Oksana Baiul (UKR) - 1993 Skate America, Ladies' Free Skate

Dallas, Texas, USA - 1993 Skate America, Ladies' Free Skate - Oksana Baiul of Ukraine won the Free Skate and ended moving up from 2nd to win the Gold Medal.

[@boblehr5453]

I don’t think I ever saw her skate any other program. She wasn’t on the scene long enough. Too bad she never tried a different program. Don’t care for when skaters skate the same program two years in a row.

[@sadiedeveau9318]

bob lehr .Yeah..thats what I didn't like about Michelle Kwan. The same program and moves over and over again.

[@valmacclinchy]

She's done others, just look up her name here on KZbin.

[@MTknitter22]

You need to look at the you tubes of World, European Championships, three other magnificent programs

[@MTknitter22]

@@sadiedeveau9318 yes and the commentators were often biased in their pulling for Kwan - that got tiresome

[@MTknitter22]

If you watched the others, you KNOW why Oksana still won here.

[@rickram1961]

How the heck can you win after having two major falls in the LP? Judging Corruptions

[@smurfiennes]

The rest were worse, so she won

[@jorgeluis8064]

Is it my imagination or is she wearing yamaguchi’s 1992 dress ? 🤔

[@aemiliacarolphonetube9749]

I thought that she was wearing a doppelganger of it.

[@auntiechercher4266]

She falls twice here and wins the competition???

[@smurfiennes]

The rest were worse if you care to watch them first before commenting about the falls

[@auntiechercher4266]

@@smurfiennes get lost!

[@valmacclinchy]

@@smurfiennes it's amazing how people comment without watching the whole thing.. Oksana rightfully won.

[@tarakwannabe675]

Oksana sued Galina and Victor for embezzling her earnings. She was very ungrateful for all the help they gave her. Oksana's gold-digging husband in finance was probably behind it. BTW, she lost the suit; in fact, I think it was thrown out for being frivolous.

[@user-un7oh3kb6k]

Вона подала в суд за те, що вони оформили представництво її авторських прав без відома Оксани. Вони використовували її ім'я, виступи, отримували за це кошти, а Оксана ні.

[@sensei6927]

Она умница. Но! Была проектом . Керриган "уступила" ей. Так надо было тогдашней молодой Украине

[@Bnizzofashizzo]

She should’ve kept this dress instead of that Pepto-Bismol monstrosity that she wore

[@TressBraga]

True! But had she kept it, then basically the same dress would have the Olympic gold back-to-back. Remember, Kristy Yamaguchi wore the same outfit two seasons prior.

[@Bnizzofashizzo]

@@TressBraga i don’t know what Kristi Yamaguchi has to do with this dress or the pink dress but i suspect the answer is closer to “ not a damn thing” than you’d care to admit …

[@-sydney36]

@@Bnizzofashizzokristi yamaguchi wore the dress oksana baiul is wearing in this video for the 1992 olympics where kristi won gold

[@geoboe84]

How on Earth did this beat Bonaly and Harding?

[@DarkKittycat]

with style, art, elegance and musicality, which they dont have, harding is an elephant on ice

[@sadiedeveau9318]

They would NEVER EVER want Bonaly on top..she is not what they want ..she was always discriminated against no matter what people think.

[@sadiedeveau9318]

Dragonfly Yup. I remember hearing Harding always saying how they didn't like her..all I hear from the commentators and officials is how great she was. But from what I see she can pull off a great program and that is not a champion. I don't know if I have saw more than two altogether that she did not fall.

[@stevenvalencia6353]

@@DarkKittycat lmao

[@Chikitew]

@@DarkKittycat “an elephant on ice” y’all can’t criticize someone without resorting to cheap shots huh? Whether you like her or not tonya’s trademark was her powerful jumps and spins, I apologize something that takes a serious amount of athletic ability and stamina doesn’t look graceful enough for you.

[@TressBraga]

How she won here, I will never know. Corrupt judging yet again.

[@teresahernandez8202]

Tress Braga very corrupt

[@summerlate2799]

so so... CORRUPT If harding didnt have a problem she would have won.

[@grantgoffin4774]

Who skated better exactly? Watch the other performances and you will see how she won. Everyone was awful.

[@smurfiennes]

They were worse that’s why she won 👏👏👏

[@TravelingMan63]

Two falls and wins? Corruption at it's best.

[@smurfiennes]

Artistic scores are important too. 😍

[@queenmaoasada8447]

[@lyverbird]

"She listens to her skates and when they're ready, she begins". What horseshit. I'm sorry, I never "got" Baiul. I think her backstory helped her along. Hated this programme.

[@chooseyourpoison5105]

Wow. What a trivial thing to hate someone for. I suspect what she meant is that she would start when she was ready and not a moment before, which shows an ability beyond her years to resist pressure and trust her own judgement when it came to her skating ability.

[@hannibaljustincase9985]

​@@chooseyourpoison5105 well, she should've trusted her own judgement when it came to skating after that knee surgery too

[@smurfiennes]

I fell in love with figure skating after watching Oksana. What a fresh blood to the robotic, arm swinging troop.

[@lyverbird1973]

@@chooseyourpoison5105 Wow, what a dramatic assumption to make. Never said I hated either Baiul or the commentator. Disliking someone's skating style or pretentious commentary is not a basis for hate, unless you think it is and that's where you're getting that ridiculous assumption from!

[@MTknitter22]

@Deborah Nolan Gregory, you think if others had an interesting “backstory” it would not be used?? Get real.