The way they were

[vivika1982]

Terry Kubicka 1972 US JR Nationals
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZjW9cJB7B3g

Russian Documentary ( with English description) from 1977 about Vladimir Kovalev and Yurii Ovchinnikov
http://films.academic.ru/film.nsf/20...ortant+Moments.


... and in addition tiny picture from Drobiazko/Vanagas's site:
1995 St.Moritz Ice Dance Podium (Margarita Drobiazko & Povilas Vanagas (Gold) Barbara Fusar-Poli & Maurizio Margaglio (Silver), Ekaterina Gvozdkova & Nikolai Morozov (Bronze)
http://www.kataniye.com/drobiazko-va...-personal1.htm
http://www.kataniye.com/drobiazko-va...l1/Moritz2.jpg

[vivika1982]

Danielle and Stephen Carr-1984 J WC
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U9i1B6czJ98
video footage from their early skating @ the begining of their 1994 OG Profile
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yaX8YfDqI7s

[vivika1982]

Jennifer Kirk-2000 Jr WC
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F5sNl...eature=related

20 years old Kimberly Navarro and Brent Bommentre with their previous partners
Kendra Goodwin Brent Bommentre-2005 US Nationals-as the poster mentioned the original music from “Evita” was replaced due to Copyrights
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9xB1rkpVst0

Kimberly Navarro/Robert Shmalo-2002 US FSCS
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zdColMuBI6g

[sbanet]

via Česka televize....

Eva Romanová+Pavel Roman (Czechoslovakia), European Championships, Dortmund 1964

1973 World Championships in Bratislava, clip of the champions:
Pakhomova+Gorshkov (USSR), Karen Magnussen (CANADA), Rodnina+Zaitzev (USSR), Ondrej Nepala (Czechoslovakia)

[sbanet]

Now for a bit of figure skating archeology....

The 1955 European Figure Skating Championships in Budapest, Hungary were held at the Városligeti Műjégpálya, - the huge outdoor ice ring in the city park.

There is a 17 minute documentary film from the event, digital copy I am unable to locate, however.... this may be the next best thing - a 69 piece captioned slide show assembled from the film stills of the Műkorcsolya Európa bajnokság. Enjoy!

There are some great pics here - including future stars at a very young age.

Captions are in Hungarian, so here are a few key terminology words:
kötelező gyakorlatok = compulsary exercises (figures and dance CDs)
kűr = freestyle (free program)
szabadon választott = free program (just another way of saying it)
páros = pairs
jégtánc = icedance
testvérpár = a sibling pair or icedance team (e.g. Marianne Nagy+László Nagy pair, Hungary)
házaspár = pairs or icedance partners who are a married couple (e.g. the two Czechoslovakian pairs)
Any other translation questions, post them here or you can PM me - or just put it though an online translator - for Hungarian to English they work fabulously

[skatesindreams]

Thank you, for the slideshow, sbanet!
If you ever find the documentary, please, let me know.

[vivika1982]

Thank you for the figure skating artifacts sbanet .


16 years old Vyacheslav Zagorodniuk-1988 JWC

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o44lGKNTFpY

[vivika1982]

Russian documentary from1971 featuring Alexander Zhuk,Elena Tchaikovskaya,Tatyana Tarasova,Irina Rodnina and Alexy Ulanov and etc.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WdnzLq0Xc_g

The youtube link was removed but those who are interested and haven't seen it yet ,here is another one:
http://blip.tv/pupsiksu/%D1%8D%D1%82...lan-su-6269154

[Simone411]

Debi Thomas, 1988 Calgary - Exhibition

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mJj5bDkchiI

[briancoogaert]

Debi Thomas, 1988 Calgary - Exhibition

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mJj5bDkchiI

Well, here is a younger Debi :
Debi Thomas 1984 Nationals

[Simone411]

Thank you! Saw this on the same YouTube page:

Debi Thomas 2010 Caesars Tribute

[sbanet]

The youtube link was removed but those who are interested and haven't seen it yet ,here is another one:
http://blip.tv/pupsiksu/%D1%8D%D1%82...lan-su-6269154

Good one, thanks!

...and another piece of Soviet skating history, here is the excellent 2010 Russian TV1 Documentary about the iconic and often controversial coach Stanislav Zhuk

Станислав Жук. Великий одинокий - Stanislav Zhuk "The Great Lonesome"

This film is in Russian, however, those who know a bit about Russian figure skating and the CSKA skaters from the late 1960s onwards should be able to follow what is going on. This synopsis should also help.... Great visuals, music score, and selection of interviews. Highly recommended.

[gkelly]

Slideshow of US skaters as little kids:
http://web.icenetwork.com/photos/gal...nt_id=38309984

[vivika1982]

Thank you for the videos and the slide show.
Tatyana Zhuk(Stanislav Zhuk's sister) and Alexander Gorelick-1965
http://kinoclubcm.ru/zvyozdy-na-ldu/
1967 or 1968
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gjJA-R77roA

[vivika1982]

13 years old Natasha Kuchiki with Todd Sand-1990
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m-_S-ZYgjso

Their profile from 1991
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TCTJVFt4jHA

and another one including ice dancers Jeannie Miley and Michael Verlich, and Christopher Bowman.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=InqSviDzMd4

Todd Sand with Lori Blasko-1986
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UEcSNnpEer4

Natasha as single skater -1993
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NeEeuyUvYNk

15 years old Radka Kovarikova with Rene Novotny-1990
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-wS3EdZJKq0

Pictures of young Kathy Witt (scroll down for the slide show)
http://en.katarina-witt.de/figure-skating.html

[Simone411]

Thanks everyone for sharing all the videos. Totally enjoying it.

From 1997 Tribute to Carlo Fassi - Peggy Fleming performs to Ave Maria. Simply beautiful.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EPKxL8w1R5I

[vivika1982]

Sarah Abitol(18 years)/Stephane Bernadis(19 years) -1993
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MKtcxMWCENY

[vivika1982]

Narumi Takahashi(16) & Mervin Tran(17)-2008
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jMmEWkycm18
Childhood pics of Narumi
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NiwZc...tailpage#t=36s

[briancoogaert]

Sarah Meier in 2000 !!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qeNlr...eature=related

[lulu]

I'm not sure if this has been posted before, but Tara Lipinski at the 1991 U.S. Artistic Roller Skating Championships.
http://youtu.be/UcYnDX0KL9E