Figure Skating History (1900s to 2020)

[@colletteseders2874]

As a former competitive skater, I am amazed by the abilities of these very young skaters. I was only learning a single axel at 12. I never could have imagined that triple and quad axels were possible. Now into my mid 60s, I still love to skate, and can still do a spiral. No spins or jumps, anymore - sadly.

[@Methanne]

Hello, i am 61 and have just broken my shoulder by trying a ball spin one year ago, alone. I skate seriously since i am 48 (three times in a week).Before i had learnt by myself, since i was 13 years seeinG Scott Hamilton on Olympic games in 1984, i told me that i could do it. My fracture is very little but hard to heal : the point who order arm muscles. It is completely healed now though the physiotherapist did not beleive i will recover, but I am afraid to go on the ice again, i do pilates and yoga but i miss skating and i think i wil go on. All people around me said i am too old even when i was 48, but every time i think i will stop definitively i see a gymnastic woman who is still competitive at 98. I use protections that I made by myself. I did only single jumps, but though they told me we could not do it hoped yet the double... Now I dont hope any more, but yet...Just before my accident , i had succeeded in doing the back spIn. I think that it is only technical, i am not very flexible but i work it that also. I have always used knees protections that protected them by maintaining the articulation. One girl told me that I was a Ninja tortle. I do also all medical revews to watch the abilities of my body (bone densitometry) Fortunately what i prefer is the dance on ice and that does not need jumps. Skating is the only sport I like really, and the COC in France where i skate is really wonderfull with adults who want to begin thit sport as a hobby. When they see me, parents go on ice to skate with their children, they thought they were too old to do something at 40 years. Ah and I am lefthanded, all is very complicated for me because I am always in reverse and can't have all the space i need for jumps. I see this vidéo in order to find new way to do movements, and it is funny to see how they did the walz jump in 1900s, how it began. and I think i ll try the illusion or charlott special, for the fun... (i do camel spin an sit spin) hope i wont broke another bone Don't worry, be happy, it is really a fine sport. Ice maintain good health😊😉

[@trudimarrapodi6722]

It's easy to see now where the "abilities" are coming from. Drugs.

[@tamlarse]

Do what you can and be proud of what you have accomplished

[@Methanne]

@@tamlarse Exactly🙂

[@DiamondsRexpensive]

​@@Methannewhat is the name of the 98 gymnast?

[@evamarek5205]

Thank you for this. It just saddens me that figure skating nowadays seems to be more about jumping than actual figures. It's such a beautiful sport though. Ballet's ice cousin!

[@sophialiu4043]

I totally agree, that's why I prefer to watch ice dance for over freeskate

[@wendyleeconnelly2939]

Well, the actual figures haven't been used in competition since 1990

[@Nunelii]

It may saddens you but a lot of people are excited to see athletes test their limits and pushing further the boundaries of the human body. Every sport evolves, let that sink in. Back then, no one cared about jumps and they were ugly. So one could say the same.

[@larissakoroleva]

Don’t be sad. There are plenty skaters who combine both. You just don’t want to see them ! ❤️❤️❤️🇷🇺🇷🇺🇷🇺

[@rayninness6303]

Maximum Points, Period! 😱

[@brengem]

Absolutely beautiful. I love how they came up with new elegant moves as the years go by. I love how their fashion choices change as well.

[@bdfan4ever]

Midori Ito IS the triple axel and that was 1989. Your video is lovely but that can’t be taken away from her. Midori was also doing a triple/triple at the 88 Olympics.

[@Hannah-rk7ry]

The early footage in the 1900’s was so mesmerizing. It honestly made me feel sad and nostalgic for something I never experienced, but there was so much wonder and joy evident in those shots, something very human in the sport as it was being invented that sometimes feels missing now. I disagree with a lot of fans that the sport is only about jumping now, and I actually think this shows a wonderful visual progression of expression and artistry in the sport as well, perhaps peaking with Evgenia and Aliona. However, The 80’s through early 2000’s were so much about innovation and hope for what could be achieved by the human body, and now that we’ve actually achieved quads (and a quad combo!) it feels like there is just a demand for perfection and progress even at the expense of the humans involved, especially in ladies. The end of this video did feel harrowing in that sense, with younger and younger Russian girls doing more and more technically. We’re definitely at a strange turning point in the sport, for better or worse, but this was a wonderful visual representation of how skating has changed over 100 years.

