Tonya Harding performs her LP at the 1991 Nationals in Minneapolis MN. She made history with this program by being the first US woman to land the triple axel. She won this championship.
Tonya was the first woman to complete a triple axel in the short program, and she was the first ever to complete a triple axel combination with the double toe loop. Tonya was also the first woman to land two triple axel jumps in the same competition, and went on to become an Olympian. The triple axel, normally performed by male ice-skaters, to my knowledge only eight female ice-skaters have successfully landed the triple axel in international competitions - and Tonya is one of those eight. No matter how she is remembered in the history of figure ice-skating, these accomplishments can never be taken away from her.
MY GIRL was doin triples ALL OVER the place! I miss her! I miss the athleticism in figure skating. It has become so commonplace once again. Sad. Send in the Clowns.....BEAUTIFUL piano and she WORKED it OUT! THEN Tone Loc?! WHAAAAT??!!! LOL!!! It's called "ORIGINALITY." and SO very few people have it and stand by it. SHE HAS IT! I STILL LOVE HER!
And by the same token, I contend that Robert Franklin Stroud (the Birdman of Alcatraz) should’ve been awarded an honorary doctorate for his many contributions in the field of ornithology - specifically to avian pathology, in spite of how he is remembered in history. Parenthetically, Stroud could still be awarded such a honorary degree - posthumously.
rad kid literally was feeling emotional too and feeling wierd because it makes no sense lol I get emotional and I'm in love with people who are passionate about something. And I really mean passionate. Those are the beautiful people to me.
I know, right? "Good girl, isn't that great!" you can practically visualize him jumping out of his seat, and then he's nearly beside himself when she follows it up with the two double axels "Oh, OH, GO!" It makes me smile just listening to him
What an incredible, powerful performance! Whatever you think about her, good or bad, one of the reasons women's figure skating is as popular as it is today, is because of her.
Wrong. Women skating has been huge since the late 70s. She had nothing to do with the popularity of ice skating. Now she may have been your inspiring factor to follow or get into wstchibg the sport but all she did was bring drama and scandal to the sport.
Actually after Nancy’s knee getting bashed her husband Jeff had something do to with with it so stupidly she went to court and the judge forbidden her from competing in ice skating ever again so yes they can take it away
This makes me sad because she was so talented and clearly could have gone so much farther than the others. We all have a Nancy Kerrigan in our lives who shows up with more money, better clothes and prettier makeup and cancels out all of our hard work. This could have been a true underdog story and it's so sad that it turned out the way that it did. Neither of them had a very happy ending.
Well, Kerrigan did go on to win the Olympic silver medal, largely on the sympathy factor, so she came as close to a happy ending as she was ever likely to get. I just wonder why Tonya felt she had to do what she did - she'd already beaten Kerrigan fair and square at the Worlds prior, and there was no reason to think she wouldn't do it again - Kerrigan wasn't even a threat to her; the only people who could have unseated Tonya were Kristy Yamaguchi or Oksana Bauel, the eventual gold medal winner. It was pointless and such a waste.
"I just wonder why Tonya felt she had to do what she did - she'd already beaten Kerrigan fair and square at the Worlds prior..." - Tonya didn't do anything to Nancy. All Tonya did that was illegal was to fail to inform authorities about what she found out about her husband's involvement after the fact. Her lifetime ban was largely a kneejerk reaction from the skating federation regarding all the negative media that skating was getting. In the end Tonya was a scapegoat and ironically figure skating became popular after all of the notoriety. A lifetime ban is one hell of a price to pay for not telling authorities about after the fact information regarding the instigator.
@@Itsthomas99 People think Nancy Kerrigan was well off. She came from a working class family. The difference between her & Tonya is her parents were married, Nancy's mother was a sympathetic figure being legally blind and having to lean close to the tv to watch Nancy skate and the family demeanor in general was reticent. Therefore there was this assumption that the kerrigans were well off.
Nancy didn't have money, she was just perceived as "classier" because she came from a two parent home and she had that Ballerina/New England Preppy Princess look that America wanted from its female figure skaters at the time. Tonya had an abusive childhood and a more tomboy-ish look, which sadly at the time got her labeled as "trashy" :(
She had enough room left in that triple axel to make a quad ..regardless of her shady history her talent speaks for itself and she was the first to American to land it so props where their due!!!
