FSU Watch Party: Sunday, April 5, 2020 1pm CDT/2pm EST/7pm UTC - 1995 World Figure Skating Championships Ladies Long Program

[VGThuy]

Man, she’s blazing out there! And it’s from skating skills!!!

 

[VGThuy]

Technically, that was better than some of the performances in the final group.

 

[VGThuy]

Very respectable scores for how early she skated. I think her presentation scores could be a smidge higher.

 

[skateboy]

Technically, that was better than some of the performances in the final group.

Yep, I see that she got 8th in the LP here. I'm thinking that should have been higher.

 

[alchemy void]

Fantastic performance here from Yokoya. So solid. The LP she had at 96 Worlds was significantly more interesting and unique than this one.

I think she dealt with injuries over the quad. She went from a Grand Prix finalist in 1996 to finishing off the podium and behind Rena Inoue at 98 Japanese nationals.

 

[Vagabond]

This competition took place before the invention of illusion fabric.

 

[VGThuy]

From where I’m sitting watching on TV, her dress reminds me so much of Kwan’s Romanza dress.

 

[VGThuy]

I’m also glad she’s skating to an appropriate costume for this program. I’m reminded of that Krylova/Ovysiannikov pro routine to this and their costumes...

 

[alchemy void]

zzzzzzzzzzz

 

[skateboy]

I'm impressed with the judges... they're pretty much uniform in their scoring.

 

[VGThuy]

That’s an interesting jacket and hat choice from the coach.

 

[VGThuy]

Simone kind of looks like Shae-Lynn.

 

[VGThuy]

Speed!

 

[Amy L]

This competition took place before the invention of illusion fabric.

Not really. Marina Anissina had just been stockpiling it for a year+ in order to make this costume:

Anissina & Peizerat (FRA) - 1996 Continents Cup, Ice Dancing, Free Dance

Edmonton, Alberta, CANADA - 1996 Continents Cup, Ice Dancing, Free Dance - Marina Anissina and Gwendal Peizerat of France.

youtu.be

 

[Erin]

These Japanese skaters skate like Yuka Sato from the knees down. I mean that as the ultimate compliment.

I agree. Their skating skills were magnificent.

 

[VGThuy]

This is like a preview to her 1998 “Ah! Natasha” long program. That’s actually my favorite Irina long program.

 

[VGThuy]

This program seems super heavy from what I was expecting. I thought I’d see some more uplifting moments. Her jumps are huge though. So much spring in them.

 

[alchemy void]

So much raw talent from Slutskaya here

Kind of disappointing her team couldn't come up with anything other than another folk program for the 98 season.

 

[skateboy]

Slutskaya's costume channeling Tanya Szewchenko.

 

[alchemy void]

Slutskaya: 5.6/5.3
Yokoya: 5.5/5.5

 

[Kateri]

Did Irina do 3 combos? I thought they could only do 2 back then.

 

[VGThuy]

These costumes from 1995 make it clear to me that we were transitioning from what we were seeing in the 1980s and even early 90s. Most of the bling came from the Japanese skaters who even now like shiny costumes.

 

[alchemy void]

This music would be perfect for someone like Josee Chouinard. Not so much Lavrenchuk.

But the speed and lutz is always fun to watch.

 

[alchemy void]

Did Irina do 3 combos? I thought they could only do 2 back then.

I don't think there were any hard-set requirements for the LP, only loose recommendations. IIRC the only suggestion was at least one combination jump. No limit.

 

[alchemy void]

Lavrenchuk: 5.2/4.9

 

[VGThuy]

Yeah, back then, people did things based on what their competitors were doing, which made things exciting as they all tried to one-up each other.

 

[alchemy void]

I like all these shots of the judges in between skaters. They need to bring that back.

 

[Amy L]

This dress is like something you'd see now. The music, not so much, unless someone found a dirgey cover of it.

 

[alchemy void]

This music demands multi-colored neon, not a plain black halter dress.

 

[Vagabond]

Kielmann managed to find a little bit of illusion fabric before Anissina could get her hands on it.