[@marshall-boo]

Вы правы. Сейчас фигурное катание - сплав атлетизма, гимнастики, легкой атлетики и балета. И это прекрасно.

[@KatsumiManami]

evgenia is FAR from being artistry and FS literally peaked with JULIA..

[@silviaquesada2499]

The last Russian girls skating at such a high level with their children's bodies makes me sad and worried. I have heard and read so much what price these girls are paying when they are in their twenties. Back problems etc

[@Hannah-rk7ry]

@@silviaquesada2499 Yes, it worries me as well. At this point, it's impossible to ignore that there is something very wrong with Sambo-70's coaching methods and mentality. I was reading the other day that Elizaveta Tuktamysheva credits her long career and lack of serious injury to listening to her body and not jumping when she's even a little hurt, which is a credit to her coach Alexei Mishin as well. It makes me sad that so many talented Russian girls didn't get to develop in the same way.

[@educated3044]

As someone who has followed the singles circuit since 1992 and Albertville (except the fear of Sochi) I am dismayed at the Russian delegation scouring schools, seeking the correct body-types for their propaganda factories. They go into residential training schools and the families are placated with a stipend. The training takes lithe bodies and contorts them for sport. The tiny winners have such a small performance-life window, but they sacrifice their bodies for the rewards to their families. After one cycle, they have peaked and fade away. Have you seen many past Russian Olympic winners two or three years later? Their training partners have long been discarded and a new group is in their place. The factory must keep running.

[@orebalogun391]

In my eyes, the artistry was more beautiful in the earlier years than now when it's almost all about jumps.

[@blackcat2628zd]

All the Russian girls are incredibly artistic. Kamila Valieva is a revelation, a miracle.

[@PBLE20]

Back in 2010, Yuna Kim. Korea. She had it all!!! Way back in the 60’s, Janet Lynn. US. SO lyrical and yet had the content as well. Sasha Cohen. USA. Early 2000’s. First female to get +3s for spirals and first female to break +130 on a free skate. I really miss artistry and EMOTION in this generation of skating. There are many that have unique choreography and a bit of musicality but most of the time it’s just jump, spin, footwork, jump,spin, footwork and ANY kind of music could be playing. It’s not interpretation from the heart, the gut, the face.😢

[@blackcat2628zd]

Katarina Witt dominated the 80s. Very good skater, brilliant performer, beautiful woman.

[@stargazer8679]

​@@blackcat2628zd I don't really think so, they are so young and them having not much experience shows🤔 They are really flexible, but they don't seem to connect with music and their routines don't have the same flow as mature skaters. If they skated for 5 more years I'm sure they would reach higher artistic levels, but their coach wont make that possible :(

[@Llamadelreyy]

for the love of gods yeah it was more artistic because they literally had only doubles at most :DD look at mens skating that has amazing artistry

[@LaPrimavera2006]

I am immensely grateful to you for every second of the black-and-white footage. We so need to see that and to appreciate that.

[@LaPrimavera2006]

~ and ThankFully, you do have a whole play list with those b/w clips. I am off to watch and admire them :)

[@LaPrimavera2006]

Your Channel has a LOT of most interesting videos. Thank you again for those! :3

[@cassthegod9775]

The waltz jumps from 1910 look hilarious 😆

[@spicy_kitty7983]

that's because they were actually axel attempts

[@luablau]

There was one which took off backwards and landed forwards 😂 (I rewatched many times trying to figure out at what point of the turning or twizling or idk were the take off and landing)

[@cassthegod9775]

@@spicy_kitty7983 WHAT thats crazy

[@SicilyJo]

That’s what the beginnings of innovation look like. We shouldn’t be smug or laugh at what we see.

[@izzybeth]

that's cool. now you do one.

[@cornel999]

i've always loved the Biellmann spin. it's so badass.