Good or Bad, the media forgets that Tonya is the reason why all the skaters have to be younger and younger to be able to attempt all these triple and quad jumps you see now. Way to go Tonya!!! You did great!!! You brought history to women's figure skating!!!
She had no choice but to be around bad people, her abusive mother and her agressive abusive husband who she couldn't leave because USFSA thought she performed better when she was still married to him completely disregarding the abuse and literal manhunt he put her through. Tonya lived a hard life.
@@r_jaim5671 Tonya is not a villain in my eyes, never was. Just a product of her own terrible environment 😢 So sad because she was an amazing skater who loved the sport and wasn’t interested in looking pretty or being popular.
You know, I never paid that much attention to Tonya Harding before the story of the attack on Nancy Kerrigan. This is actually the first time I looked back at her performances. Harding was a phenomenal skater, which makes all of the things that have happened to her since so much harder to understand. She was bound for greatness. I never really liked her but I truly feel sorry for her now.
Not only did she do a triple axel, but she followed it up with a triple toe loop/triple toe loop combination right after. A triple-triple for a woman was definitely an accomplishment by itself (not unheard of, of course, but still difficult).
I saw this performance on tv and nearly climbed up the back of the sofa! Whenever I watch it now, it just confirms what I knew in 1991 - that Harding was one of the best skaters in the world. I still love Tonya and love to watch her skate. The 1990's were the very best in Figure Skating.
This performance made her a hero to me. She was the underdog that barked the loudest. She deserved this win and got it. Most people are not made for the public eye or power or fame or money. She had a period of notoriety but her destiny pointed somewhere else. She is lucky because she is back on track now to be the person she was born to be. She still has that gold medal and her name in the record book and nothing can take that away.
Tonya: There are a lot of people that, more than you think, wish you the best. You are truly a mercurial skater. In my list of the best athletes of all time. Plus, you are an inspiration, an 'ave Phoenix.'
3 Lz, 3A, 3T-3T, 3Lo, 3F, 3S-2T, 2A (7 triples in 1991!!) I've seen this performance a million times but it never fails to make me smile. She was so talented. As Peggy Fleming would say, "Good for her!"
She truly was an unmatched power house.When I was 9 I was able to see her skate in an exhibtion/practice session in the 90's.What I remember more than anything was her mother being there,cursing at her and calling her fat.Tonya had no one in her corner. She did not have a supportive team behind her. She was told time and again that she was ugly and not talented.She didn't have any self esteem at all.She couldn't see how talented she was.This was her shining moment and I'm glad she had it.Sad.
OMG this poor baby. She deserves so much more than what she ended up with. And yes, I just watched 'I, Tonya'. For the first time I realize what a raw deal she got. She was the best IN THE WORLD.
I remember watching this performance live... and it never gets old. Other skaters come and go, but Tonya will live on as a great American athlete! (and I felt that way even before the movie - never stopped being a fan).
I saw Tonya skate at the Clackamas Town Center ice rink in Portland when I was a kid. I was very young-maybe four years old-but I remember watching her from the food court which surrounded the rink with my parents and knowing that she was important. I believe it was during the hullabaloo and investigation surrounding Kerrigan's attack. Tonya is something of a hometown hero/villainess, depending on who you ask. Her talent was unmatched in spite of everything.
you mean get abused all her life, get routinely deducted by judges for being from a low income background and for not performing the "correct" kind of femininity, and for being accused of something she didn't do?
Just watch I tonya three times and after watching that movie me watching her do this performance really make me appreciate how talented she is just amazing!!! No matter what people think of her you can’t take away how amazing she was at what she do!
Class distinction is real, she made me proud to be poor, proving to everyone that just because of what we come from we can still beat the upper class when determination drives us.
The US figure skating Assoc did not want Tonya to win but after this fantastic performance they had no choice. Tonya will always be one of the best. I wish she were my coach!!
I was never a big fan of Nancy. But I was lucky enough to meet her years ago during a skating tour in my area. I brought my mom there as a birthday present. She was never a big fan of hers either. But when we met her, Nancy was really sweet. We took pictures with her and talked with her and some of the cast for a bit. Nancy was really cool and sweet... down to earth. My mom is a stickler of "real people," and has been a fan of Nancy since.
