Midori Ito 1987 Worlds Long Program

[@JennaOxford]

最初の2A-1Eu-3Sの3連続は飛び始めから終わりまでにリンクを端から端まで使っていて、その距離に驚愕･･････ 両手を下げたままロケットのように飛ぶ2Tって、両腕を上げる際に遠心力が生まれるリッポンジャンプよりも難しいのでは？？ 4:40の2Aは高さと幅と余裕があって3Aかと思うくらいに見とれました　圧巻･･････本当に良いオススメ映像でした💗 The first 2A-1Eu-3S triple jump sequence used the entire length of the rink from take-off to landing, and I was amazed by the distance... The 2T, performed with arms down like a rocket, seems even more difficult than a Rippon jump, where centrifugal force is created by raising the arms, doesn’t it? The 2A at 4:40 had such height, width, and ease that I almost mistook it for a 3A - I was captivated. Absolutely stunning... This was truly a fantastic recommendation! 💗

[@mj6547]

Who can believe that this program was performed 37years ago！！She is so amazing Midori Ito!

[@paulsumiso2248]

1:18あたりからの加速感がたまらない。それにしてもジャンプの飛距離が凄すぎる。

[@MADHAUSMARKALLAN]

Ahead of her time. 7 triples and a wonderfully choreographed program with very difficult content spread throughout. that opening 2xAxel euler 3x Salchow was freaking huge!

[@ggd210]

Midori Ito is the definition of Huge jumps!! The crowd were amazed!! 😮😍

[@Fedeilfico]

She’s still a legend. A real breakthrough the history of this sport. 100 years from now everybody will still remember and admire her.

[@RrkmMr]

1:21 冒頭の2A-3Sの飛距離エグくて笑う 普通の選手の何倍跳んでるのってくらい凄まじい

[@クジラブリ大根]

最初の２A-１Eu-３S＋アクセルシットって、 今もできる人いないんじゃないかってぐらいの畳みかけ。 真近で見た観客が本当にうらやましい。 その後も３F、３T-３T、イーグルから３Lo＋フライングキャメル、３Lz（転倒）、つなぎでさりげなくインサイドアクセル、スプリットジャンプ＋ウォーレイからの３Sとかステップで両手を下げたまま２T、２Aの直後にバタフライとか・・・ これはもう宇宙人ですわ（確証）

[@ポイントポット]

技術的にもこれだけやって最後までバテない体力も凄いですよね。 当時でジャンプの入りと着氷後、細かくウォーレイを入れたり、ジャンプの手の位置を工夫したりと本当に素晴らしいです。あのアクセルシットスピンはあんなに高く上がると他の選手だとバランスを崩してしまうと思います。私は天性の体幹だと思っています。 今までもこれからも彼女以上の女子選手はあらわれないと思っています。

[@ナナたろう]

GOE満点が付きそうな2A3S凄すぎる。。今流行りのオイラー入れた3連続を先取りしてるし。

[@junemi0112]

フィギュアスケートファンとして、 1位伊藤みどり 2位浅田真央 3位紀平梨花 になってしまいます。 本当に伊藤みどりのジャンプは凄かった！

[@georgerobbins3]

The opening Ina Bauer into 2a+3s into flying sit spin gave me chills 😍

[@古橋奈可子]

みどりさん、危なげないから、安心して応援できた。

[@little5770]

えっ！？最初の連続ジャンプ…嘘でしょう？なにあの高さと飛距離…ヤバくない？

[@arz9163]

The first to do the triple axel and still the best triple axel we have ever seen a woman complete. Ito was a treasure!

[@androidnipper]

なんだ、カルガリーの前年から既にスーパースターじゃない!

[@岡田耕治-s7e]

知る人とぞ知るですね… 。😂

[@村司香]

伊藤みどりさんといえば、この演技のあとの大歓声がともかく、印象に、残っています。

[@ggd210]

She is still very impressive!! No one ever jumps like her! 🥰🥰🥰

[@PerAllwin1963]

She literally floats in the air.

[@jondavwal13]

For 1987 this is nuts!! I saw her live a few times. What you don't get from this, although you see it a bit, is just HOW much faster than everybody else she is going. How much higher she jumps and how much more ice coverage on her jumps. Before you realized how secure she was technically she was a little frightening. Nobody ever used speed and momentum like she did. The rotations almost didn't matter. She was going so fast and jumping so high you can count out the rotations while she is in the air. Try that with the current crop of Russian "skaters".

[@usaskjock]

well freaking said

[@eyen30]

Totally agree! Her triple jumps are bigger than the quads performed by the russian skaters now!

