Oksana lost her family and was injured and still pulled it off to get the gold despite all those things! What a beautiful story!

@truthsterwakeupworldplease8875

6 жыл бұрын

She is a major cutie 😊

@krissy7342

5 жыл бұрын

Rachelle Kebaili How was Oksana injured?

@TressBraga

5 жыл бұрын

It was sad what happened to her... but she still did not deserve to win the gold.

@renzogasch9759

5 жыл бұрын

@@TressBraga She was the best - 1993 as well as 1994! Well deserved win, well deserved beating of this spoiled American girl...

@lynncraig6151

5 жыл бұрын

@@renzogasch9759 I agree....She pulled off a triple jump where ,the same jump Nancy doubled it. Then she added another triple at the end where it wasn't planned. That took guts. At only 16, she was brilliant....and humble too. The sneer Nancy gave her at the podium was very telling of Nancy's character.

I'm so glad Oksana won. She lost everything and her crying just shows that overwhelming grace of triumph. Those weren't tears of joy, that was weeping of joy.

I was so sick of the whole Tonya/Nancy drama; Oksana is poetry in motion. She earned that gold.

@WorkingTitles1

2 жыл бұрын

It was a Tonya drama. Nancy Kerrigan was attacked.

@reniadiwijaya8211

2 жыл бұрын

Lol I was so done with them

@nassauguy48

2 жыл бұрын

@@WorkingTitles1 But Kerrigan's behavior after losing to Baiul was completely inexcusable.

@WorkingTitles1

2 жыл бұрын

@@nassauguy48 I hear you. What behavior though? Some expressed disappointment over not winning gold in what was essentially a tie-breaker decision? You could criticize that, but it doesn't compare to covering up a violent attack by your goon boyfriend of a rival skater.

@DaveCalungsod

7 ай бұрын

It was all done again by sasha and anna last year😒 but luckily kaori sakamoto is oksana in any way no drama... just joy

Anyone else remember how Nancy made fun of Oksana? Sorry Nancy we didn’t baby you enough from your injury to give you the gold. Oksana had to get stitches with hers.

@djmotise

6 жыл бұрын

lol. true.

@jayecardinal5452

6 жыл бұрын

seriously? what a brat.

@brka8522

6 жыл бұрын

Yes I totally remember. It was awful. Nancy was a spoiled brat. I was so glad she didn't win the Gold.

@amorninginmay

6 жыл бұрын

WHYYYYYYYYY????? NNNEIIIGHHH!!! sorry...WWWHHYYY?

@stephanietriplett4173

6 жыл бұрын

A.R.M Productions Nancy Kerrigan has a bad attitude! I wonder if she knew she was on camera when she was giving all those disgusting looks and looking down on all who was around her!

There is no greater of example girl power than Oksana baouil. In sports she is the mt. Everest of examples. She grew up poor in Ukraine, Father left when she was a toddler. All her grandparents died when she was young. Lost her mother when she was 13. Injured inbetween sp and lp. Yet still she won gold. I have the greatest respect and inspiration for what she overcame and accomplished.

So much weight on the slim shoulders of a 16 year old Ukranian girl, an impressive tale of bravery and resilience that I think we all could learn from and be inspired by.

Oksana was so adorable and skated flawless. Look how angry Kerrigan was when the received their medals.

@theknitwit7098

5 жыл бұрын

Flawless? One of the most flawed gold medal winning skates EVER! As a physician, I can assure you that Kerrigan’s injury was far worse than Baiul’s!

@chooseyourpoison5105

5 жыл бұрын

@@theknitwit7098 Kerrigan's attackers missed her kneecap, striking her on the thigh, causing bruising but nothing else. I can assure you that a bruise is much milder than a laceration requiring several sutures. Keep in mind also that Kerrigan had had eight weeks to recover from her injury; Baiul's happened only the day before the final.

@lisabradshaw5105

4 жыл бұрын

@@theknitwit7098 two or three weeks earlier, too. any stitches?

@theknitwit7098

3 жыл бұрын

@djkaye youtube I believe I stated it was ONE of the most flawed free skates in recent Olympic history. My comment was in response to another comment that described Oksana’s fs as “flawless”, which it certainly was NOT! I have nothing against Oksana...I really loved many of her programs, and was so sorry when life post-Olympics became so difficult!

@theknitwit7098

3 жыл бұрын

@djkaye youtube Yes, I did. Though the gold medalist made mistakes and was grossly over scored, she didn’t double foot most of her triples as Oksana did in 1994.

Nancy's rude comments that night and afterwards made me dislike her. That night, I thought Oksana was outstanding and deserved the gold.

@JordanWilliams-ix2td

7 жыл бұрын

tays gram no she didn't.... oksana had 3 touch's on her jumps Nancy cleanly landed her jumps nd had a better more difficult routine...oksana didn't deserve to win

@robprocks

7 жыл бұрын

Are you nuts!!! I remember that day like it was yesterday, oksana had it in the bag, she deserved that gold!!!!

@taysgram

7 жыл бұрын

I agree Carmen. Kerrigan had a clean skate but Oksana skated with difficult moves. Some that had never been seen before.

@mcbrion1951

7 жыл бұрын

Nancy also didn't skate with 3 stitches in her leg. People seem to constantly overlook this. How many skaters could do this? On top of which she was 16. The maturity of her skating at that age is astounding.

@greenwolfegreen6028

7 жыл бұрын

Oksana had the better Artistic performance and both were equal technically. Therefore Oksana deserved the GOLD.

Nancy Kerrigan is not a good sport. I didn’t like how she was mocking Oksana

@cated4783

6 жыл бұрын

Kerrigan was a total witch about it. There is this one photo of them after they were awarded the medals and she has this nasty look on her face...such a bad sport...glad she faded away to obscurity.

@stunnybabe

6 жыл бұрын

Cate D and what did she say of Oksana?

