Giving her the silver medal here was one of the most sad things in the history of figure skating: she DESERVED the gold, she was just INCREDIBLE, I don't have words to describe her jumps, her spins, her ARTISTRY: who cares if her choreography was not as the other girls'? Who cares if she didn't move like a ballet dancer? She had the speed, the energy, the joy of performing, you could really see that she loved skating and this is the most important thing! Every figure skater should know Midori
Amazing triple axel. Incredible height and perfect landing. 25 years later, no other ladies skater has come close.
@Carlos-hi1uc2 жыл бұрын
Harding si lo ha hecho
@stephanjiricek85338 ай бұрын
@@Carlos-hi1uc Sorry, Harding landed some, but they were way inferior. Lower height and often out of axis with a shaky landing...but of course still much more impressive than all the super-thin-superfast-rotating kids today.
@user-mw9hv4nc5l Жыл бұрын
全ての理屈をぶっ飛ばす結果を問答無用で魅せてくれる それが真のカリスマですよね!
@user-qf5kb1dy2q Жыл бұрын
Spectacle to watch! Such a joyful and the best skater she has been even today 2023!
Easily. She got like 3 feet off the ice and covered about 12 to 15 feet in distance with such an easy looking landing.
@bkimatab14 жыл бұрын
It is absolutely amazing how graceful she pulled off that triple axel. It really requires strenght so I'm astounded she was able to make it look like nothing. And not only that, but the jump was high and far! Amazing!
I don't get why people keep saying that Midori lacked artistry. I heard people rave about her jumping ability before actually watching her performance, so I assumed that she was just a power jumper. I was wrong. She was full of artistry in my opinion. Artistry doesn't have to be flirty sultry like Yuna. Midori is artistic for being original and natural. She also has beautiful footwork, great flow, powerful spin and flexible lyaback.
@koolaidnhemlock3 жыл бұрын
she had a poor line and didn't point her toe which is a peeve of mine.
@sgeetha73503 жыл бұрын
@@koolaidnhemlock well Yuna can't point her toes or do a proper arabesque spiral either.. so it's all subjective..
@jondavwal132 жыл бұрын
There is more than one way to be artistic. She was lovely, exciting and had charisma to rival Kwan and Janet Lynn. She was also extremely musical and had a sense of drama. To reduce artistry to pointed toes is having a tiny little mind. When you watched Midori you were riveted with excitement. That is artistry.
@tjp2109 Жыл бұрын
Because she broke all the rules and was ahead of her time. People wanted their female skaters like ballerinas
@KM-un5mw5 жыл бұрын
天才!魅力的!大好き❤
@iluvbluecookies973 жыл бұрын
My fave Midori free skate. I think she was just such a powerful skater and Scheherazade is such epic music and I know skating is more than jumps but the technical content here is just so impressive like that moment when she lands the triple axel right on the music is just such an iconic moment for me like why do I have such goosebumbs watching this in 2021?
@kengo7273 Жыл бұрын
Midori's synchronicity with music is wonderful and artistic.
@OCEDNO12 жыл бұрын
Yes, Midori is the best jumper ever. It is amazing her energy. Triple axel at the begining and triple triple combination at the end. It is great!!!
@skatefan949513 жыл бұрын
Fantastic skate. Her technical ability is unmatched, even today. And her triple axel is better than most men's 3As.
@Saucyakld5 жыл бұрын
She is amazing, at this stage getting better and better ! I just adore her and her style! ❤👍
@kenmoreSF6 жыл бұрын
That triple axel was sublime.
@castor22pollux15 жыл бұрын
She was THE BEST in women´s competition, ever! Such ease in the jumps, incredible rotation, she was incredible! Which girl was able to show such jumps with such ease? Nobody! If figures hadn´t existed in the past, no skater would have had any chance to beat her, because she was UNBEATABLE, I think she would have won nearly all competitions! Midori was a gift for us and for the ISU. Unbelievable, brilliant, breathtaking ice-skater. No wonder, she had the nickname: Tsunami girl! One word:LEGEND
@nomads7710 жыл бұрын
I love this girl. Even though the judges were extremely corrupt, I miss the old scoring system. The new system is so boring! Too bad they couldn't clean the old system up. Back to Midori. Even though she was never the greatest artist, she made huge improvements from her fantastic performance at the 88 Olympics. Great music choice and just so adorable and humble and just electrified the audience. DYNAMITE!
