Maria Butyrskaya - 2002 Olympics (LP)

Maria skates to "Tale of Wandering" by Alfred Schnittke..

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[mlc2005]

I miss her.

[nissulya]

Oh, please, the music here is brilliant. And the scary and awesome film (the source of this music clip) is a legend!

[Blazhevino]

it is stunningly feminine and sexy in the best sense of the word without making any effort to this....

[kaetzchen555]

@johnxmalice  it is all coz of her long legs..:))

[MichiruSuiren]

@nissulya what is the name of the movie?

[BigA3372]

@nondescriptnyc Add to that that a few weeks before europeans she underwent surgery (laparoscopy) and her boyfriend was murdered, and you get the complete picture of that season for Butyrskaya...

[CoCoNuTsiopatHic]

@mlc2005 I miss her, too. :(

[mlc2005]

I just read on a very respected skating blog that, two weeks before these Olympics, her boyfriend was murdered by the Russian mob!!!! Now I have a whole new understanding of why she looked so shaken at these Olympics... what a shame.

[johnxmalice]

I do think she is a good skater, I just don't enjoy watching her. Her jumps seem forced and aren't soft at all; she doesn't bend her knees. I always wonder whether she's going to fall or not.

[nondescriptnyc]

As a Maria fan, I must say she didn't look good that season... She looked almost scared to skate. I personally think she was probably discouraged completely form the year earlier, when the judges dissed her at the Worlds--despite her pretty strong performances there.

[JasonPSU1978]

FYI: She is skating to "FairyTale of the Wanderings" by Alfred Schnittke took me FOREVER to find this music, great piece!

[JeremiVW]

I love Maria.. I think she's an artist on the ice.. Its not about pretty.. Its about Drama..

[twilliger123]

People who are just as rabid fans as Kwan, Sasha Cohen, and Tara Lipinski are the ones who gave me thumbs down, LOL!

[russianskatingfan]

I am Russian and a big Maria fan but sadly I have to agree with you. She completely blew it here. She was already a bit past her prime too. It is too bad there wasnt an Olympics in 2000 as she would have been battling Kwan and Irina for the gold that year. Her scores and placement here were correct. I have no idea why your comment is marked down so much as it makes sense.

[Uglefanatikeren]

They had not dismissed her entirely cause she became European Champion that year..

[nondescriptnyc]

I agree in general, although her peak had come and passed a couple of years prior to this competition.

The judges/ISU had clearly dismissed her earlier in the 2002 season, which I suspect made her exceedingly nervous in Salt Lake. It shows--she looked like she was shaking like a leaf.

When she wasn't nervous (e.g., small competitions, exhibitions, etc.), she actually had strong edging and clean jumps. When she got nervous, though, she was a mess...even w/o major errors.

[AndyChen018]

IMO, mentioning her age does more disservice to her. The program (the sloppiness of it, ect...) had nothing to do with her age. This is what Maria has been all her career. Inconsistent. She can be beautiful and dreadful all in the same program.

[mlc2005]

I actally watched this program again, (after remembering it live a long time ago), and it really was quite good... Granted, some of the jumps were not incredibly smooth, but she really kept it up, and I think she ended up doing a great program... If you look at the speed and the spirals, I must say that it was pretty damn good. Ive always loved Maria, and I do wish she had gone out with a perfect routing that we all know she can do, but hey, she was 29! Let's give her some respect for that.

[enir1]

After 3d minute of watching this video was about to beg her: PLEASE! no more jumps! I cant stand it anymore....

[fallonscenicbeauty]

Her look before her music began wasn't a very focused one. I was terribly diaaspointed in this performace from her. Although, she is a brillant skater.

[beckerbombs]

Cohen and Kwan each had one fall and skated the rest perfectly and smoothly. This skate was full of major errors: the aborted triple lutz attempt, the badly cheated triple-triple sequence, two footed triple flip, two footed triple lutz.

[BigA3372]

There is more than that. I saw Maria live twice, both at Euro's. When she skated, nobody dared to breath.. she was able to focus the attention of the audience on herself like nobody else I have seen live was ever able to (including Sasha, Irina, for example). It is charisma what set her apart...

[jprush]

I have always loved Maria's skating. I just feel that sometimes she chose music that was maybe a little too demanding to skate through. I love the Schnitke piece, but I feel that there might have been too much internal tension, which I think makes skating feel a bit tiring.

[nondescriptnyc]

I love her, the music, the costume, and everything about her--but I do feel that this program was too similar in the basic structure and "mood" to her previous programs (e.g., Seventeen Momentos..., Otonal, etc.). I would have liked to see something new.