@PhantomBolt

5 жыл бұрын

@@stunnybabe she was mocking Oksana for crying and just being a sore loser. there's a video somewhere on youtube I think. What's worse is Nancy was 25 and Oksana only 16

@chooseyourpoison5105

5 жыл бұрын

@@stunnybabe There was a delay starting the medal ceremony because the organisers couldn't find a copy of the Ukraine national anthem. Nancy, wrongly as it turned out, thought the delay was because Oksana was fixing her eye makeup after breaking down in tears at the end of her routine. Unaware that the camera was on her, she said "Oh, come on, she's just going to get over here and cry again, what's the difference?" The snide tone of voice and the sneering look on her face were all captured for posterity.

@chooseyourpoison5105

5 жыл бұрын

@lawomann I had a quiet giggle on reading an interview with the owners of the ice rink where she used to train as a child. Apparently she was so obnoxious and such a brat that they kicked her out and told her to come back when her attitude improved. She came back three days later and apologised.

if it had nt been for the Harding drama I think Nancy Kerrigan would have gone largely unnoticed. Especially internationally. She mostly doubled her potential triples and did a lot of posing on the ice rather than exciting skating. A bit mediocre.

@jayecardinal5452

6 жыл бұрын

completely!!! she was a very nondescript skater. Her arms were never extended well and he back wasn't arched, she always looked a bit hunched over to me.

@kimberlyswitzer9846

5 жыл бұрын

Kim

@katim2644

5 жыл бұрын

Team Tonya

@kathleendobens6648

4 жыл бұрын

She has no personality either

@suzyinstitches273

4 жыл бұрын

She only doubled her flip.

WHY ISN'T ANYONE ASKING THE IMPORTANT QUESTIONS HERE, WHERE IS PART 1 EVERYONE?

@gullwingstorm857

6 жыл бұрын

Yep - where is part one???

@Ganychan

5 жыл бұрын

I know this is an old comment, but my understanding is that part 1 dealt with other aspects of the Olympics (the full movie is on this channel too), and this part in only about the ice skating. Putting part 2 in the title was a mistake.

@berryreadable

3 жыл бұрын

@@Ganychan Thanks for answering this! I was looking for it.

@RoxieMarquez_marroxeli

3 жыл бұрын

I looked, got nothing!

@julieann4616

3 жыл бұрын

@@Ganychan thank you, I was about to drive myself nuts looking for it. 😊

"To achieve great things in life with the help of others, one can overcome the sadness of the past" This phrase is helping me. Thank you for it, Oksana. That is real wisdom, you are a mastermind.

This popped up in my feed. Watching a young, entrancing Oksana, skating for a young country full of promise, I cried tears of joy then. Things have changed so much. Now today in 2022, I cannot contain my sorrow and I weep for Ukraine. 🇺🇦

Although she ultimately didn’t medal and had a shocking re skate, Tonya Harding had probably the most pressure as pretty much the whole world despised her and didn’t know who to believe

@jayecardinal5452

6 жыл бұрын

She had it tough, for sure, but she was no babe in the woods.

@brka8522

6 жыл бұрын

Exactly. I felt sorry for Tonya. It made me cry when she started crying because of her lace on her skate. I don't think she knew about the attack on Nancy before it happened, but if she did, I would chalk it up to her being young and stupid. She was abused so badly by her horrible "mother", so her behavior had a cause behind it.

@msmithrandir561

6 жыл бұрын

I Knew she was Guilty

@chooseyourpoison5105

5 жыл бұрын

@@brka8522 She admitted she had heard her husband and his moron buddies talking about doing something to Kerrigan, but thought it was all hot air as her husband was a known braggart with myriad grandiose schemes that never came to fruition, and was horrified when they actually went through with it. She then compounded her problems by trying to do her own damage control and cover it up instead of going straight to the police, but considering her husband's history of violence, I can understand why she didn't. I'm not saying that what happened to Kerrigan was right, but this isn't a simple tale of Good Nancy vs Bad Tonya - it's a tragedy on both sides.

@kimmoyo8220

5 жыл бұрын

@@brka8522 m

Oksanas story is heartbreaking, thankfully she seems to have had decent coaches who cared and wanted to help her. Usually vultures wait around the corner to take advantage of a talanted little girl in a difficult situation like that. I'm so happy that she won the gold medal, so well deserved, I really hope she's doing well now.

@fjosephgonzales6870

Жыл бұрын

Not sure about that. There have been (unconfirmed) reports by Oksana herself that ultimately she was, indeed, financially taken advantage of and emotionally manipulated by her main Coach and Viktor Petrenko, so they could be vultures after all.

I remember sitting on my couch mesmerized by Oksana Baiule. Her routine was the most beautiful ever. When she won I burst into to tears. It was an amazing outcome. Nancy Carrigan never expected that.

For me Oksana has the flare Nancy never had Nancy’s skating is pale, boring, and robotic. Oksana’s skating reminds me of Tonya Harding. Although I believe Tonya’s performance wasn’t for an 8th place and should’ve placed higher the adversity overcame by Oksana is stunning and I’m glad Kerrigan never got the gold for Oksana fought much more than a scandal.

@victoria9694

5 жыл бұрын

Enrique Ramirez finally somebody to agree with!

@unknownperson2596

5 жыл бұрын

This olympics probably is the most suspicious of all, the bias is obvious and the judges of nations teamed in groups lol

@dancingrick1014

5 жыл бұрын

Enrique Ramirez As someone once said, Kerrigan has near perfect executions, but oksana looks like a princess on the ice

@GGE47

5 жыл бұрын

@@unknownperson2596 You got that right,especially the Commie crowd.Five of them,enough to take the gold from one and give it to the other.She definitely did not earn that gold.

@user-mv9tt4st9k

4 жыл бұрын

Nancy Kerrigan seemed to have very little grace, on or off of the ice. Oksana Baiul is not the only skater with more grace and presence than Nancy Kerrigan.

I had the pleasure of meeting her, Oksana when I worked as department manager for Cosmetics at Nordstrom Circle Center Mall downtown Indianapolis. She was so sweet and appreciative as I helped her buy her eyeshadow and set up an appointment down the street to have her eyebrows waxed. She was a little doll! Stanislav was with her! He was so handsome and kind and very patient with her. I will never forget that day!

