Dorothy Hamill - 1974 Worlds LP

As re-shown during the 1976 Olympics in the continuous hype and build up to the ladies event. Here's Dorothy having a bit of a breakdown before skating brilliantly in Munich. For bardtoob :)

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• 1974
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• Figure
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• Long
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• Dorothy
• Hamill
• USA

[HattieLovesCattie]

Wasn't the West German gal Dagmar Lutz?

[floskate]

No it was Gerti Schandel :)

[houmatt67]

On the portion where she does the spread eagle into the double salchow, what is the music playing?

[floskate]

It's the end of Tchaikovsky's Romeo & Juliet suite.

[watmelberries]

who is the producer of this video?

[floskate]

well I made it from my collection - why???

[stevel738]

I love the comments on here from the jackasses that you know have never left their mom's basement calling her a "fool" and a "dummy" for being upset that 10,000 people started booing the minute she took the ice. (These are the same people that will undoubtedly flame me for hurting their feelings now.)

[SerenLLawen]

Grace under pressure at barely 18 years. Thank you for this great clip. I do wish the commentators would quit filling every second with chatter and speculation.

[metsdudenj]

@jdfooten Yes, and you have no figures to hold you back. Congrats

[metsdudenj]

@stevel738 Ive been in a stadium with 10,000 people laughing at me, trust me it is one of the worst feelings in the world, the noise can be very unnerving. Im glad she make it work for her

[bubbalouification]

This was the moment that Dorothy Hamill won my heart. An athlete and skater myself, I understood how she felt to be the victim of these circumstances. She could have easily caved and no one would have faulted her; but being a tiger with the heart of a champion, the little girl from America skates the program of her life.

[thanks53]

Dorothy Hamill is my favorite figure skater of all time. So graceful, artistic and classy. So much has changed in this sport since the pressure of doing triple jumps has been added. I don't enjoy watching it as much because it's all about the triple jumps, so the focus on being graceful and having balletic lines is missing.

And skaters lose their composure after their performances and instead of just bowing to the audience they blatantly wear their emotions on their sleeves. It's unfortunate.

[Irondragon61]

I remember watching her in the 1976 Olympics. I just saw her Friday at the Galleria in Dallas. She still looks fantastic. She is such a wonderful person.

[fightinside1]

her dress is so cute! i like figure skating dresses back then. not tacky and weird like they are today

[kantucky]

She is just a stunningly beautiful woman. At least, that's what I've thought everytime I've seen her

[idolfan9495]

@jacquieskater123 Figures were 40% of the score back then. There was no percentage in doing triples in the free skate. Janet Lynn, by the way, did triples early in her career, but stopped doing them because no matter how much she elevated her free skating, figures held her back.