Steven Bradbury - Gold Medal Race

Steven Bradbury's Gold Medal Race

[@ricimuoo]

Deserved victory. If the opponents can't stand, it's their problem ...

[@chrisobrien1344]

Definitely, got through his heats, man, I cried when he won his Gold medal, what a legend ♥️🇦🇺

[@raccuia1]

Hahaha, hillarious, he did a Bradbury.

[@donquixote1502]

Absolutely!

[@teijaflink2226]

It was hilarious, he was so chill.

[@WoodysOpinion101]

Yeah that would apply normally but not really when your taken out by other skaters😅... it's not like they deserved to lose because of that... Steven would never have stood a chance if that didn't happen...

[@s1ckboirari]

Coming back here to let anyone know this absolute Australian legend just the other day saved 4 lives, kids/early teens that were swept out to the sea from the beach. Awarded a commendation for brave conduct by Australian Government. 21 years later and this guy is still as humble as it comes and again that just solidifies that no matter what, he's a bloody winner

[@almostthere2024]

Aussie, Aussie, Aussie, Oi, oi, oi!!! 🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺 We love you, Steven Bradbury You're the best of us.

[@ttracemusic]

That is awesome!

[@tsuuooo0]

what a legend

[@gloryunited654]

Real life super hero !

[@whophd]

That's it, he can light the flame at Brisbane 2032

[@madabbafan]

As they say - to finish first, you first have to finish.

[@random_jae5886]

"To finish first, you have to finish first" Nice

[@scottmatheson3346]

that's what she said

[@thebrownchef]

He who questions training only trains himself at asking questions.

[@thethirdman225]

No, it goes, ‘To finish first you must first finish’.

[@James以仁慈]

Steve didnt choose Gold medal. Gold medal chose him

[@thompsonmatthew]

I've been looking for the Australian commentary for ages!

[@RonLee999]

You want Australian commentary? kzbin.info/www/bejne/nXu1fJqvZc6Ap80

[@MrDwightSchrute]

@@RonLee999 😡

[@TheCleaner76]

Why wasn't Apollo disqualified ?

[@shannonpincombe8485]

Basil is a twit.

[@OmgAuntySuzanne16]

That’s not an Australian commentary!

[@MrTallpoppy58]

20 years on and it's still FANTASTIC ! I will take a Bradbury any time. He won fair & square. 😁

[@lincthomas7178]

NO FUCKING WAY HE DID, he was LAST

[@MrTallpoppy58]

@@lincthomas7178 YES fucking way, he WON fair and square ! That's why he walked away with the gold. It was beautiful ! Bradbury was never going to out skate them but he could let the arrogant arse-holes self-destruct and be the last man standing .... and baby .... the last man standing WINS !

[@lincthomas7178]

he wouldnt have won if they hadnt fallen over, load of fucking shit!!@@MrTallpoppy58

[@bernielennox1031]

@@lincthomas7178 To finish First, first you have to finish

[@lincthomas7178]

are you a fucking broken record? @@bernielennox1031

[@AussieJohnny]

"Doing a Bradbury" is still a common phrase in Australia. Go you good thing.

[@SmartDumbNerdyCool]

I'm doing a Bradbury with women

[@ayatollahofarocknrolla403]

This is on the podium for the greatest moments in Australian sport's history

[@SilentHotdog28]

100% Ever the underdog. 2000 Sydney Olympics 4x100m Mens Freestyle Gold has to be up there somewhere as well as Cathy Freeman getting Gold.

[@williamcozbie1233]

@@SilentHotdog28the shealas soccer team making top 4 at the World Cup has to be up there, hope we beat the pommes and they winge about it.

[@marknorris1381]

Matthew Mitcham. Going to Beijing in 2008 and beating the Chinese divers on their home soil and producing one of the greatest dives under pressure in the history of the Olympics. Unheard of.

[@kw5732]

Australian folk law. Dude deserves a place on our Hundred dollar bill.

[@jacobdrinkwater3809]

Deserved victory. Had a game plan and saw it through. When he won (unexpectedly) people were apparently screaming at him, "you don't deserve it". Despite all the skaters falling before their goal, Bradley... the man himself... had been a consistent performer for years, even being a part of Australia's first bronze medal winners, and even was a world champion at one stage... As Steve Bradbury had said, this was his validation.