I just never enjoyed Kerrigan's skating. It seemed stiff and awkward. She always looked beautiful, but lacked a certain grace in which Oksana had.

@katherineegge4795

6 жыл бұрын

Audrey Vasquez I agree

@Night_Shift_Sister

6 жыл бұрын

Audrey Vasquez m

@susandilaudo9534

6 жыл бұрын

100% agree

@LifeInPink999

6 жыл бұрын

It’s because Nancy was just skating following a program Oksana was flying. Many claims that Nancy deserved the gold but I saw both and Oksana did it better and with more elegance.

@TonyHunterMusic

6 жыл бұрын

Audrey Vasquez

This was interesting to watch just because of the narrator. I kept expecting an assassination or an explosion to end the video.

@siancrook2053

3 жыл бұрын

😂😂 True

Even all these years (decades, really) later, with dozens more World and Olympic champions come and gone, I still believe Baiul to be the most beautiful skater, a complete combination of athleticism and artistry, a true ballerina on ice.

Love how the german judge pretty much decided everything 😂😂

@adriennevaughn1802

4 жыл бұрын

He chose the real winner😁

@lisabradshaw5105

4 жыл бұрын

He couldn't hav known that choice would become so important, but it was, and Oksana was full of grace and charm, quite lacking in Kerrigan.

@showmebear

4 жыл бұрын

Yeah, Oksana may have been more athletic, but she was certainly not more artistic than Nancy...which ironically, was the mark that broke the tie.

@Hunny1au

3 жыл бұрын

@@showmebear Nancy was BORING and lacked pizzazz

@julielabelle2907

2 жыл бұрын

Jan Hoffman is great jumper but the stiffest skater I ever seen

Anyone who knows figure skating can clearly see that Oksana skated a superior technical and artistic program. There is no controversy here.

@69marcymarcy69

4 жыл бұрын

Oksana was a dancer ice skating. Nancy was an ice skater ice skating

@mm-xk5wi

6 ай бұрын

Seriously, there is no way Oksana's program was technically stronger! No triple combinations, no spin combinations and all her jumps were straight entry jumps... meaning no difficult set up into the jumps. She was a very beautiful skater but to say she was technically superior in this competition is just not reality. Kerrigan had two jump combinations (one being a triple-triple), her triple lutz was 3 min into the program (these days would be given bonus points) and she had a spiral into her triple loop. All these carry her into a stronger category compared to Oksana's program.

16:59--You can see clearly the bandages on Oksana Baiul's lower right leg from her injury. This underscores what she had to go through to compete, much less win gold. As much as I wanted Kerrigan to win, and I myself am from the United States, there is really no one to whom I would have rather seen her lose the gold medal than Baiul.

@daniellecharbonneau2899

7 жыл бұрын

Daniel Pippenger merica

@graceandcharlottewright5252

7 жыл бұрын

Danielle Charbonneau

@carlenamoss8955

6 жыл бұрын

Same here. It's such delightful choreography and she skated it so well.

@GGE47

6 жыл бұрын

She screwed up more than once. Nancy was near perfect and deserved the gold. She had more triple jumps followed by double jumps and was flawless. She shortened one triple to a double, but made a clean landing. She was perfect after that. Oksana Baiul did not skate as difficult a program than Nancy Kerrigan. She was cheated out of the gold medal by 5 Communist judge thugs who did what Tonya's thugs could not do. They would cheat their grandmas out of their pensions. If only they did not have a majority, Nancy Kerrigan wins the gold. Something that simple seems so difficult for people to understand. The NFL and these 5 judges are the biggest disgraces in the world of sports.

@sherrydalton6516

6 жыл бұрын

I’m American also, but Oksana has always been my favorite skater.

Wow, I had no idea Viktor Petrenko had such a huge role in Oksana's life! What a great guy!

@claudiacanales2662

2 жыл бұрын

I didn’t know either!!! What gracious folks!!!!

Oksana is the reason why I now love figure skating. She´s a true star of the ice.

Nancy's outfit is one of the most beautiful figure skating dresses ever. It's stunning.

@djmotise

6 жыл бұрын

I totally agree. Gorgeous on all levels.

@starkiss77

6 жыл бұрын

Yes, I agree. It's gorgeous.

@mitsu4176

6 жыл бұрын

LOL

@campervanelvisitoofonyou8720

6 жыл бұрын

JOTennisVid She still had a horse face

@Hotelyorba

6 жыл бұрын

JOTennisVid it was made custom for her by Vera Wang!

Nancy's sour face as she got her medal makes me even more glad Oksana won.

@kayper54

7 жыл бұрын

I never really did warm up to Nancy. Even after what happened to her, she was just never a particularly sympathetic character. Especially since Oksana's story was so much more tragic and she gave a much better performance.

@CharlesGundy

6 жыл бұрын

victoria grant Rachel mad

@CharlesGundy

6 жыл бұрын

Rachel Maddow

@dawnjensen5615

6 жыл бұрын

victoria grant never liked her. I was thrilled when Oksana won.

@Jude74

6 жыл бұрын

It’s about who deserves to win based on the athletic achievements of the athlete, not facial expressions. Jan Hoffman conveniently overlooked the actual technical requirements of the free program And awarded by all incorrectly. In fact several judges incorrectly graded her performance she should not of finished any higher than forth in the free skate and maybe received a bronze medal overall, there were several technical requirements that she did not meet. I don’t care how pretty you think her skating was it’s still a sport in at the end of the day until they added technical callers as part of the judging panel’s after 2002, many times people who didn’t meet the technical requirements of the program still were awarded incorrectly.

It's so strange hearing Will Lyman narrating an ice skating documentary. I'm used to hearing him narrating stories on natural disasters and death.

