Alexei Yagudin - the best ice skater ever

[@ОльгаЛитвиненко-ь3ь]

2022 смотрю и пересматриваю выступления Алексея, столько положительных эмоций. Невероятный фигурист, лучший из советских и российских одиночников, да нет, лучший из мировых фигуристов одиночников. 🦉

[@чубчиккучерявый-б6г]

Самый лучший по сей день!!! Аж мурашки по телу от его катания... Ягудин - наше национальное достояние!!!!

[@ЛюдмилаЖуркова-п9щ]

Пифагор отдыхает

[@ЕленаБелова-ц8г]

Ты не подражаемый смотреть одно удовольствие ! Столько лет прошло ты был и есть лучший в мире!!!!!

[@ЛюдмилаЖуркова-п9щ]

Ермак российский

[@derekavalos8]

No one can touch this man's performance, style,originality,footwork,authenticity,artistry,brilliantly cordiographed, timeming was perfection. One of the world's best performance ever, these superstar talented athlete I want to meet someday and show him my appreciation by donating him one of my original paintings or one of my original sculptures that also wer'e created from the soul just like his brilliant talent, this type of genius athletes come every 50 years, so we gotta wait that long to get another Alexei Yagudin.

[@elenayou5975]

So welcome to Saint-Petersburg, he lives here )

[@ИринаХолмова-щ5ц]

Да. Алексей лучший! Столько экспрессии, столько эмоций, такая непревзойдённая хореография. Ну, а его дорожки! Такое владение коньками!Да и вообще, он на коньках вытворяет такие танцевальные движения, что не каждый танцор без коньков так сможет!!! Талант! Равных ему я не видела, и по сей день не вижу.

[@GordanGeeko]

How he skates backward and moves across the ice dancing, heart-stopping.

[@lacri994]

I came across this video after watching the 2018 Olympic games men's individuals. And the contrast is so striking. While the elements became more complicated (although, Yagudin was performing the most difficult jumps at his time), the whole skating became just a set of jumps. Here you see the performance and the story. This guy perfectly feels the music and the ice, has the personality and artistry combined with a perfect technique and power. The program itself is beautifully built, and Yagudin be like: I am the king of ice, I can make the moon walk on ice, I can show the most beautiful sequence of steps. And this is not even the competition, it was the Exhibition Overcome, and all the elements are still flawless.

[@oxanasf6369]

lacri994 you should watch his short Olympics program. It’s called Winter

[@senemgencer71]

Are you sure that you watched Yuzuru Hanyu's 2018 performances? Especially his Gala dance where he did only 2 jumps but wrote poetry on ice? I totally agree that figure skating came down to jumps and just technical stuff but Hanyu seems to stand out. His whole thing is telling a story. "Seimei" for instance. Look at his expressions and gestures while skating. This is why I respect this guy

[@minnie6163]

@@senemgencer71 Ikr !

[@katyabelonozhko7951]

@@senemgencer71 Ханю это лучшее, что появилось в фигурном катании в последнее время

[@edkavanaugh6881]

Absolutely breath-taking. My favorite skater to watch when I was younger. I miss these days.

[@валентинасоколова-ф6ъ]

Слов нет , что бы выразить все эмоции от этого проката! Просто восхищение!

[@SoraNoRei93]

никогда раньше не думала, что могу стать фанаткой спортсмена, но... это прекрасно до слёз... слёз восхищения) действительно лучший и неповторимый))

[@Abel-xq1co]

yagudin is absolutely the best male skater russia has ever produced... technically and artistically superb, a rare combination.. i also remember how he jumped quads at the olympics, the only one to do it during competition without too much trouble (seemingly).. i wish he trained somebody to substitute him..

[@Tkimba2]

Maybe he is

[@Boooommerang]

YES! Yagudin is the king of the ice! He is spetacular!

[@ТатьянаБ-и7л]

@@Boooommerang Нет,а для меня зрелищный Плющенко!Ягудин же похож на пень,по сравнению с ним.Женя- гибкий,артистичный,просто чудо,спустившиеся с небес!

[@zoiabramova2208]

@@ТатьянаБ-и7л, поэтому Ягудин есть в Зале славы фигурного катания, а Плющенко там нет и никогда не будет.

