Worlds 2001 Maria Butyrskaya free skating long program

[@mlc2005]

I miss her a lot. She had an incredibly unique style. Very appealing. And she was really good too!

[@mckavitt]

This, like all the other videos of Maria Butyrskaya, reveals the skater's tremendous presence, artistic talent, and uncanny ability, which she shares with painter Georgia O'Keefe, to use all the space available.

[@muscleboi4use]

5.3 technical merit? What was that judge watching?! This was an elegant, sophisticated, program full of graceful, tender moments.

[@jjh2456]

Yeah that was low. Honestly she shouldn’t have gotten below 5.7.

[@nondescriptnyc]

I find this prgram captivating. It emphasizes her strengths/elegance while distracting our attention from her weaknesses (e.g., rigidity & inflexibility). I miss Elena Tchaikovskaya programs... Is she teaching anyone right now?

[@jeffreylloyd8739]

Best attempt at the free program needed to win her a medal at the 2002 olympics. Well done Maria!

[@darkshade112]

second best performance of the night. Wuzrobbed.

[@mckavitt]

Couldn't agree more. When i think women's figure skating i think (and see!) Butyrskaya, surely the most beautiful and most expressive of all, before during and, i bet, after her time. Do you recall her sexiest Gala performance (what year was that?)? Fabulously insolentm like Carmen herself.

[@SDoesNotKnow]

I wish Maria would have landed that last Triple Lutz. If she had, I think she could have made a strong case to be placed second in the long and win the bronze.

[@warriorgr]

It was most definitely a triple!

[@sezwho747]

As much as Irina was overrated, Maria was always underrated. Sure she had many awkward moments, but she had a presence and vulnerability that was captivating.

[@Surietto]

yes , and this make her more special , she is Surya good friend aswell ;)

[@mlc2005]

grafgirl: I agree with your assessment, actually, now that I look at the scores. I actually felt that Maria AND Kwan were undermarked here. I sort of chuckled when you wrote that Kwan was "a bit more on" than Maria. Kwan was perfection that night, without a single, even minute flaw. The 5.8's were clearly due to her first position order wise. I would have had artistic marks: Kwan: 5.9-6.0 (majority 6.0s) and Maria 5.8-5.9s (an even split).

[@mlc2005]

I can understand the placement, given where she was after the short, but what I CANT understand is how she got three 5.7's for presentation????? Even Peggy FLemming admitted that Maria had "the whole package" versus Irina who had the jumps. I always felt that Irina was kept up, whereas Maria had to fight for every damn placement. She had to be absolutely perfect (1999 worlds short and long, 2000 worlds short) in order to get any traction. Not fair.

[@mlc2005]

I absolutely agree.

[@operaloverhro3407]

Grandezza!!!

[@magnificent7667]

Maria deserved bronze

[@crazyasianman07]

Magnificent 7 maybe, if she hadn’t doubled that 2nd triple lutz.

[@mlc2005]

She was one of the few jumpers who NEVER telegraphed a jump.

[@melvinbennett444]

Maria related to me very well. And I have watched figure skating since Peggy won her Gold at Grenoble. Just plain bias against Maria. Beautiful skater who always skated with elegance whether she completed all her jumps or not !

[@nondescriptnyc]

I wonder if the Russian Federation had to trade Maria off, so as to hold Slutskaya up... There was some politics happening there because, though Kwan won, I feel as though Kwan, too, was underscored--compared to the generous scores given to Hughes and Nikodinov.

[@walendxweg]

17juin 2020 📡🧶2001 2024 📡 👏💎💎💎🐮 inoubliable moment 🐺🐬

[@BigA3372]

Sorry, meant the landing of the 3 lutz.

[@nipaipo36100]

the only true lutz of the top 5 there

[@BigA3372]

And Kwan's landing on the 3 flip in the short went easily forgotten, right? Or how about her Flutzes?

[@mlc2005]

Was the last triple loop she did in combination really a triple... the commentator said it was, but it looked like a double to me.. Anyone have an opinion.

[@xlutskaya]

i never saw her short. can you upload it?

[@Degrasman_Maddog]

So true it would ahve worked if she would have said Michelle Kwan.

[@larzander]

oh really, how do you know?

[@barkingtree88]

Slutskaya was the one who should have been 4th, not Butyrskaya. Slutskaya also should have been 4th in 1998.

[@Olesia_eats]

@ZeekerBolero

[@walendxweg]

788

[@nipaipo36100]

she deserved to be 2nd of the free behind kwan and 3rd overall. this programm was way better than slutskaya with her cheated 3.3, her flutz like kwan and her lack of artistry. 1st kwan 5 8 5.9 2nd butyrskaya 5.7 5.8 3rd slutskaya 5.7 5.6. 4th hugues with her many underotated jumps

[@nolaughingmatter]

Sarah Hughes?!?! Natural communication with the audience? Peggy couldn't pick a better skater as an example?

[@xlutskaya]

shut up! Irina did her combination pritty well. if you saw her take off and landing lines of 3 loop, she cheated less than 1/4! and includes 2toe after work. technically was better than kwan. but here butyrskaya has all reason. Sarah cheated all of her jumps, until th toe looool!

[@demirus32]

Huh??? Its one thing to be a fan, but some of you guys are clearly not objective. "One of the few skaters that never telegraphed a jump"??? She is one of the stiffest and ungraceful skaters of all time. I'm not trying to be mean and I'm no fan of Sarah Hughes either..but she deserved 4th place behind Hughes. That was fair