Katarina Witt - 1987 Cincinnati

[@davidliers9215]

Für mich war es die großartigste Kür von der Eis- Königin Katharina in ihrer Laufbahn.... einfach perfekt.👍

[@christabahls2888]

Kathi ist eine Legende und nur mit viel Fleiß hatte sie diese Erfolge,dazu kommt daß sie sehr hübsch und sehr natürlich in ihrem Auftreten war,ich bin stolz darauf dass sie uns ehemaligen DDR Bürgern so viel Freude brachte,ich werde sie immer bewundern wer von den Kritikern kann es besser machen?

[@DidiKhan919]

Катарина, мы Вас любили, любим и всегда будем ЛЮБИТЬ! Говорю от имени всех мужчин России!

[@yurizivago3641]

Here you can clear see how strong Katarina Witt was! Thank you Katarina for all the art you shared with us!

[@HeinzReusche]

Sie ist die Eiskönigin. So etwas gab es bis heute nicht wieder, Dank auch an Jutta Müller.❤❤❤

[@carolalehmann9278]

Sie war eine tolle Sportlerin auf ihrem Gebiet

[@minoliene]

traumhaft schön -Kati du warst die Beste -niemand auf der Welt konnte dir das Wasser reichen -großartig!!!

[@HeinzReusche]

Sehe ich auchso.❤❤❤

[@alwonderb0y]

One of her greatest performance!!!! Amazing Katarina Witt!!!

[@minoliene]

traumhaft schön...zauberhaft! Sie ist und wird immer "Katarina die Große" bleiben!!!

[@HeinzReusche]

Unübertroffen bis heute, einfach Spitze❤❤❤❤

[@renavogel7114]

Kati ist die Beste und Hübscheste.👍🙏💖💖💖

[@ThePaultrevor]

Sensazionale. Esibizione che fa letteralmente impazzire. Un fascino inimitabile.

[@maryagal]

What a talented, unforgettable skater. A true star.

[@koolaidnhemlock]

part of me wishes this were her 88 olympic routine. so much more content, in terms of spins, footwork, jumps, than a year later. the music and the energy was high throughout. i really love this program.

[@MrSimi71]

The Best.

[@OrchlonSR]

Talasco,thank you very much!!!!!!!!!

[@galaefremova4917]

Великая!

[@Taan123]

awesome performance

[@paulrandig]

Perfection.

[@ivanigorpollick6690]

queen on ice ,perfection

[@HeinzReusche]

Sie wollte es aber auch, genau wie ich. Es war mein Traum Eiskunstläufer zu werden hatte aber diese Möglichkeit nicht. War keine Eishalke in der Nähe.

[@Ricky0101]

You have to remember that she came from the GDR which at the time had the same system as the USSR. They put skates on babies and weaned them to be competitors. But I agree she is a classy and beautiful lady. I once waited on her in her room at a downtown Boston hotel. She was genuinely grateful of her fans and not only gave me an autograph (in German which I speak) but one for my friend as well.

[@sonnhildhoch3424]

Es wurden Babys keine Schlittschuhe angezogen. Katarina lief auf den Weg zum Kindergarten mit ihrer Mutter oft am Eisstation vorbei und sah,wie die Skater übten. Sie bettelte förmlich darum, zum Einlaufen gebracht zu werden. Die Eltern, die eher besorgt waren, ihre Tochter würde sich zu sehr körperlich belasten, gaben schließlich ihrem Drängen nach.

[@76sunny]

you don´t rain on her parade - you just need a glasses. her 3loop was correctly landed - take it in slow mo and you´ll see.......gorgeous performance, her artistry is just wonderful and figure skating is not only about the jumps. i think it´s also telling a story and no one was capable of telling more if you know what i mean.....

[@safehaven11]

That's the best she's ever skated!

[@mlc2005]

@indiatree : I don't usually take non-skating write ups seriously, as they seldom know that they are talking about. The sports illustrated article you speak of got it totally wrong: Her loop was not two-footed. Like I said, I'm not a huge Witt fan, but this program singularly made me a fan b/c it was all class and no flirting (which is rare for her).

[@safehaven11]

She's a beautiful lady to watch on ice.

[@CarstenOepping]

unbelievable.....

