Sorrt for midori to be born that time. If she was under new judging system, she would have been unbeatable. Stupid old judging system..
@ViardotVSGrisi13 жыл бұрын
i was 15 watching this in the living room with my parents, when she threw in and nailed that second triple axel, I jumped into the air screaming and accidentally broke the glass coffee table in the process. I was laughing and crying and my parents were staring at me in disbelief. The next day I had to confess to them that I was gay. Midori made coming out real easy...
@kohtayasuda19843 жыл бұрын
haha, nice story. Actually Midori have got lots gay fans.
@Antdrgn2 жыл бұрын
Midori Ito triple axel'ed you into coming out! That's fantastic ;)
@mrsfrisby37569 жыл бұрын
I like other skaters, but I LOVE Midori Ito. Pure joy.
@shu30884 жыл бұрын
後半の3Aはもう鳥肌
@realazn10is9 жыл бұрын
Anyone else come here because of Ice Princess ;)
@Rahadian2059 жыл бұрын
haha i came here because of ice princess!
@Bittersweet7218 жыл бұрын
+realazn10is yep
@fliz_girl_77637 жыл бұрын
realazn10is you read minds gu
@binkao29386 жыл бұрын
Guilty lol
@ferushabitus6686 жыл бұрын
haha, i just caught the scene and heard Midori Ito and had to check.
@user-ut9cd4kk4u6 жыл бұрын
Midori is NO 1 sketer !!! I love Midori…‼︎‼︎‼︎
@CamilleNadia8 жыл бұрын
I love how she and the music came to life just as she landed the second triple Axel.
@user-nf1fl1qg4w10 жыл бұрын
She is very beautiful woman. Strong, Challenge, Effort, Humility These four words reflect her personality.
have you noticed that when she fell on her first triple axel the music was kind of sad, or unhappy, and when she lands her second triple axel the music become happy again? The timing of it, in other words, was magnificent. I was so pleased for Midori despite getting the silver. Go Ito! :)
@mlc200515 жыл бұрын
THis really is an inspiring program... I can't believe she landed a triple axle late in the program after not having landed it at all during the practices... She's incredible.
@maybouquet906 жыл бұрын
I sure miss Midori Ito! She's the sweet queen of grace and charm!
@sk8ingcoach110 жыл бұрын
I get goosebumps every time after that 3A
@faeryquene14 жыл бұрын
She nailed a triple axel well into 3:00 in her LP. What a great champion.
@shimmeringfairydust32759 жыл бұрын
LOVE her!
@hirosoma11 жыл бұрын
As an international sport, the word's different forms of artistry should be considered. Midori never used a womanly european sexual style.(exagerrated hip movements and sultry eye contact with audience/judges). Her performances were very asexual.....which is very Japanese! Her greatest artistry was the beauty of her athletic performance. I think figure skating is too often judged by a western perspective of beauty. But the judges are also old, and not born to this international world.
@baritonebynight6 жыл бұрын
I think you are mistaking slutty style for western. Elaine Zayak and Tonya Harding were both Americans who were very athletic skaters too who were judged poorly.
@lsrasr1586 жыл бұрын
very well said. Christopher Dean (of Torvill and Dean) said the same thing about Midori at the 1988 Olympics in Calgary when she gave her incredible long program. He said her skating is the artistry. He also predicted she would be the first woman to successfully land a triple axel in competition. How right he was.
@jjh24565 жыл бұрын
It’s because of Midori Idori ladies figure skating is what it is today. She was the first lady to land a 3lutz, a 3/3 combination, and a 3axel. She was absolutely fearless. Scott Hamilton said one time that it will be another 50 years before we will someone the likes of Midori Ito.
@carrietremble5 жыл бұрын
Denis Bielman was the first lady to land a triple Lutz.
@jjh24565 жыл бұрын
Carrie T whoops...you are right. 1978 European championships.
@eycsfca14 жыл бұрын
Awesome! She is a legend. A perfect triple axel at the end of the program!
