When you watch this and then watch the Russian robots, you understand how hollow skating has become. This was perfection with emotion, artistry, and choreography.
@sunnykim27939 ай бұрын
You can not say Russian robots. Quite rude & stupid
@oceanle4 жыл бұрын
I was watching 2019 figure skating and then had to come back and watch Michelle Kwan. Now that's how you skate!
@theprinceoftides68362 жыл бұрын
I was compelled to go see this magical program again from M.K. to remind me that there really used to be beauty and magic in skating after the ugliness that is transpiring in the current winter Olympics ladies skating. The most beautiful and ethereally stunning program for all time from the G O.A.T. She really is a lightning in a bottle.
@dsfddsgh12 жыл бұрын
Love what the British commentator said after Michelle finished. " For heaven sake she's 15 years old." Michelle was indeed a special talent to be that good at such a young age. Combine that talent with a fierce competitive spirit and you have one of the greatest skaters of all time.
@stevebbuk9557 Жыл бұрын
Probably the best female skater of all time when you look at her LP here. Maybe she continued in the sport just a little too long, as did some of her contemporaries.
@mokah117 жыл бұрын
We didn't know it at the time (or at least I didn't) but Michelle spoiled us in the US. She was such a complete and beautiful skater. You don't see anyone now stringing championships together the way she did. Fantastic.
@Karamarika2 жыл бұрын
You don't see that primarily because of the scoring system and the constant rotation of female skaters from Russia. Russia is dominant now (as nearly always) and they push their women like no other country. Those girls are skating more like men now with all the quads. The scoring system also makes it a lot harder to prop up a "champion" over multiple competitions. You have to be extremely exceptional to accomplish that with this scoring system, like Nathan Chen is. Otherwise the leader board changes too much from competition to competition and year to year. Especially internationally.
@tambam6744 Жыл бұрын
@@Karamarika Russian -women- *little girls* were never dominant until they corrupted figure skating in there fraudulent home Olympic “win” in 2014. The only notable skater before current batch of Russian girls was Irina Slutskya.
@simplenough7 ай бұрын
A true artist she was
@loralenea62436 ай бұрын
Michelle Kwan should have a star on the Hollywood wall of fame. She is a true entertainer, she acts out every program that she skates with her heart and is emotionally vested in each and every program taking us along with her on her journey. Her joy is contagious allowing us to forget our troubles for a time.
@dlcc4dlng2 жыл бұрын
I would have scored this program 5.8 technical 6.0 presentation!!! Michelle’s movements on the ice matched the music 100%
@JBlue76198212 жыл бұрын
I love how she opens this program with great elegance and artistry, rather than skating right into the lutz combination.
@stephenshearer29895 жыл бұрын
The speed in the spiral sequence and the footwork....my gosh. Just breathtaking.
@user-ml2lk7dy7k5 ай бұрын
And this unbelievable out of this world skating from a 15 year old kid. We will never see this kinda beauty and magic on ice ever again. Truly The G.O.A.T..
@lowdaisy113 жыл бұрын
I love the eurosport commentators! At least they dont keep talking right through the whole program!
@JairTheLiteraryMasturbator11 жыл бұрын
The hand clap in the choreography, the head move at, "Ole!", and the look over the shoulder at the completion of this program are EVERYTHING!!
@piznoctsauo81414 жыл бұрын
Time mark??
@BmcC1023 жыл бұрын
Not to be overly dramatic, but that was the best damn Short Program I have ever seen. The choreography and placement of elements is absolutely perfect with the music… each element begins or ends with the phrase of music. Every new section of music has a corresponding move ! Phrasing at its best in figure skating!
@lanacat269 жыл бұрын
One of my favorite short programs ever...She was simply superb!
@williamnuels14373 жыл бұрын
The Great Michelle Kwan she made that Lay Back look like a glass of wine Beautiful
@PrinceofTroy-kx3nkАй бұрын
The best that ever was and the best that ever will be. Nobody even comes close. The great Michelle Kwan 🌷.
