very great! he has absolutelly crazy charisma
i love him. and i'm proud of him and our Russia!
MsEmilyyy 1 year ago 2
this is athleticism and artistry at its best...this guys can do jumps and entertain us with his brilliant artistry and emotions...and he is humble....something lacking in Plushenko.
thaoch 1 year ago 9
Nobody will ever be as good as Alexei. He always skated with inspiration, athleticisim and love. He adored his fans and there will never be anothe......Plushenko had to wait till 2006 to win the Gold when Alexei turned pro and even our newly crowned champion Lysacek cant compare. The sport changed when Alexei left. My son one day hopes to be as admirable in his skating as the Great Yagudin and one day take the music for Man in the Iron Mask :-)
MsAidonis 1 year ago 6
figure skating never will be the same after yagudin. the guy is one and only im hundred years
tamarafromhaldeman 1 year ago 11
Плющенко всегда был не эмоционален....считаю серебро ему дали заслуженно,даже несмотря на четверной....с помарками прыгал ведь! А с другой стороны,если бы не он,то и медали бы у нас не было...и так провалили Олимпиаду уже
Prutachka 1 year ago 4
pravda ix nelzia daje sravnivat? plushenko velikii sportsmen, no smotrish ego i posle programi zabivaesh srazyje, a yagudin beriot tebe za serdse i ne otpuskaet ninasikyndy. daje cherez stolko let ymenia vsio takoe je ashyshenie kogda nanego smotriy
tamarafromhaldeman 1 year ago 5
Вот что такое катание!!!, вот что такое искренние Мужские слезы, а что было вчера???скажите мне .............
stasR1000 1 year ago 4
@stasR1000 одни маты...
TheKatrinulya 1 year ago 3
It was the BEST MAN FIGURE SCATING PERFORMANCE EVER! Niether Lysacek nor even Evgeni Plushenko can be compaired with this. It's the man figure scating supreme, I'm happy of having been wathing this in real time, and have the same feelings of been BLOWN AWAY with his technique and artistism. The competition between Yagudin and Plushenko has risen the figure scating on an unattainable altitude, and I really afraid that we will not have a single chance to see smth like this in the forseeable future
JTReyFoxx 1 year ago 7
Aww, he was amazing and adorable!
animebooklover 1 year ago 2
For me Alexei Yagudin represents perfection in figure skating and this program is amazing, has everything!
jojo26111 1 year ago 9
I miss Alexei. He was my all-time favorite.I wish he was skating in Vancouver so he could beat Plushenko.I don't care for him at all.But he will probably win the gold.He is a great technical skater but not artistic at all.I have to agree that the new rules are ruining the sport.
vlovesrafa 1 year ago 10
Yeah, I really miss the old rules!...and Alexei Yagudin!
gamgee87 1 year ago 7
he is my favourite of all times. to me there was no competition between Yagudin and Plushenko ... not to take any merits from Plushenko he is a great technical skater but to me Yagudin had a special spark and amazing quality that wrapt his performences even when he might have been a bit off. A quality that is rezerved to great performers... he trancended the sportmenship, he was an artist
boggydance 1 year ago 11
"but will he beat timothy goebel?"
are you KIDDING?
that shouldn't even be a question.
yagudin has it all.
wuxiagirl 1 year ago 85
lol, I know. The commentators were being absolutely ridiculous...
youjia 1 year ago 4
@wuxiagirl I think he meant technically since Goebel did 2 quad salchows as opposed to the quad toe.
dtdurr 1 year ago
he's skating smart not conservative..get over it
johhn88 1 year ago 8
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what happended about yagudin in vancuber???
i thought he `d go!
schn3ckentraum 1 year ago
Going to watch Vancouver 2010 with mixed feelings.We ain't gonna see anything like this, kids, and it won't be the skaters' fault.I HATE the new points system, whatever the stupid ISU officials who devised it say about it being fairer (HOW? it's anonymous for starters!) it's forcing them to choose between jumps and artistry, it's killing the sport, and puts people off watching cos its incomprehensible without a maths degree. Plush and Joubert admitted they had to choose either jumps or steps...