@user-hi7jw7lm8b4 жыл бұрын
スピード感すごい
@CEKCooking5 жыл бұрын
She is my all time favorite. Even though there are more skaters could skate more smoothly and beautifully, Midori is one of a kind. She is revolutionary. She is a pioneer. She is Midori Ito.
@lsrasr1585 жыл бұрын
CEK cooking - Midori was a power skater. There is true beauty in her skating. She just doesn't come off "dainty" like a Kristi or a Nancy. Christopher Dean, of Torvill and Dean, was doing the commentary for Australian TV of the ladies long program at the Calgary olympics. I read he said of Midori's electrifying long program when she was downgraded with the artistic marks that her skating was the artistry. Dorothy Hamill the 76 gold medallist and a very artistic skater said when comparing Kristi and Midori at the albertville olympics, "Kristi is musical and graceful, but Ito is something special. When Midori skates, I am on the edge of my seat."
@CEKCooking5 жыл бұрын
@@lsrasr158 Thank you so much for your informative responses. In fact, I also enjoy Kristi Yamaguchi's Olympic performance a lot. Beside her artistry in skating, Kristi's will and strength was spectacular. However, after 10 20 years, only MIdori would be the one hauntingly remembered........ I agreed with what Christopher Dean had said about Midori. I think her skating itself is already an art in figure skating history.
@lsrasr1585 жыл бұрын
@@CEKCooking excellent choice of words in describing Midori "hauntingly remembered". Those words aptly describe the last minute of her Albertville olympics LP when she completes the 1st triple axel by a woman in olympic history at 3 minutes and 10 seconds of her LP. I also like your use of the word "revolutionary" in describing Midori. If you watch the 1991 Lalique tourney LP of Midori, Scott Hamilton says during her technical marks presentation "It is hard to compare any skater to Midori, she has revolutionized ladies free skating". If you have not already watched it, the olympic channel honored Midori's triple axel at albertville. if you search "midori impossible" in youtube search you can view it.
@jonathanzhang33103 жыл бұрын
Absolutely gorgeous!
@zakariabelkadi978210 ай бұрын
The best woman skater ever.
@shineluvslambiel14 жыл бұрын
That height on that triple axel is the most freaking amazing thing i've ever seen. its not human!!
Her positions and transitions are one of the best during her era. that can't be disputed.
@allansuaza15 жыл бұрын
Wow! Never seen this program before, and though she finished second, this was truly skated like a champion!
@BeliaMadHatter14 жыл бұрын
she was sooooo amazing *.*
@user-yoshi864 ай бұрын
スケーティングのスピードが凄い。ファンの歓声も絶叫レベルってのが凄い。
@htownhomie0610 жыл бұрын
Midori was way ahead of her time. And to think this class including Yamaguchi, Harding and Bonaly completely revolutionizing the sport. Make way for the athletes, lol!
@mariyasuvorova28064 жыл бұрын
Великая Мидори !!!
@user-yf9ej3ho3g5 жыл бұрын
2019.2.27 まだ視てる。 このジャンプの高さ、何ですか?
@user-oj2vb6gk7f3 жыл бұрын
2020.10.7まだ見てる このジャンプの高さ化け物です。
@skatefan949515 жыл бұрын
Her triple axel is so high, it's almost super-human. She remains the gold standard in women's jumping.
@blingblingshineshine12 жыл бұрын
Watching her is amazing.
@cutelilpooky15 жыл бұрын
she's great!
@Windlespoon15 жыл бұрын
This is just amazing...
@jondavwal1311 жыл бұрын
Ito was a once in 50 year skater. She revolutionized the sport. SHE is the greatest skater never to win a gold medal at the Olympics, not Kwan. That triple axel looks like science fiction.
@lsrasr1586 жыл бұрын
Two Olympic medalists, Scott Hamilton and Toller Cranston both used the same comparison for Midori. Both stated it will be 50 years before we see anyone like her again.
@DAREALAndyRampage4 жыл бұрын
it is certainly WRONG that She didn't Win a GOLD in ONE Of those Olympics that She was in!!