[@giovannasperni2095]

Plushenko is incomparable Yagudin is an excellent skater but not at Plushenko’s level

[@user-zy4ik1td7n]

power. charisma. handsome. magnetism. talent. art

[@blaykeharris]

240p

[@Isadddd]

@@blaykeharris da fak

[@Elliestandsforpeace]

Just outstanding!!! the hours and hours of practice that went into this! his footwork, his strength, his flexibility, his balance! he's absolutely out of this world

[@cpdoz]

Судя по последней олимпиаде в Сочи, после просмотра этого видео и других с Алексеем... я понял, что там никто не умеет кататься все как один под копирку идентичны, никакого креатива и фантазии, вот он БОГ фигурного катания, вот оно истинное мастерство и великий талант, идеальное исполнение всех элементов, кристально чисто и красиво! Живая ЛЕГЕНДА

[@negaless1144]

I agree.)

[@Arinka375]

Now he's only 35 but he already is a legend. Legend of world figure skating.

[@ВикторияМухараева-п8ч]

Он бесподобный! Ни один фигурист не катается так артистично и эмоционально!

[@Ariadna7767]

БЕССОМНЕННО ШИКАРНЫЙ ТАНЦОР!!!! НИКТО С НИМ НЕ СРАВНИТСЯ!!!!! Я ДО СИХ ПОР ПОМНЮ ЕГО ВСЕ ПРЕМЬЕРЫ И ВЗЛЕТЫ!!!!

[@ArtjomBroo]

Ягудин всегда шикарно откатывал свои программы.Очень жаль,что больше не выступает:(Очень талантливый фигурист!

[@selenaselenia2478]

Шикарно! Впервые вижу эту программу. Просто потрясающе!

[@robertopavlin2086]

I am not a skater... But I got goosebumps as well.... Every time I watch this performance... Awesome!!!! Absolutely the best!!!!

[@людмиластериони-н2ь]

Ах, эти дорожки Ягудина! Шедеврально, незабываемо! Взгляд из февраля 2022.

[@ИринаСопыряева-у5ы]

Взгляд с 2023.Ни чего не изменилось. Лёша лучший.

[@jfluter]

I totally miss the days where the skaters actually SKATED and performed a story line, rather just doing jump after jump, or super crazy spins, just for the points that you see nowadays.

[@krafix9103]

+jfluter after watching a few, I see that they all do the same things lol

[@faith7303]

jfluter that's why I enjoy Yuzuru Hanyu. While he does do crazy jumps and spins he also tells stories with his skates. Jason Brown too!!

[@Deathf1ame]

Stephane Lambiel really personifies the music he skates to, and Daisuke Takahashi is also an awesome less traditional skater! Although they were both in the mid 2000s, so not completely modern. But 2 of my faves

[@nicky196427]

jfluter u r so right. I just want to watch some real skating. The only people who did that was Sergei Grinkov and Yekatarina Gordeeva. Love their skating and love their story too on the ice and off the ice. Sad it ended in tragedy.!!!

[@JohnCurry1]

John Curry was in a class by himself. He was the first and so far the only skater to bring classical ballet dancing to the ice.

[@tktyftdvtytyrj]

Лучший фигурист на всю мою жизнь!!! А мне еще только 47 лет!!!! Очень уважала Стойко , но Лешка .Ягудин превзошел всех!!!!!!И этот Плющенко в ногах валяется у Ягудина..... Лешка, только не задавайся, и все у тебя будет хорошо!!!!! Счастья и здоровья тебе и твоим близким!!!!

[@Весна-ъ9й]

20 лет прошло, а будто было вчера... Помню это выступление! Гениальное катание

[@buzurache]

Alexei Yagudin is the best skater in the history! Better than Plushenko, better than all..I love Plushenko but Yagudin is The Best, he is magnificient! I see a lot of passion in his interpretation. He succeed every time to makes you feel and live the music. This Gala program from 2002 is unquestionable the best, very technical , very artistic. I can see it 100 times and i never bored.

[@GoddessFourWinds]

Personal opinion doesn't determine who is the best in sports. Records do. Maybe you should consult Wiki about Plushenko...

[@heleneom655]

buzurache buzu ..

[@Arinka375]

He is like a brightest star in the sky... His works are always amazing and breathtaking and... you know, he's like a miracle in figure skating world. The best skater ever

[@gloriaeccles5368]

I agree.....love watching him over and over again.

[@Friesian-q6u]

I miss the old figure skating too. There was a story to be told. Now, just jump after jump, blah blah. While I can appreciate their athleticism the artistry plays only a minor roll.

