Original Set Pattern (Tango) - 1988 Calgary Winter Olympic Games, Ice Dancing (US, ABC)

Calgary, Alberta, CANADA - 1988 Winter Olympic Games, Ice Dancing, Original Set Pattern (Tango) - The OSP is worth 20% of the overall score. Commentators were Dick Button, Jim McKay
SKATERS (NATION) (PLACEMENT: OSD) TIME
Susan Wynne & Joseph Druar (USA) (11th)
Kathryn Garossino & Rodney Garossino (12th)
Up Close & Personal - Suzanne Semanick & Scott Gregory (USA)
Suzanne Semanick & Scott Gregory (USA) (6th)
Lia Trovati & Roberto Pelizzola (ITA) (10th)
Isabelle Duchesnay & Paul Duchesnay (FRA) (8th)
Klára Engi & Attila Tóth (HUN) (7th)
Antonia Becherer & Ferdinand Becherer (FRG) (9th)
Fluff Piece: Okotoks Hosts the Soviet Olympic Skating Team, focus on Natalia Bestemianova & Andre Bukin
Kathrin Beck & Christoff Beck (AUT) (5th)
Marina Klimova & Sergei Ponomarenko (URS) (2nd)
Natalia Annenko & Genrikh Sretenski (URS) (4th)
Natalia Bestemianova & Andre Bukin (URS) (1st)
Tracy Wilson & Robert McCall (CAN) (3rd)

[@ГалинаТитова-т1б]

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[@maggiepatterson7949]

Suzy and Scott...fantastic, and i loved their music selection!

[@robstockton911]

I miss the pattern dances (compulsory and original). Really let you compare more directly. Modern audiences don’t care so much about the technical aspects though (as illustrated by several of the comments here!).

[@angiemaniaciskatingfan723]

Thanks for posting this. Great competition!! What others do you have?

[@3l3llala13]

Torvill and Dean were sorely missed here.

[@Викторалекс-ц3щ]

Как ни странно , мне больше всех понравились дюшене дюшене.

[@greenlimenay]

Yall was music is this 4:20

[@tonim3865]

La Cumparsita

[@mylesgarcia4625]

When did Ted Danson do Ice Dancing?

[@DawnDavidson]

😂

[@grantnoroyan4083]

The day you ATTEMPTED to be a comedian

[@dmp7252]

I have to call bull when I see it. Sorry. The top pairs here were really weak in my opinion. Yes, they skater closer together AT TIMES, but there was none of the traditional, intricate "leg to leg interlocking" that the Tango is known for. However, you did see it with the Dushenays (and even with Suzy and Scott from the U.S. - whose performance was top rate). So, it's quite telling that IN CANADA, the Russians did not get a standing ovation. Why do I put IN CANADA is all caps? Because they have notoriously knowledgeable skating audiences. I had suspected something was going on when I was younger, but I was too young at the time to know what corrupt judging was, nor did I suspect there was a Russian bias in pairs and dance. But I knew that the top skaters were not even the most dynamic. So, whatever, History has had the last word on this. The only team I remember from this even are the Dushenays.

[@ИринаПерепечина-б6г]

Вам до русских как до Луны.

[@dmp7252]

@@ИринаПерепечина-б6г молчи - за умного сойдёшь.

[@ЛуизаА-ц9щ]

Бестемьянова и Букин для меня лучшие на все времена!

[@tonim3865]

The Soviet pairs were technically better but the Duchenays were more entertaining and fun to watch.

[@robstockton911]

Agree somewhat, but there are many subtleties in ice dance. The Duchanys were technically weak, unfortunately she was much a better skater than he, and his posture didn’t really help the topline problems resulting from their height mismatch. Tango requires excellent hold positions. The Russians have superb lean and edges, and their dance holds are, frankly, superior. It’s not just whose choreography you liked better.