I loved him at Sapporo, 1972. He was charming and polite. RIP, champion.
@posuk584 жыл бұрын
bravooooooooo Ondro,nádhera na ta léta a byli jsme všici pyšní..
@danahendrychova45804 жыл бұрын
Ano, to bylo ještě krasobruslení, dnešní krasobruslení mi připadá více jako skoky na ledě.
@Pragwo1f6 жыл бұрын
'Czech skater in home town Bratislava.' Must drive Slovaks mad.
@janinhoo3 жыл бұрын
I would be OK with czechoslovakian, but to call him czech is really not great to hear.
@janakumlec53632 жыл бұрын
Ondrej Nepala was Slovak skater representing Czechoslovakia... trained by his coach Hilda Mudra...Austrian born lady who fell in love with a Slovak man...and lived in Bratislava as Slovak national speaking Slovak language and German!!! Czech skater? Well , general Wikipedia..states something different..The commentator knows nothing about Ondrej Nepala.....why would it annoy Slovaks? The commentator is showing how ignorant he is towards other nations....
@gratefuldead37502 жыл бұрын
@@janakumlec5363 As an austrian this is interesting. Mudra was born hildegard klimpel and emerged from the vienna skating school and later studied geography and biology at vienna university before moving to then cssr. She also coached the legendary josef sabovcik. Somehow the slovakian version of jutta müller.
@gratefuldead37502 жыл бұрын
@@janakumlec5363 In german and austrian tv. Athletes from the soviet union were allways presented as sovietrussians, no matter if the athlete was an armenian, georgian, uzbek, latvian etc.
@janyshendrickson38334 жыл бұрын
Solid technique (for the day), good speed throughout, a very solid Freeskate. Thank you so much for posting this very special performance.
@MistyLaneLoveConquersALL4 жыл бұрын
I love all your skating videos ⛸️ this one in particular ...this guy is so handsome 🤭
@barkingtree884 жыл бұрын
The arm variations on his jumps are just stunning!
@galina_morskaya Жыл бұрын
Очень любила Ондрея Непелу...И всегда за него переживала... Во время Олимпиады в Саппоро убежала со школьных уроков, чтобы болеть за своего любимого чехословака. Я его считала самым стильным и очень красивым...🥇
@MADHAUSMARKALLAN5 жыл бұрын
Thank you. This was the first year of the Short Program. What a great post!
@sakireve31577 жыл бұрын
i am deep moved. thank you for posting.
@janakumlec53632 жыл бұрын
Wikipedia clearly states Ondrej Nepala was Slovak skater representing Czechoslovakia. He was born in Bratislava. His coach was lovely Hilda Mudra Austrian born lady married to Slovak. She moved and lived in Bratislava. She spoke Beautifully Slovak language and German. She passed away 22.11.2021. R.I. P. She was a lovely lady. This commentator is useless!!!! Missing all real facts.
@aussieskates7 жыл бұрын
Those sideburns are totally on point.
@skatingcritic17 жыл бұрын
I don't know where you get this fantastic footage from, but thanks so much for sharing it! I'd only seen one of Nepela's performances before.
@beckyjones66197 жыл бұрын
Floskate- Wow! You are a genius! This is so much better than the old black and white, foggy versions of 72 and 73! Question: Is Ondrej's 73 short program available anywhere on youtube? Since it is the only one he ever did, naturally we have all been trying to find it (especially his fans on his facebook page.) Any word on that? Thanks!
@beckyjones66197 жыл бұрын
Oh, that is too bad! Well, who knows! Maybe they will show up sometime! I was excited to see that you found Ondrej's exhibition skate from '73! So anything is possible! Thanks for your answer!
@lilyeeipoh55147 жыл бұрын
now only i know a bit more about him..what a perfect score..n champion..
@aussieskates7 жыл бұрын
Such speed and attack.
@hughgraham33625 жыл бұрын
Thanks for posting. Wonderful to see. I held my breath on those jumps but he landed them!
@ЛарисаМариничева-ю4г7 жыл бұрын
Thank you very much, floskate! That was really great, Ondrej's performance in Bratislava! I cant' believe that I can see it again! Could you, please, have the videos of exhibition skate of Christine Errath (Pariser Tango) and the free dance of Green-Watts and Buck-Buck?
@stuartmuzic4 жыл бұрын
Wish a contemporary skater would skate to the beginning and ending music. Respighi's Roman Festivals. Very exciting and evocative.
@ИринаАлександрова-т9с3 жыл бұрын
Ондрей Непела был чемпионом ОИ. В Праге стадион носит его имя. Жаль, что умер рано и виной тому спид
@ОльгаКазанова-ч4л3 жыл бұрын
Идеал!!!
@gimichi7 жыл бұрын
great!
@АлександраБакульманова-у8п3 жыл бұрын
И чем это катание отличается от того, что показывают в 2021м? Только количеством оборотов в прыжках. А скорость и чистота линий и сейчас не у всех такая.
