Alexei Yagudin 1998 Olympics SP

Flawless performance. Among the audience, Katia Gordeeva and Arthur Dmitriev.

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• yagudin
• figure
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• olympic
• ziganotchika
• nagano
• ice

[audie83]

Imo Yagudin should have been in the top two or three after the SP in 1998. Thank you for posting this! It was an awesome performance by the then 17 year old.

[fyy8616]

It's a wonderful performance! Thank you for posting that! Alexei was so cute and his skill was amazing!

[3gatsunolion]

ヤグが1位でいいと思うけどなあ。

ジャッジの基準がいまいちわからん。

[FrozenFourthSeason]

Aw this was really nice, it's a shame he was sick for the LP :(

[Zuranthium]

Yeah, he was marked correctly. I would have placed the Short Programs as

1. Stojko - 5.8/5.8 - best jumps and difficult music to skate to while sustaining the energy and interest level the whole time, but he pulls it off

2. Eldredge - 5.8/5.7 - smaller jumps but the best spins by far

3. Kulik - 5.7/5.8 - makes a mistake on the combination spin

4. Yagudin - 5.7/5.6 - definitely only deserved 4th; still skates a bit Juniorish

5. Candeloro - 5.5/5.7 - the 3-2 combination costs him on the tech mark

[jamarsano]

This is good, but you can see the huge effect Tarasova had on his skating.

Famously, his own mother didn't recognize him on ice anymore.

[brrrenna]

I have to say, that is truly sexy. That boy is tireless! He goes into those jumps like it's absolutely nothing. :D Wonderful

[lambielkwanfan]

I found Yagudin's jumps wild at this time. Wild positions and rotation, not very clean and precies. I agree Stojko was never elegant but that is the last word I would have used for Yagudin's overall skating at this point in time either. To each their own. Thanks for your response.

[audie83]

Imo his jumps were far more powerful than Eldredge-his artistry was far superior to Stojko. Not to mention his jumps were much better executed much more elegant looking than Elvis who to me always looked rather stiff in his jumps in comparison. The Russian men imo always seemed to have better edges overall. jmo

[lambielkwanfan]

How was this better then either Stojko or Eldredge who were 2nd and 3rd in the short?

[lambielkwanfan]

He did not have the best SP at all. His spins and footwork were by far the worst of the top 4. His jumps were huge but the position but the flow coming out of them wasnt as strong as the top 3. His overall presentation was significantly below the top 3 as well. I wouldnt have even though of putting him any higher then 4th, and am not surprised hardly any of the judges did either.

[Chutson353]

you can really see the influence of his coach - at time time I believe he was working with the same man who coached Plushenko and the choreography is very similar to the way Plushenko's ith the balletic poses and arm and leg positions.