[@fredbloggs6080]

I still hate when whenever they grab their skate, it just doesn't seem pure, and the Biellmann spin is very inelegant.

[@Positivekitten]

@@fredbloggs6080 when the skater has the true flexibility to execute it in the way Beillmann originated it, it is a beautiful move, but when it’s done without that full extension, it does definitely look awkward.

[@Letyaga1]

@@Positivekitten Moskvina. Europe championship 1960.

[@fredbloggs6080]

@@Positivekitten Well my favorite female figure skater never grabbed her skate, and probably didn't have the right body type for the Beillmann spin, but she was elegant and explosive, magical and angelic in the same routine, and preceded Dorothy Hamill with that type of short hairstyle, albeit blonde.

[@joemachunda]

Especially when she did it. She was a monster on ice

[@kdbee6086]

I wonder how skaters from 100 years ago would react seeing skaters today.

[@njital13]

Great video.......Amazed at the girls doing Quads now......amazing skaters. After 40 years.......now all the girls are doing the Beillmann spin.

[@marikafasola8771]

they are not quads

[@annefan1238]

@@marikafasola8771 not all yes, but theres no denying that zhilina currently has proper quads.

[@RusseCF88]

Fantastic video! Their are some erros in the names of the elements. Lutz has an outside entrance and flip an inside. I notced their were some confusion. Of course Flutz jump (an attempt to perform a lutz jump) has an entrance of an outside edge but the skater switches to an inside edge last minute before the takeoff. Thank you for putting all the hardwork to gather videos and mention the specific elements performed at that time. I am doing my thesis and you just saved me hrs of work.

[@Elibel77]

So nice to have such archives! What a beautiful sport. I miss it very much... (Note shure the moves @0:24-26 are waltz jumps, though..). And lots of people missing in the 70s-80s (the "modern dance" artistry of Toller Cranston should be brought back to memories, where's Scott Hamilton? Where's Katarina Witt?. Elizabeth Manley would do 5-6 illusions spins back to back with arms up (1988)..Midori Ito (first triple Axel), Kurt Browning (first quad toe), both in 1989, Brian Boitano's arm up lutz... Not so many pairs/dance, either. Their disciplines had drastic evolutions in the 80s-90s. The names of the skaters, if available, would be a great addition!

[@Nagichan]

This video is so beautiful, especially the first few minutes showcasing the beginnings of figure skating. I've been skating for almost 30 years now and I would always choose this sport over all others. It's truly the most beautiful and magnificant sport out there!

[@larissakoroleva]

Kudos to all women pictured in this video. Nothing is impossible! ❤️👍

[@annecohen8927]

I'm completely blown away by this. Mesmerizing.

[@usascorpio]

thank you very much for this assembling this fine collection of videos

[@Margatatials]

It's interesting to see how the costumes have changed over time.

[@beckymartin12]

all,, every one is completely amazing,, im in awe,,, this is like WOW

[@sandraskates]

I think that the jumps featured at .20 - .29 are actually axel attempts (it was invented in 1882) with old technique. If you watch Sonia Henie films, she'll do several axels in a row, but she winds them up like the skaters seen here.

[@GoddessArwen17]

You know looking at it again, I think you may be right! They're just so strange looking, they look like overdone waltz jumps.

[@sandraskates]

@@GoddessArwen17 Hopefully this link will work - Sonja Henie axels. Took me a few minutes to realize it! My how techniques have evolved. kzbin.info/www/bejne/fIvRaaiLYquBidk

[@mohammadrezasadeghi5733]

sochi 2014... my goddess I would die for it!!!

[@eyesproket]

Wait…. Didn’t Modori do the 3 axel first?

[@t.y.5565]

Tanya Harding was one of the first too.

[@another5669]

​@@t.y.5565 Yeah but Midori landed it first

[@kimlibera663]

Lovely! Extraordinary things come out of ordinary people.

[@PBLE20]

At 4:19 that was a triple lutz not a triple flip. A bit cheated on the takeoff and she two-toed the landing.

[@winterwalker6074]

The artistry and elegance in older figure skating was much better.

