[HD] Tonya Harding - 1992 Albertville Olympic - Free Skating 

Her team should have encouraged her to embrace her unique, edgy qualities, she could have been the Madonna of figure skating, instead of trying to make her your typical ice princess which never worked.

Honestly number one I love that her body is muscular and a “bit larger” than your average super skinny underweight girls. I also like how she skates a little bit heavier into the ice when she skates with a lot of grounded power

If only she had loving and supportive family, not an abusive one

ok but how tf did she fall and stand back up so quickly?!???!!

even after the anxiety of falling she kept her composure and did elegant and beautiful spins and jumps. Her movement was so smooth and sharp. It’s almost as if the fall didn’t happen. she’s so lovely to watch and didn’t seem even upset at all she seemed so mature. And the fact that nancy got higher wasn’t fair and she has every right to think so and be upset about it.

She was a wonderful skater, ahead of her time, in a way. I never appreciated her back then but I do now. I was talking about her just the other day, at my dentist’s, with the dentist’s assistant, who herself used to do figure skating, and she told me she’d heard that Tonya has now gone in to painting and decorating, following her foray into boxing. Good luck to you, Tonya honey, whatever you’re doing 👏🏼👍🥇⛸

The first axel she makes was one of the best I’ve ever seen! It was soo powerful and strong

This is like the bohemian rhapsody of skating. So many different elements formed into one skating. It’s so beautiful.

She was amazing as an athlete and skater. She still is. I don't care what anyone says. I love Tonya and still feel she got a crappy deal after being physically and mentally abused her whole life. Hope she's happy now.

She was gorgeous! When you see her wonderful moves slowed down, the extension of the limbs is remarkable. She was exciting, dramatic and courageous, deservedly a legend. As a fellow asthmatic, also with an edgy, creative, “different” style, I strongly empathise with her peculiar sensibility.

So I’m no expert but this is what I see. Really awesome recovery from an early fall. The best tight rotations I have ever seen. Honestly F the judges. Her power matched for adult contemporary music just blows my mind.

You can see the disappointment I her face :(

If she didn't have such a terrible home life and had been looked after probably it would've been gold all the way!! Love ya Tonya!!

I rlly like how she is so passionate abt her skating.

She was never the most graceful but damn was she powerful. Watching her gives me chills.

My heart was saddened by the misfortune that ended her skating career, because was a force to be reckoned with on the ice.

Классная! Жаль, её не любили и всегда занижали оценки. Печально. Смотрела фильм про неё. Горжусь тобой.

It is so much fun to watch her skate! Despite what happened in the past, she changed the entire world of skating imo. Raw talent.

1:50 sounds like a typical love scene from a late 80's early 90's lifetime movie.

Poor tonya she got a raw deal. I remember watching this live and all the hype. She was tormented over the Nancy knee deal

This is the outfit on the poster for the movie I tonya

Till this day.. She can still skate like a Goddess ♥♥♥

The most beautiful skater on earth, elegant, strong, athletic, perfect, her gentle spirit, her inner strength, and character in full bloom here, appreciate watching the world's greatest ice skater!

How different is figure skating today. Prob the fastest developing sport there is.

She was a powerhouse! Very strong and muscular

Her jumps were so high! She was very powerful and strong.

She is a natural. Just her thing she did so well! A what a shame she had such a troubled life and tried to fit in and people just wouldn’t let her...but she was the queen!

I felt a chill down my spine when I heard this part, just the echo and her slow movements 1:46

Tonya did beautifully. We need women with her body figure on the ice. She shouldn’t have to lose weight to be considered beautiful. She had such a talent and went through so much. I can’t believe they took that away from her.

She really does look so out of sync here compared to skate america which was perfect. Unfortunate, but you can tell she was distracted by other things

she should hv got bronze..... much better than kerrigan's program

The Japanese has better video quality than us!

Yes had she come from money they would have embraced and celebrated her

Eu simplesmente acho essa mulher incrível!

I always wonder if the people portrayed look up the comments about them. Your a bad ass tonya, lots of talent!

She did an amazing job on the triple toes.

