plumeria66 Agreed. Oksana was far superior. Nancy Kerrigan, was very beautiful and skated very well, but robotic. Oksana is a total natural; a superstar.

I think cheerleaders could emotionally connect better to any crowd than Nancy Kerrigan

What a sweet and gorgeous angel Oksana is. I will never forget the nasty comment Nancy Kerrigan made about the dress Oksana was wearing. And Oksana was barely a tiny 16 year old little girl from Ukraine, while Kerrigan was already 24 years old !!! Oksana: you stole the hearts of millions of people here in the USA and all over the world. Not only Oksana is gorgeous, but extremely feminine, discrete and s delicate as the sweetest flower in the prairie.

You need to watch this massively beautiful presentation from Oksana Baiul... It is simply breathtaking, and this gorgeous Ukrainian girl was barely 16 years old !!!. Open this link and look for this: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/b9F8e5ygt7fHfJc.html

I just read that she is the only Ukrainian skater to have won gold. Not sure how I arrived here but have enjoyed this look back in time.

Oksana Baiul knows how to interpret the music, otherwise Nancy Kerrigan skates like a distraction from prom. Oksana as a pro was disappointing however, I know she had many personal issues and lead to decline in professional pro skaters skatings.

She's one with the ice. They belong together

Yes. The young lady deserved her way to our hearts. As for Nancy, everything that she exudes is tastless and disrespectful.

And there's never been another skater like her since. Love Oksana 💖🕊

Kerragan was not that good. Awkward looking

One of the best short programs in history. I still remember watching it and my jaw literally dropped.

Rob J I agree, however, Julia Lipnitskya was pretty close in her prime. She is the Russian girl who killed it during the team event in Sochi, securing the gold for the Russian team as the girl in the red coat skating to music from Schindler's List at just 15 years old. She struggled in the singles competition (placing 5th I believe) as a result of the media attention after her gold medal win for the Russian team, as she and members of her family were followed everywhere they went, constantly stopped and intruded upon (listening devices were found in her locker at her rink in Moscow where she went back to train for the single events after her team win) and swarmed by paps and fans (or stans) constantly, with the whole country taking immense interest in her every move, placing huge expectations and pressures on her til she cracked. Post Olympics, she was heavily scrutinized about her weight, as she was going through puberty and her body changing affecting her skating, which is completely normal with girls having to relearn balance and control and find their center for jumps and such and she began to struggle, but seemed to find her groove, until ultimately after disappointing (not terrible, with some amazing programs and skates, but inconsistent with others) until her 2016/2017 season, caused by what we now know to he complications with Anorexia Nervosa affecting her strength and jumping, with muscle cramps and injuries due to malnutrition leading to her stay at a treatment center in Israel and then her retirement. She was literally bullied and picked apart for her weight during the phases of puberty where her body was changing, despite her never actually being fat or overweight. She truly had beautiful artist ability that reminds me of Oksana Baiul. She used her whole body in a way to was beautiful and naturally flowy, with amazing musicality, whereas many of the girls I see now look awkward overusing their arms and not connecting to the music. It's just a shame that people bullied and picked her apart for her weight and normal body changes during puberty, already a stressful, awkward, uncomfortable and self conscious time in a girl's life. Coupled with the intense, constant and even scary (she chose not to live in her flat, rather staying in a hotel in order to feel safe considering she was stopped on the street by strangers, including old men, wanting her attention and more, thinking they knew her and were owed pictures with her or her information to hang out with or call and be her friend or expecting something in return for gifts and fandom, with people trying to get her address and phone number, even approaching her family members and training rink) intrusion from paparazzi and media and bullied for her appearance on social media , as a naturally very shy, reserved and private person, it was all clearly too much for her, leading to her starving herself and excessive working out and training to slim down to be super skinny, trying to get back to the prepubescent body everyone expected and hounded her about. Naturally, it affected her health and athletic and physical strength and ability, and as a resulting in her retiring from competitive/professional figure skating to work on her physical and mental health out of the fishbowl. She was truly amazing and beautiful and talented and unique, and her Olympic short program and free skate for the 2014 Olympics are my faves after Oksana's. They were incredible performances and honestly reminded me of Oksana's because of how artistically beautiful and technically amazing they were!

@@amyg4115 another one that I think comes close is Yevgenia Medvedeva, who was robbed of gold in Pyeongchang

Read about her life as a child and you will cry with sadness. One of the greatest moments in my life to this day is when she took gold. I didn't even know where Ukraine was. Now, I've been there 12 times.

@@amyg4115 Julia is happily married now and has a child

@@berknliz Must be heartbreaking for you to see what it has become this week with the Russian invasion.

True. And the way she moves them is so in tune with the character of the program - feisty and confident with an elegant finish.

Even when she's bowing at the end, perfection.

She has gorgeous arms/hands. Very balletic.

Like Evita ;)

Exactly. She's really one of the most graceful skaters to ever come down the pipe.

And to the Black Swan's waltz, too -- what better dance music than Tchaikovsky! The closing is classic ballet, too. Pure artistry... she so deserved to win.