[@fredbloggs6080]

In my opinion Peggy Fleming, and especially, Janet Lynn were the best, and Dorothy Hamill and Kristi Yamaguchi achieved artistry as professionals. More recently I like Carolina Kostner, Yuna Kim, and Amber Glenn of the USA, who is in the middle of ISU Skate America currently.

[@elenabogolyubov6749]

Thank you very much for your selection for your compilation It's just great Спасибо большое за вашу подборку за вашу компиляцию Это просто здорово

[@annenna2354]

Really impressed by the guy starting @0:38!!!

[@malafunkshun8086]

This was a lovely video! It really shows the changes that have ocurred in figure skating over the years. I could not help but notice, however, the emphasis on jumps, beginning in the late 2010s. Figure skating is a beautiful sport. It is also beautiful art. Figure skaters should embrace both elements. Aloha 😊⛸️

[@josiemcbride3646]

I love how its assumed figure skating if for girls yet in the beginning it was both men and women getting involved. I guess women are just naturally more flexible so they get more into it. But my boys are starting to get into ice hockey and I was thinking of getting them figure skates as well as player skates because figure skating looks harder but could help them if they get really into ice hockey. Takes a lot more balance it looks like.

[@GoddessArwen17]

Almost every activity started with men because women in ancient times were not allowed out of the house. Their only allowed activities were household chores and childcare. So things like figure skating, horseback riding, any other sport, as well as things like plays and dramas were exclusively MEN. Plays on both sides of the planet (Japan and England) used to have young boys dress up as women for the "female" roles because women were not allowed to be actors. Now, horseback riding and figure skating is completely dominated by women, but both activities used to be exclusively men because women were not allowed.

[@josiemcbride3646]

@@GoddessArwen17 in the 1920s when figure skating became a sport it was BOTH men and women. My nana use to figure skate all the time.

[@GoddessArwen17]

​@@josiemcbride3646 What are you judging by to say it became a sport in the 1920s? Figure skating as a "sport" is a lot older than the 1920s. In 1742, when the first ice skating association was formed, the Edinburgh Skating Club. The first instructional book concerning ice skating was published in London in 1772. The first skater to accomplish an Axel was its creator, Axel Paulsen, in 1882 at the first international figure skating competition, which was held in Vienna. "You might be surprised to learn that this sport where women now shine was initially seen as solely the purview of male athletes" The International Skating Union (ISU), which still oversees international skating competition, was formed in 1892 and hosted the first World Figure Skating Championships in 1896: just four men competed in the event. Then in 1902, a woman, British figure skater Madge Syers, entered the competition thanks to a loophole in the rules; there was no written rule that specifically banned women. The WFSC closed the loophole soon after and barred women from competing in the Worlds.

[@namechange9367]

If they really want to improve get them with a figure skating coach, the list of high level hockey players that trained and continue to train with figure skating coaches is long

[@gabriellahoffmann130]

@@GoddessArwen17 So interesting! after all that how were women allowed to compete?

[@keisukes6433]

Why midori ito isn't included in the history!?

[@janetagar4536]

John Curry captured the artistry of skating

[@galileocan]

I stopped watching figure skating many years ago. I just got tired of the politics, and the ISU changing the marking system simply to hide the dishonest judges that kept getting re-hired and their wrists gently slapped for colluding. So unfair to those hardworking skaters, that they claim they invented the new marking system for. The last few minutes of this video honestly was a little grotesque. Human bodies with absolutely zero artistic merit, simply contorting and twirling as fast as it can go. It truly isn't a sport any longer, it's just a twirling competition for the youngest and skinniest possible who can do this. It's really horrible and boring to watch.

[@wendyleeconnelly2939]

The Charlotte Spiral mentioned in the 80s... was originally developed in the early 1900s.

[@jamiechristian2477]

Absolutely amazing thank you for a wonderful over view .

[@akaidensya2000]

Where is Midori Ito?

[@sakura44553]

You could see her in the part of the 1980s.

[@sakura44553]

5:25

[@gevance5308]

@@sakura44553 She is Kristi Yamaguchi.