Damn! What an awesome performance! If only she had held it together, she would have been an olympic champion the following year. Such a terrible shame.
one of the best and I believe she could have beat Nancy without any help. I know that her confidence was low but imagine if THIS Tonya had turned up at the Olympics
But that was the problem. THIS Tonya couldn't turn up at the olympics because she was starting to decline and she knew it. She could no longer land the triple axel. Her other jumps were starting to get wobbly. If only her evil mother had taught her that at the end of the day winning wasn't everything instead of abusing and berating her whenever she lost.
+kev7978 Irony is she ended up winning the most important competition of all in 1992. It's a shame Harding lost her focus and edge in 1992, cause 1991 was HER year. She would have walked away with the medal if she had pulled it together for another year.
+Allen M. Quinn yeah I agree. she could've been a threat to Midori Ito too. but she really wasn't as her jumps weren't refined. Her inability to do triple-triple well proves this. Midori has mastered all of her jumps so well that she could do ANY triple-triple combinations.
Thank you so much for posting this!!! As someone already said, it had been posted earlier but removed. Tonya landing the triple axel in this competition was exciting to watch. Please keep this posted!!!!
i just watched the movie today, my mother talked about how she witnessed the whole attack on nancy thing going on. she said she loved her dancing and how it was so graceful. when i saw this, it drove me to tears. her face afterwards made me happy. so sad she doesnt ice skate anymore.
I remember this on tv!! Tonya Harding worked her ass off to be the best regardless of the life she was handed. I wish she hadn't gone back to Jeff. If she can see the comments I hope she knows people everywhere was so proud of her skating. ❤
I've often thought of Tonya and had similar thoughts: I hope she reads the comments, because she sure does have a lot of fans who admire her deeply, even 2+ decades later!
That's a gold medal skater right there. Her past,the way she was raised, was the reason for her to feel like Nancy was better . I would have much rather my kids to have seen a smiling,appreciative girl at a Disney appearance than someone who totally came across as spoiled ,put out ,and entitled as Nancy did for that well- paid appearance.For Tonya, It's one of those things in life where you lie with dogs,you pick up their fleas. After all these years, and seeing the story behind this woman, I would have forgiven her of this if it happened to me,but of course I can see how someone who thinks making an appearance for her fans,and young aspiring skaters at Disney is stupid such as Nancy did,I can see where she'll never receive any forgiveness. To me, a true champion takes the worst,copes,and moves on and becomes a better person. I see that in Tonya.
sless milani I agree with you. I actually do believe Tonya when she said that she knew about the planned attack but was too frightened of her violent husband to come forward. Given that he has since been in continual trouble with the law and has been in and out of jail since, her story has the uncomfortable ring of truth.
***** agree...I think her husband didn't want to chance anything and he wanted to make things absolute. In his mind,Nancy goes down, Tonyas odds increase, and if she won,money and endorsements would follow. She had already beat her before, so it doesn't make sense she would organize such a thing. Also, she didn't need more added stress when training....and this added to it.
ChooseYour Poison see my comment under Abby Lanes just below. ...I wish I could tag your name into it also because I had the same response for you both. I don't respond on TH-cam much so I'm not sure how to tag more than one name yet.
sless milani That's ok. Yes you have a fair point in saying that Tonya had already beaten Nancy before so there really wasn't a reason to do it. (I am glad that Nancy wasn't badly hurt though.) I will say one thing for Tonya, it was admirable how she went on to make a name for herself in women's boxing. It would have been easy for her to just hide away and fade into obscurity, but she picked herself up and started from the bottom all over again in a completely different sport and ended up winning several titles. Whatever else people may think, you've got to admit that takes guts.
ChooseYour Poison I'm also glad she wasn't hurt beyond the point she couldn't recover. I do wish that Tonya would have never met her ex....I'm sure she does too.
There's just no way to describe the level of brilliance here. Thirty plus years after this mind blowing performance, women's figure skating remains lackluster at best in comparison.
That's incredible talent she had. It's so sad that was over shadowed by the event that ended her career. If only the people in her life supported and believed in her ability instead of ruining it and her in the process.
