1987 NHK Tonya Harding SP

Tonya skates an amazing short program to beat Katarina Witt and take 2nd place behing Midori Ito. Someone correct me if I'm wrong, but I believe Tonya was the first woman to land a 3lutz/2loop combination and it may have been in this very short program.

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• Tonya
• Harding
• NHK
• Witt
• Ito

[metsdudenj]

white trash skating in pink.

[kwadruple]

@metsdudenj Tonya could kick your ass in a heartbeat wearing pink or any color of your choice.

[officeaddict33]

The music is awful but her talent and fierce determination are obvious.

[glibster]

Her jumps are FIERCE.

[officeaddict33]

Great skating - HATE The music!!

[Dylvente]

Outstanding skating. She had more spunk and variety in her skating (e.g. the positions in her spins) than she had later in her career, when she became much more conservative in her approach. She seems fearless here, in marked contrast to the last few years of her amateur career (92-94).

[kwadruple]

@barkingtree88 Wrong, she was close enough to them that she could beat them in free skating portions and move ahead, as she did with Trenary at Skate America in 89, the same season where Trenary became World Champion.

[barkingtree88]

@kwadruple but still not good enough to compete against Trenary, Witt, or Ivanova.

[kwadruple]

@barkingtree88 Actually, Tonya's figures were the strongest of the three.

[barkingtree88]

@TripleAxel1991 keep in mind that tonya harding, kristi yamaguchi, and nancy kerrigan always struggled with compulsory figures. That's what made the difference.

[barkingtree88]

Shame she stopped doing that type of combination in the early 90's.

[candeeo1]

@kwadruple How would that make her not trash?