I would of loved to see her soar.. she is a home town girl. She had it all .. but good people to help her along the way 💯 I hope she is happy these days.

This was back when a single fall was instant death. Nowadays you can fall 6 times and medal because it's less about routines and far more about hitting that precious quad.

Absolutely amazing and mom didn't think she was good enough..wtf?? I watched her since the early 90s all the way through

i love that she always uses music from soundtracks of iconic movies

Her build is beautiful and ideal for many other sports like tennis and soccer (I’m a tennis player so I know lol thick thighs all the way ) I honestly feel she had an advantage because she just had more power. What she’s doing looks like it’ll snap the legs of some other people I’ve seen tbh

This should have been her Olympics to win a medal.

I think if Tonya would've had better choreography, ballet training, etc. she could've done so much better!!

today she whould be huge, cause she has her own spirit and the whould allow her to be herself. such a great artist and person. She was a bird in a cage

this girl had something to show-after that fall she recovered like a champ, after all landing on her wrist had to be painful-maybe just a series of misshaps that led to her downfall

I always rooted for Tonya because of her hardscrabble upbringing. She was the quintessential underdog.

No one can do or has come anywhere near being able to do what she does! Absolutely no one!!!

Tonya, what you've endured through you life, One Strong Woman Indeed !!!❤

Great skating skills!

Those first set of marks were too low for what she did out there. It's not only her huge jumps but her fast and centred spins, her tremendous power, and huge glide.

Ela era perfeita, a melhor das melhores!

I don't know anything about figure skating but she looks like she's doing incredible great stuff. Saw the movie they made about her .sad story I thought. Wow I wished she could have made it.

U know your a pro when u fail an axel and fall on your ass and get right back up..she was a wonderful skater!!..her technique was beautiful and her limbs moved beautifully..she could have been one of the best had she had a team and most importantly...a loving family to back her up instead of a family that was all about Tonya getting the fame and more importantly to them..the money..they only saw dollar signs when she was skating ..regardless of what happened..she did make a name for herself..not in the best way but ..she will be remembered..and those who can look past the wrong doings can and will see the talented skater that she was and probably still is at her age now

Молодец Тоня

Красота сила темперамент ,уникальный спортсмен ❤

Those are some Wonder Women legs, absolutely gorgeous.

This is essentially the same program she skated at Skate America a few months earlier where she beat Yamaguchi for the title. At Skate America she nailed the triple axel plus she did at least a triple jump-double jump combo. Here at Olympics she did neither.. I like Tonya more than Kerrigan, but Nancy's FS was stronger at Olympics. Tonya arrived at Olympics a mere three days before competition started. It hurted her chances not to be there with the other athletes when Olympics started. You have to take into consideration factors such as her lag, time difference, practice schedule, local weather, etc. You reap what you sow. Tonya, as usual, was her own worst enemy.

Hat mir gut gefallen. Danke !

なかなかかわいくて、素敵な演技する人じゃないですか。リレハンメルの靴紐の記憶しかなかったですが…。このころってスケーティングを止めて振り付けとかあって、ひと休みできたんですねえ。

must have been the short program that held her in 4th because this was way better than nancy's long

Such a powerful skater!

Love the music

She had interesting song choices

If only she was more in shape and got to France earlier...more serious about practicing... She could have churned out something more reminiscent of the '91 Skate America Long Program... that was seriously electric. I remember the first time I saw this performance I was really perplexed as to why she did the lutz before the axel here, as opposed to the Skate America performance. My only guess was she was superstitious and wanted to keep the same jumping order as her '91 Nationals & Worlds programs??? I heard most top skaters get a little superstitious :)

Alguém aqui por causa do filme da Tonya em Tela Quente de 30/05/22? Maravilhosa!!! 🤩👏👏👏

Thank you for this video…………. to me Tanya is Queen of the jumps⛸⛸⛸⛸

И чего там говорят, что только дистрофичные подростки могут прыгать ультра си. Вон какие бедра мощные и триксель не по чем-одна из первых! Была бы цель и квад прыгнула бы, с таким-то характером! Господа тренеры не ищите легких путей- не списывайте, учитесь работать со взрослыми спортсменками!

