Oksana Baiul

1995 Champions On Ice-Arabian

[@JenHart149]

Oksana's interpretation of music was amazing! Each time she skates I feel like I am going on a magical carpet ride with her. This is one of her best performances! Thank you so much for sharing.

[@jdarrah17]

I LOVE this program, one of my all-time favorites. Excellent coaching tool too, with the perfect double Salchow and the perfect flying camel. Great choreography, great skating, great presentation.

[@hellosweetheart3350]

And here I am just seeing this ❤️🌲

[@Tamesis66]

This was always one of my favorite routines of hers. Artistry on ice. :-)

[@patchlindy]

I LOVE the part when she lands her second jump right in synch with the music and bass. That was AWESOME!! She makes it look so easy, when in fact it is very difficult, and few people appreciate her talent as a wonderful dancer and skater. She may not always get the jumps, but she is still a powerful artistic dancer and skater.

[@user-dk5ox1ou3x]

Великолепный номер!!! Блестящее выступление!!! Браво, Оксана!!! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻💐💐💐 Одна из лучших фигуристок мира!!! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻💐💐💐

[@dbenmil]

She was my all-time favourit figure skater growing up and this performance stuck in my mind my whole life of all the peformances I've watched since I was little. Thank you sooooooo much for posting! Never thought I would ever be able to see it again!

[@peteranton]

Seduction has many names! Oksana baiul is one of them!

[@v.stanleisenring8882]

What can you say about that, except, WOOOOOW! What beauty, grace, charm, the whole package. Mesmerizing!! So mature in her movements and her skating. She IS incredible!

[@herm712]

one of my all time fav programs from her. that music has been reused a lot since 2003 when Michelle Kwan used it for her SP. since then 2 or 3 other skaters have used it as well...great piece of music.

[@VioletGlam28]

Thanks for uploading this. It's one of Oksana's best routines.

[@1veggiemonster]

She was part of time where figure skating had a theatrical side and was a joy to watch as a performance art.

[@neenaad]

I remember the first time I watch this program I got speechless... and now... Im still speechless

[@denysshnayderman9882]

GENIUS × BRILLIANT This PROGRAM = ( This choreography / The music / This costume ) is the best ice-skating-program ever This is not her best performing this program , but there are other videos & the way she performed in the other videos shows that she is one of best ICESKATER's OF ALL TIME GENIUS × BRILLIANT

[@herm712]

I love this performance! I have been looking for this everywhere. Thanks for posting it!!

[@watchingmark]

I remember this performance, loved it!

[@CycloneTessa]

i love this woman so much

[@aloha42506]

IMO she is the best artist on ice. She can be a ballerina (swan) or any character on ice and it is magical whatever she does.

[@LeslieToronto1971]

Thank you so much for this Video. I've been searching for it and FINALLY found it.

[@hellosweetheart3350]

Incredible ❤️

[@joegehl]

She is a goddess!! By far the sexiest skater of all time! I have never seen this performance. Thank you

[@ytcarol]

It was always a joy to watch her lithe young body move with grace and poise.

[@venusfan]

I've been looking for this every where. Peter Gabriels "The Feeling Begins"

[@melarimo]

I've never forgotten this performance, or the music. She was incredible.

[@dbenmil]

The best performance ever in the HISTORY of figure skating!

[@DonnaCPunk]

To be fair to Oksana, this was one of her first programs after having knee surgery not long after the 94 Games. She was never the same as an athletic skater after that because she ignored doctor's orderand went back to work six months after surgery. She'll always be my all time fave skater, glad I had the chance to see her live in 96.

[@sweetpotatofries99]

even aside from the marvelous skating, she is gorgeous in that costume. and when she takes down her hair- wow!

[@PrincessKimberly]

Yes! I have been looking for this one!

[@johnroberts389]

Greatest skater ever

[@julieswahn]

Oh goodie! I've been trying to find this but could not recall the program's title. Love it! She is magical.

[@patchlindy]

Wow!! Mesmerizing!

[@petrockanroll]

In a long time fan in the states i don't speak Russian but that doesn't mean jack to me. Just heard of his passing only the blessed will the days be shortened. Heaven rejoices.

[@zipora20]

I saw her with Oprha,she had a terrible car accident,she was driving drunk,Im so sorry for her,i miss her skating so much,she is so talented!!!!

[@johnroberts389]

Fantastic performance the whole shebang she is a gift

[@v.stanleisenring8882]

OMG!! Incredible ending! Completely mind blowing!

[@user-il3en1ml1o]

Современные фигуристки!Учитесь у Оксаны Баюл!Хотя,наверн,этому невозможно научиться!Это талант!

[@user-pi5et3dv6u]

А в свое время не хотели принимать её в фигурное катание. Говорили, что непригодна.

[@No1ZmeskalFan]

I agree 100%...she was one of a kind

[@russiaboy58]

I agree - Tiny you are so wrong for that comment. Secondly, this particular performance is from a Champions On Ice Tour; which was a huge traveling show where skaters performed in a different city every night. As a skater we know a performance is not going to be perfect every time. If u want to see this program performed to perfection watch the program's debut at the first Ice Wars competition.

[@dbenmil]

Best performance by a female figure skater EVER!

[@Endlessfantasy]

best performance!!