[@nightskylights4501]

I completely agree, if there is no art, it looks too robotic.

[@Jana2892]

Это совершенство!!! Магический сплав танца, музыки и огромного таланта Ягудина.

[@sanahranawat4010]

no words can justify how incredible that performance was

[@hategreed1]

The CHOREOGRAPHER of this program deserves kudos. Mr. Yagudin did a fine job performing what the CHOREOGRAPHER created and the COACHES trained him to do. It isn't said often enough. It's always a team of hardworking professionals that produces such.

[@ТатьянаАлеева-ф8р]

2023г.......и сейчас это современное и мощное мужское катание!!!!Браво!!!

[@itzel.marquez1827]

When I have difficult presentations, events in my life I always watch this video. Don't know how, but it really inspires me! Probably, as a sample of human's perfection in his job.

[@expo1706]

Abs. beautiful artistry! The best!!!! He has such finesse!

[@ВладимирБотев-ю5к]

Спасибо, Алексей. здесь вы совершенство, так выразить музыку могут только единицы, музыка почти всегда сильнее танца, в балете также, лучшие, одарённейшие способны телом, душой ее передать. В этой программе вы это сделали, тот случай, когда сложнейшие элементы только акценты танца.

[@tinternabbess]

@love47loveThank you so very much for posting this.The straight line foot work from 3:24 to 3:40 is simply the best I have ever seen. The man is an artist, but also a miracle of sheer athleticism. What an absolutely stunning performance.

[@laineyaz8573]

I agree. His foot work is great.

[@NegativeAccelerate]

Watching that reminds me of watching riverdance

[@nadya-p8r]

2022 год! А я смотрю завораживающе, с трепетом и слезами на глазах.

[@ИринаСопыряева-у5ы]

2023.Тоже самое.

[@electrasong9954]

And you can't help but notice, he's a rather attractive dude... apart from the impossibly great skating, agility, power, speed, techniique and artistry.. yes, rather attractive as well. Always helps.

[@Violaraduga]

Лучший!!! Красавец!!! Мастер!!!!

[@АринаЛитвинова-н9т]

Леша молодец! Одно удовольствие смотреть его программы!

[@zerosum88]

I have seen or heard so many so many artistic works, this sure is one of the few that touches my heart so deeply. Thank you, Yagudin.

[@ИринаЧеркесова-д5ъ]

можно смотреть бесконечно,удивительно

[@Berettali]

великий спортсмен Как жаль что больше мы его не увидим

[@robertopavlin2086]

I am speechless and sweating... So high on emotion...!! Never seen something like this,,. Absolutely fantastic!!!!!!... He is THE BEST !! Love it!!!

[@zlatitytrankova1385]

Обожавам да гледам фигурно пързаляне и художествена гимнастика-толкова красота,толкова финес,толкова изящество има в тези два спорта.Балсам за очите,еуфория на душата! :-)

[@АсиятКаракотова]

Просто нет слов .Сейчас нет такого артистизма и передачи эмоций.

[@joniwxyz]

Artistic, in command, creative, innovative. LOVE this guy!!! THE BEST!

[@TemplatesNstuff]

this is being said by an amateur but wow... i am completely mesmerized! such mastery of the art! such precision and beauty! just wow! bravo!

[@trudygolding9405]

could I ask how you know that the person that wrote this is an amateur you cant say that unless you know them personally , you don't know whether they are a figure skater or not whether they are a judge or not don't judge a persons opinion just because they thoroughly enjoyed something to say it the way you did says that this persons opinion has no credence no basis

[@TemplatesNstuff]

trudy golding umm I think that you've misunderstood me here... when I said "this is being said by an amateur", I was referring to myself. In other words, I think it's amazing but I'm not a good critic because I don't know that much about figure skating... end of story :P

[@dmjdmj]

trudy golding You're an idiot

[@TemplatesNstuff]

dmjdmj no, I'm not. please apologize.

[@dmjdmj]

Dangerous Doll I wasn't referring to you

[@TrueLifeSolutions]

Beautiful.you can feel his passion..strong jumps..amazing skater...amazing foot work...embrace the moment..and he does..

[@kaylee6960]

Whoa.....my heart just stopped. He's.......I've no words

[@natasatomovic3541]

Fenomenalno!Muzikalitet,ritam,performans,energija-the best ice skater!

[@Maya-ji9vq]

Alex Yagudin's jumps are higher than my grades.