[@dmp7252]

My entire neighborhood heard me laugh while reading this comment. You took the words right out of my mouth. Thank you passing on the stories and anecdotes of seeing this legendary talent in action. While the skaters are more proficient in certain aspects today, no one to date has been able to propel themselves through the air like Midori. We've seen signs from Kaori Sakamoto, but even still, she doesn't achieve the same breathtaking height on her jumps. Every time Midori launches into the air you can hear the audience sort of gasp in disbelief. Scott Hamilton may have been right: Midori truly is a once in a lifetime talent. Till this day, those words still stand tall, unshakeable and true! And then, before Midori gets off the ice, she offers a beautiful curtesy to a handful of fans. Hard to keep a dry eye on that one. Her level gratefulness was always beautiful to see. Other skaters today could benefit from this level of decorum. What we just witnessed at the Beijing Olympics with the Russian ladies was a disgrace. And it pains me to say it because I speak Russian, know Russian culture, and have been a big fan of Russian pairs for years, but what we saw at the Olympics with Trusova's meltdown was an absolute travesty. There were many times Midori could have rightfully grabbed some of those judges by the neck, and trust me, she would have had the backing of the crowd. Yet, never, ever, did she behave untowardly. Yet, here we have Trusova, feeling entitled and thinking she's both the competitor and the judge at the same time, and how dare anyone take away what she thought was hers. Excuse me? Excuse me? If your performance deserved to win, trust me History will right that wrong, and those who thwarted said victory shall, indeed, live in infamy. Skating fans never forget! I think the main goal should be to skate program worthy of being remembered. If you win an Olympic medal, yet people struggle to remember any of your performances, what have you truly given the sport? THAT is what they should be pounding into the heads of these young skaters today, the question of: WHAT have you given the sport? Have you delivered performances - I REPEAT - PERFORMANCES that stand the test of time? (Not jump drills.) They should be focused on that, instead of some gold medal. Learn how to have some integrity about yourself, maybe then they might feel bad about cheating some of those jumps of theirs. When you're a person with integrity, cheating (in whatever forms it comes) rubs you the wrong way. Half of them can't even take off on the proper edge when doing a Lutz, and are using all sort of cheating devices to get around on what should be basic triples, yet we want to demand Olympic gold medals. Please! Have a seat! Some simply don't understand the power of their position. When they give something back to the sport, they transcend it, and people can draw inspiration from your victories, and learn from your defeats. You have a voice that matters in this conversation of the human condition. Your voice, through your skating, breaks through and the world, humanity, listens. An Olympic gold medal, alone, will not give you that. So, I encourage all up-and-coming skaters to look at Midori and follow her regal example of how a true champion carries herself. She indeed carries herself like a true Queen. She deserves every accolade History will continue to bestow upon her.

[@eyen30]

@@dmp7252 I still remember the 91 Worlds when she unfortunately ran out of ice surface and crashed into the board and camera. She picked herself right up, finished the routine, then skated over to the camera person to see if they were okay and apologized! The contrast between her sportswomanship and what we saw at the Beijing Olympics truly is shocking! I too feel that Sakamoto comes close but doesn’t quite have the same amplitude but was so glad to see her skated well because I truly was about to given up watching this sport. Just too many low and small jumps, cookie-cutter choreography, arms flailing in the air with no purpose (this so makes me miss Sasha Cohen) and long-winded footwork that is excruciating to watch (this makes me miss Manley, Ito, Yamaguchi and Sato). I hope figure skating grows from the fiasco of the Beijing Olympics!

[@usaskjock]

@@dmp7252 I really like what you wrote. I would say however, that Anna Scherbakova absolutely exemplifies the graciousness and humility that Midori exemplified, and has done so without fail. She is an incredibly polite, conscientious and absolutely delightful young woman and thus it makes me sad to hear you can't watch her Olympic winning performance. No she doesn't have the height or technical purity of Midori Ito but she skated two perfect programs of insane technical content (3 triple triple combos including a triple lutz triple loop, 2 quad flips, no mistakes)

[@MADHAUSMARKALLAN]

I always thought her artistry was fine. i was do compelled to watch her move.

[@MADHAUSMARKALLAN]

me too… She was always captivating to me!

[@jamesmoffatt9217]

Witt’s program was great, but this was amazing! How did she not get 1st in LP?! Insane

[@luthorlex-fc9ft]

Skated in the earlier flight. That is all. If she were in the final flight she probably wins the free skating in most competitions back then. Figures not only affected the overall points so much she had almost no chance to medal, but skating in an earlier flight it would be almost impossible to be given 1st place marks in the free skating too.

[@yutera7265]

みどりさんがリンクに姿をみせると大声援。観客から「ミド～リ」と声がかかってますね。海外の男子選手やそのスタッフらしき人達も関係者ブースで「ガン見」してます。そして、いきなり目を疑うような連続ジャンプからのアクセルシットの畳みかけ・・・そりゃみんな度肝を抜かれますわ。この年のワールドでの演技はSPも含めて、フィギュア史上最速（スピード）・最強（パワフル）ではないかと思います。

[@ちんあなご-j3x]

色んなフィギュアスケーターの演技を見て目が肥えれば肥えるほど、伊藤みどりの演技を見た時の衝撃が大きくなる。

[@quiddy]

She’s so fast on the ice, it’s almost dizzying to watch her through a camera, with the audience whizzing by in the background

[@ts_fummy]

左右のエッヂの使い方や、音楽🎶に会った演技。素晴らしい👍 この当時をTVで観戦していた私には、涙モノです🥹

[@PerAllwin1963]

I like the music in this program.

