Hard to believe it 40 years since he won Olympic Gold. He still remains one of the most brilliant natural skaters of all time. Finest of edge work, speed, great musicality. Few skaters could match Robin for that. His skating is still breathtaking all these years later. In an age when skating has gone jump crazy and focuses on racking up points it has lost so much of this artistry. Robin was a true figure skater, an artist on ice. Sad this is missing so much today.

Best skater of all time. I have to look up this clip every so often. It never fails to excite me.

In my 56 years of watching the Olympics, I have to say that Robin remains my favorite skater of ALL time. The beauty in his "length" that brings grace to his moves still brings me joy to watch. There have been many talented skaters over the years, but to combine the immense talent with the ability to entertain and skate as if they were born on the ice....he has it all.

I saw Robin skate this routine at Wembley on the champions tour a few months after this. I was in the front row, rink side. He was absolutely magical, over 40 years ago and still so clear in my memory. Fantastic!

This utterly thrill me when I watched this 30 years ago ---- still does!

One of the all time best - gives me chills - wow!

These performances were so much better even than his Gold winning Olympic performance. I still get chills watching this 42 years later. No other skater has been able to match this artistry shown in this exhibition since then in my mind. I still continue to watch this just to remind myself what skating can be.

Never ever get tired of watching Robin. Never🌟

Спасибо всем тем кто после 40 лет поставил эти ролики в интернете. Я уже сомневалась, что этот спортсмен существует вообще. И все время думала, неужели только мне он так понравился. Столько лет в инете искала хоть какую то информацию о нем. Шикарный спортсмен.

Engraved forever in my memory for over 40 years and never suspected I would have the chance to see again, but here it is! Brilliant Robin.

I’d forgotten what a beautiful skater he was. So graceful and made it all look so easy absolutely effortless

Gledala sam ga te 1980. Omiljeni klizač u bivšoj Jugi. Obožavali smo ga. Neprevaziđen do sada.

This performance is one of the most memorable moments in TV history.

Perfect! I was 16 and in love with figure skating and Robin Cousins.

Best skating routines ever caught on tape. Completely weightless jumps, flawless lines, unbelievable spins. I recorded this performance on a casette player back on 1980, and have thought of his skate since. I would trade 10 years of my life to be able to do a tenth of what he did here. Unbelievable.

Всегда болела за Робина и радовалась его победам.

Still love that delayed axel!

He still owns the world record for the longest figure skating jump - 19 ft 1 inch. No one has ever done jumps as huge as these - and, like John Curry, he could do reverse spins too. Amazing.

Просто волшебное катание, как будто я в сказке. Робин единственный и неповторимый. Такое красивое скальжение просто завораживает.

He has been my favorite for over 20 years,.....he is brilliant!

Most exciting Olympic performance I've ever seen! So happy it's on KZfaq.

i watched this many years ago i loved Robin Cousins, his routines were almost effortless and spell binding

Stunningly beautiful ❤

Unparalleled grace and virtuosity! I so remember seeing this live. He's always been my favorite skater.

I watched the men's ice skating final at the Lake Placid Olympics staying up well into the night to see Robin Cousins win his gold medal. He was my hero then! He hasn't stopped being one of my heroes ever since. What majesty he brought to the ice!

His disco routines were out of this world. Superb

Wow beautiful.

Очень гармоничное катание. Привет из 2024!

Wow - look at his high jumps. What a skater and dancer. Magnificent.

You said it all! He truly was pure artistry! My favorite of all time; such elegance, "line," and "length."

I remember this soooo well!!! The bloke was bloody awesome!!!

I am a big Hanyu fan after rediscovering figure skating in 2015 following a 20 year hiatus (life happens!) - but my first men's singles favourite was Robin in the late 1970s - his skating was just stunning in his time, and still now it brings tears to my eyes. I remember staying up late as a teen to watch Robin at the 1980 Olympics! Watching Robin now I can see why I was so immediately attracted to Yuzuru's style after discovering him; technical and artistic brilliance with amazing musicality, just like Robin Cousins. Both axel specialists too! And both edit(ed) their own music. Robin trained as an ice dancer as well as a singles skater, and you can see his beautiful posture and dance skills in his singles skating; just beautiful! Stood out from all the rest, just like Hanyu does today.

Thanks for posting this. I can't skate at all but I used to love to watch it. I saw this particular performance on TV in 1980 and have remembered it for 30 years as probably the best skating I've ever seen - even remembered the two songs he used. This guy skates like Baryshnikov dances, it looks effortless and incredibly graceful. I'm very happy to be able to watch this again.

this gave me goose bumps in 1980. still gives me goose bumps every time I watch this performancet. I think Robin was the ice skater who sold this sport to the tropical countries.

Блестящее катание, масса виртуозных элементов, сам стиль катания Робина Казинса, дали бы фору и сейчас! Он непревзойденный! 🎉🎉🎉, 👍👍👍⛸️⛸️🕺✌

The good ole days of Men's Figure Skating!

For me Robin will forever be the best ice skater of all times!!!I remember watching this as a child and was soooo amazed❤❤❤❤❤I still have goosebumps after so many years!!!

One of my favourite routines - superb dancing to Michael Jackson - gives me shivers every time I see it. Also what a fantastic jump and landing at 6.27

Such a beautiful performance, and so graceful!

