不世出の名選手であったことと、技術的な解説がきちんと出来るかどうかは別じゃない？ 私のようなバカ猿が見ても分かる安藤美姫の4Sを3Sと言い張ったのはダメだった。

erika morseさん 意見をうかがって2つ感動しました。 1つ目、 伊藤みどりは誰からも愛されていますよね。私も大好きです。言葉にすれば一晩掛かっても言い尽くせないくらいに。 それを貴方は実に端的に的確にに表現してくれました。 とても素敵な事です。 2つ目、 解説やメディアでの使われ方に関してです。こちらにも的確な意見を仰っている。 仰る通りだと思います。 私見ですが、 多分解説はご本人が嫌がっていると思いますよ。「技術解説が下手」なのではなく、「空気読むのが好きじゃない=解説が下手」なのだと思います。 伊藤みどりがキムヨナの解説をするシーンをイメージするだけで、ご飯三杯食べられそうな感じじゃないですか。(ジジイの世代の言回しでスミマセン) テレビ局も利益考えずに本放送の解説は荒川静香に任せて、副音声で伊藤、八木沼、浅田にお菓子を食べながらの雑談解説を流して欲しいのが私の本音です。 絶対にやらないだろうが間違いなく面白いですよ。 本当なら伊藤みどり程のレジェンドはもっともっと大切に扱わなければならないのに、日本人は何をしているのか？ まぁ子供相手に指導する表情も素敵なので、伊藤みどりはどんな環境でも『伊藤みどり』なんですよね。

みどりは天才だから、自由にすればいい。解説など無用。

She could’ve easily won the 1990 worlds as well as medal in Calgary had it not been for CF (although she was very underscored in Calgary)

@@mht4908 I agree! F CF!!! Who cares about clean edges and patterns!!!! ISU was so messed up back then!!!!

@@JYoder The problem was they began phasing out figures way too late. Only began in 73 after Schuba was booed for winning competitions over better free skaters like Janet Lynn, Karen Magnussen and others. They couldn't get rid of them right away, so it took 18 years of gradual phasing out. They needed to begin a lot sooner than they did.

It is impossible to say. She would have had a ton of pressure again, and we saw what happened in 92, and then in 96 it was even worse. All you can say is she definitely could have won gold if she skated to her potential, especialy as Biaul and Kerrigan are easier competition than Kristi, but there is still no way of knowing what would happen with all the pressure she would be under.

@@sargeminus1727 If Midori skated clean, it did not matter who she skated against, Kristie, Nancy, Oksana, Tonya, Midori would win. Problem was she was the premier athlete in Japan and the Japanese media would have hounded her again in Lilihammer like they did in Albertville. Besides it did not pay for Midori to stay amateur. Pro skating was doing very well at this time. She turned pro and beat Kristie in the 1993 world professional championship. MIdori had lived with her coach for many years. I am sure at her young age of 22 after Albertville, she wanted to be independent and start making money. Turning pro made a great deal of sense for her.

I think Kihari now has the next best triple axel after Midori. I still prefer Midori's for its amazing power. Tonya was a spectacular jumper but I didnt like her triple axel that much, it always had an ugly lean even when she landed it clean, which is probably one reason she usually missed it. I much prefer Tonya's other jumps like triple lutz, triple flip, and triple loop to her triple axel.

@@sargeminus1727 Rika does have a beautiful triple axel. And now Alysa Liu at 12 years old has landed a triple axel at the Asian open which is international competition. I don't know if any lady will ever perform a triple axel like Midori. Her power, speed, height, reckless abandon is unmatched. I do agree with you about Tonya's triple axel, great power but that terrible tilt which usually caused her to fall on it. Still Tonya was a strong skater . I remember Scott Hamilton saying at the Albertville Olympics that Tonya was the 2nd best technical skater in the world after Midori.

@@lsrasr158 Scott was fairly decent in his commentary towards Harding, even while it was clear he was not a fan of her style, he still respected her talent. Until after the Kerrigan clubbing. In Lillehammer he showed plain disgust in his commentary on her, and anytime he talked about her after. Granted she showed up in Lillehammer in horrible shape and skating nowhere near as well as even the 94 Nationals which was the best she had looked since late 91, so there wasnt a lot positive to say, but I think he also considered her a criminal (probably correctly) and was disgusted by her by then.

@@lsrasr158 The crazy thing is if Harding had been trained for the 92 Games and skated like she did at 91 Skate America, minus the silly double axel fall in the short which is easily fixable, she probably would have won gold in Albertville. Both Yamaguchi and Ito were subpar and made major errors, even Kristi in the long not only missed the salchow (like usual) but the loop as well. Had Harding skated like 91 Skate America, it would be almost impossible to not give her the gold. Then she could have either gone pro, or already been rich, and the whole ridiculousness of 94 and the Kerrigan clubbing never happens now. 94 she was never really considered a contender anymore, despite that the field was weaker in 92. She just wasnt considered a top skater anymore. 92 was her big chance, 94 she never had much of a prayer even without the clubbing.

@@sargeminus1727 I personally think if all the top skaters at Albertville skated their best, Midori would have won gold, Tonya would have won silver (or Kristi) and then bronze to Kristi (or Tonya). Midori skated beautifully and won the Lalique tourney at Albertville a few months before the 92 Olympics. I read that when Midori arrived in Albertville she was doing 3A-3T in practices (there are videos of it), which Tonya could not do. But the Japanese media onslaught wore her down and the Surya Bonaly backflip almost hitting her the day of the SP, broke her concentration and she fell on the triple lutz, a jump she has done hundreds of times, killing her chances at gold. I don't know why Tonya did not properly train for Albertville. Was she upset with Dodi her coach, don't know. Scott loved Tonya at 1991 skate america comparing her to Midori and saying Tonya was the only woman in the world who could compete jump for jump with Midori. There is a video interview of Scott talking about the rise and fall of figure skating in the 90's. He blames figure skating's fall from popularity on the Tonya Nancy incident. Watch it. Also search in youtube "Midori Tonya". you will see a video of Tonya talking about Midori's skating at the lalique tourney and why Tonya did not compete at this tourney, which was probably a big mistake on her part being so close to the albertville olympics.

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