Of course, her jumps, basic skills, and spins are excellent. At the same time, the music, the costuming, the chreography--it all worked really well for her. I would have loved to see much higher scores for Emi.
She was even marked below a shaky Poetzsch in the LP at these Worlds which was a joke. I found Biellmann, Lisa Marie Allen, Watanabe, much more intersting and enjoyable to watch in free skating then either Fratianne or Poetzsch.
What was most horrible was she lost the bronze to Dagmar freaking Lurz who was such a horrible freeskater that she should place about 20th in free skating and drop right out of the top 6 even with her huge figures leads.
Lurz won silver at the 1980 Worlds, believe it or not. Fratianne won the bronze, so if you want to say Watanabe lost the bronze, then you must say she lost it to Fratianne.
It's tragic that the scoring system changed too late to reward gorgeous free skaters like Emi Watanabe.
@ballinagra13 Lurz was like a giant Lurch on the ice. I will atleast give her credit for being able to do a triple loop, a very hard jump for the time and sometimes doing 3 triples in a program, also alot for the time.
Thank you very much for sharing this video. It brings me back memories. I shared her skating life with her and this was her best performance ever at World's.
The performance of her life and grossly undermarked. She deserved much more. So musical with beautifully airy jumps. A really classy skater. Thanks for sharing.
5.8/5.9
barkingtree88 1 year ago
Of course, her jumps, basic skills, and spins are excellent. At the same time, the music, the costuming, the chreography--it all worked really well for her. I would have loved to see much higher scores for Emi.
nondescriptnyc 1 year ago 4
She was better than Fratianne, Lurz and Poetzsch!
clarriona 2 years ago 5
Totally! Shame on the judges. They even put her below Poetzsch in the long program, LOL!
russianskatingfan 2 years ago 5
She was better than Fratianne
metsdudenj 4 years ago 9
She was even marked below a shaky Poetzsch in the LP at these Worlds which was a joke. I found Biellmann, Lisa Marie Allen, Watanabe, much more intersting and enjoyable to watch in free skating then either Fratianne or Poetzsch.
russianskatingfan 3 years ago 6
What was most horrible was she lost the bronze to Dagmar freaking Lurz who was such a horrible freeskater that she should place about 20th in free skating and drop right out of the top 6 even with her huge figures leads.
russianskatingfan 3 years ago 4
Lurz won silver at the 1980 Worlds, believe it or not. Fratianne won the bronze, so if you want to say Watanabe lost the bronze, then you must say she lost it to Fratianne.
It's tragic that the scoring system changed too late to reward gorgeous free skaters like Emi Watanabe.
ballinagra13 2 years ago 2
@ballinagra13 Lurz was like a giant Lurch on the ice. I will atleast give her credit for being able to do a triple loop, a very hard jump for the time and sometimes doing 3 triples in a program, also alot for the time.
russianskatingfan 1 year ago
This deserved a medal.
FrozenHermit 4 years ago 4
Do you have more videos of her. This was fabulous. Thanks
marinakamura 4 years ago
Thank you very much for sharing this video. It brings me back memories. I shared her skating life with her and this was her best performance ever at World's.
marinakamura 4 years ago
The performance of her life and grossly undermarked. She deserved much more. So musical with beautifully airy jumps. A really classy skater. Thanks for sharing.
floskate 4 years ago 8
Wow thank you so much for this video. I really wanted to see it. It brings me back memories!
turvillest 4 years ago