Janet Lynn - 1973 U.S. Figure Skating Championships

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Janet Lynn - 1973 U.S. Figure Skating Championships - Free Skate

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Күн бұрын

Music: La Mer by Debussy, Valses nobles et sentimentales, M. 61: No. 2, Assez lent by Ravel, La Valse M. 72 by Ravel

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@sgsmozart 3 жыл бұрын

This is so much more beautiful to watch than skaters flailing all over the ice and doing endless quad jumps !

@pelicanus11 Жыл бұрын

.EXACTLY janet etheraeal artistic skating is fascinating to watch im over the jumping beans racing around at one speed. Todays skater should take a lesson from Janet Lynn

@twilightblue8566 Жыл бұрын

The skaters now are under so much pressure to get the next big jump in. I would not be surprised if women are expected to jump quads soon.

@twilightblue8566 Жыл бұрын

Janet was so adorable with a bright smile like her dress, and also had such a beautiful style when she skated. She was a joy to watch.

@mikeg8375 Жыл бұрын

The way the audience applauds the spin around 0:40 shows you how special her skating really was. She had the audience in the palm of her hand so much that they were applauding a spin which you rarely see. I still think she might be the greatest free skate skater ever. The jumps have evolved in a bunch of ways since her time but nobody skates with this level of beauty anymore...

@iluvbluecookies97 Жыл бұрын

Her skating is so ethereal and mesmerizing. This is the kind of program that I wish would never end, that kind of quality.

@matthough3590 2 жыл бұрын

The seamlessness between moves is what separates Janet from everyone else. You can't anticipate what move she's going to do because it's almost like a whole. That's what makes her truly unique.

@Itstonytime77 2 жыл бұрын

Her skating is so soft and gentle and beautiful, you really don’t see this at all now.

@MT-he9fy 21 күн бұрын

Most aesthetic rotations ever and the entire routine was full of energy with grace and style. I love her air position with the rotation happening at the height of the jump. She's one of the greatest skaters ever IMHO. Her double Axel has no cheating skid or toe stump, just clean off of the edge with perfect vertical position and rotation at the apex. Plus she made it look effortless, never type casting her jumps and she never ran out of energy late in the program. Fresh all of the way through with beautiful choreography, smooth yet difficult connecting moves and the entire program was a perfectly executed masterclass!

@omayragonzalez9103 8 жыл бұрын

Her layback spin is beautiful

@fitgraphisva 4 жыл бұрын

omayra...I completely agree. The turnout of the hip and the free foot parallel to the ice. No one can do this any longer. They do not even try. It's also really beautiful in her 1970 WFSC performance, which is available here.

@fitgraphisva 9 жыл бұрын

My all-time favorite. Case closed.

@fitgraphisva 7 жыл бұрын

We should talk about the music. Back in the 70s, without today's modern studio production, a lot of the programs had horrendous musical edits, Janet's included. This, program, skated to what I'll call "Impressionist" composers, Debussy and Ravel, sounded much more seamless in its delivery, and was really a step forward in untraditional, though incredibly flowing, choreography. It's really different and remarkable, even the way Janet throws her arms in the air as her ending pose as La Valse comes to its explosive ending. Thanks.

@sottosopravoce 3 жыл бұрын

I appreciate your insight!

@fitgraphisva 3 жыл бұрын

Sottosopra Voce...Thank you so much! That's such a nice thing to say. The world needs more people like you.

@pacather 7 жыл бұрын

Probably the most influential female skater ever. Still an impressive performance after more than 40 years.

@djs2356 3 жыл бұрын

she puts her entire soul into the performance!!!!!...typical Janet Lynn.

@VioletJoy 3 жыл бұрын

I had somehow never before heard of Janet Lynn. Wow! She amazing!!! 💛💛💛

@notnek202 6 жыл бұрын

The best free skater ever !!!

@pelicanus11 Жыл бұрын

100%!

@englishclasschaug 8 жыл бұрын

My golly, she's an AMAZING spinner!

@IceAintNice 6 жыл бұрын

Blu Skates honestly she really isn't. Not being mean I promise.

@conniebarnes9274 6 жыл бұрын

Back On Thelce, You are an idiot for posting that. Not being mean, I promise.

@grantnoroyan9275 6 жыл бұрын

she was a good spinner jumper and overall skating quality was amazing especially for this time period

@barbaraboney6393 7 жыл бұрын

SHE IS SIMPLY GREAT ,SHE MUST HAVE BEEN ONE OF MICHELLE KWANS IDOL ,BC I SEE ALOT OF SIMILARITES

@terpmaniac 3 жыл бұрын

Just beautiful.