SvetlanaMillionaya 1 year ago 8
I knew they changed the points system, but how exactly did it change?
ladygrace03 1 year ago
Hard to explain briefly! There used to be two marks, one technical, one artistic, maximum points 6.0. Judges deducted points for mistakes off the overall mark they thought the performance was worth. Now instead of that they have a fixed number of points per element, they can add extra for excellence. The problem is, it's extremely detailed and tough to work out what thing earnt or lost points. To make things worse, you only see the overall marks all added up, not what each judge voted (contd)
SvetlanaMillionaya 1 year ago 2
There are still two marks, equivalent to tech & artisitc. The system is now an individual evaluation, not a comparison -its only improvement imo. Judges are now anonymous, which is silly when you think this was done to prevent cheating. It's very dry and does not reward artistry, it's all about racking up points, not creating unique pieces. Skaters go for highly marked elements (divided in 4 levels) and so all do the same stuff, no individuality but it's the only way to medal. Hope that helps!
SvetlanaMillionaya 1 year ago 2
wow, i had no idea that's what's become of the skating point system. I watched figure skating this time and was like...wait, what were their scores anyways? Thanks so much for clearing this up. No wonder Plushenko said figure skating has been degraded somewhat, ugh...terrible
ladygrace03 1 year ago 4
wheres the STFU STONED COMMENTATOR button
IamHaddy 1 year ago 4
Hamilton states Yagudin didn't do his second quad toe in combination-how could he?? Doesn't the Zayak Rule apply to quads as well as triples? So how could Yagudin have done TWO quad toes in combo? Scott-please you're giving me a headache years after the fact!!!
Skating 'conservative' my ASS!
faeryquene 1 year ago 5
ITA, I want some of whatever Scott Hamilton was smoking. Dumbass-so embarassing for an American commentator to try and talk up American skater Goebel's athletic but robotic performance-as if he ever had a chance against Yagudin and Plushenko.
faeryquene 2 years ago 6
@faeryquene totally agree, Hamilton should have been fired for his remarks in this event and the pairs!
kwadruple 1 year ago 4
Oh Gawd-Don't remind me about pairs! A fiasco in and of itself no thanks to Hamilton, and Bezic!
faeryquene 1 year ago 2
Плющенко и Гейбл нервно курят в стронке.
lovaolga 2 years ago 2
i miss him so much...
zinikas 2 years ago 10
he best
Meshersk 2 years ago 3
ughhh is that scott hamilton wit the ridiculous "conceding to plushenko" comment?!?!
zhangshinyi 2 years ago 7
zhangshinyi -> Unfortunately, yes. It's a bit strange, because in an interview shortly before the Games, he said that Yagudin is better than Plushenko. I think Scott just had a bad day, lol... The second commentator isn't much better by the way.
everyoneissleeping 2 years ago
he messed up when he was commentating at nationals too; in his excitement over mirai's program, he didn't notice she under-rotated a few jumps and kept saying she would beat rachel -_-
zhangshinyi 2 years ago 2
Yes it-I now call him STFU Scott Hamilton.
faeryquene 2 years ago 2
@zhangshinyi That's because Scott conceded the Short program AND the Long program in 84 to Brian Orser, yet was still gifted the gold.
kwadruple 1 year ago
Best Skater Ever!! Forget Plushenko.. Yagudin was the real deal.. He had it all, technique and performance. Goosebumps all again even after all these years.. He is a more natural skater than plushenko, plushkenko is acting on the ice... its all toooo much.. doesnt mean that he is not a good skater..
nic150485 2 years ago 7
..this field of men skaters were one of the BEST...Yagudin, Pleshenko, and Goebel....I do not see this level of skating right now...Can't wait for the olympics though to see if miracles can happen this year!! Hopefully see a few quads and clean programs.....
thaoch 2 years ago 4
I don't see him conceding anything here. Dumbasses.
chopinpartdeux 2 years ago 7
Dick Button wasn't so bad in this one, but my god I wanted to eat Scott Hamilton alive! Just shut up, please! How about commenting on his amazing footwork or how incredible triple axel was? As a person and a skater I adore Scott, but as a commentator sometimes not so much.