[@koolaidnhemlock]

@dsfddsgh because of PRESSURE. the only way she was allowed to turn pro was to win her second gold. she was under immense pressure from her federation and her coach. the fact that she skated as well as she did under that pressure is what's so extraordinary. when the chips were down, kat rose to the challenge.

[@victoriagill3337]

So many people said how Debi had so much pressure because of studying whilst skating. Not to take anything away from that but she had a choice. Kat didn’t. Way bigger pressure?!

[@dsfddsgh]

Watching her performance here where she skated with great speed and her triple jumps were so solid it makes you wonder why she was so average in her LP at the Olympics less then a year later.

[@koolaidnhemlock]

i agree, it was completed. believe me, scott hamilton would be the first to yell "TWO FEET!!!", but it wasn't. cautious, yes. two footed- no.

[@kahli4]

She was a mythos . The most beautiful face of socialism.

[@Rouben19]

1987 worlds ladies is my personal fav. kat was brillant, thomas a bore as usual

[@mlc2005]

I must admit that I never was a huge Witt fan, b/c I felt she posed and flirted, and didn't have the grace that we now come to expect (Kwan,, etc), however, this performance is her masterpiece in my opinion. Beautiful, not over the top, and well done.

[@vikingsong2068]

No grace?! Katarina Witt had no grace?! LMAO!

[@HeinzReusche]

War perfekt. ❤❤❤

[@mlc2005]

Noticing the judges scores, it always bothers me to see Nationalistic judging (which we used to see NON STOP). For example (and I am American), the US judge gave her a 5.8 for technical, and Debi a 5.9. Witt was much faster, and landed everything just as well as Thomas, except for the triple loop, which Witt landed much better. And an argument could be made that she landed the second triple salchow better as well. Hmmmm.

[@PhilAlumb]

...The European Block JUDGES invented Favoritism Judging.. especially the Russians.....The Americans & Canadians were usually More Honest & fair.

[@Dossen_A]

@mattimattiusa triple loop 2footed? I don't see, probably very slightly . 5,7 from australian judge for artistic is absolutely impossible!

[@yurizivago3641]

what could you expect from Australian?

[@victoriagill3337]

If that 3L was double footed it wasn’t as obvious as Thomas’ and some judges gave her higher technical marks 🤦🏽‍♀️

[@Dossen_A]

@mattimattiusa triple loop 2footed? I don't see, probably very slightly

[@koolaidnhemlock]

@claireshana look, if not for kat, i would never be a fan of this sport. she can do no wrong in my eyes.

[@suutari13]

yeah and no one is on steroids in the USA. The use of steroids among the top athletes is the rule.

[@rekr3316]

What are you talking about??? Her doping tests where negative all the time, and she had one or two after every competition!

[@yescanto]

It was one thing to know that Katarina was on steriods and part of the East Germany state drug program. I was shocked to learn of how aware and involved she was with them. I guess at first I thought she was forced into it. But she was totally in the know about everything and in total co-operation with it.

[@vikingsong2068]

Are you stupid? Do you think she would have had any say in the matter? You should probably google what life was like for East Germans under a soviet regime in the 80s..

[@koolaidnhemlock]

steroids don't give you nerves of steel.

[@sorayabranco]

Neither dancing skills... Let them talk. Loosers... 😎

[@lb4585]

@Philip Alumbo bxxbxxbfbbxbxxbx plsss

[@zedlacredit]

Do you really live under a rock, is this 2010 ? I mean really, Yes she has confessed.. she was totally willing ... maybe you should read some of the article on the net .

[@CarstenOepping]

@Ricky0101 you have no idea what you are talking about!

[@jubbadupa]

@LGuinevere Well you could be wrong there, if you think she was gracefull, then you have to consider that skaters work on muscle memory and their programs are coreographed and then the do run-thru's ...many of them ! Taking steroids helps signifigantly in this area, as her recovery is faster, thus enabling her to do more run-thrus, making it easier and ensuring better muscle memory ! She would look so gracefull if she was fatigued.

[@Marchjoy1963]

I meant to type steroids not steriods.

[@Marchjoy1963]

That is so stupid ... steriods don't mean that you are going to look like a weight lifter, if that were true then they would be given to the runners. Anyway Katarina was on steriod from a very young age and took them during her entire career !

[@yescanto]

Yes nice performace, but she is still a East German steroid queen !

[@vikingsong2068]

And now you have shown your agenda..