@jeanettebird27392 жыл бұрын
Superb skater and one of my favorites of all time,simply the best ! She had everything and such a pleasure to watch !
@user-vn7sj5ig8w5 жыл бұрын
I love this SP! It is one of her best. The music and the choreography was awesome! If only they didn't change Olympics to 94. I miss MK skating.
@journalistgirl0713 жыл бұрын
Simon Reed- what a legend of figure skating commentary :) Together with Chris and Nicky the best FS commentators of the world in the last 15 yrs or more :D
@jrewing68363 жыл бұрын
The most beautiful program of all time.. Timeless Masterpiece.
@jamespayne802 жыл бұрын
I love looking back at her programs. Such an amazing talent and deserved to have gold the first try but got silver then bronze the 2nd chance. Ive loved her since she came on the scene and shes is an amazing person and artist!
@amyallen65802 жыл бұрын
The Very Best Skater Ever
@dinh553210 жыл бұрын
The beginning spiral sequence was amazing. Who would have thought to put it at the beginning?! It was mesmerizing!!!
@oceanle3 жыл бұрын
I watch this so many times! So gooood!
@Jhojsh1018 жыл бұрын
A masterpiece! By far my favorite sp not only of Michelle, but of anyone! 🌹🌹🌹
@lanacat2612 жыл бұрын
This has always been my favorite Michelle Kwan short program. The quality of this video is amazing. Thank you for posting it.
@rdg___7 жыл бұрын
They don't make them like this anymore. So many of the skaters today have such difficult and impressive technical requirements but, we haven't had a 15 year old ladies skater that's had this kind of maturity and artistry since Kwan.
@fong035 жыл бұрын
I agree, though Sasha Cohen did display this kind of artistry at that age, but that too was a long time ago.
@wendylindh46123 жыл бұрын
Kwan way better than Sasha.
@theprinceoftides68362 жыл бұрын
@@wendylindh4612 True dat, Sasha was equally as beautiful, just a bit inconsistent. I for one is happy to witness 2 insanely beautiful and unique skaters in one lifetime.
@Karamarika2 жыл бұрын
Kwan had a major transformation from her first season out and this one. She was overshadowed by the 1994 Olympics debacle, but she came out with a huge makeover the next year. She was insanely more mature, polished, with beautiful choreography, and very solid technically. It was amazing to see that difference. She really was a great champion.
@jrewing23834 жыл бұрын
The most beautiful dance in FG. Courtesy of the GOAT.
@koolaidnhemlock11 жыл бұрын
still one of the best short programs ever .
@cecilmary192112 жыл бұрын
The last "American Sweetheart". Today's skaters can only think about doing the next triple-triple. They lose so much in their presentation...they need both technical and presentation marks. Miss you Michelle....
@piznoctsauo81414 жыл бұрын
Brilliant choreography.
@dewaynewestmoreland37734 жыл бұрын
This to me is one of my favorite short programs ever
@tally16049 жыл бұрын
breathtaking! she was the best that night, and the best in the long!
@keeganthorpe4 жыл бұрын
THIS is artistry.
@janek98177 жыл бұрын
Every time I watch worlds 1996, I get so upset they changed the olympic time frame. If the Olympics were held in 1996 like they should have been, Michelle would have had gold. This was her year.
@jorgebonilla22345 жыл бұрын
Yeah but then by that logic, Harding/Kerrigan/Baiul might still have been around and been real threats.
@renzy795 жыл бұрын
We don't know that. Baiul, Sato, Kerrigan, Harding, and Chouinard may have all stayed until 1996.
@Applesinken13 жыл бұрын
love this program, and her expression on the end ^_^
@vallievi6 жыл бұрын
nothing even close to this... Her grace, skating and coreographies are unique...
@mlc200512 жыл бұрын
As the British Commentator said: "It just doesn't come any better than that!"
@saboriana3 жыл бұрын
How I wish I could have seen her live. Art on ice.