[@patchlindy]

I wish her figure now would look like this again. She was so pretty!

[@AshtonPelham]

yes, this clip is a later performance of the piece. i remember the "premier" performance. she had a veil covering the lower half of her face. she was so much more dynamic and serpentine in that one...

[@hellosweetheart3350]

What a goddess 😍❤️

[@jantellit123]

1991-2011 this includes world Olympic career & pro. 1st appearance Soviet nationals 1991, 2nd appearance 1992 @ skate Prague. Last skating performance Nov. 2, 2011 South Korea.

[@devotedfan22]

yeah, the very first performance was the best... no falls (like in the other ones).. and yeah, the veil makes a major difference... her body, hands,eyes, and edging speak, not her mouth... and that adds an extra theatrical element, i totally love the first performance... the chains on her hands, the turban, the veil, the outfit... all is awesome! *smile*

[@jantellit123]

Michelle credited Oksana as her inspiration she wanted to skate like her.

[@bedfordjumpergirl]

She's a really nice lady in person too.

[@jennfelo2]

Sorry, her 1994 Olympic "The Swan" skate takes the cake hands down. The one where the house lights were down and she was in a spotlight. Magic!

[@lewis3265]

She is so sexy and even though she had made a lot of mistakes in her skating after she won gold, there is no one that can top her in her skating style.

[@divaexpatriate]

Peter Gabriel's soundtrack. The name is slipping my mind at the moment.

[@indichine]

Yes there is. Johnny Weir.

[@Jack_DeRipper]

Oksana's Arabian routine is just... fascinating.

[@Vaninasanta]

@Marigold3000 I absolutely agree with you. It looks like the art and originality was taken out of the skating and, despite how wonderful it is to see a quadruple jump performed, it also seems vacuum and empty without the necessary art involved… I remember Yagudin at 2002 Olympics and Oksana and REAAAAALLY MISS these wonderful performances. Hope the art and originality returns soon to skating competitions!

[@AshtonPelham]

if you haven't yet, check out the soundtrack from "the last temptation of christ" aka "passion: the soundtrack from the last temptation of christ." it's available in amazon.

[@mahastee]

"The feeling begins" by Peter Gabriel

[@jantellit123]

Oksana's time has come & gone the figure skating world never appreciated this talent they only cared about Kerrigan and all the Baiul imitators.

[@devotedfan22]

Katarina Witt has a similiar program.. the Louis Armstrong one where she does a lot of posing and flirting with the audience and very little skating... but don't get me wrong, it's one of my faves, it's so much fun to watch her interact with the audience and judges.. and of course.. she wins them over EVERY time.. LOL

[@patchlindy]

Oksana has a beautiful body, but I think her arms are the prettiest I've ever seen.

[@joegehl]

This woman is a Goddess. No comparison to Michelle.

[@janasteele7032]

The best there ever was

[@rayva1]

@rayva1: One of her best numbers by far.

[@ikshields]

As good as this pro ice-show version of the routine is, the original competition version is really the boss. Triple-jumps, competition intensity (of course), and, best of all, the full pasha-dancer facegear, with only her big foxy eyes gazing out. Yummy. A classic routine. And HAWT too!! :-D

[@AshtonPelham]

sounds like the soundtrack from "the last temptation of christ" composed by peter gabriel. yes, THE peter gabriel. the movie was directed by martin scorcese. very controversial movie from 1988.

[@rayva1]

Wow! Skin. ;)

[@roo159]

anyone know the music for this piece, it is mezmerising

[@jerryhartley3238]

What tune what musical instrument

[@dbenmil]

How many years did she skate before dropping off the map? Does anyone know?

[@jantellit123]

Oksana is suing her agency today because she says they took advantage of her. This is where she was misused. Her agency could've just cancelled this event. They wanted to make fast cash then throw her out like trash.

[@SteveAustin666]

No face veil? :-(

[@pfm2750]

Baddest bitch on skates!

[@AshtonPelham]

sorry. it's "passion: the last temtation of christ" soundtrack...

[@ytcarol]

@TracyAndersonFoxhunt good lord, why be classless in your comment?

[@DonnaCPunk]

I never did like Kerrigan. I didn't get the big deal about her BEFORE the leg fiasco.

[@AnyaAngie]

Just saw this, her poses are pretty stereotypical Arabian... Course even Stojko's Mummy was atrociously filled with similar poses...

[@honsun0291]

I used to like this first time I saw it. Looking at it now--this isn't ice skating more like an ice show just too theatrical and too much posing. Prefer MK short version better.

[@metsdudenj]

alcoholic on the rocks. LMAO

[@jantellit123]

Why should she? Americans NEVER appreciated her at all. Her character & skating especially in the US skating community. It is a place where she is hated. Americans slandered abused & mistreated this skater in every way imaginable. Maligning her character & reputation seeking to discredit all of her achievement. Most know nothing about the very European sport of figure skating. They should've let Tonya skate against Nancy with a club! Its the only skating Americans can appreciate.

[@jantellit123]

Figure skating jumps are so overrated most lack athleticism looking like turns more than jumps. If a jump has no height it's boring. The quality went down when they changed the rule to make tiny jumps equal to huge jumps.

[@johnroberts389]

Fantastic performance the whole shebang she is a gift

[@johnroberts389]

Greatest skater ever