[@annaandreeva7876]

2022: quad axel by Ilia Malinin

[@GoddessArwen17]

YEP!!! 🥳🤯

[@mommat1306]

It’s interesting how the different styles evolved. Back in the teens and 30s the bent free legs were the style, but in the later 20th century that would have been a serious performance fault. today it all seems to be about jumping and seeing just how many revolutions you can get, but not so much about actual “skating”. Style today tends to be a whole lot of arm flailing that frankly isn’t really very pretty to watch. When Peggy Fleming did that very simple outer edge spread eagle to a single axel to another outer edge spread eagle, it was lovely. It’s still lovely today. Less emphasis on revolutions and more on actual skating skills and musical interpretation would make today’s sport better-in this old lady’s opinion.

[@GoddessArwen17]

The bent free legs of the 30s and earlier drive me nuts! HOW was that considered attractive?!

[@kobynyt]

The first isn’t a waltz jump it’s a salchow! they are taking off on their left leg and landing on their right still landing backwards! ❤

[@Abbyonice]

The girl in 1970 did a one foot axel that was cool! And I loved the bird like arms in the back camel in 2000

[@annettewilcox5413]

That was janet Lynn. She was phenomenal skater. Very strong and artistic at the same time.

[@GabriellaFattorini]

Mi gira la testa! Bravissimi... invidia. 😍

[@danbadoopew]

triple axel was landed in the 80s tho

[@quillsoul]

What's the first music soundtrack from? It's gorgeous!

[@saveusmilkboy]

I love how involved women were in the acrobatics of the sport right from the start. All these black and white ladies in the 20s and 30s, rocking their surprisingly tiny sports skirts...

[@catcollector6195]

Wonderful video, thank you!

[@mistir]

Thank you for this visual history! Once the ladies' skirts were shorter, it was like beautiful rush of freedom. Like a spring set loose and a flower blooming at the same time.

[@marinashear3818]

Does anyone know who is singing The Sound of Silence?

[@talaria3338]

sasha cohen's iconic spiral sequence and spins!!!!! ❤❤❤

[@mellonxo]

The last scenes break my heart, no fun, no soul seems to be there

[@leigh2e200]

It's all beautiful. But the joy of the early years, and the outside atmosphere...it gets lost.

[@YokoshimaSTAR]

My goodness... all these people... everyone was a champion at their peak.. history is great, we'll also be part of the past, newer figure skaters coming all the time. Life is curious.

[@annystasia]

a few jumps here are named incorrectly, especially quad lutzes anв quad toe loops.

[@michaelshelley1289]

wish we could go back about 20 years....when it meant something.....now it's jump, jump, jump........but then again.....i LOVE jumps!!! so....go figure.....Michele Kwan still rules as far as I'm concerned!!!

[@gloriouspurpose18]

This is absolutely stunning. Please share your film score, for the love of all that is holy 💜

[@GoddessArwen17]

Arrival of the Birds - Theory of Everything Ashes - Celine Dion Sound of Silence - Disturbed Lovely - billie eilish and the tiny bit at the end is Come, Gentle Night by Abel Korzeniowski

[@typotus9394]

what is the name of first song ?

[@user-wk2nq2hl4m]

Нажала из-за Липницкой на превью.Харизматичная фигуристка

[@itssjake07]

12:08 quad lutz + 3s 🤨🤨?

[@aemiliacarolphonetube9749]

12:41 i'm so going to hell 😂

[@lubovarutyunyan5889]

Спасибо за это видео Просто здорово 👍

[@seaofglass77]

I really enjoyed that, thank you.

[@bufb]

I love these. Only wish you would listed the skater. So interesting

[@joemachunda]

Footwork should be more emphasized today. Kurt Browning was the master

[@patriciasalem3606]

As I recall, he and Scott Hamilton used to put their footwork sequences near the end of their programs for higher degree of difficulty too.

[@itssjake07]

4:19 triple flip? 🤨

[@mavisushka]

Thank you alexandra trusova, for showing us womens can be also powerfull not only elegant. In history Yuzuru and Nathan did nobody can do, and u came and did what they can do. Thank you sasha for being a legend. Triple combos at age of 8, quads age of 11/12. U are a history. New face of womens figure skating. Thanks for showing us that women can be better than mans at quads. You were the first, who beat mens at quads. Our rocket! Thanks for your unique style of skating. Rockstar trapped in figure skaters body! Queen of quads.