RandomMillie1991 2 years ago 6
I totally agree with you! Gosh was he ever annoying! I love him to pieces, but wow was he negative. I'm was a TV show host and TV reporter, plus I'm a figure skater. I hate it when commentators try to make something out of nothing lol
mtanara 2 years ago 4
Wow the commentators pretty much botched that one.
cam2540 2 years ago 4
I remember how him kissing the ice was one of the "big moments" that year; everyone was talking about it-- I thought it was one of the coolest things I'd ever seen--what an exciting program!
Procrastimaster 2 years ago 4
Alexei Yagudin was a Canadian crowd favourite.
When he said goodbye to skating at Skate Canada in 2003, there were tears in the crowd. We couldn't have loved him better.
jamarsano 2 years ago 6
You know that sad thing is, that the only country which doesnt seem to admire him as much as he deserves is his own... What a pity!
He is y very favourite of all time!!
Ardenis9 2 years ago 2
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sk8ingdreamer 2 years ago
Unforgettable moments!
russianjewels 2 years ago 5
PHENOMENAL!!!!
misschristine3451 2 years ago 9
Ha ha I really love it when Scott gets it wrong -which is often! "I think he's conceded that", are you blind, man? That was so obviously gold!
Tarasova is like some sort of lucky charm isn't she, or more likely a bloody good coach: Kulik, Grishuk & Platov, and Yagudin...and some more I don't remember just now...
SvetlanaMillionaya 2 years ago 12
Too right - I adore Pluschenko - the whole finger in the air, I'm number one thing - I love it! I love the spunk, the drive.
But there is only one Alexei Yagudin, and this was a killer performance. I saw it live and laughed out loud at Scott. Pluschenko's was nothing like this, you couldn't lose yourself in it. It was a young, not sophisticated performance.
As for "skating conservatively" - even when he does that, he's still the best ever!
jamarsano 2 years ago 7
With the 2010 Winter Games just around the corner I'm hoping that Scott Hamilton isn't doing the commentaries for the Figure Skating Competition. I find Scott Hamilton to be very annoying at most times.
rickram1961 2 years ago 7
i think Dick Button is more annoying than Scott. Both are actually. I think it would just be nicer if everyone just shut up until the program is over.
Skater81591 2 years ago 9
Very true, but my obsession with skating started here on youtube (after I've wacthed this exact program) and most of what I know about skating I've learned here, listening to these stupid commentators... :D:d (You know like what is a salchow or spiral or spread eagle, etc)They are sometimes great(they've always loved Sasha. and they loved Alexei too btw). And they are sometimes horrid (like here or at Slutskaya's sp inTorino) But I think I'd miss them if they wouldn comment. I got used to them
Ardenis9 2 years ago
I love both alexey and evgeny! They both "feel the music" - but in a different way. You just can not compare the 2 styles! It's just like vanilla and chocolate ice cream. You have to love both, and enjoy them!!
belle19822000 2 years ago 2
Shut your mouth Scott!! This was the best performance ever!!!!!
kianoconnell 2 years ago 59
He is awesome and that he has it all. Jumps and choreography. As the latter really is missing from skating these days. As that is what makes it popular back in 1994-2005.
JPPT1974 2 years ago 6
that is such an American comment! Yes, the sport is not as popular anymore in the US, but its popularity is increasing in both Asia & Europe.. And they still have choreography today, what are you talking about. Such a stupid thing to say..
Uglefanatikeren 2 years ago
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I don't mean Yagudin is not the real Olympic champ. he is!!! He'd worked really hard. He trained his poor iron body like a dog and he did deserve this victory. Plush was defeated because of the lacck of Olympic experience and wrong mood. That's why he made mistakes and lost. Only an iron mood and calmness can lead one to an Olympic gold, and that's what Alexei had.
whattodowithuname 2 years ago
his buttocks are sublime....and so is everything else about him, indeed his skating truly ROCKS!!!
cadebra1961 2 years ago 3
perfect
alsancakta 2 years ago
Stupid short-sighted commentary. Scott Hamilton should shame on himself.
aberrantmoon 2 years ago 7
Tarasova is the star of the Kiss and Cry. LOL
Scott is such an idiot. I have no words.
psycho9966 2 years ago 12
Alexei is so wonderful. he's a great skater and needed to win.
safehaven11 2 years ago 3
That man is fine, and he looks need in his outfit!