@brucemacneil87934 жыл бұрын
@@DAREALAndyRampage Surely if she didn't fall in the SP and had hit both 3Axls in the LP, she would have won in 1992. And she probably should have at least won the LP in 1988 over Manley. Something I've never seen discussed much is was her 14th place in figures in 1988 OG the correct placement?
@DancerAngel2214 жыл бұрын
She really has more power and more speed when she skates, you can see it in her jumps. She was amazing
@sk8ingcoach113 жыл бұрын
AMAZING PROGRAM...
@JBlue76198210 жыл бұрын
Disgusting that this did not win gold! Soooo good!
@kev797811 жыл бұрын
took words right out of my mouth. bravo!
@sre1000012 жыл бұрын
I love the way she waves at the camera at the end. She is humble and so graceful!
seeying one of the most greatest 3 axels i love the reaction of the people when she was making the 3-3 because she was so close to the barrier, they should pass this again at tv like this the new skaters(men/woman)could learn something about someone who always have that chemistry with the audience
@yukkiti478ki14 жыл бұрын
Great! She is super girl!!
@mlc200515 жыл бұрын
She is the best jumper ever for ladies... there will never be another one like her... she is so damn far ahead of her time.
Nearly 20 years after and the performance still looks so impressive....that triple axel is just incredible...thanks for the video!
@DAREALAndyRampage4 жыл бұрын
Midori Ito!
@PeekaPeep14 жыл бұрын
Yup, she's the one that finally put Japan on the FS map!!! Her influence on that sport was similar to Ichiro crossing over to MLB. Simply one-of-a-kind. There will NEVER be another like her in my lifetime (probably, but I hope I'm wrong-lol). ;-)
@trevorjohnson29908 жыл бұрын
You must check out this same program that she skated earlier at the NHK Trophy - it was literally PERFECTION!!! She received a perfect 6.0 for BOTH technical and artistic presentation - with 1 skater left, to boot! She landed every single one of her planned 7 triples [2 in combination] with absolute sheer perfection. It is sublime and seminal! I don’t believe a skater can skate any more brilliantly! I still give the VERY SLIGHTEST!! edge to her 1989 World LP - and ONLY because I believe the musical presentation was better suited to her fierce athleticism and skating presentation. I feel this music was chosen only in response to the community’s unfair and unwarranted criticism to her “lack” of artistry. But her BRILLIANT 1988 Olympic short and long programs are still to this day [02/29/2016] second only to her 1989 World winning performance, given the respective venues!
@lsrasr1586 жыл бұрын
I watched the NHK Trophy skate. It was perfection. I did love this skate and music. As far as rating her skates as you did above, i go with 1989 World winning performance, then this performance then Calgary long program. All 3 are shear brilliance. As Toller Cranston said in the Canadian version of this skate, no one is her league. Her triple axel in this skate and the NHK Trophy skate are incredible. But my favorite triple axel of Midori's and I think her greatest and possibly the greatest ever landed was the one at Albertville, given the venue and the fact she did it at 3 minutes and 10 seconds into the Long Program. The Olympic Channel has honored that triple axel as one of its 30 impossible moments from all the Winter Olympic Games held (up to 2018). Number 11. Check it out.
@castor22pollux15 жыл бұрын
Unbelievable girl! Unbelievable rotations! She was unbelievable and the best of all girls in the jumps, ever!
" Triple Axel - as good as any we've seen the whole week even in the men's competition"
@kaisersweeta16 жыл бұрын
most perfect and most beautiful and most exciting..
@thomstephens14 жыл бұрын
I couldn't agree with you more! Well said!
@tally16049 жыл бұрын
agree with the soviet judge giving her a 5.9 for artistic impression. she was head and shoulder above the rest of the field.
@Tramoaky15 жыл бұрын
Etheric Midori Ito is really legend. Clearly proved itself to be the best of all. How could she do it? How could she proved it?
@kaisersweeta17 жыл бұрын
6.0!!!
@sk8412c14 жыл бұрын
plus her triple toe-triple toe was at the end of the program. Really just fantastic skating - i don't think any woman will ever skate like that again. Surely none has skated like her since - and it has been almost 20 years!
@sugar1on2top315 жыл бұрын
I am amazed by how high she can get whenever she jumps 3A.
@kaisersweeta16 жыл бұрын
midori is the best!!
@jabolanos16 жыл бұрын
hehe that lutz and the axel its just away of textbook there is no words for those jumps even today