The thing I love about Boitano is that he only ever competed against himself. He went in here as a defending champion and instead of playing it safe to retain his title, he attempted the quad. He said he'd always be able to call himself a World Champion ('86) no matter what happened in '87 and so he made this competition about pushing himself further instead of skating conservatively to win. It's that kind of attitude and work ethic that helped him just get better and better moving into the '88 Olympics. He was never hung up on winning (like Orser who put so much pressure on himself) but consistently improving himself. Even AFTER he won Olympic gold in '88, he could easily have skipped the '88 Worlds. Most Olympic champions didn't go to the following Worlds back then. Who wants to go from the high of Olympic gold to possibly losing at the subsequent World Championships? Most skaters ended the season on a high note. Boitano didn't care about that. Not only did he go back to '88 Worlds, but he attempted the quad AGAIN and landed it, albeit two-footed, but he stood it up...and won the world title back. Today, he would have gotten full credit for the quad rotation. That's why I respect him and why he continued to get even better throughout his professional career. Because Boitano was ahead of Orser after compulsory figures and only placed second to him in the SP at '87 Worlds, it's highly likely that without the quad, Boitano would have repeated as champion here. It's pretty obvious since this is Orser's one and only world title.
It's sort of mindblowing that he basically had a quad at this point. And that warmup one was DAMN good!!! No cheating of revolutions like is unfortunately common today.
Agree. Boitano's technical marks were too high. Surprised he got slammed in the artistic marks. Obviously was enough of a catalyst to bring on Sandra Bezic to give him an artistic identity.
Boitano's marks were way too high, I agree. However, Fadeev was horribly sloppy on almost every jump, and the program seemed erratic... 2nd place was right for Brian here, and it's a good thing this happened the year before the Olympics...
I didn’t like this programme when he won with it in 86 but I admit I always preferred Orser. There were a lot of little minor mistakes - like right at the end coming out of the second butterfly…so the technical score wasn’t justified. He needed Sandra Bezic on board for the Olympics.
Marks so high it is laughable. I cant ebelieve his technical marks were higher than Orser. That is scandalous. He only did 5 triples and only 1 triple axel, had 2 major misses, and the program itself was quite awful and didnt suit him at all. I am not sure I would even have him over Fadeev.
Horrific artistry. He should have finished 5th or 6th in this competition. It truly was an embarrassing performance. To add insult to injury, his interview after his performance reeked of egotism. Absurd.
The thing I love about Boitano is that he only ever competed against himself. He went in here as a defending champion and instead of playing it safe to retain his title, he attempted the quad. He said he'd always be able to call himself a World Champion ('86) no matter what happened in '87 and so he made this competition about pushing himself further instead of skating conservatively to win. It's that kind of attitude and work ethic that helped him just get better and better moving into the '88 Olympics. He was never hung up on winning (like Orser who put so much pressure on himself) but consistently improving himself.
Even AFTER he won Olympic gold in '88, he could easily have skipped the '88 Worlds. Most Olympic champions didn't go to the following Worlds back then. Who wants to go from the high of Olympic gold to possibly losing at the subsequent World Championships? Most skaters ended the season on a high note. Boitano didn't care about that. Not only did he go back to '88 Worlds, but he attempted the quad AGAIN and landed it, albeit two-footed, but he stood it up...and won the world title back. Today, he would have gotten full credit for the quad rotation. That's why I respect him and why he continued to get even better throughout his professional career.
Because Boitano was ahead of Orser after compulsory figures and only placed second to him in the SP at '87 Worlds, it's highly likely that without the quad, Boitano would have repeated as champion here. It's pretty obvious since this is Orser's one and only world title.
Glad he worked on his artistry going into 1988...that forever changed him as a skater!
It's sort of mindblowing that he basically had a quad at this point. And that warmup one was DAMN good!!! No cheating of revolutions like is unfortunately common today.
Agree. Boitano's technical marks were too high. Surprised he got slammed in the artistic marks. Obviously was enough of a catalyst to bring on Sandra Bezic to give him an artistic identity.
So ridiculously overscored.
He skates 3x faster than his competition...and his spread eagle and also his arms above his head when he triples...is amazing.
Thank GOD, Sandra Bezic came into his life!
Awesome jumps!! The landings makes it looks so easy!
I'm in team #BrianOrser tho
Boitano's marks were way too high, I agree. However, Fadeev was horribly sloppy on almost every jump, and the program seemed erratic... 2nd place was right for Brian here, and it's a good thing this happened the year before the Olympics...
Le meilleur patineur 👍
I didn’t like this programme when he won with it in 86 but I admit I always preferred Orser. There were a lot of little minor mistakes - like right at the end coming out of the second butterfly…so the technical score wasn’t justified. He needed Sandra Bezic on board for the Olympics.
Gracefull eagle swans
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Way overmarked
His Style was....Campy.
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Marks so high it is laughable. I cant ebelieve his technical marks were higher than Orser. That is scandalous. He only did 5 triples and only 1 triple axel, had 2 major misses, and the program itself was quite awful and didnt suit him at all. I am not sure I would even have him over Fadeev.
stop popping your head brian
In modeling, they call that "bite the apple" lol
Horrific artistry. He should have finished 5th or 6th in this competition. It truly was an embarrassing performance. To add insult to injury, his interview after his performance reeked of egotism. Absurd.