Yes
He can't believe it..
by 3/10 of a mark!
3/10 of a mark!!
Figure Skating | Closest win competitions
some highs and some lows
Again! Look at how close this is!
It's 0.5 points!
Ah.. So close!!
Oh so close!
2/100 of a mark!
Look at that!
Well I can't ever remember seeing an ice dance competition this exciting and close!
Top 6 most dramatic and close competition to watch in Figure Skating
6 - Vancouver 2010 | 1.31 separating Gold and silver Medalist
American Evan Lysacek won the men's figure skating gold medal at the Vancouver olympics
Second after short program
Lysacek, the reigning world champion,
finished 1.31 points ahead of the Russian
upsetting defending champion, Evgeni Plushenko of Russia
Woah! Lysacek wins the Gold!
Evan Lysacek, in second place narrowly after the short program
He does not have a Quad, here's his 3A
Here's Plushenko, won it in Torino 2006
returning to competition this season after a 3.5 years absence
Opening combination - the most difficult in this competition
4T - 3T
Plushenko, trying to become the first repeat men's gold medalist since Dick Button in 1952 skated last
some sloppy landings on jumps
hang on to that 3A
3Lz! Oh that was a little scary
This guy's a cat
I don't know how he landed that
and one weak spin were enough to drop him to silver
I stepped on the gold medal position on the podium because I forgot that
I came second
To be fair, I felt that I'd stepped onto my position
It wasn't planned of course! It was just that in my brain, I'd actually won
Even though I said I would accept any results
and I accepted it
But I'm not ready to lose while skating well
Are you sure?!
Well well what an awkward situation!
I think I was awarded the silver medal because
it seems the modern day system doesn't need quadruples jumps
and the world figure skating administration does not want to move forward like other sports do
We see new records in swimming, high jumping..
but figure skating has frozen
or even better, it's taken a step backwards
what Evan Lysacek showed today was material from 20 years ago
the great figure skaters of that time were pulling 3A-3T
but Lysacek didn't perform even this!
What do you make of all the response, the negative comments from the Russian silver medalist,
criticised you for not doing a quad jump?
You won gold by 1.31. Are you surprised that he keeps complaining?
It just stings to me a little bit even though it shouldn't
because he's someone that I really look up to
and he's been a trailblazer in the sport and will go down as one of the best ever,
dominating the sport for 12 years
and I've tried really hard to to not feel like it's a personal attack
but it's starting to feel that way
One year ago, I had a stress fracture in my left foot which came from training that quadruple jump
and so the solution was just to alleviate the pressure on the left foot and take just that one element out
Now we have a new judging system and it really is accurate in judging every step you make
It really is about accumulating points and for me, that's taken countless hours of work
to be able to figure out the right strategy to maximize points
Coming from a stranger, it wouldn't bother me
but coming from someone that I really look up to...
yeah.. Hmm..
To be fair, figure skating world did move forward
The next skater won against her competitor also with 1.31 margin, over technical merits
5 - The Russian Showdown 2018 | Alina Zagitova vs Evgenia Medvedeva
and so they are down to the final group
the standings after the short program
you see how close it is at the top
just over a point (1.31 to be exact) between Zagitova and Medvedeva
the two-time world champion,. Olympic athlete from Russia
Evgenia Medvedeva
ruled for the last two years
just couldn't lose
It was her time up until the injury in November
up until Zagitova beat her at EC 2018
It was all supposed to come together for her
just over a point behind Alina Zagitova,
who has the advantage over her on the technical side
Yeah Alina Zagitova won the EC, won the GPF, won GP France
won GP China, won the world Junior Championships in Taipei
sets a world record every time she touches the ice
her rise has been historic
within five months, she's changed the landscape of ladies figure skating
Alina Zagitova is the gold medalist here in Pyeongchang
and it is all so close
it is by just over 1 point that Zagitova wins the Gold medal
What a ladies free skate!
This Russian story, Zagitova vs Medvedeva will go down in history as a classic
What a way to win!
What a way to lose.. If you can call a silver loser
Sometimes, 1 point can mean the difference between finishing on or off the podium..
