1988 Worlds Ladies event medal ceremony

Feast your eyes. The end of an era as the legendary Katarina Witt wins her last of 4 world titles. A rare and never seen before sweet moment between Witt and Thomas on the podium as they give each other a hug. History there for sure..

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• 1988
• world
• figure
• skating
• championships
• ladies
• event
• medal
• ceremony
• katarina
• witt
• elizabeth
• manley
• debi
• thomas

[yescanto]

No she didn't if she did she would have won the title.

[MarxLennon1971]

Surly Surya refused to get on the podium to accept the silver medal. When she finally did, she immediately took the medal off and clenched it in her fist and continued feeling sorry for herself that Yuka Sato skated better than her.

[charismanicole]

Skating was a lot different back then than it is now. I would love to see more artistry in the sport than just jumping which leads to falls for some. Besides jumping for female figure skating was coming to the forefront in '88'. The Midori's and Kristi's took skating to a new level. If the judging that is in place today was in place back then. Maybe you would have seen different skaters medal in Olympics and Worlds.

[bluemonolith88]

@HowsaBowsaYowsa i'm guessing kim yuna will try to equal witt's 2 olympic wins in russia. it's kinda funny how they're both pretty.

[222mozart]

Wonderful Kati !

[HowsaBowsaYowsa]

Funny but she tried to make a competetive comeback at the 94 Olympics. It really was not her best performances, she should have stayed home then. Nonetheless, she was an excellent skater and did something no one in modern history has done, won two gold medals at the olympics back to back.  and a beauty to boot!

[fong03]

@Carpentersfan2003 I have to disagree with you. Yuka's basic skating skills blow Surya's out of the water. Yuka skates with more flow and musicality. But the real deal breaker is the fact that Surya did NOT skate cleanly. She made mistakes on her jumps and she had to skate cleanly to beat Yuka.

[randledpxy]

Midori Ito completely blows these 3 girls away.

[CarstenOepping]

btw the anthem was played to fast . it was played 1/3 to fast  !

[Carpentersfan2003]

Surya Bonaley was screwwed over at the 1994 Worlds.. Yuka Sato had home ice advanage, however she was weak compared to Bonaley when it came to her jumps and spins. I can't blame her for what she did.. and in fact had I been in the same position as she was as a skater I would have done the same thing she did. She made her point and more or less it was a F*&! you to the judges... A gutzy move to say the least..

[DietrichHamilton]

don't you DARE talk bad about Debi! she's sunshine!!

[mikonido]

Kati is a phenom and pretty too...add sexy as well...