@ghernan0110 жыл бұрын
Amazing homage to Spain! Beautiful Ina Bauer at the beginning! MK rocks!
@stephenshearer29895 жыл бұрын
Gustavo Hernandez Minetti I love a man who appreciates a great Ina Bauer!
@tennislover087 жыл бұрын
One of the best short programs ever
@nancygreen37052 жыл бұрын
Beautiful perfection! 🥰🥰 How can one not love this sport?
@jrewing23834 жыл бұрын
FnA , it does not get any better than this, a truer words could not have been said.
@AnnieD13128113 жыл бұрын
Thanks so much for posting this! The quality of the video is superb and I've never heard it with Chris and Simon's commentary - I only have the BBC version. What a wonderful program from Kwan - amazing!
@oceanle3 жыл бұрын
I could watch Michelle for ages.....oh wait, I do!
@txbadgirl112 жыл бұрын
I love watching these videos...such grace. What I hate is all the nasty comments some troll was making. Thank goodness it got deleted...
@wileecoyote671 Жыл бұрын
This (along with the Salome free program) was the breakout of Michelle as a mature artist on the ice. Ive never seen a skater's complete metamorphosis like this in one year's time. She was 4th the year before in Birmingham after skating flawlessly with 7 triples but dinged on artistry. So, she went home, matured, and decided to become the most beautiful interpretive skater in the field. Her running edge was oh so good in '96 (the edge control and flow in her crossovers, spirals, the 2axel landings really showing it off in both programs). She just oozes finesse and sophistication here. There were so many subtle nuances here (versus later in her career where all the crossovers and jump setups were the same regardless of the music). The British commentary was stellar here as well, recognizing her quality and discipline.
@TT-ee4qp Жыл бұрын
She was 15 here. She changed herself to be an artist on ice here.
@TravelingMan635 жыл бұрын
My favorite MK SP.
@pamelapfautsch5835 Жыл бұрын
Yes, I don’t watch figure skating anymore, but do support the sport. It is just hard to watch after growing up watching Janet Lynn, Dorothy Hamill and Michelle Kwan. ❤
@FlabbyTitmuss Жыл бұрын
I love this program. Interesting that the US judge actually had her second…the only judge to do so. Just proves that the old scoring method wasn’t always partisan!
@susanthacker32863 жыл бұрын
What happened to the elegant skating? Michelle is one of the most elegant skaters ever. Now it has turned into how many jumps they can do. What a shame.
@rivergirl34442 жыл бұрын
So elegant
@uninstant71246 жыл бұрын
어린나이부터 천부적재능이 돋보이네요. 힘, 속도감, 흐름이 완전히 장난아니네요. 정말 대단해요...
@jjh24568 жыл бұрын
I would have preferred the 3flip as the solo jump, but that was flawless.
@teresagarcia82797 жыл бұрын
the best!
@mlc200512 жыл бұрын
Wow, the American judge was the only judge who placed Kwan 2nd! Even though I felt Kwan was slightly better than Chen, it's nice to see a judge go against the grain and base his mark on his/her true feelings vs. national pride. Let's face it, have we ever seen a Russian or European judge EVER do that, even once?
@mammac43332 жыл бұрын
It was also an American judge(Joe Inman) who denied her the gold in 98.😥
@metsdudenj Жыл бұрын
Well the American judge clearly got it wrong. He gave her a 5.6 for technical which is absurd.
@nancybreazile96484 жыл бұрын
BEAUTIFUL
@acuison111 жыл бұрын
Tara who?
@richardmandler68248 жыл бұрын
Whats up with the American judge?
@mammac43332 жыл бұрын
Oh how I miss her!
@breanatalley18947 жыл бұрын
I like mitchele's iceskateing outfit in this video
@sgsmozart4 жыл бұрын
This is when skating was beautiful....now it has been ruined by the Code of Points scoring system...with ugly spins.. flailing arms and so many jumps...who gives a damn!