4 - Closest ever competition in figure skating | Ice Dance 2014 World Championship
Would you believe that? They won!
second place, 0.02 away from being world champions
the French missed out by 0.08 from gold
and what about the Russians?
and they're only a point away from overall Gold
Oh! What a competition!
I can't ever remember seeing an ice dance competition this exciting and close
So the Russians won the free dance
the Russians won the free dance..
from fifth place, they only moved up to fourth
Incredible!
and then that was because of the Twizzle!
4 points on that! Or they might have won..
Unfortunately there's no "if" in competitions or in real lives..
Figure skating can be so tough because you have to do well twice to get a medal, short and long programs
So this is figure skating, we have 2 programs in the competition so ..
Sometimes you could lose even after setting a world record!
3 - Closest run competition in ladies figure skating | 0.64 winning margin
It was the senior debut year for both Yuna Kim and Mao Asada
Yuna Kim won World Junior Champion 2006 while Mao Asada won it in 2005
Spectators were expecting a showdown between these 2 in the World Championship 2007
16 years of age, here's Mao Asada
This triple-triple combination, 3F-3Lo
Oh she popped it! Oh dear!
That's probably the fatal moment
that one mistake cost her!
One mistake in a field like this..And she finished her SP in 5th
Here is this shattering new talent, Kim Yuna
she is just 16 years of age
trained by Brian Orser, a former world champion himself
beautiful!
she's won everything this year
and she was absolutely fantastic!
The best short program we have ever seen! (She broke a world record here)
Then in the long program, everyone thought she was going to win it
Just hold your breath and watch
she is human
down on the 3Lz
down again on the 3Lz!
Just to put it into context how important those falls were..
the combination she was doing with the 3Lz should have been with 2T-2Lo
that has a base value of 7.6
and the 3Lz on its own is 6 points
she's going to get 1 point deduction for each of the falls
so she's 15.5 points down!
Yuna Kim is in first but that opens the door
and fifth after the SP, Mao Asada, 16 years old
she is opening with 3A
she's been practicing it in the warm-up
and here it comes right here
and look at this entrance to it
great rivalry with Yuna Kim!
Look at the height! nice! Complete revolutions
She did now a triple triple combination here
3F-3Lo
Very well done
look at the extension of the leg
the tightness of the leg
no separation in the movements of those jumps, just wonderful!
and she broke the World Record Score in FS!
very very nice!
Asada is on top!
the best free skate score ever
after Asada did what she did
and in second after the SP, Miki Ando from Japan, 19 years of age
Remember Miki Ando was waiting to see whether or not to put the Quadruple jump in
she's done it before
she's the only lady to have done it
it's been a long time since she's landed it though.. we'll see!
she's been doing them in practice
Opening with a 3Lz-3Lo
and if she's going to do the 4S, it will be right here
only a triple, very nicely done 3S
she has skated clean so far with all of these difficult jumps
how satisfying is that!
home team against home team
it comes down to that!
She jumps ahead of Asada! It's Miki Ando who wins the world title!
Now she knows it
so close!
well.. Miki Ando.. a lot of people gave up on her here in japan after coming in 15th at the olympics
and now here she is! The gold medalist! An emotional one!
So Asada ends up in second
Yuna Kim ends up as the bronze medalist
but it's so close!
0.64- this is the smallest ever margin for ladies competition
This event remains one of the most bizarre competitions, whereby both skaters who set the world records didn't win..
Men's events typically finished with much bigger margin than ladies, pairs, and ice dance..
But there were twice where Men finished with a winning margin of less than 0.64
2 - Nathan Chen vs Shoma Uno | 0.5 in GPF 2017
look at how close this is! It's half a point
286.01 and he ends up with the silver medal
it's Nathan Chen who will win the gold
That's about as close as you're ever can see!
and it's kind of disappointing to see all these great skaters fall apart
especially at this grand prix final,
without the heavy favorites, Javier Fernandez, Yuzuru Hanyu..
to be there to compete against and this is their moment to shine!
and they really aren't bringing it
Shaking his head right at the end of that performance..
Honorable mentions
Nathan Chen won against Shoma Uno 3 months later, with 47.63 winning margin, the biggest margin in figure skating till date
And since December 2017, the only competition Nathan lost was Olympic 2018..