@kazzicup15 жыл бұрын
The best long program in Albertville! The most pleasing to the eye!!!
@chrismiksworld6 жыл бұрын
Anyone else look for this after watching Ice Princess...
@Kayaya6 жыл бұрын
omg guilty...
@IrishLinB5 жыл бұрын
After I woke up.. lullaby vs we will rock you. Go for the Gold = exciting skate, win or loose, Midori elevated this sport forever
@moonlightresonance0814 жыл бұрын
wow her triple axel is huge and she enters and exits with so much speed! of course she skates with amazing speed throughout as well!
@akasatana2024 жыл бұрын
I know she didn't plan to do so but it looks like her performance was a well written drama! The timing she chose to do her second triple axel! It was just perfect. This woman surely knew how to win over her audience!!!
@hokkoriimoko11 жыл бұрын
泣いた(;o;)
@ViardotVSGrisi13 жыл бұрын
Ito's game in the ice was a completely different universe than the rest of her competitors. she was a rocket. Marks ultimately don't matter. Remember how Jill Trenary won the world's in 1990? I bet her face melts a little when says today "I was the world champion in 1990". Did Kristi win this meet? yes. Does Midori Ito transform into an eagle when she jumps? yes. Yamaguchi was a fine, world class skater and will always be remembered as such. Ito was a superhuman phenomenon.
@lsrasr1586 жыл бұрын
Midori lost the Olympics more than Kristi won it. the pressure of the japanese press affected her to the point that she lost her concentration and focus and hence fell in short program when she changed triple jumps. Midori's greatness on the ice is now being celebrated on the Olympic Channel. There a 30 one minute videos on impossible moments at the Winter Olympics. Number 11 is Midori's incredible triple axel she landed at Albertville at 3 minutes and 10 seconds of her long program. you can even hear Scott Hamilton yelling "unbelievable" in the background.
@Kreatures1002 жыл бұрын
She had a tough life. She was abandoned by her parents and her coach took her in. She didn't have the body type or natural artistry to create the elegant line. She did have charisma, and you couldn't take your eyes off of her. She was spectacular in the end.
you know..i never got why Midori was docked for her artistry.. through out her skating career she's had one of the best laybacks..foot work sequences..and yes she lacked a tad with extension..so did alot of ladies.. she had the whole package..including of course incredible jumps..really a rare talent..
@jja87502 жыл бұрын
I agree. She wasn't balletic. But she had lovely speed, edges and positions. There was attention to detail.
@julielabelle29072 жыл бұрын
I always thought her artistic was underrated more than Surya Bonaly more smoothness surya had a lot of personality which kind of distracted the performance and better than Tonya
@innerspirit33739 жыл бұрын
Fast powerfull amazing perfomance. The ice princess!
@californiageisha1976 жыл бұрын
I think she would have rather gotten the 6th after failed attempts on 3As than to do a safe performance and get a bronze. What a woman.
@jensh68413 жыл бұрын
so beautiful...
@ericc33476 жыл бұрын
We needs more skaters like Midori! I miss watching her perform. I always hated how the judges scored her artistic ability. I found the energy in her movements on the ice exciting and energizing.
@kev797814 жыл бұрын
she always smile like a happy-go-lucky person. that's why we love her too :)
@mlc200515 жыл бұрын
I think because she was SO ahead of her time technically, she was never noticed for her beautiful artistry... really undermarked on that.
@kev797814 жыл бұрын
her face is always to nice to look at. her smile brightened up the whole rink arena.
@vulpixfairy19852 жыл бұрын
That smile was everything. I was cheering for her the moment she landed on the 2nd triple axel.
@skatefan949513 жыл бұрын
Love Midori--her speed, her power and her exuberance.