Not when you struggle so poorly with you technical skills

I don't know where I stand on this. Granted, there skaters from years prior that were superior jumpers. At the same time, there was nothing special, artistically or technically, about Nancy's skating. I almost wish that Kristy Yamaguchi has stuck around to try to defend her Gold. I liked her better than Nancy, a

What's with all the trash talking and division between oksona and Nancy. They are both beautiful yet different type of skaters and that's okay. Pinning one against the other is just wrong, it shows a lack of consideration for both girls feelings hard work and training. It shows insecurity.

Но немного деревянной

I agree. What I also like is that she seems to really enjoy what she is doing - her smile and enjoynment feel genuine.

Is it still mesmerizing as in your memory?

I'm trying to think why the GB judge placed her third overall.

50 миллионов долларов отсудила у тренера и Украины!!! Герой,!!!

@@irina7230 // Ну,во-первых, она проиграла в суде. А ,во-вторых , не надо было использовать ее имя и славу без ее согласия на то !!!

@@user-zg3yj3en3q да!

Столько лет прошло, но нет ничего подобного и по сей день. Девочки Тутберидзе пытаются делать что-то подобное, но талант Оксаны уникален!

@@bdhdhshsvdhdhhdhehssh3402 она приземлилась на 2 ноги вообще-то

@@greatmerlin2731 я не про технику(техника у неё хромала на обе ноги. Да и не только у неё, сейчас катание ушло далеко вперёд в этом плане), я про музыкальность и артистизм. Тогда это был феномен, да и сегодня примеров не много. Разве что Валиева.

🤜🤛

Она больше чиркнула второй нежели на обе приземлилась. В оценках это и отразилось. Но программа сама блестящая

Yes, it is. How it should be done: not in force, but in skill: feathery and soft

One of my favorite double axels!

You simply don't understand Oksana achieved her zenith---Olympic gold. It wasn't possible for her to achieve beyond her Olympic dream. Why? Because she didn't have any support at all. Oksana didn't have anyone to help her. Baiul was surrounded by bloodsucking predators & takers. It nearly killed her to survive those around her. All the hardships & cruelties she endured took a toll. An artist needs a nurturing, caring, supportive environment to create & sustain the mental & creative energies of artistic ability.

Этой программой Оксана вместе со своим тренером Галиной Змеевской отдали дань гению 3 -хкратной олимпийской чемпионки по фигурному катанию Сони Хени из Норвегии

💙💛 супер

Наверное сейчас более сложные программы и более ,,крутые,, фигуристы,но я осталась в той ,,эпохе,,. Тех фигуристов знала всех, смотрела каждый выпуск, а теперь ,наверное, время ушло. Никого не знаю,смотрю и любуюсь теми, с кем была в молодости. Оксана - Звезда!!

I totally agree. When I saw this on TV at the time I felt the same way. Then when there was all this uproar over her gold, I couldn't understand why anyone would think Nancy Kerrigan had any edge over her. Oksana was the artist in ice and Kerrigan could have been a robot.

Yuna Kim is close.

CandyisAwesome86 I admire Oksana but personally for me Yuna kim is art on ice.

Kamila valieva.

I totally agree with everything you said here. Oksana, truly the most beautiful figure skater in modern history of the sport.

I remember this. Nancy thought she has the medal granted just for the drama and surely will had a lot of Hollywood producers waiting for her to win to throw loads of money to her. She was good, ok, but not perfect.

Baiul also double-footed her 3-Lutz landing; always been a problem for her! I don't know how she was ahead of Surya? Well we know, but no one will ever admit to it! ;-)

Thank you ! She was supposed to be deducted all the way across the judges on that one.

Oksana was just barely 16 years old gorgeous and scared little girl, while Nancy Kerrigan was already a 24 year old woman. Nancy Kerrigan began to make fun of this young poor little girl from Ukraine who had a dress that "was not to the standards of Kerrigan" !!! Kerrigan thought that nobody heard those nasty comments, but she was wrong ! Oksana Baiul stole the souls and hearts of hundreds of millions of people ALL OVER THE GALAXY for her class, art, style, femininity, sweetness, discretion, soft voice and beautiful performances, and yes..., HER INCREDIBLE BEAUTY ! Nancy Kerrigan: go and eat a cold taco !

@Penny for my thot ... #5:51 ...

Same here!

very good point, I agree

Scoring has changed tremendously since this program was skated back in 1994. Sadly, there is very little artistry left in figure skating and it has lost most of it's luster as a result.

Artistic Gymnastics is the same way. Today it’s all about pushing difficult skill after skill. Takes away from the beauty of the sport I fell in love with.

You've piqued my curiosity. Now I'll have to check out 1988...

Two footed landing

Layback leg position, maybe

The two foot landing at the beginning. The commentator even said so.

@@L.Spencer that would be the technical marks. The presentation is the artistic marks.

@@biancamichelle11 Well, I don't know, was that specified back then? Was layback leg position specified as technical? (I could look it up but I don't feel like it) I think it could also affect the presentation mark, as falling on a jump and two footing a jump can also affect the presentation mark. I always felt the presentation mark was rather ambiguous.

I personally prefer Krist Yamaguchi's outfits( both) from Albertville, but this comes close