1980 Winter Olympics Long Program - Robin Cousins 

And to this day; one of the BEST open, single axels...the HEIGHT and incredible control!

Forty years ago today (23 Feb 20). The most dramatic skating routine I ever saw, because after the early error we all knew were was no room for another. I could barely breathe for the rest of the programme. Now that's what you call a true British Champion.

I know it sounds really dramatic - but I will remember it all my life.🤩

I started watching ice skating in the 70s and have been privileged to see Cousins, Curry and Torville and Dean take the world by storm and win Gold.

That initial delayed axel ... oh my gosh, the speed on the ice, the height, the grace with which it was done; it's every bit as good as any triple or quad or let's-see-how-many-points-I-can-get jump that you will ever see.

i watched it live, brilliant routine

This was truly great skating back in the day. Nothing like the jumping bunny shows of today.

John Curry Robin Cousins and Torville and Dean made us all so proud to be British.

Remember watching this live. Think I was more nervous than he was. Brilliant bit of skating

Simply Fab ! He was my idol as a young skater and still enjoy watching him today !

Robin skated with pure grace and fluidity. “Perhaps the loneliest sport in the world.” I believe Jan moved like a board in skate boots. Robin skated with the music. Jan skated against it. Champion Robin!

I was 14 when I watched this on tv. It totally blew my mind then & is STILL the most perfect skating I have ever seen. The commentator cracks me up - ' 3 Americans still to come' - DREAM ON YANK!!!

The commentators never mentioned the exquisite camel spins IN BOTH DIRECTIONS

Finally I found in the net this figurist. He is the best forever. Thank you for video. I was watсhing this games by TV at that time.

His style kind of resembles John Curry. Like John, he was also able to do camels in both directions. This is rarely seen today. His jumps were so high they floated through the air. If quads would have been the norm back then, he would have had a quad. You can only be as good as the best in your event, as they say.

Amazing control and expression

The only recent male figure skater who even comes close to the artistry of the likes of Robin Cousins and John Curry is ( IMO) Jason Brown

I love the way he hangs in the air before he starts spinning. Gravity-defying!❤

Гениальный фигурист!!!!!!!!

I miss this era when artistic interpretation counted as much as filling your 4 min programme (4:30 for men) with as many triples/quads/combis as possible so much that I don’t watch figure skating anymore. However artistry is subjective whereas take off/landing of jumps on the correct edge and pre/over rotation isn’t and it does eliminate bias 😞

So much changes in his music. He kept up with all of it.

Love the disco segment

Dönüşleri muhteşemdi aradan 40 yıl geçmesine rağmen hiç unutamadım.

Preciosa ejecución felicidades

Легкий, пластичный и артистичный, скоростной!

ロビン・カズンズ選手が1980年のレークプラシッドオリンピックで金メダルを手にした時のLPの映像ですね。 彼は絶対に金メダルを取ると確信していました。もっとロビン・カズンズ選手のフィギュアスケート界に おける力が増すことを希望します。彼が採点するならPCSというものも信じます。

По элементам и прыжкам проиграл Хоффману 100%. Золотую медаль ему подарили судьи!

Does anyone know the name of the music for the slow section?

What is the ending music called I love it

Actually forgot how Graceful Cousins was.....made it looks effortless

Can someone please name every piece of music he skates in this program? Especially the last one... 🙏🏽

Coaching in Los Angeles Ice fever !

Nice

You didn’t show the scores

Красиво

good job uncle robin! even though that was sooo long ago..haha

Pliushchenko and Cousin - they are the best!

Сравниваю с выступлением Яна Хоффмана (который проиграл ему) - ну да, у Яна больше тройных прыжков, они более сложные, но в остальном - просто небо и земля. Какая плавность у Робина, какая уверенность, какой динамизм, какая красота в каждом жесте, амплитудность, высота прыжков, плюс аристократизм, чисто английский стиль. У Яна как-то все неуверенно, на дрожащих ногах и неинтересно. У Робина программа насыщена множеством модных танцевальных движений, он умеет покорять публику, у Хоффмана - скучный академизм и страх не исполнить элемент. Неудивительно, что за артистизм у него оценки даже ниже, чем за технику! И я понимаю, почему судьи отдали победу Робину. Фигурное катание - это не только тройные прыжки, это еще и стиль и танец.

3Loop big error, only most simple 3S and 3T, not in combo, and 59 58 59 57 58 58 58 58 59 for technical merit, especially 5,9?! No!

Why’s he so stiff? Is it it fit the idea of masculinity back in the days