@Bnizzofashizzo4 жыл бұрын
She was so trained. You can tell
@mjjoseph502711 жыл бұрын
actually she hit a triple axel in 1989 when she won the world championship. i agree...to think that katarina witt has so many world titles and ito only one...the unfairness of judging at that time
@buffyslays52606 жыл бұрын
Midori ito was ROBBED still a godess!!
@ViardotVSGrisi13 жыл бұрын
starting at 3:23, her soul joins hands with fate. if that is not art, I dont know what is. Scott Hamilton's freak out speaks for the world. Thank you Midori!
@sk8ingcoach112 жыл бұрын
WTF!!!! the judge from Great Britain gave technical merit of 5.6 !!!!!!!!!!!! Are you serious, i would have given 6.0 even with the fall. And i personally thought she had great artistic impression here, i would have given 5.9. I like kristi, but Midori still should have won
@simonsenecal65604 жыл бұрын
Midori would not have won even winning the long program since she was 4th in the short where she fell.
@scotte86293 жыл бұрын
5.6 is dumb, but so is 5.9 and 6.0 with fall (so WTF to that).
@rivapalacio8813 жыл бұрын
Eso es crecerse ante la adversidad. Es una clara muestra de bravura, coraje y valor, gran lección de vida.
@usaskjock2 жыл бұрын
The sheer raw SPEED of this skate - every thing is flying across the ice. Compared with Kristi who was stand around and pose a lot
@sk8ingcoach112 жыл бұрын
What the hell Great Britain
@intldawn15 жыл бұрын
I agree totally. Well said. Verne Lundquist adds so much intelligence and insight into his commentary and it's awesome.
@muscleboi4use11 жыл бұрын
I love this comment... I hadn't quite thought of things from this angle. Thank you for making me look at life from a different perspective.
@kev797814 жыл бұрын
it's so unbelievably amazing to see Midori actually added another triple axel by HERSELF. And she landed that one! That was actually not part of her choreography was it?
@rohanlusab60734 жыл бұрын
1992 olympics is a face off between two japanese girls Midori Ito and Kirstie Yamaguchi albeit Kirstie represent USA. Midori is like Olga Korbut of gymnastics. They both set the bar in their respective sports. Legendary ladies! ❤
@feeer814 жыл бұрын
watching this kind of girls competing just makes my day perfect (:
@nevilluminati559412 жыл бұрын
Best skater on the planet.
@janemariecox65476 жыл бұрын
You go midori
@jbhuer10 жыл бұрын
I think the music wasn't big enough yet at 1:19. Just pick it up at 3:19 and let the music build to one of the greatest jumps ever.
@yakov-nk4vr7 жыл бұрын
she was the best
@tylaw082011 жыл бұрын
やっとみれたーヽ(^0^) いとうさんすごいなぁ
@kev797813 жыл бұрын
Actually, she planned TWO triple axles in the program already. However, the coach let Ito to decide whether to do the second one or not. Since she failed the first one (if she landed it, she would've done a triple axle-triple toe loop), she decided to attempt the second one.
@lsrasr1586 жыл бұрын
I heard the same story. I wonder had she made the 1st (she was very close) triple axel and then triple toe loop, would she have gotten 6.0 across the board and would that have been enough for the gold medal.
@strengthadmirer31845 жыл бұрын
No, because of 2 factors - first, someone ELSE IN addition to Midori had to beat Kristi in the long program, just like in the 1990 Worlds with Trenary. And, second, because the artistic mark was the tiebreaker, and the judges preferred Kristi.
@CodySDivineCreators13 жыл бұрын
WOW!! So her triple axel 3 minutes into the program was improvised???
@Curtis4510012 жыл бұрын
I absolutely concur. Very rare and even though Mao is also able to pull off that specific jump, Midori's appears to be much more athletic don't ya think? In my opinion, she's the best on the ice thus far.......? I love Michelle Kwan as well.............. :)
@RedNekLvr2215 жыл бұрын
I really think Vern and Scott is one of the top 5 announcing/commentating duos ever. They were the perfect combination. It's a shame the Winter Olympics were moved to CBS. I hated to see them not working together anymore. :(
@izzybeth2 жыл бұрын
Midori Ito is a goddamn powerhouse. phenomenal 3A. (what was the GBR judge smoking??)
