Viktor Petrenko LP 1992 Albertville Winter Olympic Games

Viktor Petrenko.

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[Blanka1100]

I am from Poland and I fell in love with Victor when I was about 10 years old. Congrats Ukraine for having such a great skater.

[grafgirl27]

@TheWhatsinaname LOL get real. The U.S didnt win in 92 since they clearly didnt have the best skater. Browning and Petrenko were both much better skaters than any American man at the time. Wylie is lucky that Browning, Petrenko, Barna, and his all teammates all were way off their games or he wouldnt have even had a chance to medal. As it was he was gifted to even be on the U.S team, and never should have beaten Mitchell at Nationals.

[serenakicksass]

@pellebravesskylar No the rational is consistent. Both Viktor and Oksana won since the did other things better (Baiul more performance quality, more soul and beauty, higher solo jumps; Petrenko some more difficult content completed like the triple axel-triple toe, bigger jumps, more speed and power) that compensated for their mistakes and rightly won.  If Kerrigan and Wylie were Russians instead of Americans people would probably say Chen and Barna deserved the silvers instead.

[serenakicksass]

All you Wylie crybabies are pathetic. Paul was a nice skater who was ectastic as heck with his silver as he should have been. Had the skating been the level of the 1991 Worlds he would have placed only 6th with the same performances. He was lucky to hit his peak, by far his best performances of his amateur career, at the same event everyone important skated their worst. Whoever had such luck ever. Also if judging was fair he would have lost to Mitchell at Nationals and not been here.

[serenakicksass]

@balletmeisterin Are you actually implying Paul's short was the best, haha. No way, it was good but Petrenko and Barna were way better in the short. Paul could have easily been placed 4th or 5th in the short behind Urmanov and Stojko who were technically better. The U.S judge who had Wylie 2nd in the short, the only judge who did, was forced to write an explanation as he was under investigation for possible bias by the referee.

[Algorithm16]

How did this win gold? Four major jumping errors, I can't believe how biased the judging was

[rickram1961]

And Viktor won the Gold for this pathetic LP! Paul Wylie was certainly robbed of the Gold Medal!

[balletmeisterin]

@salome7580 I agree! I've just watched Paul Wylie's short and long programmes - God knows how Victor won with a performance like this. Paul Wylie was robbed of gold!

[pellebravesskylar]

Nancy Kerrigan had a far more difficult program than Bauil. Although Oksana's program was presented a bit more artistic, she had several two foot landings, sloppy spins & a slower overall presentation. Just wonder why the Viktor supporters also seem to support Oksana's win, too. Bcz such rationale is inconsistent.

[pellebravesskylar]

Petrenko was clearly the better skater of his major competitors - except for this particular night. Nerves perhaps? Elvis probably had the best technical program of the night, Wylie the most artistic. Very odd result in that he won. Still, he had some nice choreography that was kind of distracted by hid costume that almost appeared to become apart. I do find it interesting that very few Viktor supporters condemn the selection of Oksana Bauil a few years later. Nancy zke

[MsPelicanus]

well he won anyway!

[lutz84]

Usually I like to join in the debate about who should have won because it's fun to exchange ideas as long as people don't go fanatic. However, Albertville's mens free skate was definitely the worst since figures were scrapped. I thought the 2 ladies could have given most of the men a run for their money :)