I think it could be argued that Tonya should have placed 3rd in the long program here, but it could have gone either way and I think Kerrigan deserved to place over Tonya given the short program placements. I'm far from a Kerrigan fan, but seeing their performances back-to-back reinforced the idea that Kerrigan just worked on her skating more, had a lot more polish to her skating, and did more and more difficult moves-in-the-field. Harding was a more complete skater before she focused all her energy on the triple axel and you saw how laborious her skating was in-between the jumps. Even the stroking and crossovers here were labored compared to other skaters.

I think she looked beautiful

She's a very capable skater. Without the triple axel, which she only landed twice maybe 3 times in a competition, she can still compete with the best of them. Instead, she focused on one jump rather than her overall performance. Kristi won without a triple axel. Okasana won without one either at the next Olympics. If she focused on refining her entire program then she would've been more successful.

Какая красивая была женщина!

Tonya!!!! давай жги!!!!

She was the best skater of all times in my opinion. The judges were never fair to her and she kept on going never giving up.

It sucks what she is remembered for and not the great things she accomplished and her raw talent. But I guess, her being notorious is something that will make her remembered longer than being infamous.

Since I just posted a snarky complaint about Tonya's 1994 purple thing on another video, I should balance it here by saying that I think her two dresses for 1992 (this and the black one) were quite possibly the best of her career. Strong lines, bold decoration, not too fussy; they looked good on her and complimented her style.

I think what hurt her was that it appeared a couple of her jumps were two footed... I think that could've made the difference of 4th and bronze.

I watched this live airing back in 1992 and yes Tonya skated a better long program than Nancy however Tonya did bad in the short program and entered the free skate in 6th place. Nancy entered in 2 place because she had a better short program. Nancy fell back to third after the free skate and Tonya moved up two places. Figure skating is done in rounds. They all skate their original program to get initial ranking. They then skate it again for placement order in the free skate. The short program has required elements that you only get one chance to execute. Tonya did bad and missed a few elements. Entering the long program in 6th place is a big hole to climb out of. She did move up two places but she would have needed the eventual medal winners to completely bomb their programs to have a shot at a medal. If she had hit the original program she probably would have gotten a medal. Ito entered the free skate in 4th place and moved up two places after she did well in the free skate. Tonya and Ito both moved up two places and Nancy felll to third. Nancy landed one less triple than Tonya but Nancy entered the free skate in 2nd place. She would have needed to completely miss ever jump for Tonya to move up to third. Figure skating is divided up into rounds and had Tonya had a cleaner short program she would have medeled.

Era muito boa mulher de fibra👏👏👏

The thing is, tonya showed a lot more Passion, and A WHOLE LOT MORE ACTION in her skating. I mean, A 3A! And what? Like Nancy could ever. You see, I dont see as much pasdion, in nancys skating, or any action. Nancy always skated like an angel, and tonya skated like a rebellious angel. And thats whats so good about her. She doesn't care about what others think, when she's on that ice.

She has always been the best in my opinion

Легенда!

"Europa" by Gato Barbieri 😍

Amazing!

the fact that her performances are everywhere on YT but Kerrigan is only that "why" vid, says a lot

Насколько у нее высокий аксель!

It's too bad how this all played out because she was a helluva skater and a great athlete. She really defied the ice queens of the day, which were favored by the judges.

Is there no one going to discuss the fact that she said “i love you jeff”?

тоня одна из первых женщин выполнила 3 аксель,молодец

I don’t care what people say she is the star of this sport and she does not deserve the life sentence

Tonya didn't fit the mold, and I've always believed in variety is the spice of life.

They never gave her the marks she so deserved! She was a strong high jumper & fast spinner.

Ouuuuu meu Deus que lindooo fiquei paixonada

She and surya are the best!!!

pra mim é a melhor de todos os tempos

undisputed champion of skating backwards really fast. shes gorgeous

Tonia siempre será adorable

She was queen of the triple axel

OMG Amazing 😍

Gotta give her this...She doesn't pull any punches...she goes into her jumps and spins full force. Many may fall less, but they also are not giving it all they have.

Love her