@kev797814 жыл бұрын
yes, the height was 20 times higher than asada's triple axel.
@crazymisscarlza11 жыл бұрын
Wow
@lutz8414 жыл бұрын
wow ... scott knew it was going to be a triple axel before she got into the air!
@safehaven1115 жыл бұрын
Midori did a great Axel. At least she snuck ahead of Kerrigan.
@muscleboi4use14 жыл бұрын
She surely landed the triple lutz/triple toe comb?? She is an amazing performer and charming person. Personally, I think she has amazing presentation. I really think even the judges mix up 'artistry' and 'presentation'. WHAT was the British judge watching?? SO wrong! And, I am British!
@muscleboi4use14 жыл бұрын
Yes. I wonder what jump was scheduled there. What a sportswoman! I've watched this again, and it is a lovely program and still the British judge 5.6 and 5.5?! I agree WTF!?!?!
@jindasukbunma96575 жыл бұрын
Wow,
@MrTottenham071412 жыл бұрын
5.6???
@ViardotVSGrisi13 жыл бұрын
@agators212 someone in the CBC coverage of this routine said this, which I think sums up it all up: "Flawed, desperate, and unspeakably thrilling. The breakneck pace just leads up to the second triple axel which is done so beautifully and so in perfect time with the music that the breath chokes off." about the girls today we will continue to disagree.
@kev797812 жыл бұрын
it was her now-or-never moment i guess. but i'd say she made a wise choice because without the triple axel even without falling for the second time, she might not be able to make it to the podium.
@ViardotVSGrisi13 жыл бұрын
@skaterdude1962 no way, this is an inspired program. She wasnt very emotive in her face (particularly at the beginning, all nerves). but I think after the fall, when all is lost, right as she enters the adagio section, the program and her become one to the point that I swear, the music inspires her to do the second 3A.
@juancarlossaavedra6757 Жыл бұрын
worst than failure, is not to try.
@Stone.Ng8812 жыл бұрын
Personally, I would have given her the win in this free skate over Yamaguchi, but Yamaguchi deserved gold since only Ito came close.
@pspruce1812 жыл бұрын
GB has historically went down as an a-hole. Really upsetting; s/he was so obsessed with judging that s/he completely missed the point of having the privilege of giving an appropriate mark to a historic performance. The only possible thing I can imagine someone so out of touch saying to themselves is...Triple axel at 3 mins...and by a woman? eh, no biggie...she fell on the first attempt, must deduct = I am a good Olympic judge. FAIL.
@faeryquene14 жыл бұрын
You mean the second one? Scott Hamilton was right there and called it-she threw a second triple axel and landed it-that took all kinds of guts after the first one.
@ViardotVSGrisi13 жыл бұрын
@Shakeshack78 I agree and disagree with you. Midori WAS like shoushunova, but both were artistic, it was just a different body type and they focused on different strengths. Look at shoushunova's 1988 AA FX. That is dramatic, artistic, and severe (like her hair). If you compare her to TODAYs gymnasts, Shoushunova was an artist and so was Midori. I think Midori was a singular artistic and athletic phenomenon. just look at the true heart that takes place as she prepares the second 3A. That's art!
@naesuke12246 жыл бұрын
This is a dumb thing to say but SHE'S SO FAST
@heaintloveu6 жыл бұрын
naesuke1224 I was thinking the same, but I know nothing about it
@Dylvente11 жыл бұрын
I believe the judge was Vanessa Riley. She was notoriously low-marking. Accused of being unfair, yet CONSISTENTLY low-marking, at least for a certain kind of stater, i.e. one who has great strengths yet also significant weaknesses, so Yamaguchi (less jumping ability but better overall skating quality) gets better marks than Ito. I agree that Riley's technical mark was low but, combined with the lower artistic mark, shows that she really just judged differently (but consistently) from others.
