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Icedancer said:
Thank you SO much for this footage - I especially enjoy seeing the Olympic coverage!

Your efforts are greatly appreciated! :)
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You're welcome. :)

figureskating said:
Thank you for the videos! I love the audience support for Michelle Kwan during her SP.

Just wondering, how the decisions regarding the groups were made during that time. Top skaters were in groups 1-3 (thought they should be in groups 4-5).
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I think they used a draw back then? I'm not sure about Salt Lake, or Nagano for that matter. I remember Kulik skating very early on in the SP but he was in the last group in the free. However, in Calgary they used a random draw (even for the LP) within each group or competitors skating in reverse order.

I actually uploaded that draw just out of curiosity. Here it is with Sonia Bianchetti.
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Olympic Games Calgary 1988 | Figure Skating | Men's Long Program Draw

Random draw within each group or competitors skating in reverse order. Ladies LP: https://www.bitchute.com/video/JzZlKX9XAAeh/
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2002 was still random SP draws. It just happened by chance that one group was full of former World medalists.
 
Group 1 - Baby faced Stephane Lambiel - wild axel technique is there, and the closing spin with a couple of his signature positions, but he hasn't leaned into his style quite yet - the costume is very conservative. :love:
 
Amantide said:
Olympic Games Salt Lake 2002

Men's SP - Group 1
Men's SP - Group 2
Men's SP - Group 3
Men's SP - Group 4
Men's SP - Group 5

HD video quality with no commentary.

p.s. In the first group the audio is a little bit noisy, but that's how the file was. I tried to clean it but not with much success.
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So many men skated well here including Chinese and Australian guys I don`t think I ever heard of again. A very young Raf coaching Abt. Announcements in English and French; do they still do this outside French-speaking countries? The American audience was wonderful - wildly applauding good skaters no matter where they were from.
 
SkateFanBerlin said:
Announcements in English and French; do they still do this outside French-speaking countries?
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The IOC has 3 official languages, English, French and Spanish. It's customary to use 2 languages at the Olympics, usually the/a language of the host country plus English. If English is the language of the host country, then typically French becomes the 2nd language.

(At least that's the way I think it works.)
 
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