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Dorothy Hamil 1976 Worlds Short Program
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Күн бұрынHer short program from the 1976 World Championships. She won.
@miloandtock1 16 жыл бұрын
All world class skaters of today need to watch this - this is absolutely lovely and so well put together and wonderfully delivered. The layback is a 6.0 a million times over and the top girls today are nowhere close. The position of her spins - gosh I love her back in the sitspins, no one today is that good. Excellent footwork sequence, nice height on double axel and flying sitspin too. Dorothy - you are truly a classic. Thanks northtexasdude for posting this! :-)
@metsdudenj 12 жыл бұрын
This was an absolutely spectaular SP, one of the best ever, she was so competent technically and in a class by herself artistically.
@rickram1961 12 жыл бұрын
The Layback was absolutely breathtaking!
@dvdneely 16 жыл бұрын
Beautiful layback! Go Dorothy!
@HattieLovesCattie 14 жыл бұрын
Scott.I met him in 1980 when he was not famous,he was very friendly.I met him again in the early 1990's at the Sun Valley lodge.He was alone,I was the only person asking politely for an autograph.He was rude and gave me a glare.
@aspenrobinson8797 4 жыл бұрын
My cousins asked Scott for his autograph as he was walking though a sports plex center after the Ice Capa festival ( not performing) and he brushed one of my cousins out of his way as he quickly passed by. Two little girls 8 and 10 yrs old .
@dvdneely 15 жыл бұрын
lovely! the layback is more and more of a lost art these days. Dorothy will always be a true legend of the ice!
@user-re4hv7ns4g 29 күн бұрын
GREETINGS FROM KENTUCKY NOW JUST A GREAT HAIRCUT SHE WAS VERY VERY VERY VERY OVERRATED KNOW GRACE
@benedictcy 13 жыл бұрын
Dorothy is a light of sunshine i wasnt even borne when she won the gold but i have wached her for all the time that i have been around she takes my breath away everytime i see her do a spin. She make it look so easy : )
@gyro62 15 жыл бұрын
I had such a crush on her back in the day. She still looks fantastic ! Legendary skater,Classy lady,doesn't get any better.
@snoops71 13 жыл бұрын
I was a big fan of Dorothy in those days. She was the only reason I watched the Olympics that year. She was adorable, and her haircut was hugely popular.
@bd001217 15 жыл бұрын
It was impossible not to fall in love with this girl. Dorothy is amazing.
@kamwrites 16 жыл бұрын
See, she has what skaters lack today. Poise.
@mca1218 14 жыл бұрын
Amazingly, Ms. Hamill used to say in interviews that when she began competing, her main onus was finding a style that would distinguish her from the more refined Peggy Fleming, because she would never look like Fleming- as if Peggy were the prettier, more popular sister. Can you imagine? And here, at 19, with her natural sweetness, sporty haircut, charming nearsightedness and killer figure, she makes us fall in love with her all on her own merit. As Dick Button would say, "good girl."
@iomoon3608 8 жыл бұрын
Even today, it looks elegant and well done.
@malfada22 14 жыл бұрын
Back then they may have only to complete a single axel but there edging was so much more beautiful than the skaters today who are not required to do school figures. Also, watch Ms. Hamill's spins, she does not travel. The skaters today are all over the place but then we do not have Mr. Lussi to train them.
@timothyhh 2 жыл бұрын
The serpentine footwork into the layback spin is glorious. Love the little moment she and Christine Errath have at the boards too.
@SonOfAGun1814 15 жыл бұрын
whoa that layback is the best i've ever seen... ever! holy back position
@metsdudenj 12 жыл бұрын
@mlc2005 Triple jumps werent common until 1977 and 1978. Dorothy brought superior speed, carriage, unique spins (Hamill Camel) and musicality. She did improve the sport, especially inspriing people like Kristi Yamaguchi and a generation of skaters!
@user-re4hv7ns4g 29 күн бұрын
DOROTHY HAMILL'S HAIRCUT WAS GREAT BUT LINDA FRADIANI AND BILL TRENARY ARE TRULY GREAT AND THEY WERE VERY GREAT HAIRCUTS AND ATTRACTIVE VERY BEAUTIFUL FOR AMERICAN
@mlc2005 12 жыл бұрын
@faeryquene: John Curry did not do triples in his gold medal free skate??? Go back and watch it. He did a triple toe, triple loop, and a triple salchow.