@KK-hp1sx 5 жыл бұрын

４５年ぶりに見ましたが素晴らしい。🎵ラ・ヴァルスという選曲もプログラム構成も振付も、彼女の才能が素晴らしいから出来た事です

@karentiedemann1214 5 ай бұрын

delightful interpretation

@bassethound1 4 жыл бұрын

She so should have stayed on until 1976.

@user-ll3yx7tx3w 3 ай бұрын

I can’t wait to watch you dance and skate with the Lord in your glorified body! ❤❤❤❤❤

@sgresham45 9 жыл бұрын

Superb!

@piajustpia9089 11 ай бұрын

The best ever!

@operadoc 8 жыл бұрын

They don't skate like this any longer. I wonder if there is a way to display this artistry and still do triple jumps.

@erika6651 2 жыл бұрын

Triple jumps? The ladies have moved onto quads now. Michelle and Yuna I fear were the last elegant skaters.

@operadoc 2 жыл бұрын

@@erika6651 I agree. It is unwatchable now

@operadoc 2 жыл бұрын

Midori Ito would have been able to compete today and had sufficient artistry to be watchable

@valmacclinchy Жыл бұрын

@@erika6651 Mariah Bell is outstanding, too..though she just retired from competing. Hopefully elegance and artistry will make a comeback.

@northsmoket 9 ай бұрын

no i dont believe so. there is too much dead time leading into triples for most ladies. damn the triples . i prefer very high double jumps i.e. dorothy hamill , rosalyn sumners, peggy fleming

@janetmiller2160 5 жыл бұрын

Seems like the skating is completely risk-free for the observer. Falling does not seem to be a possibility. Maybe I mean the flow of the skating feels seamless and completely natural. ((Even perfect.))

@fitgraphisva 4 жыл бұрын

Janet...Very interesting comment...and I agree completely!

@Stacebo1974 3 жыл бұрын

This comment perfectly encapsulates what it feels like to watch an exceptional craftsperson. It is the same for me with vocal music. I appreciate singing that is free of over- embellished showboating and straining. I want to feel delivered. I don't want to notice the delivery.

@user-ns8rt8nw1n 3 жыл бұрын

滑らかでいいね彼女のスケーティングは本当に美しい小さい頃からきっとスケートに親しんできたんだね板についています衣装もよくお似合い彼女は赤黄色明るい色が似合います表情も豊かだし私の青春でした今どうしているかしら日本にも来てよくその集会にも行きました買っても真似してみました

@nancysfigureskating2214 9 жыл бұрын

she was much more exciting to watch than Peggy Fleming ever was.

@IceAintNice 6 жыл бұрын

Nancy's Figure Skating That has to be the stupidest fucking comment ever on KZfaq.

@mmills5951 4 жыл бұрын

Nancy's Figure Skating I agree. Not necessarily better, but more exciting. Janet’s constant smile draws you in. Peggy was more of an introvert in her skating style, maybe a little more lyrical and graceful than Janet. But it’s subjective.

@bernieudo4399 4 жыл бұрын

Peggy's was cerebral. Classical. Really a result of emphasis on school figures combined with her natural ballet expression.

@Person-mh6xq 4 жыл бұрын

Nancy's Figure Skating I agree!! Peggy skated with an “old fashioned” way of moving. Janet felt much more contemporary and skated with total abandon.

@Person-mh6xq 2 жыл бұрын

@@IceAintNice actually, yours is.

@IndianOutlaw1870 2 жыл бұрын

I always liked Janet's skating a little better than Dorothy Hamill's. No disrespect to Dorothy intended.

@3l3llala13 Жыл бұрын

I wonder who won the CF and SP ? My guess is that Dorothy won the SP.

@acatinny 9 жыл бұрын

Dick stated that Janet was second after the compulsory and second after the SP, then I wonder who were the first for those parts of this competition. As Janet was leading into FP, not the same skater won those two. I bet one of them was Dorothy, then who was the other? Julie had already retired at that time, right?

@skatefan9495 9 жыл бұрын

acatinny I believe Dorothy was first in the short program.

@pepitone201 9 жыл бұрын

+acatinny Diane Goldstein who finished 4th overall won the figures at the 1973 US Nationals. Janet actually never had won the figures portion of the event at any of her five US National wins. Yes, Dorothy Hamill did win the short. Janet had a slight slip on her double axel/ double toe combo and two footed her single axel.

