Sapporo Olympic Ladies Compulsory Figure

figure skating

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• sapporo
• compulsory
• figure
• skating
• janet
• lynn

[bardtoob]

I gasped when I saw this. This is some of the most important footage in skating history.

[HeidiHoStenquist]

That was filmed really well for compulsory figures! I enjoyed this; it showed the massive amount of tension between the skaters and judges. The amount of skills needed to do this makes me kinda sad they didnt keep figures around.

[MTVMANN]

@skatefanboston VERY well said.

[skatefanboston]

The vilification of Schuba is simply wrong. This video shows the stunning talent she was--carriage, flow, control, grace. Her free skating wasn't bad either. It may be true she didn't express the personality, dynamism, or charisma of Lynn, but the characterization of Schuba as unable to skate is simply wrong. Maybe the scoring system needed to be changed, but the fact that no one today can control their actual skating as well as any of these three women is simply sad.

[TheBob1901]

Schuba's tracings on ice look so solid, whereas Janet Lynn's certainly do not. Janet almost looked like she was wobbling at times, but not Trixie Schuba!

[RRavenclawsDiadem]

I love the sound of when the skates glides over the ice. Such a shame figures are not included in competition nowadays.

[kh3205]

At first, I thought that Schuba's figure was different from the one Lynn and Magnussen were doing. Then I realized that all three were doing the same one. Would somebody explain why Schuba was drawing such a big figure? Because the bigger, the easier? Or because she was tall? I do not recall any other tall skaters (like Kielmann, Leistner, etc) traced big gigures.

[idolfan9495]

It isn't really true that Janet (or Midori) were really bad at figures. Janet was fourth in the World at this time. It's just that Trixi was so much better. She was probably the best "figure" skater in history. I do not know enough about skating technique at the highest levels to say if figures make a difference in free skating. I do note that Janet did many turns from backwards to forward and forward to backward with ease in her free skating and didn't rely much on crossovers.

[idolfan9495]

Janet Lynn herself has lamented the loss of CFs. BTW, could Janet look any more adorable than she did in that dark blue sailor dress?

[Sephiroth9611]

I love this clip, though I am of two minds about it. Is it actually the figures or is it just the beauty of the documentary that makes them so compelling?

I think it unlikely that CF will ever again become a part of modern competitions; but given the growing popularity of sports like curling at the Winter Olympics, perhaps they have a chance of being a sport of their own. Technology can do a lot to help educate and modern TV can better display the tension. Singles, pairs, dance... figures!

[Junon999]

So that's what's Trixie Scuba looks like.... I cannot find any videos of her... I understand why she's kind of unpopular, but still.

[zenitrulit2]

They shouln't have dropped the figures! If they didn't then we wouldn't have that Flutzing problem nowadays. Cos' now we often have world and Olympic champions in Figure Skating who can't define an inside edge from an outside. . .To me personally it's nonsense!

Bring Back The Figures - Save FS!))) Well, at least on the junior level I think they should.