[@passerbytanuki2456]

hahahahahaha that's easy.....T.T

[@deborahmiller5813]

KenKaneki i

[@КсенияКолесникова-к7э]

It was just awesome! He's very talented. I can't even describe what I feel after I've watched this... Impressive, really impressive.

[@muiz9606]

это полный класс нет его лучше этот фигурист очень классный !!!!!!!

[@galerandyaddict]

god i was so in love with him in 2002 :D

[@janeeastwood7240]

I STILL AM !!!!!

[@imsommergewitter]

I remember my 8-year-old self watching this :D I wondered what this program was about and my dad kept saying how awesome he was :D

[@cheery-hex]

even though I love plushenko to no end, he doesn't have the artistry that yagudin had. power + artistry = phenomenal!

[@KimElena100]

он же страшненький!

[@iLikeSanFrancisco]

ЕЛЕНА Ким Though beautiful face doesn't mean much in figure skating ;), I would say he looks much better than Mister Plushenko with his tremendous nose und rediculous hair cut :D, not to mention his overprotective crazy wife...

[@KimElena100]

Жена у Плюща та ещё штучка. Из-за неё и своих амбиций его сейчас осуждает больше половины населения в России. Плющенко просто плюнул в нас

[@KimElena100]

iLikeSanFrancisco , я говорила о Плющенко, что он страшненький

[@GoddessFourWinds]

iLikeSanFrancisco As if a person can help what his nose looks like! Or how crazy protective his wife is! This is the dumbest comment about someone I've ever read! I think Evgeni is beautiful! And his noise just makes him more distinctive. :P

[@VoxDeiUniversity]

He was great! No one did footwork like him. He was greater than Plushenko.

[@natakari1251]

Великий! Спасибо за вашу гениальность и труд!

[@a7c3eoy10a]

He is the best ice skater ever!

[@inthemidstofthegarden3326]

It was the most beautiful performance I've ever seen, King of the Ice. He was mesmerizing in his performances.

[@m0th432]

This was... truly beautiful

[@Boooommerang]

Thanks, Yagudin, for so beautiful and perfect technic! Thanks for so magnific performance! You are a "monster" of the figure skating!

[@cuanamar]

beautiful artistry!!!! majestic!!!

[@rowenagulane4172]

Great artistic performance!!!! Superb moonwalk on ice, bravoooo....

[@camillestephenson4252]

he skates like he was born in those very skates he's really good

[@VanityFairGaze]

Don't get me wrong , I love the "fabulous" style of skaters like Jason Brown. But this has so much yang , so much power! Love it

[@julie261984]

Yagudin is a real man, and that young American guy James Brown is gay, I'm sorry but how can you even compare them????

[@VanityFairGaze]

Wth? The fact that he's gay has nothing to do with his feminine style. A lot of gay guys can be masculine & a lot of straight guys can be feminine...

[@LauraSpade]

Julie Akselrud Really...? That's your reason?

[@iLikeSanFrancisco]

You can tell what you want, but he nailed Plushenko in Salt lake city in 2002. All the Plushenko fans, pls face it and relax :).

[@amybaker9802]

Agree I never plushenko

[@messpilo]

Thank you so much for this inspired performance. The best indeed! He is one with the music this what makes him unbeatable ! He is a diamond of Russia! I have watched it so many times and I dont know how many more times I will still do ! Amazing at 1:50

[@elizabethgaspodnetich9676]

Well, if he is not one of the best skaters ever, he is definitely one of the sexiest! Very nice!

[@lindapriorirish8]

Flawless and Breathtaking... thank for posting, my enjoyment and PLEASURE... was Immeasurable...

[@Faithspective]

He is so passionate, like a tornado on the ice! I loved his MOONWALK and RIVERDANCE.....he made it look so easy! LOL! SWOOOONNN!!

[@Atricia-de1uk]

Алексей Ягудин - БОГ ФИГУРНОГО КАТАНИЯ!

[@fazdoll]

Alexei and Plushenko seemed about equal technically, and both had artistic talent. The winner just depended on who was having a better day that day. But Alexei had better music and choreography, which gave him amazing stage presence on the ice. Plushi was so flashy as to be distracting and smother the talent, even in competition. And really, compare their "masculine" exhibition programs. Alexei's program here in simple black had me in tears, while Plushi's "Sex Bomb" has to be the biggest TURNOFF in the history of skating. No contest. But saddest of all is that in the past dozen years, there hasn't been at least one other amazing male skater that can even get close to Alexei and Evgeny? The women's skating has progressed a looong way, but for men we're stuck watching programs that are older than KZbin itself. C'mon boyz, man up!