@acatinny 9 жыл бұрын

Thanks idolfan9495 & pepitone201 for the information on the very interesting history :)

@sarahbgln 4 жыл бұрын

Will someone tell me the name of the piece of music that begins at 2:16 and goes until the end of her layback spin?? The slowest period of her program. I can't find it within La Mer at all and thought it would be from this. So it's likely something completely different.

@fitgraphisva 4 жыл бұрын

sarahbgln...I THINK (but not completely sure) it is one of the Gymnopedies by Erik Satie. He created at least three of these...the third of which is the most famous. Michelle Kwan also used one in the middle of her masterpiece, Lyra Angelica. CORRECTION! See Pogi's response below.

@fitgraphisva 4 жыл бұрын

Pogi...Thanks for correcting and clarifying! It is a beautiful piece of music!

@sarahbgln 3 жыл бұрын

@@michelle3243 I found it through an app for identifying music

@GoldenAgeofFS 3 жыл бұрын

@@michelle3243 Thanks. I just corrected it.

@dianec5382 8 жыл бұрын

One of my biggest peeves with figure skaters...wearing tights WAY too dark for their natural coloring. Janet is very fair, blonde, & she's wearing extremely dark tights. Polina Edmonds is the #1 offender in this regard now.

@englishclasschaug 8 жыл бұрын

I hear ya on that one. But they only make those tights in that ridiculous color. We can't use tights from target as they'd be shredded in seconds. It's a really thick strong material, which comes in only one skin-tone, umpaloopa.

@JennaWallgren 6 жыл бұрын

Blu Skates yup

@dmmchugh3714 5 жыл бұрын

And her outfits were very plain. Not even a hint of sequin on any dress !

@flightoflightning2505 Ай бұрын

@@dmmchugh3714Skaters didn’t really wear sequins until Fratianne came.

@MT-he9fy 21 күн бұрын

I would beg to differ as I don't think a light leg color would work well with the yellow outfit especially when contrasting to the white ice. Frankly, she was so cute that she didn't need an overdone skating dress or anything fancy. I appreciate the clean elegance and youthful presentation. Skating dresses have changed drastically since that era where money has become too paramount.

@user-ku3ud5oe4m 3 жыл бұрын

Janet Lynn =14+11=25 Lynn Nowicki=11+14=25 Janet Lynn Nowicki+Chicago=39+13=52 1953 Apr 6th in Rockford=17 Chicago Illinois=13+12=25 Janet Lynn + Rockford Chicago=55 1968, 14yo=Janet=Nowicki, 9th in Grenoble 1972, 18yo=札幌, bronze in Sapporo=Chicago=13 1975=乙卯年=52=Janet Lynn Nowicki+Chicago, retired

@iriswigle 9 жыл бұрын

Janet Lynn had the same program which rarely changed, however, Janet skated under several alias one being that of Katarina Witt, right? Why? Cause Janet's mother kept sending the police to make an arrest to stop the sclerodemic patient from skating, thus, Janet was banned from skating in Canada as signed by the Queen of England, right, as kept in the Windsor, Ontario police station of the 1970's?

@metsdudenj 9 жыл бұрын

iris wigle are you high?

@SandyKH 6 жыл бұрын

Katarina Witt skated for East Germany in the 80s. Janet Lynn was of polish descent and grew up in Illinois. She was the world's best at free skating but was not as good at school figures, which held her back. The public didn't like that she never got the chance to shine and win and the sport changed... simply to give better chances to people like her. She made skating an art... felt every beat of the music and let that dictate her steps.

@chooseyourpoison5105 3 жыл бұрын

What on earth are you on about? Or more to the point, what on earth are you on?

@flightoflightning2505 Ай бұрын

This comment made no sense I read it 3 times over are you on drugs???

@karenkoe7096 6 жыл бұрын

Crappy music selection. I know you can't compare athletes from different eras but I have to wonder what kind of score this routine would get today.

@skatefan9495 5 жыл бұрын

Ravel is "crappy?" Her skating skills are better than any skater skating today.

@mikeg8375 Жыл бұрын

If you know that you can't compare athletes from different eras then why are you trying to do it? And "crappy music selection" sounds a bit hypercritical to me. Ravel's music has been used by skaters for decades and I think it suited her perfectly.

@MT-he9fy 21 күн бұрын

Well since your are going there, let's put the big money, the lighter, stronger boots and blades with the harnesses and all of the training apparatus and tools of today into a young Janet Lynn, who obviously has all of the physical skills and I think she would be very competitive today. Plus I liked her selection of music and her technique as a former competitive skater myself. She is one of the greatest skaters of all time IMHO especially when all skating skills, grace, style, air position and aesthetics are considered.