JCTime10 2 years ago
is veyr emotion!!tarasova was really emotional!!
JaviSkate86 2 years ago
Alexi can move in slow motion or fly over the ice ind still do a perfect program. that is what separates him from plushi.
glugglug21 2 years ago 6
Asyakry, I don't think you have the good sense of beauty. As an artist on ice Yagudin always beats Plushenko, who seldom grasps the theme of the music he skates with. Although Plushenko won 2006 Torino, that was more by his technical merit rather than by presentation, I never thought he should skate "Godfather" with such ballet postures --- Ridiculous and Bizzard. His expression improved later, in "To Vaslav Nijinsky", which is the only program I like in Plushenko. But still, Alexei is the best!
aberrantmoon 2 years ago 7
El mejor patinador de todos los tiempos!es el patinaje artístico por excelencia en dificultad, en técnica y en arte, tiene una elegancia patinando como ningun otro, no hay otro como él y encima guapísimo... magistral Alexei Yagudín!!
carol58869 2 years ago 4
Is there any technology that can remove Scott Hamilton's commentary from this otherwise perfect piece of artwork?
goalexei 2 years ago 12
lmfao one can only dream!
lauraxo123 2 years ago
Hamilton's commentary is really pissing me off. UGH.
BILLKAULITZGIRL4EVER 2 years ago 8
HAMILTON: idiot or not? "Conservative" is a wrong word to use....I think you got it. Get to Yagudin's level and then talk about ....consided to...conservative...etc...BS
oneplusoneequals11 2 years ago 5
Scott was confused after the second quad saying Alexei didn't need a combination but later commented he didn't know if he'd beaten Tim. With today's system, Tim would have gotten more points for jumps; he had 3 quads (two Salchows which count more) and 5 triples (two in combination); Alexei had 2 quads and 6 triples. Tim's technical scores should have been higher (only one bobble). BUT Alexei's footwork, spins + speed made up for the fewer points on jumps. Artistry - perfecto.
clgilray 2 years ago
Watch the Canadian TV coverage - they announced Alexei as the winner before the program ended. Tim DID do more jumps from hard entries and later in the program; but today's system includes points for spins, footwork. Tim needed more speed and footwork. Alexei always uses arms, changes positions AS he gains speed. Tim doesn't. Scott vacillated - didn't think another jump was needed with the quad 'cause he thought two triple axles were coming.The judges also knew Alexei could do any jump!!
clgilray 2 years ago
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Anyway Evgeni was the best. Does not matter how many jumps he did.
Asyakry 2 years ago
Historically, the top skater edged out the second-place skater because he or she did one more difficult jump. If you don't think the number of jumps Evgeni did mattered, then you must think his footwork, spins, transitions, speed and artistry were better than Alexei's. The judges, however, didn't agree with you. They seemed to mark him down because of his first quad combination and his doubling of the Salchow. If Evgeni had beaten Alexei, Alexei still would have won the gold; he beat Tim.
clgilray 2 years ago
K. Witt ('84) had an extra triple than R. Sumners and O. Baiul ('94) did an extra triple at the end of her program, beating N. Kerrigan. Number of jumps CAN matter. Alexei was ranked first by every judge in the qualifying round, in the short and long programs - - he also was awarded four 6.0's. Why do you think Evgeni was "the best"?
clgilray 2 years ago
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Because I don`t like jagudin, Evgeny was the best for me only))) Do you think that today's system is better?
Asyakry 2 years ago
Asyakry: Why do you not like Alexei?? I used to "cheer on Americans" in the '80's" when skaters from the Soviet Union and East Germany were supported by their governments. Now many Japanese, Korean and Russian skaters train here and in Canada!! Now I appreciate great skating and humble, grateful skaters! I didn't like comments made by Mishin and Evgeni about Alexei (i.e. He was in a "trance" when skating.) I TRY to put aside personal feelings when judging skaters. (Read next comment.)
