Midori Ito 伊藤 みどり (JPN) - 1991 Worlds, Ladies' Original Program 

"Watch her fly". And indeed, she did.

She’s a champion alone for how she conducted herself through all of this.

ボロボロの状態で滑った大会なのに、気配りを忘れない。 観客も実況も解説も彼女に優しいのは、まさに彼女のお人柄なんだろうね。

こんなスケーター今後産まれないだろう…凄すぎる‼️

She crashed the boards (literally) like that of an ice hockey player being rocked by a hard body check! Indeed a figure skating “moment” that by now…replayed a million times!

She is a class act. She does have a history of jumping close to the walls (even in 90 Worlds).

0:55 - Ito and Harding had the best deathdrops in women's skating -- so big and powerful.

リンクが狭いって前代未聞。 この後にも天才と言われたスケーターが沢山出て来たけど、彼女以外でリンクが狭いってないですね。

She has a very beautiful layback spin.

緑伊藤は転んでもただでは起きない!!最高!!スケーター!!

경기망쳐서 속상할텐데 넘어진 곳 가서 카메라한테 사과하고 부신 조각 찾고...넘 착하당... 넘어지고 바로 연기이어가는 것도 멋있고 연기 끝나고 자기한테 딱콩하는 것도 귀엽다...

Omg and she apologized to the camera crew 💔

До сих пор помнится этот прыжок в вечность

Poor #MidoriIto. She really had a rough Career, and believe she may have been robbed here and there. While we all know she got the #Albertville Silver under SO much Pressure, I think we all should remember if it wasn't for HER #Trailblazing influence in Japan thru the late 80s-early 90s, later Japanese, Korean and even #AAPI/ABC-Pacific greats wouldn't be here - #Yuzu, #YunaKim, #Kwan, #Asada, #LuChen, #PatrickChan and now #Shoma. I think even other US Women Skaters at her time were influenced by her #Skating, Music and Costumes. She always had a great #Respectful, #Humble temperament, Personality and #Charm On and Off the Ice. #Japan did it right when they honored Midori with lighting the #Olympic Cauldron at their games: She didn't win the #OlympicGold - but she was a true #Champion and embodied the #Japanese Culture. Thanks #Midori. 💜🇯🇵

Stupid, blind, and biased judges failed to notice that she DID NOT fall on her jump. She had completed it perfectly and THEN tripped. So the only deduction she could have been punished with was the one for a fall, not for not having executed a required element.

Boing! Right back in action.

キャメラゾーンに飛び込んでケガなかったんですね！6分間では他選手とのアクシデントもありましたし。

Techicaly she landed the combination, so she should have only been deducted for the fall but not for the fall when doing a required element. By the way - this Lutz was definitely one of the finest I have ever seen, just a perfect, textbook jump. The ice rink was too small for her. Asian ice rinks used to be much bigger at that time. The Australian and German judges should have kicked themselves in the head.

The cherry project.の元ネタか、、

1:22 What the hack

30년전.. 사라진 브랜드들도 보이네여

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What a sweet young lady. She is clearly an excellent skater in this video. Accidents happen but she wasted no time getting back on the ice and, as someone mentioned below, she didn't cry. She's a tough cookie.

She's so charming! What mental fortitude, a masterclass in keeping calm and carrying on

Poor Midori. She was always so unlucky in her competitive career. So ahead of her time technically but continuously held back by compulsories (even losing a second world title in 1990 because of them), then finally has a chance to shine in the first Worlds without them and just can't catch a break.

Love her!

Such a powerhouse, her and Tonya Harding are my favourite skaters to watch, such power, such a presence on the ice

class act, my favorite skater of all time.

Midori is such a cutie! How classy and cool she handled that accident.

She's so adorable!!

She’s so talented, strong and lovely lady. I love Midori Ito so much. 💜 And what a cute moment on 3:56!

みどりさんのジャンプの幅は、リンクの規格外だったということでしたwww すごすぎww

she does a nice lay backk spin..one of the best

直前練習中に衝突事故、演技中に場外へ出たあと、演技に戻る早さ。 信じられないことが起こったって　動じない精神力。 この方以外のスポーツ選手でいらっしゃったら　教えてください。

She hit her shin on the corner when she fell. That must have been painful!

@Dylvente well i think the judges back in 1991 marked more on reputation than they may do now.

It's funny. Midori was such a strong and powerful athlete that it's easy to forget how tiny she was. That doctor just scooped her right up. She was only around 95 pounds. :-)

this was the first world's without figures correct? and Ito screwed up figures in 1990. Is my history correct?

@1:23 Lmao 😂

@sk8412c Yeah, I think that's true.

5.9 for presentation? For ITO?? I mean I love me some Midori Ito, but gurrrrrrrrlllll. :-P

She never looks where she's going!

She definitely got some help from the judges but it was such a weird and confusing situation. It's clear the judges didn't agree on how to mark that. She was definitely overscored but who knows what's going through the judges minds at that moment.

actually she's not a crybaby unlike Tonya the drama queen

I'm still surprised that she came out ahead of Kerrigan in the short. I know her combination was more difficult, but she made a major mistake and her artistry and lines weren't nearly as good.

Hahahaha 😂