I was a young skater at a NYC skating club at Flushing Meadow Park in 70s. We had sessions on Wednesday evenings. I showed up for session, kind of tired but ready to work. I was putting on my boots and looked across room to see Janet Lynn putting on her skates. I was blown away! She was practicing this program for upcoming world championships! It was incredible to be on ice at same time she was skating. The strength, speed and artistry was breathtaking. It was greatest moment of my skating career. Ps: her coach was relentless. She skated right behind her with same speed giving directions on every move.
I hope the ISU will eventually develop/refine the judging system, so that the pure and honest qualities we are seeing in this clip would be valued over artificially busy programs with frantic transitions.
@@alanazarin7761 I wish the ISU would get rid of the quad jump. I stopped watching the men's skating because of it, now I'll stop watching the ladies because of it.
She was and still is a Mona Lisa of skating. And like the famous painting you are not quite conscious where one movement ends and another begins. They seem to flow like a stream and very much like Leonardo's painting.
This may have been the best of all her programs. I wonder if she were skating in our current time and had to do triples, would the artistry have had to suffer. Nobody had this kind of artistry- not even Michelle Kwan.
She actually did triples in her day. But they were risks she didn't need to take. Back then you had to spend more than half your time practicing figures. I don't believe her artistry would ever have suffered. It was innate.
Janet Lynn was the birth of modern figure skating. Unfortunately with the code of points they are turning free skating back into figures. Figure skating is almost unwatchable now. Nobody has any individuality. The step sequences look like everybody is a spastic. Spins look like circus contortionists. Yes, they had to find a way to grade technical difficulty that was fair but this wasn't the answer. Lynn had naturally what everybody aspired to. Watching the competitions it looked like she was competing in a different sport.
even the US medalist in this championship, Julie Lynn Holmes, was an unimpressive free skater. The fact she won a medal highlighted even more the reason to devalue the figures
I loved Janet Lynn’s skating then, and I love it now. Best of all time? Foolishness. There’s no such thing. Why do we have this boring obsession with assigning everything as “the best of all time,” or “the greatest of all time?” It’s ridiculous. It’s our own vanity that we want to put ourselves into being around when something so transcendent has happened. Janet was unbelievable. Michelle Kwan was phenomenal. Sasha Cohen was exquisite. Kim Yuna was mesmerizing. But what about the beautiful presence of Lisa-Marie Allen or the triple loops of Caryn Kadavy or the exquisite spins of Angela Nikodonov or Jennie Walsh, or Wendy Burge’s rapport with an audience? We diminish all skaters when we assign a “greatest” or “best” instead of enjoying the talents of each. Those are my favorite female skaters, but I have no need to say one was better than the others. It’s wonderful to be able to have enjoyed them all as well as many others.
Best skater ever. I don’t think figures should hv been part of competition but they trained the muscles and made holding deep edges easier. Skating has suffered without discipline of figures. Imagine what ballet would look like without barre training.. no one can hold a deep edge not. You see it mostly in the edge needed to do Axels.
Figure skaters back then practiced figures and had deep edges precisely because they were part of the competition. If you want to see good skating, you need that to be a category in the competition. Compulsories were ditched in ice dancing too ten years ago and skating skills have declined sharply ever since to the point where ice dancing as a separate division from pair skating has become meaningless.
They still have to pass a "moves in the field" test which involves executing extremely difficult passages using deep edges, sometimes on one foot the entire length of the ice. So figures aren't really completely gone. They just aren't competed anymore. That is correct. That would be like musicians competing for the best scale and best arpeggios.
Figure skating today is such a jump fest; the ISU sold its soul when the school figures were eliminated. No real artistry today: who wants to watch today's skating ? The best layback spins : Peggy Fleming, Janet Lynn, Sasha Cohen.
This video is mistitled. It wasn't her long program, it was her free skate. There was no short program in 1971; it didn't arrive until 1973. No short program means no long program. Please correct this.
Peter Moran For someone who doesn't care for Janet's skating that much, you have commented on quite a few videos of her performances. I have never encountered someone with a negative or unfavorable opinion of her skating before, so congrats on having that distinction.
Yes indeed I have! Thank goodness the weight given to school figures was reduced post this season. The powers that be at the ISU finally realized that Schuba's "gold medal" standing was an embarrassment to the sport.
I was a young skater at a NYC skating club at Flushing Meadow Park in 70s.
We had sessions on Wednesday evenings. I showed up for session, kind of tired but ready to work.
I was putting on my boots and looked across room to see Janet Lynn putting on her skates.
I was blown away!
She was practicing this program for upcoming world championships!
It was incredible to be on ice at same time she was skating. The strength, speed and artistry was breathtaking.
It was greatest moment of my skating career.
Ps: her coach was relentless. She skated right behind her with same speed giving directions on every move.
I hope the ISU will eventually develop/refine the judging system, so that the pure and honest qualities we are seeing in this clip would be valued over artificially busy programs with frantic transitions.
The most influential female skater of the 20th century.
glorious! this is "FREE" skating at its finest.
I so miss the free in freeskating now. Everything now is so labored.
@@alanazarin7761 I wish the ISU would get rid of the quad jump. I stopped watching the men's skating because of it, now I'll stop watching the ladies because of it.