@huntingking17 13 жыл бұрын
I was so lucky as a fifth grader. My girlfriend was an eighth grader and she looked just like Dorothy Hamill.
@hairbrush81 11 жыл бұрын
The double flip as part of the combo was a requirement in the short then. There were very few men back then who could even do a double flip-triple toe combination, let alone any women. In Lynn's day you were allowed to atleast do a double axel-double toe in the short which some skaters did, and Dorothy I am sure would have as well. As for triples she did them in practice, she did not lose a single long program from 74-76 though so there was no indication from judges she needed them.
@kevinhebner6773 8 ай бұрын
Actually, at the 1975 Nationals she lost both the short and long programs, coming in 3rd in both to Wendy Burge and Barbie Smith, but she kept her title due to figures.
@k9henrydog 17 жыл бұрын
Gosh, I must be the first to see this! Terrific......
@metsdudenj Жыл бұрын
Christine Errath is the one she kisses for good luck after her performance, they were always cordial with each other. I am not sure how she related to Diane De Leeuw or the other skaters.
@johnorlando9839 Жыл бұрын
The last female to win a world or Olympic championship without a triple jump in their program.
@user-re4hv7ns4g 29 күн бұрын
SHE IS NO PEGGY FLEMING THAT'S FOR SURE JUST A GREAT HAIRCUT
@pocketnunu 15 жыл бұрын
Whoa. Is it my imagination or is she really moving fast? What a great, great skater!
@Shadofx 10 жыл бұрын
Nice job..and here's a mic in your face..lol
@melbags9789 Жыл бұрын
Politics versus then and now; you know what I mean!? 🤔 👍❤✌
@slide4180 10 жыл бұрын
Hamill had great thighs.
@shalom968 13 жыл бұрын
It's amazing how far this sport has come. Back then you could win Worlds with just doubles. Now kids have to waste their entire childhood to practicing too many hours, just to make it to the Olympics where the field is flooded with other athletes who have done the same thing.
@waynehentley4332 2 жыл бұрын
Yes. That's what was required! Period! It wasn't a triple jump fest!
@ladyprudence6 2 жыл бұрын
But they required school figures which are not required today. I doubt kids today would have the patience to learn school figures.
@koolaidnhemlock 14 жыл бұрын
@brabon1 scott for sure. he screams every time someone jumps
@barkingtree88 16 жыл бұрын
You might be mixing up names... both Gus Lussi and Carlo Fassi have since passed away.
@user-re4hv7ns4g 29 күн бұрын
SHE IS NO JANET LYNN
@npe1 14 жыл бұрын
Oh how true malfada22. Is it not just so typical of a younger skater like TheFigrs8er to make a comment based solely on what jumps a skater does? The skaters of today have no edges or finesse compared to the skaters of yesteryear. I think they should rename the sport "Ice Jumping", because that is all it is. I never thought I would say the following: BRING BACK FIGURES!
@dsfddsgh 13 жыл бұрын
How annoying was it for skaters to be interviewed right after they skated in the k&c? I'm glad they ended that practice.
@waynehentley4332 2 жыл бұрын
The TV stations insisted on it!
@kitkat42680643 16 жыл бұрын
LOL :)
@kld9214 9 жыл бұрын
back in the day when an intermediate short program was enough, am i rite ladies?
@IceAintNice 8 жыл бұрын
stupid ass comment!
@Person-mh6xq 5 жыл бұрын
Meester Lilith your comment is worthless and irrelevant.
@waynehentley4332 2 жыл бұрын
@@IceAintNice Ikr?
@waynehentley4332 2 жыл бұрын
You younger people have no idea how much skating has progressed since the 70s. You're now used to seeing multiple triples in every program! Back in the 60s a man could win a World title with one triple!!!
@metsdudenj 15 жыл бұрын
Kimmie is a has been who had one lucky competition, nothing like Dorothy
@TheFigrsk8er 15 жыл бұрын
oh my goodness, the rules back then were no where NEAR as strict as they are in today's figure skating world! only a single axel required at Worlds? wow, i wish that was like this now. But it's obviously because they didn't have the most progressed figure skates back then.