Tonya deserved better than she got from the people in her life. I feel sorry for Tonya Harding. She had and continues to have a rough life, with everyone she has ever trusted and relied upon screwing her over. If she was a star in the NFL or NBA the same people bashing her still would be saying she deserves another chance. Tonya deserves a break! The people in skating should be ashamed for keeping her out. She's STILL make a great coach !She has the heart of a lion, and I wish her all the best.
I'm not a Harding fan at all but as much as it pains me to admit, this woman had some amazing talent. I was never a skater, but I was a gymnast and from watching her I could always pinpoint when someone with stellar coordination. I do enjoy watching the last 3rd of this program when the music picks up. She moves so well and I love seeing her emotion show through so much.
i watched this on tv i thought she was outstanding,very graceful,Gorgeous,and i was impressed.i'm still impressed seein it again.fast spins,flowing to the tunes, :)
Her husband called himself her agent. They were really into the Rocky movies. Her husband took to heart when Mick was protecting Rock by setting up his fights with weaker fighter to keep the title. I could see him arranging the attack on Nancy without her knowledge and the embarrassment she must of felt after finding out.
Tonya was the first woman to complete a triple axel in the short program, and she was the first ever to complete a triple axel combination with the double toe loop. Tonya was also the first woman to land two triple axel jumps in the same competition, and went on to become an Olympian. The triple axel, normally performed by male ice-skaters, to my knowledge only eight female ice-skaters have successfully landed the triple axel in international competitions - and Tonya is one of those eight. No matter how she is remembered in the history of figure ice-skating, these accomplishments can never be taken away from her.
MY GIRL was doin triples ALL OVER the place! I miss her! I miss the athleticism in figure skating. It has become so commonplace once again. Sad. Send in the Clowns.....BEAUTIFUL piano and she WORKED it OUT! THEN Tone Loc?! WHAAAAT??!!! LOL!!! It's called "ORIGINALITY." and SO very few people have it and stand by it. SHE HAS IT! I STILL LOVE HER!
Christopher Tsiliacos LOL uhmm, kayy
You are Tonya writing
And by the same token, I contend that Robert Franklin Stroud (the Birdman of Alcatraz) should’ve been awarded an honorary doctorate for his many contributions in the field of ornithology - specifically to avian pathology, in spite of how he is remembered in history. Parenthetically, Stroud could still be awarded such a honorary degree - posthumously.
Wasn’t it Debi Thomas???
the joy of that one announcer makes me so emotional, I love how humans can get so passionate about art
rad kid aww I like this sincere kind comment.
rad kid literally was feeling emotional too and feeling wierd because it makes no sense lol I get emotional and I'm in love with people who are passionate about something. And I really mean passionate. Those are the beautiful people to me.
I know, right? "Good girl, isn't that great!" you can practically visualize him jumping out of his seat, and then he's nearly beside himself when she follows it up with the two double axels "Oh, OH, GO!" It makes me smile just listening to him
It's the great Dick Button, Peggy Fleming and Al Michaels.
you sound like a capybara
After watching the movie, "I, Tonya", this performance makes me cry
I saw the movie too, she was better than Nancy, she didn't have the same upbringing as Nancy.
Same here!
If you cried just watch listen to this song th-cam.com/video/PUvVjWR3zTQ/w-d-xo.html
Me too.............................
after seeing how her talent was never appreciated before because she wasn’t the graceful girl America wanted to present really got me
Her face the second after she does the triple axel is just great.
What an incredible, powerful performance! Whatever you think about her, good or bad, one of the reasons women's figure skating is as popular as it is today, is because of her.
I just heard about her. And ive been watching FS for decades
I assume you are joking.....if you haven’t heard of her then you have been watching fs the last 10 days.
Jesus Mary Joseph just saw the movie and now watching this my eyes are wet.
Alicia R thanks. I was about to type something similar.
Wrong. Women skating has been huge since the late 70s. She had nothing to do with the popularity of ice skating. Now she may have been your inspiring factor to follow or get into wstchibg the sport but all she did was bring drama and scandal to the sport.
No matter what happened, noone can deny she was absolutely exquisite here, and noone can take that away from her!