[@tambam6744]

Sasha elegant??? Lol. No

[@RosovaEva]

Sasha ruined the category. She has no elegance, she's just skating from jump to jump, nothing in between. It's horrendous 😭 but thanks to Putins war, we don't have to watch her again. And since she's nearing the expiring age of Tutberidze girls, I doubt we will ever see her in international competition again.

[@paris2910]

Dope

[@itssjake07]

12:02 quad flip? 🤨

[@VisualXploration]

Great music choice

[@itssjake07]

12:05 quad Lutz 🤨?

[@fairamir1]

Where are all the quads ?

[@davecotterell9462]

ALL the skaters spin and jump in the same counter-clockwise fashion. One woman, 1980's was exclusively clockwise. But NONE of them did jumps/spins in both rotation modes. I imagine it is difficult enough to do a quad jump in the first place. But what about the skill needed to do a clockwise quad followed immediately by a counterclockwise quad or triple? Since there is a definite increase in required skill over the years in order to be at the top of the world rankings then wouldn't the next step be ambidextrous jumps and spins?

[@GoddessArwen17]

There are people who spin in both directions and will put them in the same spin combo. It's not super common, but judges do award extra points for it. The only people I think sometimes jump in both directions is some Pair girls who will do their throw jump in the "normal" direction because of their partner, but when they jump solo, they won't. But most skaters do jump in the same direction, even if they're one of the skaters who can spin in both directions. I think we will see quint jumps before skaters start trying to jump in both directions.

[@djr6876]

I had conquered roller skating but I never could get the hang of ice skating. Now I can’t even roller skate, I guess it’s not like riding a bike.

[@obscurelyvague]

No knee whacking from Tonya Harding?

[@bdfan4ever]

Lmaooooooooooooooooooooo

[@thomasbenschdance]

No Katharina Witt????😢😳

[@luablau]

Seems like Yuzuru was the first man to do figure skating since the 60's

[@marikafasola8771]

yeah, pathetic

[@npe1]

Indeed. So obviously according to the person who made this video great male skaters didn't exist from the 1960's until the 2010's. So no John Curry, no Toller Cranston, no Robin Cousins, no Scott Hamilton, no Brian Boitano or Brian Orser, no Viktor Petrenko, no Kurt Browning or Elvis Stojko, no Ilia Kulik, no Alexei Yagudin, no Evgeni Plushenko - nothing.

[@onetopvoice]

No Surya Bonaly?

[@sondragramse1770]

I was waiting for the back flip

[@Congratulation-m2y]

You dont forget sergei grinkov

[@figulapt3784]

It's a crime not to include Midori Ito. First lady to do triple-triple and first lady to do a triple axel.

[@Jeremy-wp4yh]

Over the years the step sequence and skating skills have regressed. The quality of the jumps also regressed. Most skaters don't use the knee bend and deep edges. They also cheat most of their jumps and use the wrong edges.

[@makaelaischillin]

there are still great skaters who use all the correct techniques and have great ss, like Misha Kolyada

[@annettewilcox5413]

Spinning technique has also degraded. There use to be very very fast strong spins. Now not so much

[@brynneholt1990]

And centered spins.

[@brynneholt1990]

Ever since the current point system came out. No more Michelle Kwan-esque spiral sequences, no more perfect layback spins.

[@annettewilcox5413]

Yes they now basically use the same entries for all jumps. No one can do a strong axel cause they don’t have developed muscles to hold an edge. There’s very little height in the jumps and the spins are atrocious positions. The judges just reward constant motion at expense of lines.

[@itssjake07]

12:13 quad lutz + 3t 🤨?

[@good2golden803]

Female skaters now teenage spinning flexible skeletons. It beautiful yet seems wrong.

[@reddragonready]

This would be more accurately named Women's figure skating jumps history

[@tambam6744]

Late 2010s is the beginning of the fall of figure skating.

