Elvis Stojko (CAN) - 1996 World Figure Skating Championships, Men's Long Program

Edmonton, Alberta, CANADA - 1996 World Figure Skating Championships, Men's Long Program - Elvis Stojko of Canada placed 3rd in the Long Program and ended up moving from 7th to 4th Place overall.

[@lovealldogsruffy8661]

OMG! He brought tears to my eyes!! Just like the original, time all those many years ago, when I watched. Once again he was robbed of the marks. He was ALWAYS TRUE to himself! Bravo Elvis!

[@nolaughingmatter]

Come on… Judges… his mullet deserves at least 0.1 or 0.2 more for Artistic Impression…. Ahh the 90s, good times

[@gardengirl7446]

He just made those jumps look so easy! ❤

[@didiwongo]

In addition to being the most solidly fantastic skater of all, Elvis looks fab in that skating outfit.

[@mattdeans9873]

Love Elvis Stojko!!! PLEEEEASE dont take this the wrong way. NO disrespect or lack of love intended. What I love about Elvis's skating is he is ALL man.

[@nantinee9]

Love this! Elvis's jumps were timed perfectly to the music.

[@metaphoricallyspeaking45]

One of my favourite musical choices he had.

[@tabithasabella8165]

Hey el, blue looks incredible on you, love love love this program.

[@tabithasabella8165]

Awesome job.

[@willywood2846]

I love this program! Elvis deserved higher marks than that! He’s the reason I go to “Stars on Ice”.

[@user-wo1dp7oj8p]

Отличные выезды с прыжков. Мощно

[@tabithasabella5212]

I love this program Elvis.

[@susanademo6405]

always so powerful and ballsy!

[@sallywilliams5444]

He reminds me of the Gene Kelly of ice skating. Both fabulous athletes.

[@Itstonytime77]

He really started the Quad jump race, him and Timothy Goeble

[@dertfert745]

Comments here are weird - I don't think he was trying to win after being 7th after the short and having no realistic shot at first - he's just having fun.

[@cupcakefairy87]

I didn't know Elvis could ice skate, lol. I thought he left the building a long time ago....

[@Салтанат195]

Ну что сказать? ХОРОШ!👍ОЧЕНЬ!!!💥

[@galileocan]

Wow. Nothing more can be said

[@michaeljj43]

what in the hell is wrong with the canadian judge? that was a 5.9 5.9 program!!!!

[@jameswebblife]

He made this sport ungay

[@lisacohenhuff3278]

Fantastic! Think he got scored too low on the artistic scores.

[@stefaniedoloreux1044]

I forgot about Elvis business at the front party at the back haircut!

[@vistaprime]

yeah, he rocked that mullet. but party at the back is definitely that big booty.

[@cjm7764]

How could you forget. Thats what he wore literally all throughout the 90s.

[@jjh2456]

Todd did this in 2001. It’s very interesting to watch the different interpretations of this music.

[@tuulawestra1837]

My sister lives in Barrie, Ontario, watches Elvis practice often there.

[@Dylvente]

Awesome performance!

[@katyu16]

He should've won. He did A QUAD FOR FUCKS SAKE.!!

[@e2theeyepie]

That's what happens when you splat in the short program and the top three don't.

[@Warren_Flatt]

@@e2theeyepie he won the next year landing a quad triple so it's all good.

[@e2theeyepie]

​@@Warren_Flatt And thankfully for Elvis, his 4T-3T didn't go to waste in 1997 since he successfully nailed his Short Program.

[@Warren_Flatt]

he nailed his short program indeed, couldn't have skated it any better but unfortunately an early draw hurt him and he was placed 4th. but yah his long program was legendary and he rightfully won.

[@theresabollman8061]

I agree, they cheat him way too often.

[@GaryGarlic]

Todd in 2001 skated to this music a million times better.... i never liked Elvis's landings or artistry but good for him for pushing technical merit.