[@SSkurai]

Funny people even say that when in the replay, the so called "favourite to win" was the one causing everyone's collapse. Skates right to block then sticks arm out to the left again blocking, not surprised everyone fell over.

[@theshillneckedlizard8364]

Yep this was his FOURTH Olympics, he was a previous world champion, ahd he already had an Olympic bronze to his name. It pisses me off when people try to make out like he was just some kid off the local high school team. He was a world class athlete and absolutely deserved the win.

[@andyc5612]

I have met Steve, and he is as humble as they get. He did the training, everything it took to get to the finals, just like the other 4, but part of the racing is staying on your skates. A deserved win to a deserving guy. Go Aussie Go.

[@almostthere2024]

One of the greatest moments in Australian Olympic history. You've gotta be in it to win it. Cheers, Mr Bradbury!

[@NTRWL69]

I still don't understand why people booed him, Bradbury stuck to a plan and it worked out perfectly. Just because he wasn't the strongest skater in the final, he wasn't even part of the pile-up. This was a moment in Australian Sporting History that I will forever remember, and goes to show that you can never count out the Aussies! ❤🇦🇺

[@L-po8rx]

It was in America, and the USA's guy was in the lead into the last corner before causing the fall. They wanted their guy to win.

[@sorawakaki859]

This is one of all time favourite videos hahahaha

[@vk3dgn]

Makes me proud to be Australian! Well done

[@schwayzejohnson8866]

Legend

[@gerardkennedy1100]

This was Bradbury's strategy. he openly talks about not being the fastest and that the guy that brought the field down, had done it before. A true champion.

[@andysorensen1737]

I remember watching an interview with him after the race. It’s a simple strategy but one that obviously worked.

[@gerardkennedy1100]

@@andysorensen1737 great people combine physical and psychological.

[@OmgAuntySuzanne16]

I don’t think Bradbury bought himself a drink on the Goldcoast for probably 2 years !

[@edmcboy7308]

Met him in Adelaide at a speaking function in 2019 and we went out after for a few beers. He was shouted all of them. Just an absolute legend of a man

[@ShanefromSydneyAustralia]

The real life version of The turtle that beats the rabbit(s) 🤞🇦🇺😆 That's Aussies for ya mate 🏆

[@PhantomFilmAustralia]

Amazing how a You Tube upload that is over 10 years old has comments just made from the past 3 weeks. Almost as if the comment section pulled a "Bradbury". I'd see a movie about Steven's buildup to this race and winning the gold. It was strategy over speed.

[@jowbloe3673]

A strategy of waiting for all your opponents to self destruct can only work in this "sport".

[@espo9505]

@@jowbloe3673 completely disagree. Nascar is a prime example and motorsport In general honestly

[@Abdullah.996]

@espo9505 see if they works in f1 lmao

[@monkeyatanofficedesk9253]

​@@jowbloe3673 Most races can adopt this strategy

[@marios2150]

Fun fact. The 4 guys who fell started a bobsled team.

[@Unitopia117]

HAAAA!

[@arnolddavies6734]

“We have to wait for confirmation.” Why.? It’s blatantly obvious Bradbury was not involved in any of the interference at any stage. Well done Stephen. STOOD UP under the pressure.

[@theshillneckedlizard8364]

My understanding was that the Korean guy formally protested, and the judges are bound by the rules to at least hear the protest out even if it's blatantly obvious that Bradbury had won fair and square. I also seem to recall that they had to wait for the disqualification decisions to be finalised before they could declare the silver and bronze winners.

[@amarsh14]

And in Australia, we now have a saying, “doing a Bradbury”

[@petermcgreevy6386]

Good things come to those who wait...........

[@chaseadams5037]

One of my favourite moments in sports history, Steve lives literally down the the road from me at Northgate. Dude is a genuine nice guy, a genuine legend 👍

[@jacobdrinkwater3809]

An in Australia... we still say: to get an unpredicted win out of nowhere, is a Bradbury!

[@patrickleahy9534]

Brilliant plan, perfectly executed. I had forgotten all about this beauty moment, well done Steven. Also, I assume Ohno was just doing a despo reach for the finish at the end there buuuuuut given all his grabby hands in the 5 seconds previous its more like Whono's. Also Turcott went into the wall with Ohno and came out holding his butt. Just saying this adds to the genius of hanging back. Aussie Aussie Aussie

[@squidjames7735]

When life does not give you a Cadbury, you go right ahead and do a Bradbury.

