Wendy Burge - 1976 Olympics - Free Skate

Wendy Burge's Free Skate from the 1976 Olympics

[@cathydurrett6906]

Always a favorite of mine. So much energy.

[@dolcevitausa]

always liked Wendy's skating...she should have stayed on a year or two longer than 77...

[@russcohen3779]

She was overlooked

[@MistyLaneLoveConquersALL]

Very strong skater... Beautiful jumps ⛸️ and yeah she got robbed of her scores!

[@iluv2sing81]

look at you go gal - your awesome

[@russcohen3779]

She should have continued to the eighty olympics

[@kittenkorleone2918]

Her 3 split jumps at the end of the program were amazing! It's a wonder she had energy left to perform them with such height. She got ripped off.

[@Person-mh6xq]

A great skater, but 5 single axels in one program was quite strange and almost distracting. Plus, no points were ever given for split jumps :-)

[@meech0n]

wendy burger

[@meech0n]

wendys burger :)

[@RAFAAMARILLAS]

Great skater! She was better than what the judges scored. Love her energy! You rocked Wendy!

[@geoboe84]

Lots of Axels.

[@MADHAUSMARKALLAN]

No blade jumps... 4 x axels, 2x Axels, 2x dbl flips, 1xdbl toe loop, no double loops or salchows and no double lutz’s great ice coverage and well... I saw her compete at nationals in 1977. she’s a great skater... didn’t quite get this program though.

[@kevinhebner6773]

I see a 2 lutz after the spread eagle near the beginning, and she did 3 double axels. I wish someone could find her performance from the 1975 Nationals. She won both the long and short programs over Dorothy and Fratianne. Also, her performances at the 1977 Worlds too. She always had a lot more energy than Fratianne and she had the best Hamill-camel ever.

[@excalibur1812]

Kevin Hebner that camel spin was wild. It was almost a layback camel!

[@Person-mh6xq]

@@kevinhebner6773was a clear double flip after spread eagle. Not lutz.

[@kevinhebner6773]

@@Person-mh6xq that lutz after the spread eagle was one of her signature moves. She did it when she won the 1972 Nationals, and in almost every program. True, it looks like what we now call a “flutz” because of the probable change of edge, but she did her flips from a three-turn. Too bad that she won the ladies long program twice (‘75 and ‘77), and commanded the ice, but couldn’t ever get the title.

[@metsdudenj]

hmm a lot more difficult that Dorothy's program,I dont think she was that much inferior to Dorothy, she deseved higher

[@MADHAUSMARKALLAN]

Dorothy has the amazing figures and how she kicked ass at the ‘74 Worlds in Munich. Wendy was still coming up. Dorothy also had Carlo Fassi as coach and he had a lot of sway and produced great skaters between 1970 and 1980. This was during the cold war too... the Eastern Block and the West were always playing a role. so many factors when there should be only one.

[@mattg.812]

Wow, she looks a lot like '84 Olympic bronze winner Kira Ivanova.

[@excalibur1812]

Matt G. Did you know that Kira Ivanova was stabbed to death?

[@salreal4479]

looks a bit like Oksana Bauil

[@deannawitt9376]

She's skating Dorothy's routine

[@kevinhebner6773]

Not at all. Dorothy’s routine only had two double axels. Dorothy never had those kick axels either. Their styles are very different.

[@metsedudenj]

better than errath yet lower scores

[@timothyhh]

Open axel much?