ロビン・カズンズ選手は私が見た最初の天才スケーターです。永遠に私のスケートの神様です。

Michael Jackson must have been so proud that Robin chose to skate to his music and didn’t he do him proud. I was just a kid but my mum let me stay up really late to watch him.

Robin Cousins=Class Act.

Очень любила этого фигуриста. Такой английский джельтеймен на льду. Респект.

"With you I'm Born Again" is the very BEST music for a figure skating performance. Would be my first choice if I were a skater for sure and Robin mastered it to a "T" ... and how!!!! He's truly one of the best figure skaters in the world to hit the ice in my book!! Really miss this sport. It was more than just a sport it was true art on ice.

THE KING !!!.. The only the unique the greatest skater of all time he has everything: Great athlete artistic sense and incredible musicality virtuoso technique breathtaking speed class elegance allure charisma and eternal modernity And what a smile !!.. Sorry guys but no skater comes close to him. And especially not today because apart from jumping again and again, now no current skater has a single one of Cousins' extra terrestrial qualities..

And I couldn't really get enough watching it over and over again for it has imprinted greatly in my memory which took decades to see this again. It has got the rhythm, so tidy, the connection with both songs is fabulous.. . this song " With you I'm born again" became my favorite and I could still remember used the song of Michael J. for the dance competion when I was in high schoo.Having the rhythm and body type like him, I could do it as well then. Maybe my child will fullfill this dream!

In the 70s John Curry was out of this world one of the best skaters ever. Robing Cousins is so great too though.

Pretty frickin amazing.

I remember seeing this. I was like, 'omigod, who is that guy?' I've been a fan ever since.

"We're going somewhere new with this man" (2:50) That's right - really great

I remember this, thanks for posting. Superb usage of edges, jumps, spins, artistry and music interpretation. Had the audience from the first note. I think he choreographed his programs.

Súper cool 😎

Моя первая любовь!

Have really tried finding this video and found it easily...I just love this performance. It's flawless, well detailed, elegant, FANTASTIC!!! Din't know his name then, but I've seen this when I was a kid and got inspired to do it. But I was in my 30's when I becdame active in the ice rinks and I felt not young anymore to do it. But his interpretation of the music, the rhythm of the movement....really incredible! Big salute!

La classe à l'état pur ! Perfection du geste jusque dans les moindres détails,musicalité,imagination .......! Un artiste et un sportif hors du commun ! J'ai retrouvé intacte la magie de l'époque ! Quel plaisir !

can't believe so much hype is going into this after almost 30 years since he won gold, amazing!

I love watching Dancing On Ice, but I was watching a repeat of a show where they showed a clip of Robin doing the Russian splits, which I thought was amazing. Watching this performance was wonderful, he's so graceful and focused on the ice! It's totally made me respect his scoring and comments on the show even more now. Wish there was more stuff like this on TV than footie and all that :)

5:56: Come bring me your softness. Comfort me through all this madness. Robin, don't you know...those spins will live again...

Robin Cousins/John Curry. The best male figure skaters ever’!

Sooooooo good👍👍💟💜😻😻

Would love to hear Robin talk about what it felt like to do this routine and what inspired him to choose this MJ song. He's been my #1 since these Olympics and wish we had the opportunity stateside to see all his post Olympic successful accomplishments he has had in GB and on the Continent. He should sell DVD's of all his work on his website!

The last time I saw this was 40 years ago. Thanks for posting it.

The single axel at 1:20 is amazing.

COOL!!! that was great!!!!!!

awesome!

Lucky you, you better be proud. he was great. Cry when I see this. Yes I was alive in the 80's..

That jump in the beginning was drop dead amazing:) What height!

thank you for posting! i`ve been waiting so long that someone will post it! it brings back all these memories of the lake-placid games and i will never forget this show-program! there are only a few skaters who can dance to "disco" on ice!

GREAT !!!

Высокие прыжки, большая длина пролёта до момента приземления.

With him I'm born again...

Effortless grace and class the best in the world

he brought so much personality to the ice! now it seems to be more about fancy moves than anything else :(

Absolutely gorgeous athletic ice-dancing.

Robin is a great personality in figure skating> There is nothig which he could not do on ice: a great jumper, a fantastic spinner and a wonderful choreographer.

Thank you so much for posting this video! Robin Cousins made me fall in love with figure skating and I am sure the sport would not be what it is today without him. He's the greatest ever!!

I'm gonna see robin in a brand new light when i watch the dancing on ice final tomorrow!

As a deep devoted Longtime-Fan of MJ every time I listen to this song I have Robin Cousins in this competition in front of my inner eyes. It was such a perfect dance. I have never seen this elegance on ice again. As said before - now it's only jumping.

does anyone have his long program from 1980? brillaint performance.

i'd always heard he was good- but WOW!

Просто чудо а не спортсмен.

2:50: "We're going somewhere new with this man..."

i am his nephew!

Робин просто прекрасен в своих показательных программах. Конечно Ян Хоффманн более техничен,но англичанин по праву олимпийский чемпион.

This is sped up for some unnecessary reason. Possibly the best skating ever.

Back flips were forbidden in competition - he did them in the exhibition.

There would be no Johnny Weir today if Cousins hadn't lead the way. Hat's off.

saw it in real time…

Forgot to tell you, I am a 46 year old women from NOrway.....

0:38 It's Michael!!!!!!!!!!!!! That's my type of skater but you can see how much the skating has got forward!!!

Robin is my all time favorite skater and my crush when i was very young. 🪻

I can do that