@smeeglereegle

6 жыл бұрын

Will Lyman was narrating most of the Olympic films for Bud Greenspan's Cappy Productions long before he started doing the FRONTLINE stuff and others. In fact Bud Greenspan was the one who directed Will to narrate in a more flat emotionless tone, more like the "Voice of God" that he uses in his later work that you're familiar with. I think it works well in either case. (Full disclosure - I used to work for Cappy Productions.)

@ianj7194

3 жыл бұрын

First time watching this and a very late reply, but I was thinking the same thing. I like the guy, but I kept expecting everyone to die a terrible death watching this.

@uggggggghhhhh

3 жыл бұрын

thats showbiz baby

kerrigan's costume here is beautiful

@mrsmacca126

4 жыл бұрын

nenabunena she has equine facial features

@lisabradshaw5105

4 жыл бұрын

would have been lovelier with a more graceful collar line - this is icy; too wrapped up.

@pahoellyyy

3 жыл бұрын

her face looks like that of a disney villain though. kinda reminds me of the evil queen in snow white

@uggggggghhhhh

3 жыл бұрын

@@pahoellyyy LMFAO

@uggggggghhhhh

3 жыл бұрын

i thought the same, the sparkles flashing rainbow colors as they hit the lights... its so pretty to look at

Such a gracious and enduring person. Also the people who helped her are to be commanded. Her quote at the end is very true but it just shows how she never took anything for granted. Being just an amazing person definitely helped her be a great athlete. Dispite all her harsh trials and tribulations she maintained a positive attitude, worked hard and made no excuses. She's a true inspiration.

Never read tabloids. As far as Nancy Kerrigan she has an attitude problem! Actions speak louder than words! Look at her face an actions while waiting to go to the podium!

I've Always Loved and Admired Oksana. That Genie performance is my All time Favorite. It's Great to hear her back story. Thanks for the post💜💜

What a sad moment for Oksana honestly...probably wondering why her parents aren't there to see such an amazing achievement. You can see the sadness in her face.

@MrOperettalover

8 жыл бұрын

Such a nervous breakdown can only come from the release of taking the destiny into one's own hand and succeed. The aftermath shows she felt right about the need to add tripple toe loop to be able to win. It is an odd thing in this sport to take such responsibility. "Figure skate athlets shall not think but do as told". Thus, she won by body and brain.

@dominiquepepin2669

6 жыл бұрын

Latisha Croissant a

@abelleon101

6 жыл бұрын

Latisha Croissant Z

@CandyisAwesome86

6 жыл бұрын

Latisha Croissant I guess you didn’t watch the whole video? Oksana was an orphan. That’s why she lived with Karina, her coach.

@Tiffanydw4

6 жыл бұрын

CandyisAwesome86 yes her mother died when she was I believe 13

That Oksana had balls of steel!

olympic dramas are always one of the most interesting stories ever told regardless of who they are......they is always this sense of depth of layers upon layers that we have yet to hear one that is shocking....and it changes the way we perceive certain characters that are carefully shaped by media

@alexak1183

8 жыл бұрын

They make it sound so dramatic. The only thing that happened that was newsworthy was the Nancy-Tonya thing and I doubt anyone will ever really know what went on. Then they make a big deal out of little girls sweeping the ice for flowers. That's why they make people wrap things at these events nowadays.

@ed-od9sd

8 жыл бұрын

yeah exactly, you sound so cynical about how nothing we see on tv is real but isn't that what most of the stories western world, esp America, are communicated to the public ? I don't think it is all bad thing, but the confusion that makes people get into certain things such as sports, military service...etc, because of the generated drama can be troublesome.

@alexak1183

8 жыл бұрын

damien park I don't mean to say nothing on tv is real, I'm just saying, at least in this figure skating video, they overdo it a little. It gives people who don't know the skating world that well the idea that figure skaters are "vicious" and "will do anything to win" and such. While it's undeniable that there are skaters that are like that, take tonya harding, there are ordinary people like that too, they just go for different things. They've done a lot of publicity on Ashley on the faces she's made even though she said that she was sorry and didn't mean it, it caused a lot of people to hate on her.

@hydrolito

4 жыл бұрын

1972 Olympics some Israeli Athletes where murdered by terrorists. Athlete died in Olympics in Canada when he crashed his sled. It's the bad things people tend to remember.

@francinelawton6081

3 жыл бұрын

@@hydrolito n;

Gosh, I was five-years-old during this Olympic game, and I remember the figure skating so vividly. Not even just the Tonya and Nancy drama, the performances in general. I was very critical of the costumes for a five-year-old, too. I know I have an unusually robust early childhood memory, but it surprises even me just how vividly I can recall watching each performance. No doubt it was what instilled the deep love of figure skating I had growing up.

Oksana was so wise and mature with her words at just 16 when all her competition fellows were in their 20s. I’m sorry but I can’t forget Nancy Kerrigan’s rude comments to her. Oksana was nearly ten years younger, yet handled all the drama surrounding the Lillehammer skating drama with grace and poise and Nancy was just being insufferable

@olgaistomina7102

Жыл бұрын

What did she say? I know nothing about it.

Oksana could move like no other . Beautiful grace.

@undisclosedaddresss

6 жыл бұрын

martha anderson where is she now ?

@affectivity

6 жыл бұрын

undisclosedaddresss last I heard she was living in Connecticut. But that was a long time ago.

@reneedaughter

6 жыл бұрын

those two footed jumps and struggles for landings should have kept her right out of "gold"though

@paul8926

6 жыл бұрын

Oksana was brilliant artistically, but her landings were not perfect. I thought Nancy had the Gold medal after her skate, because she was technically better than Oksana.

@reneedaughter

6 жыл бұрын

Pawl poor landings always take away from artistry. Couple that with choreography breaks and limited techical skills..and tge results look fixed.

they should have included how nancy was "frustrated" by Oksana's crying and the dirty look she gave her during the medal ceremony. not cool nancy, not cool.

Well deserved by oksana, intelligent skater, can't imagine how she skated through pain killers and stitches on her legs ❤️

The most dramatic battle at the most wonderful Olympic Wintergames ever! Oksana was more than just a fantastic art skater, she was the one everyone loved. She is still the best ever.

