@kamwrites - me too! His camel spins are extraordinary & the height of the death drop is unbelievable. He with such flair & beauty. As an American I was kind of rooting for Charles Tickner but after seeing Robin, I thought, "nope this is the fellow who I hope wins." lovely.
I take it that Hoffmann was 1st in compulsories and 2nd in short programme and free. 0.6 +0.8 + 2 = 3.4 How could Cousins jump from 4th in the compulsories to the gold medal?? 2.4 + 0.4 +1 = 3.8
the old 6.0 'Ordinal ' / Ranking system was in place through 2004. the total of the scores did not matter before 2004. ..only how each judge ranked the skaters.
Nope, this was superior in every way to anything anyone else did that night, youre crazy if you think Hoffman was in this same class, he was a class of the field
I really don’t understand how people even compare Jan Hoffman’s performance with Cousins’ in the 1980 Olympics. As a former competitive figure skater, Cousins’ artistic ability is just astounding. Every time I watch Hoffmann, I am extremely unamused. Although he could perform more jumps, Robin often had a much higher quality of jumps. It truly surprises me. The caliber of Robin’s skating is so immense, while Hoffmann’s is quite honestly obscene. His spins look atrocious, and the choreography, especially in his LP, is so bland. Perhaps I’m biased, but whenever I watch their SP and LP performances, Robin, despite his triple loop mess up, certainly feels like the clear winner, primarily because figure skating is a holistic art, and Robin had the best to offer overall. Thoughts?
This man is the reason I took up skating! Awesome. The step sequence uses every beat of the music. :-)
That flying sit spin gave me goosebumps.......
Perfect body control and incredible height on jumps , one of our best champs ever !
Great skater
Он чудо!!!!!
@kamwrites - me too! His camel spins are extraordinary & the height of the death drop is unbelievable. He with such flair & beauty. As an American I was kind of rooting for Charles Tickner but after seeing Robin, I thought, "nope this is the fellow who I hope wins." lovely.
Superb positioning in everything he does. I'd take this precision over the flailing speed-demon crap that's out there now any day.
Can anyone name the music?
@jamie2007jai20 The Railway Children I think is the name
same music as Yula Sato in 1994
Who the hell is Yula Sato?
@@garysimmons1485he misspelled Yuka.
I take it that Hoffmann was 1st in compulsories and 2nd in short programme and free. 0.6 +0.8 + 2 = 3.4
How could Cousins jump from 4th in the compulsories to the gold medal??
2.4 + 0.4 +1 = 3.8
No - that method of scoring wasn't brought in until the following year 1981. In 1980 they still used judges placings ordinals to decide the results.
the old 6.0 'Ordinal ' / Ranking system was in place through 2004. the total of the scores did not matter before 2004. ..only how each judge ranked the skaters.
The judges propped him up.
Nope, this was superior in every way to anything anyone else did that night, youre crazy if you think Hoffman was in this same class, he was a class of the field
nope.
Bollocks!
Lol
I really don’t understand how people even compare Jan Hoffman’s performance with Cousins’ in the 1980 Olympics. As a former competitive figure skater, Cousins’ artistic ability is just astounding. Every time I watch Hoffmann, I am extremely unamused. Although he could perform more jumps, Robin often had a much higher quality of jumps. It truly surprises me. The caliber of Robin’s skating is so immense, while Hoffmann’s is quite honestly obscene. His spins look atrocious, and the choreography, especially in his LP, is so bland. Perhaps I’m biased, but whenever I watch their SP and LP performances, Robin, despite his triple loop mess up, certainly feels like the clear winner, primarily because figure skating is a holistic art, and Robin had the best to offer overall. Thoughts?