@LORDADONIS35 5 жыл бұрын
It was the rules by the ISU that were the problem. ISU wanted women to only do single and double-double combinations to distinguish between mens and women figure skating. It is well known that Dorthy used to practice and was capable of triple jumps, but was discouraged by her coach Carlo Fassi from doing them because judges would not look too kindly on that kind of technicality. The East German women were also capable of triple jumps but refrained from doing them to keep favor of international judges.
@waynehentley4332 2 жыл бұрын
@@LORDADONIS35 Not true!! You made that all up! Well known by whom? Only you? Errath of East Germany did 3T and 3S in her FS! DeLeew of the Netherlands had a 3T. Fassi himself said Dorothy couldn't do triples! She couldn't rotate fast enough!
@waynehentley4332 2 жыл бұрын
Nonsense! She was a skater of her time. Skating has progressed since the 70s. The top skaters didn't all start doing triples till 1977 and they only attempted one or two. By 1981/82, skaters who couldn't do at least one consistent triple were 'encouraged' to retire. After Elaine Zayak did three 3T and three 3S in 1982, the Zayak rule was instituted. A triple could only be repeated once and only in combination.
@barkingtree88 16 жыл бұрын
Hahahah... Awkward interview at 4:00.
@mlc2005 13 жыл бұрын
How was Dorothy able to get away with her seemingly low technical content. I mean, Janet Lynn came before her and was doing harder combos and moves, and I read that Hamill was the last Olympic/world champ never to do even a single triple. I admire her talent, but she could have pushed the sport further a bit more than she did. She didn't advance it like some of the other legends.
@phillipphillps9719 7 жыл бұрын
I think back then if you were winning free skating with what you did, you didnt bother to do more. It is why Robin Cousins never tried anything harder than a triple loop in competition despite that he probably could have done more.
@aspenrobinson8797 4 жыл бұрын
@@phillipphillps9719 same as Michelle Kwan, she didn't really push for triple -triple combination at all when everyone had them in their program. Shd slways won by playing if safe while others pushed the envelope and fell.
@waynehentley4332 2 жыл бұрын
It's considered low today but wasn't low over 40 years ago. The hardest required jump was a double Axel. Janet took the triple out of her program because it wasn't consistent enough. Errath of East Germany had the 3T and 3S but she wasn't always consistent. De Leeuw had the 3T. Very few women had a triple! It simply wasn't required. Plus they had to focus on their school figures which were 30 % of the final score.
@northsmoket 8 ай бұрын
in 1976, and somewhat up until the abolishment of figures ,the first thing judged was speed and how well a skater performed, how well it was skated. ladies triples came fast and furious after dorothy., and they were and are usually agonizingly telegraphed with serious damage to artistic integrity.
@kevinhebner6773 8 ай бұрын
@@aspenrobinson8797not fact. You might want to revisit the 2000 and 2001 World Championships where Kwan did triple-triple combinations and won both. She also did triple salchow-triple loop combinations often in competition practice sessions.
@user-re4hv7ns4g 29 күн бұрын
SHE WAS OVERRATTED. BUT A GREAT HAIR CUT
@user-re4hv7ns4g 29 күн бұрын
GREAT HAIRCUT HORRIBLE ICE SKATER OVERRATED SHE'S NOTHING LIKE THE RUSSIANS OR THE ROMANIANS OF THE GERMANS
@faeryquene 12 жыл бұрын
@mlc2005 Apparently the other women (and the men also) weren't doing much more than doubles. John Curry did no triples in his gold medal winning Olympic FS in 1976. And the SP for the women one of the requirements was just a single axel! Dorothy just happened to be the best overall of her time at the Olympics.
@nmclewis2 3 жыл бұрын
John Curry did a triple toe loop, a triple loop, and a triple salchow in his gold medal winning Olympic FS in 1976
@waynehentley4332 2 жыл бұрын
Nonsense! Curry did several triples. Watch it again?
@waynehentley4332 2 жыл бұрын
@@nmclewis2 Agree