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Not only for you, but for me too! )))
I guess Zheya feels the music like Yagudin never did. Yagudin actually skated like a zomby. He only did what his ballet master told him to do. And Plush felt his Carmen and did it alright, though it was his new LP, it was created only in a couple of months before the Games because judges hadn't liked the previous one though it'd been perfect
Zhenya was just a bit too nervous so he made 1 BAD mistake in his SP and 2 little mistakes in LP. And he came 2nd
whattodowithuname 2 years ago
To correct you on one thing though, Baiul in '94 didn't win on number of jumps. Even with her added triple at the end of her program (which was two-footed, by the way, and thus technically should not have been counted as a completed jump) that would simply have brought her to within 1 triple of Kerrigan's program, 5-4. No one really knows what the deciding factor was in that doozy of a decision.
ADEAL416 2 years ago 3
You're right, Adeal. I used to trust the commentators' judgment. I remember hearing, "Rosalynn doubled that"; hence, she lost. I heard, "Nancy doubled that" and "Oksana put that last jump in"; hence, Nancy lost. NOW that I have watched the QUALITY of the jumps, I am shocked. They got the same marks for presentation so the tie-breaker should have been the technical marks - - Nancy's were higher! I'm stumped!!!
clgilray 2 years ago
every time i watch this performence my tear's up. what a piece! gorgeous, powerful moves, sharp time under reserved expression... perfection! that's what it is. immortal!
yunyi2009gmail 2 years ago 3
One of the finest Men's LPs ever. Scott thought he lost the LP to Plushenko and might even have lost to Goebbel...just bizarre thinking.
nolaughingmatter 2 years ago 6
He is truly UNIQUE!
cargofancr 2 years ago 6
What can I say? Just amazing. He's just amazing and unbelievable!!! He is incredibly talented. Yagudin is the best!!!
LoveMyTenderness 2 years ago
strong spirit..spirit of artist!
vhabffk 2 years ago 3
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vhabffk 2 years ago
i wish the commentators would just shut up lol
ergoproxy2007 2 years ago 8
My favorite and the best ever <3 !!
I saw this video so many times!
poivreblanc55 2 years ago 2
What a beautiful programme and choreographie.
what a great genius
we miss you alexei yagudin but you will always in mind of the people who love figure skating
raquir 2 years ago 5
Scott really off on this one...
Yagudin was perfect!!
I mean look at men's skating now, no one is better than him!
pamela2888 2 years ago 5
fantastic LP.
pzxtrp 2 years ago 3
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I don't get it. How does he get 6s for Presentation? The men are not very strong artists. The only way I could handle more of their cheese is if they served in some wine and crackers along with. The ladies side has been fortunate enough to have Mao Asada, Yu Na Kim, Sasha Cohen and Michelle Kwan - all wonderful artists. I'm just surprised that even the Russian men, given the country's strong ballet history, cannot stop their best skaters from such tacky artless performances.
memorybankrupt 2 years ago
@ memorybankrupt
WTF are you talking about? You simply dont understand anything in figure skating, dont you? Yagudin was the most artistic skater ever and I think, there will be no other like him. So yes, you dont get it, drink some wine, perhaps then you will understand.
chajnik4043 2 years ago 5
I love Russian Skaters.....I love russian men. Great Quadz Goodness gracious!
alwonderb0y 2 years ago 2
Thank you for sharing this! Yagudin imo is the greatest male skater of his era. This is my favorite men's program of that season by far. His SP 'Winter' is also my favorite. :)
PhillyGal4Ever 2 years ago 4
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Scott, did you check Yagudin's jump elements in this program?? Goebel jumped quadruple three times and Yagudin did twice... We know... But Yagudin's step sequence, transition and spin levels are much higher than Goebel's... Although both of Goebel and you are Americans, you shouldn't have compared Yagudin with Goebel.. As you know, this program is perfect without flaw...
mryagudin 2 years ago