Oksana Baiul (UKR) - 1994 Lillehammer, Figure Skating, Ladies' Free Skate 

She is a ballerina on ice

Russian skaters and gymnasts take ballet as part of their training. No less a person that the great Olga Korbut told me that via Twitter.

She also added two triple jumps on the fly so there's that. She deserved gold for sure

@@fizzao1342Oksana is from Ukraine, NOT Russia.

Nancy Kerrigan Doesn't even Deserve the Silver 🥈. 😝😝😝😝😝😝😝😝😝😝😝😝😝😝😝😝😝

I read a long time ago that when she got off the ice was just about the time the pain killers wore off.

Nancy’s performance was one of the most inspiring and triumphant in history

And Chen Lu's program too!

"Stole" the gold implies that Nancy thought she owned it. How absurdly arrogant. Nobody "owns" a medal - it belongs to the best competitor. In this case, that was Oksana.

Tonya Harding, natural artistry? Lol wut. Raw athleticism yes.

Harding had no grace and artistry whatsoever. She was an athlete.

Lets not get carried away. She won on artistry, not technical merit. She was out skated by Nancy, technically. The judges preferred the artistry.

@@ferdyspearsnot exactly. It can only be said that Oksana won on artistry because the second mark was the tiebreaker on the score card of the 9th judge-the German judge, Jan Hoffmann. But the truth is, their overall scores were equal in artistry: six 5.9’s and three 5.8’s, just from different combinations of judges. And that was fair. Their artistry was both breathtaking. In different ways and for different reasons-their styles are different, but both can give you the chills. The problem was that Nancy was undermarked technically and Oksana was DRASTICALLY over marked. Nancy should have gotten no lower than 5.8’s on the first mark-three judges gave her 5.7, and Oksana should have had no higher than 5.6 on the first mark. She got five 5.8’s and a truly laughable 5.9 from the Czech judge on the first mark. Three of the five judges who put her over Nancy (Czech, Ukrainian, and Chinese) actually had them tied on the artistic mark but had Oksana winning on the technical mark. That’s ridiculous. Nancy was both more clean AND more difficult technically. Only two of Oksana’s first place ordinals were based on a perceived artistic edge-Germany and Poland. (The Canadian judge also had her ahead on the artistic mark but properly gave Nancy a bigger edge on the technical mark to counteract this.) Personally I’d have them tied artistically but with Nancy at a .2 or .3 edge technically, as the Canadian judge did. The break down was like this: British judge: Nancy wins both marks Polish judge: tied technically, Oksana wins on artistry Czech, Ukrainian, and Chinese judges: tied artistically, Oksana wins on technical merit U.S. and Japanese judges: tied on technical, Nancy wins on artistry Canadian judge: Nancy wins on technical, Oksana wins on artistry, but by a smaller edge than Nancy’s technical edge German judge: Nancy wins on technical, Oksana wins on artistry, second mark breaks the tie.

Yes, much better than Tara Lipinski. 😎 Tara Lipinski skated safe because she never tried to be an artist on ice like Oksana Baiul. 😆😆😆

Tara Lipinski had no artistry more than Peter Pan. 😆

Nancy also was making fun of her at the awards ceremony and remember her moaning at the Disney parade? Mean girl

Росія і Україна не були разом. Але до 2014 року не булу претензій Росії до територій України. В 2014 році Росія напала на Україну, захопила Крим і розв'язала війну на Донбасі . В 2022 році Росія вирішила захопити більше територій України

Cuz she was a sixteen year old orphan winning an Olympic gold medal? I’d be more shocked if she didn’t cry

Cuz seven rings has the same music as favorite things which is from the sound of music. The sound of music was made in the 1960s (I think) and so it would’ve been around in 1994

Красивий костюм.

The song is "My Favourite Things" from The Sound of Music. Ariana just sampled it for 7 Rings. This is the original song.

@@chooseyourpoison5105 i watch this movie

What about technical merit: Tripple Axel??Non of that, Noooo she simply has weaknesses equal to a zero!Certainly a gifted talent here,on the same token it was a unforseen time in this craft ,Nancy Kerrigan, then , not to mention Tonya Harding's shortcomings .Luck has a lot to do with it. We all do crazy things ,or make no sense whatsoever @times.

This is much more fun to watch than Nancy at least and she had more speed too, what a charming skater. Though Nancys performance was beautiful too but without being an expert imo dindn't feel like an olympic gold medal program.

Frankly, I preferred Oksana's jumps which were superior if based upon nothing more than their sheer power; use of the correct edges & more difficult entries. Nancy's jumps barely came off the ice. Wish you'd seen it for yourself. Oksana was "the complete package." Jumps, artistry, technique, persona & confidence. Agree with the rest of your post. But if you think Kerrigan was great technically you weren't there in real time. If you love Kerrigan's jump technique you'll love Michelle Kwan's too.

i disagree. Though Oksana's a better skater on this day she made enough faults to lose; and Nancy skated to an almost perfect program. Oksana chose the more difficult technical program and missed! If you look at the judges who scored Oksana #1 It explains exactly whats going on. Check the scoring on both Nancy and Oksana and you will find what is the obvious.