[@Unitopia117]

HAAAA! Gold. Going to steal this if you don't mind.

[@grantheath8547]

Greatest moment in Australian sport history in my opinion

[@kaiberberich1]

Certainly up there ...

[@elscruffomcscruffy8371]

We call our boss at work Gary Bradbury, because he inherited the job after the three in front of him left/quit/retired. He hates the name

[@billmago7991]

😂😂😂😂🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺 I watched this live and the same thing happened in the semi final. Won fair and square!!!

[@khaleesi7139]

This is so representative of the common Aussie attitude it and I love it 😂 well deserved Bradbury !!

[@tinfoilhatcovidiot]

You have a warped perception of the aussie attitude. They were so scared of the flu they wanted people in camps who didn't listen to the government.

[@user-oi9to7ux7k]

What attitude? Being a loser and being awarded gold by default.

[@Roger__Wilco]

​@@user-oi9to7ux7k lol I imagine you typing that on a keyboard clogged with Cheeto dust

[@randomnubcake2528]

@@user-oi9to7ux7k Staying on your feet and not getting involved in ego trips.

[@dylantoune6031]

@@user-oi9to7ux7k Being laid back, clever, and lucky. All three things which you clearly are not champ.

[@humor1095]

LEGENDARY, WILL GO DOWN IN AUSSIE FOLKLORE HISTORY 💪💪💪

[@janvanlathum2564]

Today, Stephen does a fully interactive show including motivation, videos, music, comedy and audience participation called “Last Man Standing “.

[@MangoMousse888]

AUSSIE! AUSSIE! AUSSIE! No fluke. He knew to hang back, hedged his bets and won baby! 😎🍻

[@PhoenixNoKiseki]

Bradbury made it to the final, he deserved the gold.

[@RonaiHenrik]

1:48 "So fun to watch... he can slide in and out of people" 😳

[@Deevo037]

It never ceases to amaze me how supportive the American crowd was untill their guy crashed out and hen they showed their true colours.

[@rossbeeton7149]

Watched this live it was unbelievably the best olympic memeroy of all time he is a legand ❤

[@YaMomsOyster]

It’s the Aussie way, that’s how we roll….. or skate

[@scottmatheson3346]

"Ohno", the ironic name.

[@brontewcat]

This is my favourite gold medal ever.

[@christinejackson3922]

He won it fair and square 🇦🇺

[@MrBenedictus25]

So great that it actually was in the USA and they shouted USA and then their guy lost

[@creatrixZBD]

A living legend (in the best of Aussie ways), and an honest-to-goodness (multiple) saver of Lives. Knowing there are blokes like “Our Steve” in the world helps me with having faith in the world. Appreciate your existence, Mr Bradbury

[@lesteraizlewood8457]

I still get a great kick out of seeing this race, such a surprise for Bradbury and Australia. Who could have imagined ..... ?

[@anthonymensingh1989]

The last man standing wins the gold medal he deserved the gold medal years of hard work injuries one in particular where he nearly bled to death from a cut from a blade from another conpetietier and a broken neck now let's do a Bradbury last to first love Anthony Fed ex lol

[@bennmuzz01]

This never gets old. Crack up every time

[@fcukugimmeausername]

Same here. lmao.

[@JoeyBlogs007]

True and that's all part of the competition. i.e. staying within the rules and avoiding disasters. The more you push the limits, break rules and take risks, the higher the probability of a catastrophic outcome or success, compared to staying out of trouble. It can go either way. Bradbury was lucky and his strategy defied the odds of success, when cruising in the back row, which would normally not result in victory. However as mentioned, that doesn't discount the years of hard work and sacrifice to get to an international final of an elite sport and being positioned to take advantage of unexpected situations which can arise, particularly in ice skating.

[@tinkertailor7385]

Doing the original "Bradbury".

[@florencefortyseven]

It's like something out of a cartoon.

