WC99 FP Maria Butyrskaya
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@ calomeni - you're so right. You don't see these types of programs anymore, with this kind of grace and artistry. These days are long gone. The figure skaters today can jump with the best of them, but I think it's been forgotten that figure skating shouldn't be all about jumps; it should also be about touching the audience emotionally.. that is lacking in the sport today. Oh, how I miss the old days of figure skating! Michelle, Maria, Irina, Lu Chen (even Nancy and Oksana)...
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superb
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Stunning performance. I always liked her.
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She was the only reason I watched women's figure skating when I was a kid.
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one of the best clutch performances done at worlds
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she totally deserved to win here. i prefere her skating over michelle's
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What a beautiful moment for her. The top women these days don't always perform 5 different triples--but, back then, pretty much everyone at the top did. I am not sure if the new rule has been good for the sport.
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The history of this Sport cannot be complete without this great and fluent performer, Maria Butyrskaya, taking a measurable chunk of its pages.
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LOVE this program. Her leg extentions after her jumps are perfect. Her 'line' and her expressiveness are really show her inner passion.
She reminds me of a "Hitchcock" blonde. Ice on the surface, all simmering sensuality waiting to burst through into heat. She is very very cool!
this is the real women figure skating. I mean she has everything that ladies figure skating is about. A really deserved title for Maria. When Maria, Irina or Michelle retired - then comes a period of girls figure skating (Yu Na, Mao, Miki) - I like them very much, but still I miss the real ladies figure sakitng
calomeni 3 years ago 14
Gorgeous! There's something very satisfying about a WOMAN who can land a 3/Lutz jump and pay rent. ; In contrast, Maria wasn't some brace-faced, flat-chested teenager who went home after skating and slept underneath a Ricky Martin poster at night; rather, Maria was [is] a grown-ass woman-mature, elegant and TALENTED!! :)
ostar85 4 years ago 13