@showmebear

2 жыл бұрын

I didn't love her. She played her sad story to the hilt. She would have had to fall on her face a couple of times to not have won the gold. There was so much pity built up there was no way they weren't going to give it to this poor little girl from the Ukraine.

@TY_007

9 ай бұрын

​@@showmebear Bro she did more technical jumps and had a higher score? And she did skate very well, I could understand your pov if she had skated badly but she didn't. Also the way Nancy spoke about the winner afterwards was terrible.

I've never forgotten Oksana Baiul even tho it's been yrs since I've seen or heard anything about her. Her performance that nite during the Olympics was a breath of fresh air in a contest too often fraught w/ undercurrents of $ and politics. At times the outcome seems almost predetermined. Oksana was such a sweet and unspoiled, delicate, little flower who poured her whole heart and soul into that performance. Deeply touched by this relative newcomer to the world stage, I was over the moon when she won gold! I will always remember this girl as something very rare, unique and truly special. She was a standout in a crowd of conformity.

Lost in all the story lines surrounding the women's competition was the fact that Elvis Stojko, the men's silver medalist, actually pulled his groin during the free skate and _still_ managed to finish his routine almost flawlessly. To this day, one of the most enduring memories I have is him walking out to the medal ceremony in sneakers instead of on his skates like his counterparts while hobbling and fighting back the pain in his groin to accept the silver. Time and time again, some of these athletes make us wonder how the heck they keep doing it.

@julielabelle2907

2 жыл бұрын

That was in 1998

@ZhangtheGreat

2 жыл бұрын

@@julielabelle2907 I thought it was, but they mentioned it in this little mini-film. Maybe my memory is escaping me.

Oksana Baiul need her own biopic movie! He moves was so beautiful and flawless..and even her injuries, she trying for the best. Totally deserve it!

Oksana is the most balletic skater I have ever seen in 30 plus years as a fan. She is so graceful and appears to be a fantastic dancer who happens to be on ice.

@pjeffries301

2 жыл бұрын

I would like to hear your take on Valieva's ballet skills. Reminds me of Oksana, so I came back here to see her again - Wow.

@susanlueem8267

2 жыл бұрын

@@pjeffries301 Valienate is amazing technically. For me she still doesn‘t have that ethereal quality. She‘s still young can’t wait to see her mature!

@pjeffries301

2 жыл бұрын

@@susanlueem8267 Thanks!

Nancy could NEVER be Yamaguchi.

those Canadians and Russians eat and breathe ice , so this shouldn't be a problem for them

@totoro7412

6 жыл бұрын

yes, the same climate zone

@sophia-bt2sz

4 жыл бұрын

This is how you can locate them: hear the soft clatter when the ice they breathe out falls to the floor. Doesnt work in the snow sadly.

This just makes me cry :'/ A girl that lost everything she ever had and became olympic champion due to her talent. Biased americans should just shut up. There was everything right with the judges' decision, unlike it is today. A rotation more still counts more than a doubled jump of the same type and always will.

@taniaanderson7995

6 жыл бұрын

I remember watching Oksana win the World Championships in 1993 and predicted that she would be the one to beat,fell in love with her style and artistry. Nancy had talent,but very little artistry and her performance(as always),seemed robotic and rehearsed. I am American and my favorite skater has always been and always will be Oksana Baiul.

@tamarab6259

6 жыл бұрын

Rafe Archer I'm American & I agree, Oksana was the best & deserved that gold medal! She skated with so much heart & grace, I don't think anyone came near her performance! Her & this performance will be my favorite always!

@211jump

6 жыл бұрын

Rafe Archer amen. Oksana desverd every mark

@ladedalounge

6 жыл бұрын

And she added it last minute, I remember watching it live and I don’t believe in a god but it was almost as if her mother assisted her with adding in that jump that made her win the gold.

@philomenawhitehead7840

6 жыл бұрын

I'm British and I have watched this video for the first time. I can't believe the GBR judge gave Oksana such a love score for technical merit. To me it appears a very biased score. I thought Nancy and Oksana danced beautifully but Oksana just pipped Nancy to the post in artistic and technical merit.

Wait wait wait wait wait, was Tonya Harding skating to Jurassic Park music? Whaaaat?

@Tazzy5

8 жыл бұрын

Yes.

@taylorward3773

8 жыл бұрын

Tazzy5 Do you know where I could find that performance, by any chance?

@Tazzy5

8 жыл бұрын

Of Tonya Harding? Oh I am sure it's on KZread. I saw it live, such a mess.

@taylorward3773

8 жыл бұрын

Tazzy5 I just want to see if for the music, actually.

@Tazzy5

8 жыл бұрын

I get it. She quit right away, fixed her skate lace, then got to skate the routine a few minutes later. Bizarre.

How does mediocre Kerrigan enter into this in first place? And she overcame her injury because it was mere knock on the leg. The media and Nancy exaggerated the whole thing, saying it was broken.

@hydrolito

4 жыл бұрын

Nancy said he Doctor said she shouldn't skate at Nationals then, she did not say he said it was broken, so I don't know if they even stated exactly how bad her injury was.

Her crying like that at the end you can tell she gave it everything she had.

never was a fan of Kerrigan's Oksana is wonderful

Seeing Nancy’s poor sport behavior after the medals were announced makes me even more happy that Oksana won the gold. Sore losers don’t deserve it and Oksana performed beautifully. 👍❤️

@MTknitter22

2 жыл бұрын

yes @MontagZoso, NK acted like a brat. And, she was nowhere near a skater in grace, execution or HEART that Oksana was.

@mht4908

7 ай бұрын

She was also giving whoever almost hit her with the teddy bear a death glare at 10:37, though I think the surprise was justified

17:04 She is radiating! Im so happy for the most part, everyone supports this girl. She went through so much and came out triumphant!