[@JOALKR11]

he is really sick....i love when he does the moon walk that was amazing and the end it was like river dancing on ice this guy is extremely diciplined and far above just talented...

[@АнастасияЗахарецкая-у5э]

Легендарная дорожка шагов)!

[@АлександрСергеев-й7ъ]

о да эта дорожка...

[@mr_darian]

чечетка на коньках, это как спринтерский бег на руках!

[@freyajia5007]

He is the best. He skated with his heart，we can feel the passion the courage the struggle the power in his performance . He is more a fighter a gladiator than a skater. He is the best one

[@erenjaeger4654]

*HE GOT HIGH AMOUNT OF STAMINA ...WOW O_O*

[@OCARINAofTlME]

Wow, the way he's dancing is almost like he's not even on the ice. This is amazing!

[@deeppurplejaguar]

the BEST!!!

[@Jann1954]

je viens de découvrir ce patineur. Il est époustouflant, superbe, original. magnifique

[@thegodes5769]

risking sometimes makes it more wonderful than playing safe :) he got a lot of stamina! lol nice love it!

[@vadikmanucho7292]

ВЕЛИКИЙ ЯГУДИН.

[@ЛюдмилаЧижова-х7й]

ПРОСТО ШИКАРНОЕ ВЫСТУПЛЕНИЕ! КАК ХОРОШ АЛЕКСЕЙ!!

[@Cvetchetoiville18]

I knew he will stay the best 10 years ago! They call Alexei a poet and artist on ice! Every movement is so precise, expressive; he feels the music and his style of skating is mesmerising! Yagudin loves to skate, he's been devoted to the ice stage and he will stay a legend!

[@gabsl1552]

wow! he is so confident and very very pro!!! amazing skater ever seen! :D :D BRAVOOOO!!

[@maeb.9770]

Yes he is. He was born for this. He actually loves what he is doing. BRAVO BRAVO WOW 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏

[@karlalvsmissy9437]

The king of figure skating. You can’t take your eyes off him. Miss the old days of skating.

[@Liana87able]

So powerful and elegant! Yagudin is a pure talent I wish the quality of the video was higher :(

[@taroman7100]

I could not agree more. Alexi was the whole package. Looks, masculinity, grace, power, athleticism. I felt he never got the credit he deserved due to that Ygeni who I could never understand. All pleshenko ever did was skate from one end of the rink to the other jump and do it again, he was unfairly favored. Whatever happened to Alexi?

[@tktyftdvtytyrj]

Кто? Кто? Еще может сделать лунную дорожку Майкла Джексока на коньках???? Ягудин просто фигурист на все времена!!!! Всегда за него болела! Лешка , ты лучший!!!! Татьяна Анатольевна не ошиблась.......Она самая лучшая!!!!!!

[@kuroakuma4459]

Who knew you could tap dance on ice....40 seconds left and I've never seen a guy's feet move like that on ice. Pretty damn good

[@zsazsagabor9127]

A truly artistic macho man on skates, one of the best performances ever. Great music interpretation.

[@КириллКирилов-к4ч]

лучший в истории фигурист

[@zlatagrokhovskaia3731]

Потрясающий,это лучшее во все времена фигурного катания!

[@МаринаБалина-б2ф]

Лучше него пока никого нет!!!!! Плющенко конечно был тоже хорош: своим артистизмом, гибкостью, высотой прыжков, но Ягудин это страсть, потрясающая техника, мощь, ему веришь, он живет льдом...Кстати,своим позорным возвращение Плющенко исключил себя из списков великих фигуристов!!!!

[@mojewiersze5800]

Fantastyczny. Niesamowita atmosfera. Story teller. The best I've EVER seen.

[@AlexAngel]

YES!

[@kayliekreation]

Wow! Not only is he a great figure skater, but the passion he puts in just leaps off the screen!!!

[@betseyolsennamjoon8969]

I can barely run without losing my balance and I get dizzy easily...how the hell can he do all those jumps and twirls without falling!?!? He is so freaking good, wtf😲😤😀

[@frostzxs]

he is 2002 oplympic champion :)

[@betseyolsennamjoon8969]

Синтез wow, that is amazing!😲