[@joshrees1985]

20 years today

[@lillysnet9345]

21 years today

[@joshrees1985]

@@lillysnet9345 it was in February so try 21 years and a half

[@theshillneckedlizard8364]

The funniest part is when he crosses the line, if you read his lips he goes "Oh my f***ing God!" 🤣🤣🤣

[@noelleggett5368]

I returned and saw under the sun that- The race is not to the swift, Nor the battle to the strong, Nor bread to the wise, Nor riches to men of understanding, Nor favor to men of skill; But time and chance happen to them all. (Ecclesiastes 9:11)

[@keithsymington6068]

Legend

[@piendawg]

Greatest Australian sporting result ever by a long way

[@Moveplaylift]

Freeman had the weight of history and a nation on her in Sydney and didn't buckle... I love this win but its not in the same league as that.

[@piendawg]

@Moveplaylift I absolutely agree with this thanks for reminding me of that one

[@theshillneckedlizard8364]

The men's 4x100m relay swim at the Sydney Olympics was terrific as well

[@commanderkeen3787]

Centripetal force was the real winner here 😂

[@sniper10666]

never forget last man standing!

[@damionneranginui6546]

By the way, did you hear the boos. That's very disrespectful. That explains why Aussies all laugh about it. Respect the winner, no matter who it is. He was an elite athlete in a brutal sport full of attrition at the last shot he had to win it all. The true underdog story Aussies love, and you lot disrespected that. If your Mum was in Stevens position, would you disrespect her?

[@crunchytheclown9694]

My mum i hope would not wear lycra, lol

[@damionneranginui6546]

@@crunchytheclown9694 hahahahahahahahahahaha

[@kiwiadventures3773]

Still my favourite winter Olympic video.

[@nabilwalid9774]

u can say the gold medal chose him

[@Blackheathenly]

A legend then, and still a legend now.

[@matthewharris-davies8368]

My greyhound did a Bradbury yesterday. Us Aussies love to come from behind 😂

[@RimuKora]

thats what she said

[@chriswelcome8102]

People think it's just the race that is a miracle, but you should really read up on everything it took for him to even make it into this event. The planets lined up for him to get this gold

[@fightforjustice3744]

Legend....

[@supraaa94rz]

Here's one for U..his gold medal sold in 2019 for $295 + post..haha😂😂😂..on a coin site...he sold it 3 years after getting it...wait he actually lost it at the table..lol.. chronic gambling 😂😂

[@ilaser4064]

3:59 seems the yanks didn't like that too much 🤣

[@krogdog]

This is the first version I’ve seen where you could her boos from the crowd.

[@joceelee]

Looks like the guy who got second tried to get up and reach out to obstruct Steve. He didn’t deserve his silver medal.

[@boris8787]

To walk the streets of GOLD - see John 3:16.

[@TammyBundleballs]

The audience reaction is hilarious.

[@Suspect333]

one of the funniest things ive seen life

[@thethirdman225]

This is now an Australian saying, ‘doing a Bradbury’. He now runs a brewing company called ‘Last Man Standing’.

[@jonathanhockey9943]

How is appolo ohno going to be disqualified there? He had the lead position, The Chinese one made a weak attempt to come alongside him and leaned into him and unbalanced him, then the Korean one tried to move into the inside gap, but also not quickly enough. And I checked up on the result, Ohno was not disqualified and got the silver medal

[@jackmag4056]

Couple of things , First , if I were Bradbury I would have gone down to my local lotto agency that night and bought a couple of hundred Tatts tickets , Second I would have thrown that medal in the ocean

[@theshillneckedlizard8364]

Why should he throw it out? He won fair and square according to the rules of the race. Let's not forget that this was his FOURTH Olympics when most skaters never even make the Olympic team once, plus he'd already won an Olympic bronze at the previous Games, and he'd also won the Worlds' previously as well. He was NOT some kid off the local high school team, he was a world class athlete. To top it off, he'd already fought his way back from serious injury not once but twice; once where an opponent's blade slashed his femoral artery and he almost bled to death on the ice, and then again when he smashed into a rink wall, literally broke his neck, and spent seven months in a halo. As he said after the medal ceremony "I'm not accepting this medal for the race, I'm accepting it for everything I went through that led up to this moment." Dude is an absolute fucking legend and no one deserved that medal more.

[@lonestar6709]

_"Let's just hang back.... and see what happens...."_ Aussie logic, is best logic!

[@lcthen1690]

Bradbury has the audacity to predict the situation. his gold is no fluke, just the hard work to get to the platform to be street smart. He is now in sports immortality forever. Bravo

[@KG1970.]

Guy is a Champion off the ice.Saves 4 people from drowning.