Ms DarkstaR no one not noone
Actually after Nancy’s knee getting bashed her husband Jeff had something do to with with it so stupidly she went to court and the judge forbidden her from competing in ice skating ever again so yes they can take it away
@@evanphillips7261 but this was years before kerrigan's knee imploded. so technically no one can take this performance away from her
I don't care what anyone say about her. She was a wonderful Skater
This makes me sad because she was so talented and clearly could have gone so much farther than the others. We all have a Nancy Kerrigan in our lives who shows up with more money, better clothes and prettier makeup and cancels out all of our hard work. This could have been a true underdog story and it's so sad that it turned out the way that it did. Neither of them had a very happy ending.
Well, Kerrigan did go on to win the Olympic silver medal, largely on the sympathy factor, so she came as close to a happy ending as she was ever likely to get. I just wonder why Tonya felt she had to do what she did - she'd already beaten Kerrigan fair and square at the Worlds prior, and there was no reason to think she wouldn't do it again - Kerrigan wasn't even a threat to her; the only people who could have unseated Tonya were Kristy Yamaguchi or Oksana Bauel, the eventual gold medal winner. It was pointless and such a waste.
"I just wonder why Tonya felt she had to do what she did - she'd already beaten Kerrigan fair and square at the Worlds prior..." - Tonya didn't do anything to Nancy. All Tonya did that was illegal was to fail to inform authorities about what she found out about her husband's involvement after the fact. Her lifetime ban was largely a kneejerk reaction from the skating federation regarding all the negative media that skating was getting. In the end Tonya was a scapegoat and ironically figure skating became popular after all of the notoriety. A lifetime ban is one hell of a price to pay for not telling authorities about after the fact information regarding the instigator.
But Nancy Kerrigans father worked multiple jobs to support her career
@@Itsthomas99 People think Nancy Kerrigan was well off. She came from a working class family. The difference between her & Tonya is her parents were married, Nancy's mother was a sympathetic figure being legally blind and having to lean close to the tv to watch Nancy skate and the family demeanor in general was reticent. Therefore there was this assumption that the kerrigans were well off.
Nancy didn't have money, she was just perceived as "classier" because she came from a two parent home and she had that Ballerina/New England Preppy Princess look that America wanted from its female figure skaters at the time. Tonya had an abusive childhood and a more tomboy-ish look, which sadly at the time got her labeled as "trashy" :(
She had enough room left in that triple axel to make a quad ..regardless of her shady history her talent speaks for itself and she was the first to American to land it so props where their due!!!
Good or Bad, the media forgets that Tonya is the reason why all the skaters have to be younger and younger to be able to attempt all these triple and quad jumps you see now. Way to go Tonya!!! You did great!!! You brought history to women's figure skating!!!
Angela B True, she was a prodigy from a young age. The first skater to do the things she did on that ice.
And now Mirai Nagasu landed it at 24 in the Olympics :)
She was a speedy beyit$$!
0:50 here is the part where she does a triple axel.
Say what you want, but that performance was way better than anything I saw in the womens figure iceskating in the sochi 2014 Olympics.
You mean from the American favorites. International blew us outta the water.
All three American women placing in the top 10 at Sochi was being blown "outta the water"?
She was young,surrounded herself with bad people.she lost because of all the destructions.......she was the best and she had that "IT" factor.
She had no choice but to be around bad people, her abusive mother and her agressive abusive husband who she couldn't leave because USFSA thought she performed better when she was still married to him completely disregarding the abuse and literal manhunt he put her through. Tonya lived a hard life.
@@r_jaim5671 Tonya is not a villain in my eyes, never was. Just a product of her own terrible environment 😢 So sad because she was an amazing skater who loved the sport and wasn’t interested in looking pretty or being popular.
My heart stopped when she landed and its just beautiful. Her face at the end is an bliss. Just wow!
You know, I never paid that much attention to Tonya Harding before the story of the attack on Nancy Kerrigan. This is actually the first time I looked back at her performances. Harding was a phenomenal skater, which makes all of the things that have happened to her since so much harder to understand. She was bound for greatness. I never really liked her but I truly feel sorry for her now.
Not only did she do a triple axel, but she followed it up with a triple toe loop/triple toe loop combination right after. A triple-triple for a woman was definitely an accomplishment by itself (not unheard of, of course, but still difficult).