@nancycarpenter41602 жыл бұрын
Frankly I am tired of the arms over the head move. It was great for Boitano as he fit it to the choreography. Now the girls jump, throw their arms up with no style, no beauty, just sticking their arms up to get points. It looks ridiculous. I wish they would change the rules that you can get those points only once in a program.
@mikelara83062 ай бұрын
Just imagine that 1996 should have been a Winter Olympic season and Michele would have been the favorite.
@marieazrak19512 жыл бұрын
Michelle I am a huge fan of yours
@David7th2nd22nd11 жыл бұрын
the Kween
@edwardbak44592 жыл бұрын
She was so beautiful to watch.
@annecohen89274 жыл бұрын
Most figure skaters try to copy other figure skaters. But not Michelle Kwan! She tries to be the original, an individual with a unique program that sets herself completely apart from other figure skaters which should be her signature style and arrangement, not some copy cat or carbon copy of someone else.
@theprinceoftides68363 жыл бұрын
That is why MK will always be remembered, she was unique, special.
@snopesshop1903 Жыл бұрын
Hard to believe she's the same age here as Lipinski was doing her vacuous "Anastasia" sp. just no comparison.
@TT-ee4qp10 ай бұрын
Unbelievable. 👍 Unreal. 👍
@acuison112 жыл бұрын
People remember Michelle. Tara who? LOL
@dinh55326 жыл бұрын
Or Sarah...lol
@Spac3bab36 жыл бұрын
Lmao true
@user-mw8jc1ly4v3 жыл бұрын
Love her
@erivera49287 жыл бұрын
this is like level 40 figure skating lol...crazy awesomeness!
@KurtiMaria2 жыл бұрын
Respect great
@TheOblivionfan12312 жыл бұрын
The Italian judge placed Irina Slutskaya 4th in the long program at the 2002 olympics. That's just off the top of my head, I'm pretty sure it happens a lot.
@acuison112 жыл бұрын
I think the American judge just didn't want to put her in first so as not to show some form of bias but knew that her program was that good for the others to put her ahead of Chen Lu.
@chrisjacobsen55582 жыл бұрын
Legendary
@enchantedella64953 жыл бұрын
Leave it t the US judge to try and screw her over
@aliceabasolo49012 жыл бұрын
Great skate❣️🥳
@judyi86713 ай бұрын
What program was that American judge watching? That was a brilliant skate. Michelles breakout year.
@KurtiMaria2 жыл бұрын
Wooonderful
@Alexchen4562 ай бұрын
RIP Frank Carroll , I read that he lost his coach and two daughters in a plane crash. 😢
@KurtiMaria2 жыл бұрын
I like it
@xuezhang99442 жыл бұрын
Careful examination would tell the lutz was flawed. At takeoff, her edge changed to inside edge and she used edge instead of toepick for the takeoff.
@skatefan94952 жыл бұрын
The whole is greater than the sum of its parts.
@attnMoFo7 жыл бұрын
Boss.
@irmelitammilehto31678 жыл бұрын
The most softly scating of all history of scating.
@oceanle3 жыл бұрын
Who is the American judge? lol
@sgsmozart3 жыл бұрын
I just finished watching the 2021 US National women's short program which was TERRIBLE compared to this artistic masterpiece. When the ISU approved " vocal " music, it was another nail in the coffin for figure skating. Now most skaters choose pathetically vapid songs and any one of them could be interchanged with another skater's choreography...
@skatefan94952 жыл бұрын
It’s the fault of the scoring system. No more spirals, over-emphasis on technical elements, labored footwork sequences and ubiquitous Biellmanns. Artistry not valued, so not pursued.
@bojohns77 Жыл бұрын
The moment Michelle said I have arrived 3:10 😏
@jimmyseraphin73147 жыл бұрын
5.7 and 5.9
@rickowen.k37255 жыл бұрын
콴은 확실히 초기 작품들이 더 볼만하다.(로만짜,라흐마니노프,리라 안젤리카) 그런데 후반작품들은 갈수록, 스피드는 느려지고, 안무실종.
@esteboner2 жыл бұрын
Soon to be ambassador kwan!!