In my mind, the best skater ever
Definitely. Exquisite.
Eternally glorious.
She was and still is a Mona Lisa of skating. And like the famous painting you are not quite conscious where one movement ends and another begins. They seem to flow like a stream and very much like Leonardo's painting.
What a radiant, charming skater.
Gorgeous! Pure perfection
This may have been the best of all her programs. I wonder if she were skating in our current time and had to do triples, would the artistry have had to suffer. Nobody had this kind of artistry- not even Michelle Kwan.
She actually did triples in her day. But they were risks she didn't need to take. Back then you had to spend more than half your time practicing figures. I don't believe her artistry would ever have suffered. It was innate.
Imho Janet is the finest female skater, evet. The body lines are exquisite.
Breathtaking
Janet Lynn was the birth of modern figure skating. Unfortunately with the code of points they are turning free skating back into figures. Figure skating is almost unwatchable now. Nobody has any individuality. The step sequences look like everybody is a spastic. Spins look like circus contortionists. Yes, they had to find a way to grade technical difficulty that was fair but this wasn't the answer. Lynn had naturally what everybody aspired to. Watching the competitions it looked like she was competing in a different sport.
BRAVO!!! TO THE BEST SKATER OF ALL TIME GB!!
Soooooooo good.
even the US medalist in this championship, Julie Lynn Holmes, was an unimpressive free skater. The fact she won a medal highlighted even more the reason to devalue the figures
By far Janet Lynn was the best female free skater in history!
By far? Nonsense!!
I loved Janet Lynn’s skating then, and I love it now.
Best of all time? Foolishness.
There’s no such thing.
Why do we have this boring obsession with assigning everything as “the best of all time,” or “the greatest of all time?”
It’s ridiculous.
It’s our own vanity that we want to put ourselves into being around when something so transcendent has happened.
Janet was unbelievable.
Michelle Kwan was phenomenal.
Sasha Cohen was exquisite.
Kim Yuna was mesmerizing.
But what about the beautiful presence of Lisa-Marie Allen or the triple loops of Caryn Kadavy or the exquisite spins of Angela Nikodonov or Jennie Walsh, or Wendy Burge’s rapport with an audience?
We diminish all skaters when we assign a “greatest” or “best” instead of enjoying the talents of each.
Those are my favorite female skaters, but I have no need to say one was better than the others.
It’s wonderful to be able to have enjoyed them all as well as many others.
She does the best flying sit spin ever. Do skaters still perform that move?
Yes
Yes, but not as well as Janet.
Best skater ever.
I don’t think figures should hv been part of competition but they trained the muscles and made holding deep edges easier. Skating has suffered without discipline of figures. Imagine what ballet would look like without barre training.. no one can hold a deep edge not. You see it mostly in the edge needed to do Axels.
Figure skaters back then practiced figures and had deep edges precisely because they were part of the competition. If you want to see good skating, you need that to be a category in the competition. Compulsories were ditched in ice dancing too ten years ago and skating skills have declined sharply ever since to the point where ice dancing as a separate division from pair skating has become meaningless.
They still have to pass a "moves in the field" test which involves executing extremely difficult passages using deep edges, sometimes on one foot the entire length of the ice. So figures aren't really completely gone. They just aren't competed anymore. That is correct. That would be like musicians competing for the best scale and best arpeggios.
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Figure skating today is such a jump fest; the ISU sold its soul when the school figures were eliminated. No real artistry today: who wants to watch today's skating ?
The best layback spins : Peggy Fleming, Janet Lynn, Sasha Cohen.
Honestly, one of the most beautiful is Sarah Hughes for a classic layback spin.
The Code of Points has ruined skating ! Now, it truly is just a jumping contest. The beauty of " slowness " and " grace" is gone.
they need to bring school figures back
If there not used in competition skaters should still use them for training. Same way the do in ballet with barre training.
This video is mistitled. It wasn't her long program, it was her free skate.
There was no short program in 1971; it didn't arrive until 1973. No short program means no long program.
Please correct this.
I've corrected this title, as well as the others. I appreciate your concern for accuracy. Cheers.
So shocking that she didn’t get a medal let alone the gold which she should of won.
Because of her school figures aka compulsory figures.
@@ElaineSamuela the girl who won the gold have you see her free skate ? Horrible
@@notnek202 Yes, Beatrix Schuba. The ISU decreased the amount for the total score for compulsory figures because of what happened to Janet Lynn.
Skating stinks Pooh Pooh today
She wasn't that good, because she didn't a medal.
Peter Moran For someone who doesn't care for Janet's skating that much, you have commented on quite a few videos of her performances. I have never encountered someone with a negative or unfavorable opinion of her skating before, so congrats on having that distinction.
+Peter Moran It is obvious that you have never watched Beatrix Schuba's freeskating.
To Tom S.: It is obvious that you HAVE watched Beatrix Schuba's freeskating.
Yes indeed I have! Thank goodness the weight given to school figures was reduced post this season. The powers that be at the ISU finally realized that Schuba's "gold medal" standing was an embarrassment to the sport.
WINNING A MEDAL DOES NOT ALWAYS EQUATE WITH GOOD/ JUST AS HAVING A TRIPLE JUMP DOES NOT ALWAYS MAKE THE BETTER SKATER