When this scene on the movie played, i cried. I mean unbelievable! she proved everyone wrong even her own mother!
I saw this performance on tv and nearly climbed up the back of the sofa! Whenever I watch it now, it just confirms what I knew in 1991 - that Harding was one of the best skaters in the world. I still love Tonya and love to watch her skate.
The 1990's were the very best in Figure Skating.
GOOD GIRL! Her triple axels were like no other. Such power and height.
wow she really was good- those axels, the best i've seen!
Wow, that is qiute something, triple axel was just beautiful
This performance made her a hero to me. She was the underdog that barked the loudest. She deserved this win and got it. Most people are not made for the public eye or power or fame or money. She had a period of notoriety but her destiny pointed somewhere else. She is lucky because she is back on track now to be the person she was born to be. She still has that gold medal and her name in the record book and nothing can take that away.
she lands her jumps absolutely beautifully! chills every single time!
Tonya: There are a lot of people that, more than you think, wish you the best. You are truly a mercurial skater. In my list of the best athletes of all time. Plus, you are an inspiration, an 'ave Phoenix.'
3 Lz, 3A, 3T-3T, 3Lo, 3F, 3S-2T, 2A (7 triples in 1991!!)
I've seen this performance a million times but it never fails to make me smile. She was so talented. As Peggy Fleming would say, "Good for her!"
She truly was an unmatched power house.When I was 9 I was able to see her skate in an exhibtion/practice session in the 90's.What I remember more than anything was her mother being there,cursing at her and calling her fat.Tonya had no one in her corner. She did not have a supportive team behind her. She was told time and again that she was ugly and not talented.She didn't have any self esteem at all.She couldn't see how talented she was.This was her shining moment and I'm glad she had it.Sad.
OMG this poor baby. She deserves so much more than what she ended up with. And yes, I just watched 'I, Tonya'. For the first time I realize what a raw deal she got. She was the best IN THE WORLD.
This is the most inspiring program ever!😍😭❤️
What a talent. I really wish her well.
She was the best jumper period at 20.
The one and only Tonya Harding. What a exceptional performance this was from start to finish.
Grew up in Portland and Tonya was a friggin' legend there. She left it all out on the ice, and blazed that trail.
I remember watching this performance live... and it never gets old.
Other skaters come and go, but Tonya will live on as a great American athlete! (and I felt that way even before the movie - never stopped being a fan).
This performance is amazing
Wow!!!!!!!! It’s 2/11-2021 and I’m watching this literally stunned on how great she was !!!!
Same here! I've probably seen this over 100 times by now, and it's never not exciting, and it never gets old.
I saw Tonya skate at the Clackamas Town Center ice rink in Portland when I was a kid. I was very young-maybe four years old-but I remember watching her from the food court which surrounded the rink with my parents and knowing that she was important. I believe it was during the hullabaloo and investigation surrounding Kerrigan's attack. Tonya is something of a hometown hero/villainess, depending on who you ask. Her talent was unmatched in spite of everything.
Say whatever you want about Tonya, but you can't deny, she was a damn good skater.
She'd have a gold medal right now if she hadn't got involved with all that lowlife.
low life as in her mother?
What she did to Nancy
It was never proven if she had any involvement with what happened to Nancy.
She really wouldn’t have. Poor girl never had a chance with any judges. She didn’t fit in so they never gave her the time of day
you mean get abused all her life, get routinely deducted by judges for being from a low income background and for not performing the "correct" kind of femininity, and for being accused of something she didn't do?
No matter her ultimate reputation, this was a magnificent performance. Her exuberance and excitement at the end made me teary.
Everyone has that ONE Shining Moment in their life... this was Tonya's. Well deserved!!
A tremendous skating talent; she could have gone on to be one of the all-time greats.
She killed it.
This is the most amazing ice skating routine I've ever seen in my life
She makes it look so effortless! Such an amazing performance!
This was her moment! I will always remember her . . .
Just watch I tonya three times and after watching that movie me watching her do this performance really make me appreciate how talented she is just amazing!!! No matter what people think of her you can’t take away how amazing she was at what she do!
Saw her today, 2-4-22, still looks great...
Class distinction is real, she made me proud to be poor, proving to everyone that just because of what we come from we can still beat the upper class when determination drives us.