[@erlindabaybayan2048]

elvis was given a very low presentation scores.i think it should be higher. he should at least had gotten the silver medal. that's a shame. I am not a Canadian but this guy is a joy to watch.this performance is magnificent and majestic.

[@erivera4928]

he was in 7th in the short program...

[@gardengirl7446]

Yeah the judges don't know how to score masculine men!

[@Bnizzofashizzo]

worst hair ever seen. lol. fantastic athlete.

[@Warren_Flatt]

I agree although 25 years later he still has his hair....can't say the same for other skaters.

[@gardengirl7446]

I like his hair!

[@L1623VP]

He's not even pretending to have choreography to this program. Lots of dead time just skating around with arms at the sides waiting for the next jump. 5.7-5.8 is VERY generous for the artistic mark. 5.9 is silly for technical, especially when he blew the lutz, regardless of the quad. His technique was never very good, just muscled through his jumps and that's about it. I can see why he relates to Plushenko so much. Dick Button once said that Plushenko skated like his technique came out of an egg beater, and Plushenko was limited artistically (angular gesticulating, vougeing, and air humping) just like Stojko. They're both lucky they were consistent 90% of the time with their jumps because that's about all they had.

[@caseystrapp281]

the lutz was his last jump, and he actually nailed it, in combination. he doubled the salchow. he hit a quad toe combination, a triple axel-triple toe and a second triple axel. the 5.9's are warranted. i agree with your assessment of his "choreography."

[@dianeross4361]

@@caseystrapp281 Meh I wouldn't give him a 5.9 technically. The quad was great but many of the triple landings were weak, doubled the last triple, was super tired and the jumps getting small at the end (where he also doubled that last triple) and only 6 triples done, some not even very well. Some of the guys who had 8 triples and triple-triple combos in the final group I would say did atleast as well technically even without the quad. And artistic marks were way too high.

[@Warren_Flatt]

@@dianeross4361 he landed 1 quad and 7 triples. if you're talking solely on jumps no program in this competition even came close to what Elvis did. just stop. you can argue his artistic marks were high and other bullshit factors, but don't even try with jumps, he was the best that night.

[@gardengirl7446]

He still did it better than you could lol ;)

[@vistaprime]

he won the free, correct?

[@e2theeyepie]

Nope, Elvis was 3rd overall in the FS: 1) Todd 2) Ilia 3) Elvis 4) Rudy Elvis could have taken the bronze if another skater had wedged himself in between Elvis and Rudy, pushing Rudy to 5th in the FS. But that didn't happen (thank goodness).

[@usaskjock]

ok even with the singled triple sow this program should have EASILY been ranked first in the long. Far more choreography and nuance and better jumps than both Kulik and Eldredge plus he had the quad in combo. Would have gotten him to 3rd

[@jjh2456]

The problem is he was so far down after the short, he was not going to make the medal stand that year.

[@vistaprime]

his artistry is no where near the other two you mentioned. not even close. while he not as bad as most people think choreographically, he is no where near Todd or Ilia in terms of artistry.

[@dianeross4361]

The choreography was hideous, what the fuck are you talking about there. Not that anyone in this event had a great artistic program, but this was easily the worst of the top 5. And the only jump he did better was the quad. He had only 6 triples to 8 for all of Eldredge, Kulik, and Galindo. Eldredge and Galindo both had 2 triple-triples, and Kulik and Eldredge had better triple axels. He also got tired near the end, jumps got small near, doubled the last triple. Spins much weaker than Eldredge and Galindo too, although better than Kulik. Spins are also part of technical merit, or atleast should be.

[@dianeross4361]

@@vistaprime The judges overscored him in artistic scores his whole career. Atleast here they were closer to what they always should have been, but probably only since he wasn't in the final flight so they couldn't overscore him they way they normally did as easily. When in the final flight he is usually gifted with ridiculous 5.8s and 5.9s for artistry.

[@Warren_Flatt]

in 1996 he was not considered an artist but he's way ahead of his time. in today's skating he'd be scoring 5.9s or whatever the new scoring system is for presentation.