Maria Butyrskaya 2000 LP Worlds

Swan Lake

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• Butyrskaya
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• 2000
• Worlds

[hairbrush81]

Maria should have defended her title. She should have definitely beaten Irina in the long program which would have been enough for her to hold 1st overall. She was robbed of her 2nd world title by Irina's overscored long program.

[kristirulesice]

I agree. Maria was very underrated, especialy on the artistic side of skating.

[beshnola]

Maria's skating is just awkward to me.

[beshnola]

@WickedProductions100 no as the commentator stated Maria's program is technically less difficult than the others.

[Karosanyo]

@serenakicksass No, what's "annoying" are these lame personal attacks.... I said what I had to say about Maria's performance and moved on. These boards are for all kinds of different perspectives. Another poster on here attacked me and I responded. It would have been ONE post, but these boards on this site are limited. I like to fully elaborate my views. Unlike those others posters, I don't make off-the-cuff and ignorant statements about these skaters and their fans.... That's really juvenile.

[serenakicksass]

@Karosanyo 5 posts in a row when you are on the video of a skater you dont even seem to like. LOL! You are a loser. I cant believe I found a poster more annoying than those freaks russianskatingfan and getrealandsee.

[WickedProductions100]

@russianskatingfan I certainly can see it, but I think Maria just skated a better overall free skate, even with the mistake because her choreography is so much better. I find it much more musically inclined than Irina's program, though Irina skated some of her best in this time period.

[russianskatingfan]

@WickedProductions100 either way they certainly didnt manipulate the marks to help Kwan win. By the marks they gave Kwan they were clearly wanting Maria and Irina to go 1-2 if they skated well (or if just Irina skated well with Maria's shortprogram result). Irina's marks were MUCH higher than Maria's, and she in fact almost beat Michelle in the long program to win the gold outright. So they just felt, rightly or wrongly, Irinas skate was much better than Marias even though both had mistakes.

[WickedProductions100]

@russianskatingfan I dunno about that though; this skate looked significantly less improvised than Irina's and it had more polish, in my opinion. I'm clearly not a skating judge, so they obviously found more fault with it than I did, but I think they got the placement of Maria wrong here. I think Irina was third in the free skate.

[Karosanyo]

@russianskatingfan Why would anyone want different usernames? That's just silly. Maybe all of these accusations from you to me is just projection... Telling me to get a life? Take a step back and look at yourself.

[Karosanyo]

Irina had great speed going into her jumps but would slow down after that (she always had a lot of resting spots in her LPs). I feel that Kwan had better footwork (check out her footwork in TFB, Rach '98 and TFB). Another insult by you to me? That's very juvenile.

[Karosanyo]

@russianskatingfan I am "wrong" when I say that all Irina can do is better jumps? Because YOU say so? You just don't understand diverse opinions... Yes, Irina's biellman spins were more diificult, but I always found that position ugly. Better speed? Michelle Kwan had great speed and covered the ice so well when she was on. I have seen both in person. I have never seen Irina give a faster performance than Kwan's TRV and Aranjuez at Worlds...