Great Short Programs by Pairs in the Olympics

[bardtoob]

Here are Stanislav Czuk's pairs at the 1980 Olympics. Very nice, indeed!

Pestova and Leonovich 1980 Olympics SP*​

Pestova and Leonovich 1980 Olympics SP

1980 Olympics SP

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Cherkasova & Shakhrai - 1980 Olympics SP​

Cherkasova & Shakhrai - 1980 Olympics SP

2nd place.

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* If you wonder where you might have heard their music before, it might have been during a floor exercise performed by Shannon Miller about a decade and half later.

 

[bardtoob]

1984 Larisa Selezneva - Oleg Makarov OLYMPIC SP - Uncle Dick really liked this program​

1984 Larisa Selezneva - Oleg Makarov OLYMPIC SP (Russia)

Soviet skaters Larisa Selezneva and Oleg Makarov lay down one of their more exciting and interesting programs (decadent and corrupt Western music often suits...

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Valova & Vasiliev (URS) - 1984 Sarajevo, Pairs' Short Program - Of course, skating to Kalinka.​

Valova & Vasiliev (URS) - 1984 Sarajevo, Pairs' Short Program

Sarajevo, YUGOSLAVIA - 1984 Winter Games, Figure Skating, Pairs' Short Program - Elena Valova and Oleg Vasiliev of the Soviet Union placed 1st after this skate.

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[AngieNikodinovLove (ANL)]

The Gribbles!!!!!!



1 Hardest Jumps of the short program

2. best foot work sequence of the short program

3. Throw triple lutz in the short program

4. best side-by-side spins of the short program

 

[Minou]

Mishkutenok and Dmitriev 1991 (and part of 1992) Short, "Dying Swan:" https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x6j0nz

 

[frida_lumen]

B/S 2002 is probably the greatest for me. Quality of elements and movement combined is simply unmatched anywhere. The lift was probably not as perfectly executed as other technical elements in that program. But the "plastique" quality of every move was sublime, especially from him.

I agree. This one is my absolute favourite and I am not even a fan of pre-COP programs. (I started watching skating later, so I have no emotional connection to that era).

 

[miffy]

Mishkutenok and Dmitriev 1991 (and part of 1992) Short, "Dying Swan:" https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x6j0nz

Thank you, that was stunning! I love her movement and flexibility so much.

 

[Vash01]

Mishkutenok and Dmitriev 1991 (and part of 1992) Short, "Dying Swan:" https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x6j0nz

I think this may be from 1990 worlds because the commentator mentioned GG and BE. In 1991 GG had already turned pro.

The marks are absurdly low - 5.3 & 5.4 from one judge! I couldn't read what country that judge representEd. The 5.6, 5.7 were also too low.

 

[Fadeevfanboy]

I think this may be from 1990 worlds because the commentator mentioned GG and BE. In 1991 GG had already turned pro.

The marks are absurdly low - 5.3 & 5.4 from one judge! I couldn't read what country that judge representEd. The 5.6, 5.7 were also too low.

Some of the marks were ridiculous but they still took 3 1st place ordinals over a clean G&G which was quite the feat, especialy as they were relative newcomers at that point which was big in scoring back then. Actually I think G&G had 5 1st place ordinals, M&D 3, and Selezneva & Makarov 1, so they came close to winning the short.

 

[caseyedwards]

Not sure how you can exclude Sui/Han 2022 when it beat both TarMor and MishGal (twice for MishGal if you include the TE)...

Meh

 

[kwanfan1818]

Pestova and Leonovich 1980 Olympics SP*​

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DpOD0foer4A

I loved, loved, loved them, especially her. He moved so beautifully in this program, too. I was when they stopped skating.

Under her married name, Marina Akbarov, she coaches (with her husband) at Wheaton Ice Academy as a spin specialist.

Leonovich coached Gordeeva/Grinkov after Zhuk, and then coached in France. He coached Abitbol and Bernadis after revenge Beyer.