You can see Nancy Kerrigan's face all screwed up and her thinking that she should have won the gold but nobody could be Oksana! She was so cute and she did not have the privileged background Nancy did and she was a much better skater in her ability to dance and be graceful. Nancy was a little too boring! But I think she thought she was entitled to the gold and you can see it all over her face!

@lisabradshaw5105

4 жыл бұрын

NK may was not really privileged - wasn't her father a policeman? Maybe in skater worlds even that is special, so many sacrifice so much to skate so well. Still, she had not the charm or grace or style of OB.

@damianlee5438

3 жыл бұрын

Are you kidding me? Oksana even had horrible crossovers. Her spins were so bad and slow that Michelle Kwan looks like Lucinda Ruh next to her. I didn't know it when I first watched these Olympics as I hadn't yet learned about Figure Skating and the judging. And her program being so cute and good??? Lay off the crack. The ISU shows THIS long program as an example of A POORLY CONSTRUCTED PROGRAM. Oksana winning the gold was a joke. Nancy was robbed and should have placed above her. But Lu Chen should have placed above both of them.

@Hunny1au

3 жыл бұрын

@@damianlee5438 I know nothing about figure skating but I can tell you Nancy put me to sleep with her BORING routine but Oksana woke me up!! She had all the panache and dancing ability that Kerrigan lacked. Technical or not she had that special presence that Kerrigan lacked. Even if she made mistakes, she ENGAGED the audience and that alone is a huge and special skill when performing in any genre.

@stephaniemc9948

3 жыл бұрын

@@Hunny1au Yes. Nancy was a boring skater. Say what you will about Harding but she was a great jumper. Kerrigan didn’t even come close there. You’d think to make up for her lack of jumping she’d try to be at least interesting to watch but no..snooze fest every time. Oksana deserved the gold.

@xxwhispersxx2856

3 жыл бұрын

@@lisabradshaw5105 No he was a welder and worked three jobs to fund her career. He even took jobs at the rink that she skated at to help pay for her lessons.

I love that these two went on to coach Johnny Weir. :)

Lillehammer was the greatest show on ice. Tonya vs. Nancy was only the tool GOD used to set the world attention on women's figure skating. Then the focus became Oksana Baiul and her magical skating prowess, her story and her indomitable spirit. Henie is the greatest because of the records she set and all the fame she brought to the sport and the Olympic movement. Her contribution will never be duplicated. Baiul ranks second for making skating relevant with her competitive daring & beautiful performances at those games. Her contribution was uncommon skating prowess & courage. It was also, the beauty & expressiveness of her skating along with; the many sacrifices she made and her iron will. The rest of the snowflakes you can keep. The others bore me. Nancy damaged her brand when she fumed, pouted and showed herself to be ungracious and full of arrogance. Declaring herself "the real gold medalist" and "flawless." She scornfully declared Oksana as subpar during press interviews. She insulted Oksana sneered her on the podium. Stormed from the games in a fury speaking with an acid tongue. Nancy and her team laughed when learning of Oksana's accident. That is trashy not classy Oksana had real sportsmanship and class. Despite all that she endured and would later endure she NEVER cut down her competitors---not even Nancy who deserved it. Baiul first class and outclassed them all. She was interesting and exciting. There has been none like her since. There never will be. Disappointed that the sport refused to reinstate her. She was the skater of the ages IMO. Nancy's behavior served as proof she would not be able to handle the demands of representing the sport as the gold medal champion. No tact, no class, no grace & just mean spirited.

@kristenmorcheid934

6 жыл бұрын

L

@ejo341

6 жыл бұрын

JJ truth , my God, how many years did it take you to type this angry epistle?

@reniadiwijaya8211

2 жыл бұрын

@@ejo341 well KZread didn't exist back then.

so much adversity to overcome. you never know the riches a young poor person has inside.

I remember how long they couldn't find the Ukrainian national anthem. We were waiting for the award for a long time. It was a shame. Yes, Ukraine only became independent, but the organizers had to be ready for this and prepare the hymns of the participating countries.

@maroussia555

5 жыл бұрын

I remember as well! They didn't have it at all in fact and had to call the Ukrainian ambassador and ask him to play it and put his phone's next to the speaker!

@valp9972

3 жыл бұрын

Perhaps one has to be Ukrainian to understand what it meant for this country, forced to speak, read and write Russian for 70 years, to have the Ukrainian national anthem played. That beautiful song, which is more of a hymn, was not allowed during the years of communism.

oksana is so fun to watch, while Nancy seems so stiff and I feel like she’s forcing every move. plus, that sour face when oksana receives her gold medal and Nancy receives her silver medal makes it oh-so-much better

Wow i remember all this. What a drama filled evening that was. Congrats Oksana! So happy you won the Gold...I had forgotten how happy i was for you. A Legend.

i would've preferred an i, okasna movie if i'm honest .

@hydrolito

4 жыл бұрын

Maybe they will come out with I Oksana and have the part where she was arrested for driving drunk. Movies tend to not only show people's good points but also their flaws.

@Leriehane

4 жыл бұрын

I know this is an old comment but there is a movie about Oksana Baiul, talking about her life up until the victory at Lillehammer. It's called "A Promise Kept"

@nafsi8519

3 жыл бұрын

@@hydrolito I don't think drunk driving is big of an issue in US. People are drunk driving almost every day there.

@Living_Connectedness

3 жыл бұрын

That’s Hollywood for you.

Nancy looked really upset that Oksana won.

@stephanietriplett4173

6 жыл бұрын

Chris Harrison She was you could tell by her actions! Loser with a big L.

@MariaHelena-eb7ds

6 жыл бұрын

yeah she even mocked the fact that oksana was crying

@MariaHelena-eb7ds

6 жыл бұрын

oksana was 13/14/15... nancy was a 25 yo woman. that was so ugly

@scarletfairy6161

4 жыл бұрын

Yes she wanted to win. But i don't think that she mocked Oksana ...

@PurplePinkRed

3 жыл бұрын

@@scarletfairy6161 She did mock her. There is footage of it.