The US figure skating Assoc did not want Tonya to win but after this fantastic performance they had no choice. Tonya will always be one of the best. I wish she were my coach!!
She made that triple axel look easy.
Ikr? She almost OVER rotated the triple axel - and she had so much hang time she was even able to properly 'check out' of the jump. Unheard of.
I was never a big fan of Nancy. But I was lucky enough to meet her years ago during a skating tour in my area. I brought my mom there as a birthday present. She was never a big fan of hers either. But when we met her, Nancy was really sweet. We took pictures with her and talked with her and some of the cast for a bit. Nancy was really cool and sweet... down to earth.
My mom is a stickler of "real people," and has been a fan of Nancy since.
OMG! these pirouettes are the best I've seen.
Impressive.
Damn! What an awesome performance! If only she had held it together, she would have been an olympic champion the following year. Such a terrible shame.
Thank you for posting this. I had a vhs of it but it got lost. Again thanks.
She had so much more raw talent and ability than any of the women this year and maybe in US history.
I'm watching the film in this moment
The jumps
Kristie Yamaguchi is stunned..... Tonya had so much talent.
her smile and joy after she lands it... so pure
Astounding! Truly beautifu.
one of the best and I believe she could have beat Nancy without any help. I know that her confidence was low but imagine if THIS Tonya had turned up at the Olympics
But that was the problem. THIS Tonya couldn't turn up at the olympics because she was starting to decline and she knew it. She could no longer land the triple axel. Her other jumps were starting to get wobbly. If only her evil mother had taught her that at the end of the day winning wasn't everything instead of abusing and berating her whenever she lost.
TheGogobooty sucks. Many have said her decline was self inflicted. She was self destructive which is a shame because she was so talented.
TheGogobooty Lol yes blame everyone else
XD poor yamaguchi. the look on her face screams "shit i just lost this thing."
"again."
+kev7978 Irony is she ended up winning the most important competition of all in 1992. It's a shame Harding lost her focus and edge in 1992, cause 1991 was HER year. She would have walked away with the medal if she had pulled it together for another year.
+Allen M. Quinn yeah I agree. she could've been a threat to Midori Ito too. but she really wasn't as her jumps weren't refined. Her inability to do triple-triple well proves this. Midori has mastered all of her jumps so well that she could do ANY triple-triple combinations.
Thank you so much for posting this!!! As someone already said, it had been posted earlier but removed. Tonya landing the triple axel in this competition was exciting to watch. Please keep this posted!!!!
i just watched the movie today, my mother talked about how she witnessed the whole attack on nancy thing going on. she said she loved her dancing and how it was so graceful. when i saw this, it drove me to tears. her face afterwards made me happy. so sad she doesnt ice skate anymore.
That is the best skating performance I've ever seen.
literally makes me tear up she was amazing not fair what happened to her honestly
I remember this on tv!! Tonya Harding worked her ass off to be the best regardless of the life she was handed. I wish she hadn't gone back to Jeff. If she can see the comments I hope she knows people everywhere was so proud of her skating. ❤
I've often thought of Tonya and had similar thoughts: I hope she reads the comments, because she sure does have a lot of fans who admire her deeply, even 2+ decades later!
love tonya she is so fabulous her skating is out of this world
Proud of you, Tonya. Watching this brings tears to my eyes- for your perseverance and talent. Bless you.
The USA's ICE PRINCESS; its greatest female skater...EVER!
Probably the greatest figure skater of all times..she had it all..beauty power,equally strong in jumps and spins!
I agree with you 100%. I have yet to see any female skater fly across that ice like she does, with such athleticism. And pretty graceful too!
Nobody dazzles me more than Tonya Harding!
That's a gold medal skater right there. Her past,the way she was raised, was the reason for her to feel like Nancy was better . I would have much rather my kids to have seen a smiling,appreciative girl at a Disney appearance than someone who totally came across as spoiled ,put out ,and entitled as Nancy did for that well- paid appearance.For Tonya, It's one of those things in life where you lie with dogs,you pick up their fleas. After all these years, and seeing the story behind this woman, I would have forgiven her of this if it happened to me,but of course I can see how someone who thinks making an appearance for her fans,and young aspiring skaters at Disney is stupid such as Nancy did,I can see where she'll never receive any forgiveness. To me, a true champion takes the worst,copes,and moves on and becomes a better person. I see that in Tonya.
sless milani I agree with you. I actually do believe Tonya when she said that she knew about the planned attack but was too frightened of her violent husband to come forward. Given that he has since been in continual trouble with the law and has been in and out of jail since, her story has the uncomfortable ring of truth.