@singsongeric3 жыл бұрын
What was with the American judge??? 5.6!?!?
@JBlue76198212 жыл бұрын
I certainly will never forget the incredible Tara Lipinski. In particular, I shall always remember how she defeated Michelle Kwan in Nagano with two amazing triple-triple combinations--that's the stuff Olympic champions are made of! Kudos to Tara for winning her well-deserved Olympic gold medal.
@TT-ee4qp2 жыл бұрын
Tara was overrated and Michelle was robbed. Tara didn't really make a correct 3+3 ,so she didn't 100% deserve the Olympics gold. Tara had a kid's body and weight so easier to jump, nothing more. Tara retired because she couldn't stop grow up and everything changed.
@TT-ee4qp2 жыл бұрын
Michelle's artistry and technique were better than Tara, Tara should go to the kid's Olympics.
@BmcC102 Жыл бұрын
The American judge was trying too hard to hide bias.
@mlc200511 жыл бұрын
Totally!!!
@lorigbasmajian38432 жыл бұрын
Did kwan's coach get into trouble for something?
@marieazrak19512 жыл бұрын
I miss when the Olympics professional Olympics was competition for everybody of every different color race culture gender. Having the Olympics be only for white people is boring
@ladysalad95016 жыл бұрын
I bet she's only 98 lbs
@jondavwal137 жыл бұрын
Such a beautiful program. But I get upset when I watch how good she was at 15 and how she just decided to coast until the end of her career thinking things would be handed to her. Her difficulty was never upgraded and I think she landed the easiest triple triple maybe twice in her entire career. Compare that to Yamaguchi who was trying to kill herself trying to land a triple axel and performing triple lutz, triple toe years before. Lipinski and Hughes both deserved those gold medals because they took huge risks. Even in 1998, in arguably her most beautiful long program she took the safe road. There is no reward for that in sport.
@zigzaggyp7467 жыл бұрын
Michelle was working on the triple axel until she hit puberty. Then, Frank decided is was best for her not to. Anyone knowing Frank knows that he values consistency. FYI, less you forget the stress fracture in her foot in the 98' Olympic season, Michelle had to dial it back on combo jumps because of her foot. She had planned a triple/triple until then. After, 98' she had split focus deciding to go to school. Between 2000-2002 she was practicing harder triple/triples until injury rose again in late 00'. From then on she practiced more difficult triple/triples like the sal/loop and lutz/loop but didn't have the consistency. Anyway, you can bag on Michelle all you'd like but all Lipinski and Hughes showed is that triple/triples prior to hitting puberty and having Michelle to take off all the pressure on them gave them all the space they needed. Good on them for taking it. Still, takes nothing from Michelle. An artist more than a jumper. It is what it is. She is a legend and more so than both Lipinski and Hughes with their gold medals.
@jondavwal137 жыл бұрын
ZigZaggy To you. Not to me. To me she never achieved her potential and she skated against unworthy opponents. Slutskaya, please. Whenever someone gave her a fight, she lost. Not the stuff of legends.
@jondavwal135 жыл бұрын
Tray N yeah. List them. And never more than two triple toes. Baby combination.
@jondavwal135 жыл бұрын
maseratic boychik have you ever seen either of them skate live? I thought not. FYI, Kwan had probably the worst layback spin in the history of figure skating. Hideous and pathetic with no arch in the back whatsoever. She tried to cover it with her ridiculous variations but bottom line, it wasn’t even a layback. So let’s not talk about Lipinski’s spins.
@jondavwal135 жыл бұрын
maseratic boychik Yeah no. I actually can skate. And I was the President of the Figure Skating Club at the Ice House in Hackensack. I was a part of the skating world at the time. Lipinski’s win was a very popular one for us. Kwan was an entitled bitch. Her family was universally despised. Your words are like poop on toilet paper. Kwan was a great skater for about 3 years then she phoned it in. The programs of skaters ten years before her were more daring and difficult. The sport went backwards because of her.