Why we dont have a movie about Oksana or at least the whole ordeal of the competition?

@jennifursun3303

6 жыл бұрын

there is one i have seen on TV

@jennifursun3303

6 жыл бұрын

probably would like to forget the whole thing, ala Nancy and Tanya

@jeffw1267

6 жыл бұрын

+Mara cruise Baiul's story is pretty dramatic.

@theonetruezog555

6 жыл бұрын

do you mean I, Tonya

@jennifursun3303

6 жыл бұрын

yes

I always hated Nancy, even before the "drama".

This is so good, I loved Nancy as a child, now older I keep thinking she’s a mean girl with poor sportsmanship. I totally believe Oksana was meant to win it! I lived her words, I wasn’t worried about Nancy or Tonya, I had my own problems to face.

No one skates like Oksana. She's the best.

to achieve great things in life with the help of others one can overcome the sadness of the past

i remember this like it was yesterday...

I called Oksana , "The Swan"!!! Loved her!!!!!

Kerrigan = Negative Nancy (literally)

@reason5591

3 жыл бұрын

Probably a real life Karen by now ha!

you can feel her emotions. beautiful artistry

Nancy made some very hard comments mocking oksana for crying, since then she never tires of saying that her gold was stolen, oksana patin hurt and even though it was better routine, for that reason she won the gold, and kerrigan never accept it

@hydrolito

4 жыл бұрын

Nancy hasn't said anything about it for years that I am aware of, she was upset she lost and made comments then, has later shut up about it.

@GGE47

4 жыл бұрын

@@hydrolito Nancy was upset naturally after being cheated out of the gold medal. So she made a remark. You probably would have said much worse under those circumstances. Oh I forgot, you are so much of a better person than Nancy Kerrigan, so you would have been so much better than that. Time and again that one remark is blown completely out of proportion. The same camera shows Nancy hugging and congratulating Oksana. She knew like most people that she outskated Oksana and her two foot landings, except this bunch that gathers around these videos like sharks, ready to go on a feeding frenzy and you do. Make no mistake about it, it was the technical column they used to beat her out of the gold. The Czech judge gave Oksana a 5.9 in technical merit. That's insane. They deliberately cheated Nancy Kerrigan out of the gold medal. She did not skate anywhere good enough for a 5.9. Nancy never got a 5.9 even though she skated a much more difficult program and almost perfect. Nancy got the same marks in artistic impression, six 5.9s and three 5.8s.If there were one more judge from a Western country instead of the very recently former Communist countries and the one still communist, Nancy would have rightfully won it and there would have been absolutely no controversy whatsoever and nobody here would be saying all of these things that are absolutely false about her. That would have aggravated most of you because you always have to be snotty and look down at someone with your noses stuck up in the air. Everything said on these videos about Nancy is applicable you and your kind. You are all vicious snobs, very haughty and vain. Pat yourself on the back. You like yourselves too much. Gossipy too.

Oksana was magic on the ice that night.

It's so crazy how much the dynamics of the event has changed. It was so much more about the figures than the jumps

@sixiscool4649

8 жыл бұрын

you are very much correct. I predict in about 10-15 years, give or take, there will be another system to judge fs cuz this one isn't working.

@MsJubjubbird

8 жыл бұрын

sixiscool True. I read something that basically said that everytime there's a controversy with the scoring people feel they don't understand the sport and stop watching.

@ashli674

8 жыл бұрын

+MsJubjubbird That's what I fear. I wish they would go back to the old 6.0 system. I do not get how this system is supposed to be better than the old one.

@MsJubjubbird

8 жыл бұрын

ashli674 Well I can see why they changed it. Because when you add a upper limit to the scores there's a ceiling. However, the sport continues to get more difficult due to the advances in technology and scientific knowledge. Therefore the scoring becomes incompatible. So what was a 6 20 years ago, when routines maybe had two triples maximum, is no longer a 6 now, where you have 5-7 triples, if you compare the difficulty of the routines. The had the same issue in gymnastics, which is why they got rid of the 10 system. A gymnast scoring a 9.8 with a great routine in 2000 would then do a harder routine two years alter and get a 9.5 because they'd had to accommodate for the development of new skills. However, I don't like the new system in either sport because it takes away form the fundamentals. There has to be a happy medium.

I remember seeing a show on tv that was about the junior skaters getting ready to move up. The minute I saw Oksana skate I knew she was going to get the Gold medal in the Olympics. I had never seen anyone skate with that much raw talent, perfection, and speed. It was amazing. From that moment on I kept my eye on her as much as possible. The whole thing with Nancy and ’what's her name’ was sad and vicious. The shock being Nancy was not her only competition, even. So, it was useless and senseless all the way around. It was never going to help her get anywhere. Oksana deserved that good medal. I just wished she would have stayed on skating after that. But, she was the type that once she got to the top it was time to move on to something else. That's her choice to make but, I was saddened by it. I pray her life is doing well today here in March 22, 2020 and continues to do well. Beautiful girl inside and out. Tyfs! P.S. I'm an American who is capable of being honest and admitting when someone else is better and deserves the win more than even our own. A lot of Americans are like this.

I was absolutely amazed by Oksana's performance. She is without question, the greatest Female Figure Skating Champion in Olympic History.

@Roman-ez4hq

6 жыл бұрын

Greenwolfe Green nah. Tonya and Yuna Kim are the best.

@katherineegge4795

6 жыл бұрын

Roman Natale Yuna Kim, maybe... tonya? Nah.

@Roman-ez4hq

6 жыл бұрын

Katherine Egge tonya transformed the sport. She did more for the sport than any other skater I know. She is literally the reason why people preform triples today.

@arwenevenstar0761

6 жыл бұрын

Nope. Michelle Quan.

@dianamayfield2026

6 жыл бұрын

Grbbsmmmsjehyevr

Oksana's performance was so beautiful that it defies description. Just magnificent.