@afrofinka2 жыл бұрын
Music by Respighi (Roman Festivals) and Tchaikovsky (The Nutcracker, Fifth Symphony)
@Елена-ъ4я3и2 жыл бұрын
😍😍😍💞
@russcohen37793 жыл бұрын
Skating used to be awesome
@mziamakhatadze2074 Жыл бұрын
❤❤
@Dossen_A4 жыл бұрын
Look at the combo here 3:23 1A+2Eu+2S, double euler, landed on left foot?
@npe12 жыл бұрын
It was 1A+2Eu+2Sal not 2A at the end.
@Dossen_A2 жыл бұрын
@@npe1 yes 2S certainly:) but double euler was unique
@npe12 жыл бұрын
@@Dossen_A Indeed it was.
@Dossen_A7 жыл бұрын
He was second or third in free skating? (first was Chetverukhin)
@beckyjones66197 жыл бұрын
He was second.
@Dossen_A7 жыл бұрын
Thanks
@beckyjones66197 жыл бұрын
info is from"wiki." freeskate results sergei-1, ondrej-2, jan-6. laslo-13.
@Dossen_A7 жыл бұрын
Yes I have seen Euro:)
@gogroregogoror3 жыл бұрын
what is the music please exactly?
@Викторалекс-ц3щ8 ай бұрын
А скользит то он лучше четверухина. ((
@phdr.janbolecek7060 Жыл бұрын
00:20 Czech skater? please?
@floskate Жыл бұрын
It was the ignorance and unconscious bias of the times. Sadly that ignorance and bias hasn't completely gone away. But the commentator died in 2015 I believe.
@pygmy_twylyte4 жыл бұрын
Ondrej' s horse shoe must be 👊
@danahendrychova45802 жыл бұрын
Borec.
@samuelgedevanishvili19817 жыл бұрын
just one triple jump?
@hahahaha10336 жыл бұрын
Видимо я одна русская тетенька помню этого прекрасного фигуриста. И спасибо интернету за прекрасные воспоминания...!!!
@swissskate70ies685 жыл бұрын
Well spotted, the toeloop 1:14 is a dubble one as far as I guess. Perhaps I'm mistaken.
@martinblair34815 жыл бұрын
I know...he must have done well in the school figures to have won!
@КуртШульц-г4ж3 жыл бұрын
@@hahahaha1033 и я ещё одна. Two russian horses who remember 😂
@chonaV7 жыл бұрын
This program would not even make it to the qualifying round in today's skating standards, lol. Double jumps? LOL.
@npe17 жыл бұрын
It was 44 years ago come on.
@michaelvaughn1697 жыл бұрын
Nor would Babe Ruth, Yogi Berra, Martina Navratilova, Joe Namath, Wilt Chamberlain, or Olga Korbut -- all among the greatest champions of their sports -- be competitive today. Athletes are products of their time; as technology, training, equipment, skills, etc., develop, standards change. You cannot diminish the accomplishments of one of the greatest skaters of his day by comparing him to skaters in 2017. The sport has progressed and the criteria by which its athletes are/were measured have changed, as well. What may look antiquated to you now, was state of the art in 1973. With this in mind, it is fairly safe to assume that today's top competitors will seem similarly behind the times 20-30 years from now.
@npe17 жыл бұрын
Absolutely spot on Michael Vaughn. I could not have put it better myself.
@chonaV7 жыл бұрын
Michael Vaughn...I agree with you. Although I don't think the human body could do more than a quad. The sport has pretty much peaked at quad jumps. That said, today's level of skating will stay relevant and up to standards for all time.
@aussieskates7 жыл бұрын
I bet somewhere in deepest China, the next generation of men are training quintuple jumps.
@ВиллиКлаус4 жыл бұрын
Отстой. В хореографическом плане вообще убожество.
@nataliaeskova5334 жыл бұрын
Вилли Клаус а зрителям похоже очень нравится)))
@user-zk5jq2qr9j4 жыл бұрын
Непела - гений фигурного катания. Лёгкое скольжение, изумительно красивые линии. Он изящен, как фарфоровая статуэтка. Помню, мы семьёй болели за Четверухина. Катание Непелы казалось скучным, сам Непела - уже великовозрастным, "старым". А Серёжа Четверухин был такой красивый, нам и катание его нравилось. Непонятно было, почему его всё время вторым оставляют. Сегодня понятно. Да, Четверухин очень хорош собой, но - посмотрите, какие корявые, неровные у него линии по сравнению с Непелой. Колени торчат. И посмотрите, как изящен Непела. Какие у него красивые, чистые прыжки, да все движения красивы. Это не только результат труда, с этим родиться надо. Непела был гениален.
@ТатьянаДанилова-е6р4 жыл бұрын
Это олимпийский чемпион 1972года катается, Вилли. Какой вы, однако, знаток фк!)
@pherdeenand28553 жыл бұрын
Отстоем или убожеством были Волков, Ковалев, Бобрин, Фадеев и пр. кокоры.
@РРо-и8ъ2 жыл бұрын
@@pherdeenand2855 ну, вы вообще что-то не в настроении