1988 Battle of the Brians

Overview of the epic 1988 Olympic battle for gold between Brian Orser and Brian Boitano

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• figure
• skating
• 1988
• Olympics
• Brian
• Boitano
• Orser

[40warrior]

listening to this makes me think of one thing said in the movie cool runnings: if you arent enough without a gold, you wont be enough with one, and i think both understand this point and realized that this was the greatest skating competition even today because they played their performances and personalities to the best of their ability. thats what it is all about in amateur competition and the olympics

[bergengirl88]

What a wonderful video! This epic competition happened before I was born, so thanks for posting! Both Brians are so brilliant, like Lysacek and Plushenko! :D

[kkhhaalliid1]

:) Hello in your channel

[MultiRazorb]

@recknot: Or at the very least, the most interesting one.

[MrBestmouse]

they made it so easy

[56rulerandy]

How did I get here from South Park?

[Angeliclily]

O_______O AMAZING.

[soulcornflake1]

@tinymavy not necessarily. Scoring back then was very complicated, it wasn't just the overall score, but what they called 'factored placements', meaning how many judges gave you a #1 placement or a #2 placement and so on. Both Brians knew they skated their best during that scene with the woman, but it wasn't until she read the results they knew for sure who placed where.

[tinymavy]

@nightswimmer99 yes and the 2007 nationals was a tie between Evan and Johnny!

[tinymavy]

Brian was actually not bad looking then! How weird that they are standing there together listening to the old lady read the results! Didn't they know after they skated where they placed?

[mlc2005]

I hope they dated at some point. They make such a lovely couple!!! Both are very talented too.

[Alexanadu]

Watching Boitano's movements (and I don't know a thing about figure skating) I notice there was less artistry between jumps back in '88 than in, say, 2010, and I'm referring specifically to the likes of Patrick Chan or Evan Lysacek, where almost every second there's something going on with their feet or their arms or hands or anything. The sport's definitely evolved. I loved the Tano Triple Lutz move though; I only saw Yuna Kim do something similar in the 2010 Olympics!