[@mrb8993]

We *BRADBURYS* like to fly under the radar 😉🥇

[@thetheraine]

funniest and greatest win for Australia...

[@almostthere2024]

16 Feb, 2002. Happy Anniversary of the birth of the legend!! Watched it live with mates and we were out of our seats, screaming in joy. Amazing. Aussie, Aussie, Aussie..!!!

[@alwaysright3718]

Tactically brilliant race by Bradbury...

[@jonlanier_]

Yep... that's what they call it when you are the slowest in the field.

[@coorparootoo5142]

@@jonlanier_ You have forgotten the golden rule. It’s not the fastest competitor who wins the race but the first competitor that crosses the finish line.

[@user-oi9to7ux7k]

Oh yeah what was his backup strategy? Hope everyone else got disqualified a week after the race for drug use? Come on. The guy's just a loser who got incredibly lucky.

[@alwaysright3718]

@@user-oi9to7ux7k where is your gold medal loser...

[@theshillneckedlizard8364]

@@user-oi9to7ux7k That "loser" had actually won the World's four years previously, already had one Olympic bronze to his name, and this was his fourth Olympics when most skaters count themselves lucky to make the Olympic team once. As we say in Australia - you can go get a mullet up ya, cockwomble.

[@aanon4019]

I'm here after watching Wirtual's ice cup win lol

[@ぜかまは]

It might be luck, but you still need to be powerful enough to stand on the Olympic stage to be catch the gift.

[@alexwilliams4264]

The dream finish when you thought you were out of the game 😂 LMFAO

[@Robert19002]

Makes me think about the movie ‘the castle’. Down and out but never give up. Legend!

[@Dreamer10888]

Imagine if it was China who left his right arm out causing everyone to collapse

[@garymarshall7559]

He created a new saying in Australia that day: "Doing a Bradbury." Most of us know this saying, those that don't, learn pretty quickly.

[@avatar5991]

from the same commentator that brought us the infamous "Thanks Basil" meme.

[@damionneranginui6546]

In America it's called doing a Homer, here in Aus, it's doing a Bradbury. Play the whistle. He won fair and square.

[@bektane8337]

That was a trainwreck finish, they all went down like bowling pins.

[@williamdeoradesilva9444]

The last man standing. Steven Bradbury. Gold, gold, gold 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏

[@FrankSanderson-i3l]

I saw this live on TV and I was standing up yelling for his win! It was meant to be!

[@krogdog]

They wouldn’t be booing if Apollo Ohno won this way

[@JTBransdon]

Hence the Australian term “You’ve got Bradbury’s chance mate…” To win as others steal defeat from the jaws of victory…

[@james1x1x1x1]

It's "You've got Buckley's chance" William Buckley was a prisoner who escaped from Botany Bay penal colony and was found alive 20 years later living with a tribe of Aboriginals in SA.

[@teeanahera8949]

@@james1x1x1x1You’ve got two chances, “Buckleys and none” was what my parents taught me and was a popular saying in the 60’s & 70’s. This added to William Buckely’s chance survival. There was retail store Buckleys and Nunn from where this originated.

[@teeanahera8949]

Another popular saying was to “chuck a Bradbury” when you come from an impossible position to succeed.

[@petearvo]

I think the saying is 'Doin' a Bradbury '.

[@purplexs2506]

@@james1x1x1x1 Not quite: Buckley escaped from a short-lived penal colony at Sorrento, in the south-east corner of Port Philip Bay, in about 1803. That group a few months later was moved to Tasmania. Buckley lived for 20+ years on the Western side of the Bay, around Queenscliff - Geelong. On encountering Tasmanian based settlers from John Batman's expedition, he also went to Tasmania and was pardoned. Lived out his life in Hobart. Local legend has it that he died when he was trampled by horse and coach while lying drunk on a dark Sandy Bay Road,

[@kkkjdnd2499]

Did Yoko Ono end up getting disqualified?

[@winner3924]

And that my friends is how you do a " Bradbury "

[@jacuesduplessis319]

That Chinese skater was the main villain of this incident

[@tree_eats]

The guy who was pushed by the American?

[@LucaBaldin-jo3hh]

My hero

[@GregRickard]

That was all Ohno's fault cheating.

[@Ggekko2010]

The greatest ever Winter Olympics final

[@dstrctd]

0:59 truest thing Basil has ever said