***** agree...I think her husband didn't want to chance anything and he wanted to make things absolute. In his mind,Nancy goes down, Tonyas odds increase, and if she won,money and endorsements would follow. She had already beat her before, so it doesn't make sense she would organize such a thing. Also, she didn't need more added stress when training....and this added to it.
ChooseYour Poison see my comment under Abby Lanes just below. ...I wish I could tag your name into it also because I had the same response for you both. I don't respond on TH-cam much so I'm not sure how to tag more than one name yet.
sless milani That's ok. Yes you have a fair point in saying that Tonya had already beaten Nancy before so there really wasn't a reason to do it. (I am glad that Nancy wasn't badly hurt though.) I will say one thing for Tonya, it was admirable how she went on to make a name for herself in women's boxing. It would have been easy for her to just hide away and fade into obscurity, but she picked herself up and started from the bottom all over again in a completely different sport and ended up winning several titles. Whatever else people may think, you've got to admit that takes guts.
ChooseYour Poison I'm also glad she wasn't hurt beyond the point she couldn't recover. I do wish that Tonya would have never met her ex....I'm sure she does too.
Wow! Just...wow!
Im so in love with this woman I always was she is so so so pretty even to this day hugs n kisses sweetheart
Kelsey Dixon She is a psycho hillbilly. I guess all the hillbilly have much love for her.
This is making me cry 😢😢
There's just no way to describe the level of brilliance here. Thirty plus years after this mind blowing performance, women's figure skating remains lackluster at best in comparison.
Superb.
They can never take this away from her.
The Tone Loc was awesome! The audience obviously enjoyed it and rightfully so. So much fun to watch.
That's incredible talent she had. It's so sad that was over shadowed by the event that ended her career. If only the people in her life supported and believed in her ability instead of ruining it and her in the process.
so amazing
Tonya deserved better than she got from the people in her life. I feel sorry for Tonya Harding. She had and continues to have a rough life, with everyone she has ever trusted and relied upon screwing her over. If she was a star in the NFL or NBA the same people bashing her still would be saying she deserves another chance. Tonya deserves a break! The people in skating should be ashamed for keeping her out. She's STILL make a great coach !She has the heart of a lion, and I wish her all the best.
It makes me sad to remember what happened to Tonya post 1992. I like to watch this video and remember her at her best.
I'm not a Harding fan at all but as much as it pains me to admit, this woman had some amazing talent. I was never a skater, but I was a gymnast and from watching her I could always pinpoint when someone with stellar coordination. I do enjoy watching the last 3rd of this program when the music picks up. She moves so well and I love seeing her emotion show through so much.
I literately never heard of this woman and I came here from the Ellen show and literally two minutes into this I am tearing up 😭
She will always be the best female skater in history of the sport.
No one can take that performance away from her.Glad she had found happiness in life with her son and hubby.
It looked effortless at the end - 3:55
the judge yelling "GOOD GIRL!" when she firsts lands it is killing me, hahahah!!!
Shes so good. Never misses a beat
Wow. Thrilling to watch. She is amazing.
That was superb... That was magical.....
An amazing talent. One cannot take away her accomplishments. IMO this is one of the best LPs ever.
She was an amazing athlete and a beautiful skater. ❤❤❤
Very few skaters ever impressed Dick Button this much. Not Kwan, not Kerrigan, not Yamaguchi.
i watched this on tv i thought she was outstanding,very graceful,Gorgeous,and i was impressed.i'm still impressed seein it again.fast spins,flowing to the tunes, :)
The look on her face after completing the triple axel is the definition of pure.
Her husband called himself her agent. They were really into the Rocky movies. Her husband took to heart when Mick was protecting Rock by setting up his fights with weaker fighter to keep the title. I could see him arranging the attack on Nancy without her knowledge and the embarrassment she must of felt after finding out.