Nancy Kerrigan will always be remembered as someone who took the ice carrier away from Tonya Harding. And also as someone from the USA who lost an Olympic gold medal to a poor Ukrainian girl and was mocking her afterwards out of lack of sportsmanship. Nobody remembers her as an athlete, only connected to some scandal. I'm glad there is a movie about Tonya, now we need one about Oksana.

@anitabreakone

3 жыл бұрын

I was with Nancy. Got so tired of waiting for Oksana to calm herself and stop crying so the awards ceremony could go on. Oksana kept fixing her makeup again and again because she kept crying. Nancy’s comment, why she’s just gonna start crying again. Loved it!!!!

@harrietgroves9851

2 жыл бұрын

@@anitabreakone she was a child

@anitabreakone

2 жыл бұрын

@@harrietgroves9851 Yet she had to fix her makeup. 🤷🏼‍♀️

@harrietgroves9851

2 жыл бұрын

@@anitabreakone oh the absolute terror 🥺😔💔💔

@alazjaw.8968

Жыл бұрын

@@anitabreakone they were looking for her country’s music and she was still a child. you’re a loser.

I loved Victor Petrenko. He was so talented and charasmatic.....

@donnajimmy2601

6 жыл бұрын

CHARA-smatic.. I'm sorry

@mikesgirl8304

6 жыл бұрын

He's a snob, I figure skated as a little girl and loved these people they were my hero's, my family vacationed at the same resort in the summer as many of these skaters, Brian Boitano was always so kind to me, as were many other professional skaters I met. I was 11 years old, just wanted a autograph from Victor and he was rude and cruel to me, just a little girl, brushed me off, never been his fan since

You can actually see the injury at 16:58 . It's a wonder to see her performing like that with that injury.

She supported Ukraine, her native country, from the beginning of the Russian invasion and supports nowadays. She is protesting against the accept of Russian and Belarusian sportsmen to the 2024 Summer Olympics. She deserves a huge respect. Thanks for the first Olympic gold medal in independent Ukraine.

Amazing story of my Most Fave Olympics Champion, OKSANA BAUIL !!!!!!!!! She was born to be A Gold Medalist🏆🎖🥇 Her mother was watching her from Above💜🕊

I remember being a kid watching this and so into Kerrigan as the darling that year, followed it the entire year before, the drama and Tonya stuff. But after watching, I thought Kerrigan was great but then I saw Oksana and thought she was better and was Oksana all the way.

Oksana was absolutely amazing that day! What a joy to watch ❤

What a truly incredibly young woman that was ahead of her time. I need a movie about her

N NANCY WAS TOO STIFF. OKSANA WAS GRACEFUL AS A BALL DANCER.

@emhu2594

6 жыл бұрын

nancy was sabotaged and oksana was full of painkillers...amazing either managed to stand upright

@kazabushy

3 жыл бұрын

@@emhu2594 Nancy got a bruise to her leg 5 weeks beforehand in another country! You question her ability to stand upright??

I'm so happy Oksana won. Such a lovely skater 😍

Oksana was the most beautiful skater ever, her grace and style haven't been seen again.

These names are etched into my youth. All of them are champions in my book. It's like the Oscars. There is one recipient, but a huge body of exceptional work.

I must have watched "A Promise Kept" one hundred times as a kid... Oksana is truly amazing.

Tonya has so nice legs. The other skaters are so thin, it gives me agony, it seems they'll break into pieces.

@Dalatiidae

5 жыл бұрын

That's what's necessary to get the jumps and spins. Tonya was mostly muscle, which helped her, but thin bodies keep skaters small so they rotate quicker

@hydrolito

4 жыл бұрын

Lauren Henry the figure skater from South Africa is even thinner, how she isn't starving to death I don't know.

@kazabushy

3 жыл бұрын

Why don't you just body shame them!!! Gee sorry. I apologise for my ugly, skinny legs.

@fjosephgonzales6870

3 жыл бұрын

But that slightly extra weight (not a lot, just too much for pro skating) hurt Tonya in the long program, especially with her asthma. You could practically see her panting by the end.

@analeticialima8970

3 жыл бұрын

@@kazabushy I'm sorry, I didn't mean they´re ugly. I wonder how could them be so thin and perform such a high impact jumps. I'm an ignorant when it comes to figure skating but I know that gymnasts perform better when their body have strong muscles (and a few decades ago gymnasts used to be thinner as well). As I mentioned, it gives me agony because they look fragile and not ugly. But thanks for the comments here that taught me that in figure skate, a thin body makes you jump and spin better.

American judge gave 5,9 to Nancy and 5,8 to Oksana and Ukrainian judge 5,9 to both

@alfaubert4580

6 жыл бұрын

The Ukrainian judge gave Nancy 5.7 for technical mark and Oksana 5.8, thus giving his vote to Oksana.

@brka8522

6 жыл бұрын

German judge gave 5.8 to Nancy and 5.9 to Oksana

@GGE47

5 жыл бұрын

Chek judge gave a 5.9 to Baiul on technical merit which is crazy.

Still sad over the fact that Tonya failed her triple axle at the 1992 olympics. That could have been a game changer and she would not have to go through the ordeal of her toxic husband

Basically, the charismatic, graceful yet technically brilliant Sonja Henijes and Oksana Baiuls rarely rarely come along. Unfortunately, Nancy never had a chance although she did the best performance of her career.

Lmao...i remember in school i rocked the heck out of Oskana's bangs. I did my bang like that everyday.

@audio91000

3 жыл бұрын

Haha I was a little girl during this time, and my adoptive mother would always curl my bangs like this for school 😂

Oksana delivered the greatest Olympic performance ever

@renzogasch9759

5 жыл бұрын

Zed She did great but it‘s hard to compare with today!

@aracelichely2954

5 жыл бұрын

I really don't think so, she was great!, but the best ever? Nope.

Nancy had technical skill, but only one facial expresson, the vacant beauty queen look with good teeth. Oksana’s technique was in the service of artistic expression. She combined sport and art.

@valp9972

3 жыл бұрын

Well said!

Poor Tonya :( But oh my god, Oksana was so beautiful!