Carruthers & Carruthers (USA) - 1984 Sarajevo, Pairs' Long Program

Sarajevo, YUGOSLAVIA - 1984 Winter Games, Figure Skating, Pairs' Long Program - Kitty and Peter Carruthers decided to skate conservatively in order to guarantee themselves a medal. As such, they opted not to attempt the throw quadruple Salchow, since they were only successfully landing it 60% of the time. Their decision paid off as they skated clean, which helped them win the Silver Medal.

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[rickram1961]

The opening music of this program was used a lot during this era. This was such a beautiful program to watch.

[3Axel1996]

@rickram1961 It's the Main Title from the movie, "Capricorn One." Boitano also used it as the opening music of his Long :Program here.

[hatula87]

@barkingtree88

Yes, sure. What was they most difficult element - double flip ?They were extremely sloppy, there are no posture, no lines, no edges and hardly any artistic impact to this program. Very lucky to end ahead of Selezneva&Makarov, who were better in so many aspects.

[idolfan9495]

@miloandtock1 They didn't get any skating-while-Russian points. I really enjoyed this program.

[faeryquene]

@bemar1972 They won the silver medal. It's been over 28 years now. Let it go already. Underhill & Martini did.

[faeryquene]

@hatula87 They hit on the most important night of their competitive lives. It's not their fault if 'better' pair teams like Underhill & Martini bombed their spin and jump elements in the SP/LP respectively. C&C's throw triple sal was awesome-the best of the night up to that point.

[spaciousgalaxy]

Always remembered how good this performance was.

[chichillguy]

this program had impact and built i saw it live on tape in 1984 they brought the house down throws were some of the highest in world at the time

[bemar1972]

@Novelwit2000 Sure if you don't do a difficult elements - it's so easy to do a clean performance! I would like to se this very weak Carruthers with 3T and 2A! Andis hysteric american fans applaused on the easiest double elements:)))

[barkingtree88]

@russianskatingfan we all have our own opinions. I respect yours.

[russianskatingfan]

@barkingtree88 LOL dream on. This team is not a gold medal pair at all. They dont even have one of the technical ability or artistry to win a major title, let alone both.  I would have actually had them 4th behind the 2nd Russians and Germans even with their mistakes since they had much harder elements and better presentation.

[Novelwit2000]

@barkingtree88

TOTALLY agree! And the Russians had mistakes in their performance. It wasn't totally clean.

[maidmoira]

underhill and martini, watch them