Nancy Kerrigan (USA) - 1992 Albertville, Ladies' Free Skate

Albertville, FRANCE - 1992 Winter Games, Figure Skating, Ladies' Free Skate - Nancy Kerrigan of the United States had a shaky skate, but it was enough to help her win the Bronze Medal.

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[acuison1]

Did she think she could actually win with that type of music? Really? How many skaters do you know who have won with music that's not classical? Probably less than a handful. Your choice of music plays as much role in to your overall performance as much as your jumps.

[3Axel1996]

@acuison1 Since the late 1970s, many skaters have resorted to using music scores from movies as well as modern music. Brian Boitano won the 1988 Olympic Gold skating to music from the motion picture, "Napoleon." Chen Lu won her World Title in 1995 skating to music from "The Last Emperor." Elvis Stojko won his World Titles in 1994, 1995 and 1997 skating to music from movie soundtracks, as did Todd Eldredge in 1996, Aleksei Yagudin in 2002. Etc, etc, etc...

[victoriaindigo]

I'm confused about the wording. They skate the free skate and the original program? Not the short and the long program?

[3Axel1996]

@victoriaindigo It's a silly thing, but the ISU issues out rule changes at their annual council meetings in May. Sometimes, it includes changing the name of the Short Program and Long Program, which in this case was done after the 1988 season. I think after this season, it was voted back as the Short Program, but the Long Program remained the Free Skate or Free Program.

[stanuris]

She always throws in a little crazy into her performances. That second second .... Wtf

[CamilleNadia]

"The disappointment is obvious".

And to think, a year later, it would be even worse.

[CamilleNadia]

This wasn't as bad as I remember, but she's lucky she had such a beautiful short program to save a medal for her.

[demisDINOS]

Again she was given marks that were undeserving. This performance just wasn't good enough and she knows it. So lucky she got a medal here.

[ADEAL416]

Actually (though he may have also known Baiul's grandfather, but I've never heard that part) the controversy had to do with the fact that Ukrainian judge Alfred Korytek was the father of Stanislav Korytek, Baiul's former coach, and the coach who had taken Baiul in for a time after her mother died. But in all honesty, you concede the first place ordinal from every contender's home country judge in this case. I focus more on the Czech judge who ridiculously gave Baiul a 5.9 on the first mark

[TheCopper05]

@ADEAL416 Thanks for reminding me of the fact, that Baiul did two foot her triple flip. Either, the judges seen it, or just overlooked it. Maybe, these judges thought Kerrigan got to much press when she was hit in the knee, or

they just felt sorry for Bauil. Who knows? I still think Kerrigan should have won the gold, Chen Lu the silver, and

Baiul the Bronze. I just remembered, that the Ukrainian judge, knew Bauil's grandfather. How ironic with that.

[TheCopper05]

@TheCopper05 I just wasn't a big Baiul fan. I think she got very luck with that peformance in 1994. I still would have given the silver to Chen Lu of China.

[ADEAL416]

@ADEAL416 in '94, that is, not '92. My original point was that if this program had been skated to the top of Kerrigan's ability as she did in '94, it would have beaten her '94 program in the overall quality of the program and captivation of the artistry.