[@marlorosen358]

Good video but I lost it when you started calling lutzes flips and toe loops lutzes. 😂😂💀

[@atlanticsender]

Thank you so much for creating your gem. It makes me so proud, women were so fearless and strong in ice skating over, 100 years ago. Younger women need to understand feminism touches every aspect of a woman's life, including sport. Im sad you don't have more viewers, in light of the Olympics 22, even more so, sport is still politicised, even though, it never should have been.

[@blackcat2628zd]

Absolutely agree. I hate when brilliant athletes are creating something beautiful and difficult and painful and then some idiot behind the table says sorry guys, this year nothing. Not many can do this torture next four years.

[@carolynellis387]

I think a lot of grace and elegance has been lost in favor of more athletic styles

[@christianewilken2419]

In the 2010s it changed from ballett to circus.

[@ebisu-x7k]

where is MIDORI ITO

[@G6JPG]

I noticed the latter half - or even more - was nearly all ladies. (And it does seem to be very much based on jumps now. At the expense of dance particularly.)

[@Methanne]

Death spin for me is when the man hold woman's feet and she have the head near the ice while turning. If she touch the ice, skull and spinal broken. It is very dangerous and creepy, hence the name. I dont know but perhaps it is forbidden now in competitions. Candeloro salto is not shown : forbidden also i think.

[@GoddessArwen17]

What you're talking about is called a headbanger. Headbanger and death spiral are not the same things. Headbangers are banned from competition yes, but skaters do them all the time in shows.

[@Methanne]

@@GoddessArwen17 so, death spiral is an inflated name. it seams less dangerous than when the man carry the woman over his head. If she fall, the hight is little. For Headbanger , the name is creepy also : it says that the head must touch the ice. Brrr😬🤔

[@GoddessArwen17]

@@Methanne oh the name is absolutely overkill. 😂 Death spiral isn't dangerous at all compared to most other moves. But that is what it's called.

[@НикитаАлексеев-щ6з]

Спасибо.

[@TT-ee4qp]

The artists on ice......❤ Peggy Fleming : 3 time World champion, 5 time National champion, 1 time Olympics gold. Katarina Witt : 4 time World champion, 6 time European champion, 2 time Olympics gold. Michelle kwan : 5 time World champion, 9 time National champion, one time Olympics silver and one time Olympics bronze.

[@sakura44553]

When did you see them in the video?

[@colleenkennealy3505]

@@sakura44553, if you're asking about Peggy Fleming, she is seen starting at about 3 min 25 secs into the video. She's wearing the chartreuse (light green) skating dress.

[@TT-ee4qp]

@@sakura44553 Michelle kwan 6 : 13

[@TT-ee4qp]

@@colleenkennealy3505 I love Peggy's costume color.💕

[@sakura44553]

The video is very ideological biased USAmericans too many, Katarina Witt missing. Come out of your Cold war thinking!

[@kat2878]

who was the pairs in the 2010's ????? magnificent!!!!!

[@roseniegl8576]

if u mean that one pair in sochi with the pink dress then it's meryl davis and charlie white (they are ice dancers though)

[@emrsdca]

@@roseniegl8576 I guess "ice dancers" aren't figure skaters?

[@roseniegl8576]

@@emrsdca no but pair skaters are not the same as ice dancers and that is what I meant -

[@helvettefaensatan]

Interesting that the evolution of figure skating has been as creative as that we see with skateboarding. I hope boarding never becomes such a technical, conservative sport as figure skating.

[@dorisbergmann3700]

❤winter flowers ❤ ❤

[@bcgrote]

Back flip? Hello?

[@GoddessArwen17]

Back flip is an illegal move in competitions. You will only see it in show skating.

[@justjoycee8152]

There's one thing, which I don't understand: Why do you call everything on other way?

[@Tenorboy29307]

So sad to not see Rika’s 3A combos. 😢

[@lilian_m_65]

2017 3axel-3toe-2toe Rika Kihira

[@notnek202]

Janet Lynn best free skater ever.

[@lazyriver53]

I question the wisdom of having such young girls do such difficult jumps. It can't be good for their body.

[@КаТаня-м5к]

Очень интересно. Большое спасибо!

[@johnhazel3551]

Triple axle was in the 90’s