Midori Ito 1988 Olys FS

Midori Ito 1988 Olys FS

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[elinzme]

this performance was just out of this world. I just watched kat witt's performance again and, dont get me wrong - I think she's a great skater, but seriously when you compare midori's skate and witt's... midori's was far superior. its ridiculous that she did not medal.

[kev7978]

@USAGymnast Even Yuna kim's LP is a joke comparing to this.

[slater4cc]

I get chills watching this!

[Chewi863]

Absolutely my favorite skater of all time...

[infinera06]

@hennagaijin100 Yeah...in a Mickey Mouse kind of way.

[hennagaijin100]

@infinera06 " short,stubby,graceless and a big nose'...ha ha

you left out big ears,massive thighs,bow legs,and crooked teeth

All adds up to extremely attractive and adorable

I've known her for 30 years, and bottom line is she's gorgeoous

[MsPelicanus]

WHO CARES THAT WAS YEARS AGO!

[MsPelicanus]

I CAN BELIEVE KAT WITT WAS ON STEROIDS!! SHE IS LOOKING MORE MASCULINE EVERY DAY!

[infinera06]

And NO...Kristi never fell because her jumps are about as high as my sandals.

[infinera06]

@getrealandsee Yeah...then the small framed Asian athletes get accused of lying about their age!

[mlc2005]

@infinera06: Finally, you claim non-white skaters only won when there were no white competitors. But what about 1990 worlds, when Ito beat Trenary (her main competition). If biased judging against non-white skaters was as bad as you claim, the judges could have easily buried Ito in the figures, giving her no chance at a medal. I'm not saying judging wasn't biased (it WAS), but you place WAY too much emphasis on race, while ignoring all other possibilities and variables.

[mlc2005]

@infinera06: I think you have made some simplistic conclusions in your posts. U argue that there has been a racial bias against non-white skaters until Kwan, but your examples are not credible. I think it's more about country of origin, frankly. Europe and N. America dominated skating until recently, and Ito was a victim of this. Witt usually beat Thomas b/c Witt was simply better! Can u name a time Thomas should have won and didn't? And Lu Chen won worlds over Nicole Bobek in 1995.