In OG2018, Aljona Savchenko / Bruno Massot won with 0.43 margin against Wenjing Sui / Cong Han in pairs.
Tessa Virtue / Scott Moir won with 0.79 margin against G.Papadakis / G.Cizeron in ice dance
Alina Zagitova won with 1.31 margin against Evgenia Medvedeva in ladies
Yuzuru Hanyu won with 10.95 margin against Shoma Uno in Men
The largest margin of winning in Pyeongchange 2018
But the 2 time Olympic Champion also had the closest match record in Men's competition
1 - Yuzuru Hanyu vs Tatsuki Machida | World 2014
This is the 24 years old, Tatsuki Machida
Terrific form this year
amazingly these are his first world championships
fifth in the olympics 2014
Winner of Skate America, winner of the Rostelecom Cup in Moscow
Down in the fourth place in the Grand Prix Final
Great start!
Pristine clean on the 4T-3T
Glorious 3A!
Again clean as a whistle on the 3Lz
What a sight that is!
An uplifting performance!
One of the best short programs I've ever seen!
Just sensational!
I can't believe that Hanyu can beat that
Maybe he can, but it will be some extraordinary skate if he does
Yeah Hanyu's got to go clean now! No doubt about that
Anything less is not going to be good enough
The newly crowned king of men's figure skating
the olympic champion, 19 year old
4T is first
No!
Flying 3A out of nowhere
3Lz-3T
It was a beautiful performance
Great interpretation but with one flaw
a major flaw! Was it a fatal flaw?
It must have been an awful feeling..
all of the other elements were very very good
it may cost him in the SP but he'll be in a position where he can get it back in the FS
yeah it's not over yet
Then Tatsuki Machida had a skate of his life in the FS as well..
4T
4T-2T
Brilliant! 3A-3T
3A. Not as pretty as the first
He's off to the races! The fight to hold on to that 3Lo
No problem there with the 3Lz
3F-2T-2Lo
just one jump pass to go and there it is
2 quads + 7 triple jumps! Beautiful skating
quite incredible!
In all probability, you're looking at the world champion here!
unless we're gonna see something quite miraculous
he's put himself out of reach
I think you're right, Simon! I can't see that being beaten to be honest with you
even if Hanyu skates clean
I don't think he'll have enough points there
I don't think he can do it! Get those 5 points back from the SP?
And another skater from Japan
not just another skater.. "The skater from Japan"
and the Olympic Champion, Yuzuru Hanyu
but he had a second lowest score of the season in the short program, third place
because of a fall he said
I wasn't happy with the free skate at the olympics
and I'm not happy now
He needs to do his best to win especially after Tatsuki's incredible FS
and he'll open with a very difficult 4S, a jump he has not landed all season
a bit low lying there in the landing but still completes the jump
and he follows it right up with another quad pass, 4T
What to watch for is the spring he gets off the ice - high and smooth
Fantastic! He's flying there
3F
3A-3T. A very important combo. He lands it with such determination
Another 3A-2T, with both arms up. Fantastic
His mental strength is incredible
Fighting for everything. He did a 3S with no speed.
very difficult! Just so you know
He just won the Olympics. He wants to win the Worlds Championship too
Exactly. He wants to win everything. Such a fighter
He needs 191.02
just to put that into perspective and that is a mighty high score
he's got a best of 193.41 but he couldn't have done more..
he's so talented
and tired
and he's only 19
he's incredible
and Yuzuru today was fabulous
you can see he was fighting through the performance
he started to let his core go a little bit towards the end
but Olympic champion stuff
101 points TES at the moment
8 points ahead of the current leader technically so far
and he still didn't have his best day
but fabulous effort
and it's a long season, especially in Olympic year
Think about probably all he's been through since Sochi
to get back to train and keep up that same pace, it's hard
it is going to be mighty close
But all credit to the young man
Yeah he gave it his best shot
he just told the audience to be quiet so that the next skater could concentrate
Total sportsmanship!
Yes! 282 59 and over Machida
Yes yes! You are! You're in first
He can't believe it
by 0.3! Incredible!
Brilliant race! I've never seen a race that close!
And look what he did at the Medal ceremony
Machida-san, you can stand on the Gold podium with me..
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