Yes. There is more to it than technical ability.

lilic1 I totally agree. It’s sooooo easy to forget that this was a mere 16 yr old girl.....with no parents to help guide, direct, and support her passion and endeavor. She was marvelous. And I loooooved seeing both Victor Petrenko and G & G cheering her on there at the end....awesome!! What a MOMENT for this little girl...💞

lilic1 Agreed completely. And I’ve still never seen someone so young be so naturally expressive on the ice... It seems to’ve been totally natural.

elegant? how? she spread her leg back and skated like that for 5 min she had no talent, she had no personality

I only see a two foot on the flip which in today's COPs would give her full base marks compared to Nancy's double which would be almost worthless.

ENIGMA -POP- Well said. True!!

I completely agree...Oksana didn't have an easy life and she had lost her mom a few years earlier..I can understand she would be extremely emotional.

Steve Rakes я согласна. Оксана - маленькая, прекрасная фигуристка! Когда я смотрю ее выступление, всегда становится легче, веселее.

actually she lives in america if that brightens your day so much, fatty

Catherine H. Stop trashing on others and focus on your face, smh go to the plastic surgeon and fix that ugly thing LMAO

I would rather have natural emotion than artificial snootiness.

Performers put a lot of blood sweat and tears into what they do, no one understands the work thats put into the background to get where you are. It's incredibly emotional when you get acknowledged for your hard work and win. Or when you're defeated. I totally get what she was feeling, I've felt it many times as well. It's so incredibly overwhelming and its hard to control after everything you've been through.

MsTinyTeaPot oh I sooo agree with you! It’s the release....FINALLY....after all that hard work for sooooo many years.....as well as after those 4-5 minutes of pure Olympic pressure cooking. The tears are so entirely understandable. And especially for how well she performed! Anyone who makes fun of those tears (Nancy Kerrigan) is a cold, heartless b**** with little to no class. You can put a $50,000 Versace skating dress on her, but you just can’t change her true character - it comes out anyway. Smh. Bravo, Oksana. Job WELL done!👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏

...and she must be thinking of her mom...

same!!

oksana is an orphan that here lost her mom 2 years ago, what do you think she is crying about here, how unsensitive and uncompassionate of you towards a child that has no familly left on the age of 16, fuck you

Catherine H. They were there to compete at figure skating not whose life harder.

Pham Cuong thank you!

@@phamcuong9183 Oksana wins At life too! Nancy is a spoiled rotten brat, sore loser, miserable person inside, that thinks it's okay to cheat w/ her married coach, break up his marriage & have him for her own! Not to mention the way she talks down to or about people & she's so dumb, she always seems to get caught, because she can't remember the cameras are on her or mic's hooked up!

I sooooo agree she was there cause Tonya couldnt make it USA had no one else to send there so we had to put up with the horse-teeth brat who had no artistry talent and no personality

morningstar me too! Amen🙏💞

morningstar LOL😂😂

Actually Nancy Vera Wang, but I agree

Nancy is 2nd ! She should to be so strong, no?

Oksana is insane....Nancy should of won....figure skating judges r fucked

Eddy yeah like tonya coming 8th? like no doubt she shouldn’t have gotten a medal but like she didn’t deserve 8th

@@kmanyguns 😂 Oksana was on fire here. Completely mesmerizing. And she was skating with an injured shoulder and lower back. Just incredible.

Joyce, 100% ..her ballet training prepared her for this..

soooooooooooo agreed nancy was there because her family had money and she was put the top in the USA horse-teeth brat

that's exactly what happened they kept saying ''nancy this'' ''nancy that'' well F/'^+@ nancy and her talentless, artless performance she was so rigid and cold.....didndt even deserve silver

i'd say she was underscored on her artistic performance

not even bronze

Agree

Lorrie Smith Dude everyone owned Kerrigan! She was a passion-less robot, and she was clumsy too! Literally everyone was better than Nancy, which is why I dont understand why she was the "it-girl"

Blake Lee I agree! Kerrigan skated around and did some jumps with no real point, whereas Oksana was clearly in the music and showed real personality! Kerrigan was wooden and devoid of any style.

Oksana was skating for her mom this day...💞💞

AliSakurai I JUST saw that now!! So awesome to see them..❤️❤️

Was so happy to see them!

whataboutredlorry You’re so right. Nancy is very stiff and she skates like a man.

HAHAHahaH exactly she spread her leg backwards and keeps going what else does she do LOL

shihlin1 I know Nancy herself seemed pissed as though she felt entitled to the win. I would hate spending the rest of my life wondering if I was only given “sympathy win” and having people say so all the time

I mean you want to talk about odds, Oksana still beats Kerrigan in that regard.

It’s kinda sad, cuz they programs no longer have much time for artistic elements making the programs often boring to people that aren’t super into the sport