Ekaterina Gordeeva and Sergei Grinkov. 1985 Skate Canada short program/technical program. I don't own this video. I downloaded a few years ago from someone else.
They fly across the ice! Two strokes and they go from one end to the other. Did this couple have any idea back in 1985 that they would eventually win two Olympic Gold Medals and fall in love, marry, and have a daughter together? Interesting where fate takes you.
Exactly 💯 and even now in 2023 no one has ever matched them.katia is doing pairs similar to Sergio. But it like she is leading him she's brilliant on her own but proberly misses pairs Irritating to watch him as it is obvious no men skater not even his friend new champion from Russia can do it like Sergio. The smile the magic is gone.we all have eyes for katia .but Sergio never over shadowed katia ever. She never flung her arms around Sergio. So it just looks like she's trying to react what she had.love watching her but also longing for him to be here.r.i.p Sergio. Your so missed 🇬🇧
I like how the man respectfully refers to this tiny child in an adult world as “very petite” like she was a 24-year-old who had every right to be there. But Peggy Fleming chimes in and calls her a rag doll. Unbelievable really.
This was a Canadian broadcast and the woman was not Peggy Fleming. "A ragdoll team"... meaning a big man and a tiny girl. As opposed to a pair like Tai and Randy, who were more equal in size. She was not disparaging Ekaterina, just stating a fact that the Soviet Union was pairing up big men with tiny ladies and producing teams that could do more explosive and impressive tricks. The Protopopovs were closer in size at 5'3" and 5'9". But, Rodnina was very diminutive (5') compared to Zaitsev (5'10"). Zhuk was also their coach and paired them together. Essentially they were same height difference as Sergei and Ekaterina. Now, it's the norm to see a big man and tiny woman.
another "rag doll"!! Talk about a dumb commentator !!! Just another excuse for not beating the Russian's Those so called "rag dolls" fly higher and farther than average skaters and have to land those powerful jumps and throws just as cleanly and skillfully as the average size person whose isn't thrown nearly as high or as far!! They win cause they are skilled graceful athletes and G&G are the very best!!!
actually, im not sure that it is. if this is 85-86, they were with zhuk. i think the jazzy piano was their 1987 short program. this vid is the same SP they used at 1986 worlds when they were with zhuk.
@bookaddict27 No, it isn't. If you watch Jazzy Piano, you'll hear the difference. This is when they were with Zhuk, and an interesting note is that they HATED this program!
At first I was confused by the weird coloring in the video (color TV was very much a thing in the mid-1980's, thank you!), but you made me look at it differently. They are interpreting a scene from a Charlie Chaplin movie and the color in the video reinforces the old time movie feel. So thank you!
Uh, no, guys. Color TV was good quality in 1985, but when you recorded it on a video cassette recorder, the playback video would become washed out like this. The color of the video has absolutely nothing to do with the music. Interestingly, Gordeeva and Scott Hamilton did do a Charlie Chaplin program in the late 90s that was filmed in black and white to look old. But this was just a bad recording off a television.
СВЕТЛАЯ ПАМЯТЬ СЕРГЕЮ!!🌷🌷
They fly across the ice! Two strokes and they go from one end to the other. Did this couple have any idea back in 1985 that they would eventually win two Olympic Gold Medals and fall in love, marry, and have a daughter together? Interesting where fate takes you.
Exactly 💯 and even now in 2023 no one has ever matched them.katia is doing pairs similar to Sergio. But it like she is leading him she's brilliant on her own but proberly misses pairs
Irritating to watch him as it is obvious no men skater not even his friend new champion from Russia can do it like Sergio. The smile the magic is gone.we all have eyes for katia .but Sergio never over shadowed katia ever. She never flung her arms around Sergio. So it just looks like she's trying to react what she had.love watching her but also longing for him to be here.r.i.p Sergio. Your so missed 🇬🇧
Perfect even back then!
They were so young and so very talented
Прекрасно 🌹!💞 Super!
Oh, thank you so much, I've been looking for this!
she also said in her book that had her friend Oksana continued skating, she would have never met sergei!
Great skate!
Изумительная пара в фигурном катании, супер.
Thank you for downloading this video
We miss Sergei so much⛸️😢
God bless Katia and Daria🙏💕
Просто потрясающий танец!
These announcers need to shut up so we can watch and listen to the music. Thank you for sharing.
Какая пара! На все времена пример для подражания!
здравствуйте, станислав алексеевич жук, дал основу и чёткость. спасибо.
I like how the man respectfully refers to this tiny child in an adult world as “very petite” like she was a 24-year-old who had every right to be there. But Peggy Fleming chimes in and calls her a rag doll. Unbelievable really.
Not Peggy
Katia wasn't 24. She was more like 13. I believe in 1988 they won the Olympics and Katia was 16.
This was a Canadian broadcast and the woman was not Peggy Fleming.
"A ragdoll team"... meaning a big man and a tiny girl. As opposed to a pair like Tai and Randy, who were more equal in size.
She was not disparaging Ekaterina, just stating a fact that the Soviet Union was pairing up big men with tiny ladies and producing teams that could do more explosive and impressive tricks.
The Protopopovs were closer in size at 5'3" and 5'9". But, Rodnina was very diminutive (5') compared to Zaitsev (5'10"). Zhuk was also their coach and paired them together. Essentially they were same height difference as Sergei and Ekaterina.
Now, it's the norm to see a big man and tiny woman.
Peggy Fleming: “Another rag doll pair from the Soviet Union!”
Ekaterina Gordeeva: Hold my beer.
Not Peggy
Peggy Fleming is not doing the commentary. It's a Canadian female announcer.
holy crap.
she was 14!
Babies!
another "rag doll"!! Talk about a dumb commentator !!! Just another excuse for not beating the Russian's
Those so called "rag dolls" fly higher and farther than average skaters and have to land those powerful jumps and throws just as cleanly and skillfully as the average size person whose isn't thrown nearly as high or as far!! They win cause they are skilled graceful athletes and G&G are the very best!!!
Чудо!
actually, im not sure that it is. if this is 85-86, they were with zhuk. i think the jazzy piano was their 1987 short program. this vid is the same SP they used at 1986 worlds when they were with zhuk.
@bookaddict27 No, it isn't. If you watch Jazzy Piano, you'll hear the difference. This is when they were with Zhuk, and an interesting note is that they HATED this program!
IS THIS THE FOOTAGE OF THEM SKATING BACK IN THE 1800's ?
At first I was confused by the weird coloring in the video (color TV was very much a thing in the mid-1980's, thank you!), but you made me look at it differently. They are interpreting a scene from a Charlie Chaplin movie and the color in the video reinforces the old time movie feel. So thank you!
Uh, no, guys. Color TV was good quality in 1985, but when you recorded it on a video cassette recorder, the playback video would become washed out like this. The color of the video has absolutely nothing to do with the music. Interestingly, Gordeeva and Scott Hamilton did do a Charlie Chaplin program in the late 90s that was filmed in black and white to look old. But this was just a bad recording off a television.
is this their revolutionary "Gershwin routine" she describes in her book?
This music is not George Gershwin.
Definitely not Gershwin
Look up crazy for you program. I watched last night and it was the gershwin songs