@hennagaijin10011 жыл бұрын
Most of the subsequent girls were from Tokyo. Much of the criticism for Midori was the simple fact she's a Nagoya girl.
@Euxiphipops7713 жыл бұрын
@kamwrites Midori had fantastic edges, very good spins and steps, mediocre spirals, unbelievable speed and ice coverage. Thus she was and still is the best skater in termns of technique.
@ViardotVSGrisi13 жыл бұрын
@agators212 i disagree with you (and thats fine, i bet we use different detergents too. Tide forever!). Ito may have lacked FINESSE but she was very sincere and straight forward in her artistry. She's a ballerina next to Bonali and Tonya Harding (now, THEY were trucks). In her jumps, the speed and position in the entries and landing are exemplary and have aesthetic value, fluidity contributing to the arc of movement. as to your last statement: only Ito will surpass ito. none like her today.
@lutz8412 жыл бұрын
@CIBHO Yes I can identify all the jumps. But it might be a double since she already tried her triple. But I guess they have program notes so they know it's not where a 2A is coming plus the way she set up for it looks like it's going to be a triple. That's is also interesting since Scott said it seems she's waiting for the next jump.
@tanyahanna65234 жыл бұрын
Midori Ito..compete..Jun claim for Japan..geisha wife.. prescription..Olympics..the brothers Grimm..🧙♀️💤💤..🐺..wolf!
@Cheydow14 жыл бұрын
@nicashi Sry, I stand corrected. I just meant in the long program she landed 2 and overall she landed 3 in the whole competition. Oops .. ;)
@safehaven1115 жыл бұрын
if she didn't fall. she would've won.
@feeer814 жыл бұрын
@puaalaaumoe no, he meant three, one in short and two in long, and she´s the first to accomplish it
@agators21213 жыл бұрын
@ViardotVSGrisi yes in that aspect i agree. ito will go down for her jumping ability and ahead of her time. but the current japanese girls right now can outclass her because they have managed to put not just phenominal jumps together but actually have grace, flexibility, great spins, and musicality
@ccs0987611 жыл бұрын
음 ..대단하네요.저렇게 높이 뛴다는게....
@garysimmons14853 жыл бұрын
Did the British judge even watch the program??
@faeryquene14 жыл бұрын
@gabbaman77 Yes that's right-that's why I said in my original post that she threw it WELL into (I meant after) the 3:00 mark.
@kev797814 жыл бұрын
@USAGymnast not really, her total score with Yamaguchi is only 0.6 lesser than Yamaguchi. So, if she didn't fall, she would've won.
@dsfddsgh14 жыл бұрын
No one lands the triple axel on the ladies side better then Midori Ito. Best one she ever did was at the 1990 Worlds. It was huge almost like the ones that the men do. Asada's tripe axel isn't impressive at all though you have to give it to her for even trying to land them.
@barefacedquestions11 жыл бұрын
But the fact that Mao is much taller than Midori also makes it harder for her to jump. That's why skaters often have problems with jumps when they experience a growth spurt.
@Cheydow14 жыл бұрын
I think he said Mao was the first to land 2 triple axels in the Olympics. :)
@anne9127611 жыл бұрын
I think Mao Asada is more with artistry for her beautiful spirals. I've seen elegance with her spirals even with some of her jumps, but I think Mao's spiral trumps that of Michelle Kwan, even Michelle did display pure elegance of her own. I don't think Mao needs facial expression to prove anything otherwise. Midori Ito is completely different from Mao Asada, you cannot find any similarities between the two.
@sleepingsleepsleep12 жыл бұрын
oh. meh. bawlz.
@quiddy13 жыл бұрын
@kazzicup she didn't, looks like they changed the her program to do a double-lutz-triple toe, seeing the issues she had had in practices with the 3lutz after her short program fall.