[@佳代子-x5o]

みどりさんが滑り終わった後の、お客さんの拍手の大きいこと！ 外国でも人気のもみどりさん!これだけの大きな拍手もらったら 次に滑る選手の人は、やりにくいだろうな?

[@ポイントポット]

ここまでの内容を危なげなく滑りきることが他の選手と大きく違う事だと思いました。

[@quiddy]

Did anyone notice that how she fell on her triple Lutz here was exactly how she faltered on her triple Lutz in the 1992 Olympics? There’s only a handful moments in Olympic history where you wish you can go back and change what happened. Midori’s triple Lutz in her short program at Albertville is one of them

[@alexsdb9712]

That's where her natural speed and power sometimes caused her to overrotate the lutz. Thankfully, not all the time. However it's interesting that if it happens, it's only her triple lutz jump. Again about how much power she had, it only means she was working hard to harness it while skating. That's another thing to worry about then.

[@quiddy]

@@alexsdb9712 yea I guess that was the cause of the problem. Which makes sense since her best lutzes historically has been when there’s a slight delay in her initial rotation in the air. The delay is just enough to prevent her from over rotating the jump

[@jondavwal13]

She was also way too close to the boards again.

[@quiddy]

@@jondavwal13 yes but just like her high leg wrap, this unorthodox technique is what excites me about her jumps. The visual texture and movement while airborne "gives me the feels" (borrowing a millennial expression) There is no doubt that she does jump close to the boards, but the horizontal travel that she gets from her jumps, while being an otherwise positive effect of her power, doesnt help either

[@jondavwal13]

@@quiddy I just mean I wish she would just give herself an extra 5 feet before takeoff. The rinks in Japan are longer. She needs to adjust for this in the West. LOL. As for the leg wrap it is not really a wrap. She just hold the foot up higher on her leg as she needs to slow down the rotation based on the height she achieves. As a skater, you are taught to use that leg position for an axel, around the lower shin for a 2A and down at the ankle for 3A. She is so fast and high she can use the axel position for her triple lutz and her 2A position for her triple axel. Real leg wraps are a technical flaw. Hers are not.

[@nyakaruha]

Midori's 2A+3S and spin are very COOL and LEGEND⚡️ How many GOE points can she get in modern time?😏

[@tenshin-okakura]

これ何で2倍速なの？ ジャンプ直後にFSSpやFCSp、バタフライ、またはステップを入れているし、ジャンプ前にもイーグルやステップやウォーレイを入れていますね。それであのジャンプの高さと飛距離とスピード。36年前のジャンプの技術を未だに超える選手が出てこないとはスコットハミルトンの言った100年1人の天才とは本当でしたね。

[@ozzaozzao]

時代「女子に5種トリプルは無理！得意なジャンプでやっとだよ」 みどりさん「5種入れられます　3-3します　3Sシークエンスします　ルッツ後半に入れます　ダブルジャンプはステップです　あ、あとアクセルシットも楽しんで行ってね！」 そりゃ伝説にもなるわ・・・

[@チャンネル-i5c]

ミドリの後に演技するの悲惨だなｗ

[@geminitaurus2711]

Ahhh the name of music is "Percy faith"

[@j_hsu]

2A-3S 3F 3T-3T 3Lo 3Lz 3S 2T 2A これが87年の女子フリースケーティングですよ とんでもないプログラム

[@shigerutogashi9860]

この時代に桁外れな才能が現れた。フィギュアスケートの世界とは無縁の家庭環境と思われた。しかし、その才能に周囲が引き込まれた。運命と言うものなのか。不思議です。

[@alexeydymov5602]

Странно что Деби Томас была выше

[@alexsdb9712]

0:02-0:10 Noisy noisy Americans as usual

[@alexsdb9712]

@Philip Alumbo This is the www. Not America web. You provided a fine example of the attitude and stereotype of Americans known and discussed worldwide.

[@MrJm323]

They were noisy Americans being noisy ....in their own country (Cincinnati, USA). "You provided a fine example of the attitude and stereotype of Americans known and discussed worldwide." Indeed. Now get the fvck off our interwebs!!

[@alexsdb9712]

@@MrJm323 Thank you for contributing to the point, for the world to see and continue seeing. All the best!

[@MrJm323]

@@alexsdb9712 Yes, pointing out the priicks who get mad at people for cheering the performances of excellent athletes (and generally having a good time at such events) is my pleasure. Cheers!!

[@pressesprecher645]

The marks for artistic impression are really too high. They should bei lower.

[@crazygympuppy]

Artistic impression is as you said, impression. It's subjective. I'd say they should be a lot higher.