Nagano 1998 Dance FD | Unbeatable Grishuk-Platov take Gold, make history [extended/Aus.]

Описание: Australian coverage (commentators: Sandy Roberts, Belinda Trussell (Noonan))
revised, extended edition of previous upload. noisy source image.
長野1998 Nagano Winter Games ice dance, free dance (FD) performances of the following teams, marked with (^) below (some mid to lower teams not shown):
Rank Name Nation CD1 CD2 OD FD^ TFP (appearance order no.)
1 Pasha Grishuk / Evgeni Platov Russia 1 1 1 1^ 2.0 (18) (including Australian TV interview)
2 Anjelika Krylova / Oleg Ovsyannikov Russia 2 2 2 2^ 4.0 (19)
3 Marina Anissina / Gwendal Peizerat France 3 3 3 4^ 7.0 (16)
4 Shae-Lynn Bourne / Victor Kraatz Canada 5 4 4 3^ 7.2 (17)
5 Irina Lobacheva / Ilia Averbukh Russia 4 5 5 5^ 9.8 (20)
6 Barbara Fusar-Poli / Maurizio Margaglio Italy 6 6 6 6^ 12.0 (13)
7 Elizabeth Punsalan / Jerod Swallow United States 7 7 7 7^ 14.0 (15)
8 Margarita Drobiazko / Povilas Vanagas Lithuania 8 9 8 8^ 16.2 (12)
9 Irina Romanova / Igor Yaroshenko Ukraine 9 8 10 9^ 18.4 (11)
10 Kati Winkler / René Lohse Germany 11 11 9 10^ 19.8 (14)
11 Sophie Moniotte / Pascal Lavanchy France 10 10 12 11^ 22.2 (10)
12 Sylwia Nowak / Sebastian Kolasiński Poland 12 12 11 12^ 23.4 (8)
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14 Galit Chait / Sergei Sakhnovski Israel 17 14 14 14^ 28.6 (9)
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17 Diane Gerencser / Pasquale Camerlengo Italy 16 17 16 17^ 33.2 (7)
18 Albena Denkova / Maxim Staviski Bulgaria 18 18 18 18^ 36.0 (6)
19 Chantal Lefebvre / Michel Brunet Canada 19 19 19 19^ 38.0 (5)
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21 Jessica Joseph / Charles Butler United States 22 20 20 21^ 41.4 (4)
22 Elizaveta Stekolnikova / Dmitri Kazarlyga Kazakhstan 23 22 22 22^ 44.2 (3)
23 Aya Kawai 河合 彩 / Hiroshi Tanaka 田中 衆史 Japan 21 23 23 23^ 45.6 (1)
24 Ksenia Smetanenko / Samuel Gezalian Armenia 24 24 24 24^ 48.0 (2)
Оксана (Паша) Грищук, Евгений Платов, Анжелика Крылова, Олег Овсянников, Ирина Лобачёва, Илья Авербух
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Unbeatable Russians take gold in ice dance
Published: Feb 16, 1998, 12:00 a.m. MST
By Associated Press
Pasha Grishuk and Yevgeny Platov soared above the storm of judging complaints and conspiracy claims, becoming the first couple ever to repeat as Winter Games ice dance champions.
Naturally for this contentious, highly subjective sport, there were cries of injustice, particularly by the Canadians after Shae-Lynn Bourne and Victor Kraatz wound up fourth tonight."I always thought Torvill and Dean, they did so much for our sport," said Natalia Dubova, the Russian who coaches the Canadian couple. "I always ask myself what Grishuk and Platov have done. For me, they don't bring the sport up."
But they must do something right to have won 22 straight events, unimaginable even in ice dancing. They did so much right in the free dance, worth 50 percent of the total score, that the French and Italian judges awarded them 6.0s for presentation.
"It was our dream to win this gold and, of course, to make history, so we made it and it is fabulous," Grishuk said. "I don't know what could be better."
The winning pair's marks were deserved. Performing to "Memorial Requiem," their speed and power was unmatchable. Grishuk, wearing a huge silver cross on the front of her blue dress - along with purple skates and blue fingernails - covered her face at the end and cried as the couple took their bows.
In winning all three phases of the competition, Grishuk and Platov edged countrymen Anjelika Krylova and Oleg Ovsyannikov, who settled for the silver medal. Third place went to France's Marina Anissina and Gwendal Peizerat.
"I don't know what to say," Krylova said. "Oksana and Yevgeny were skating and we did not see them in action. The public liked us better. I think we had a better program overall."
The 1-2 finish for Russia gave that nation all three golds awarded at Nagano so far in figure skating, and five medals overall in the sport. Russia did the same thing in '94, with the most controversial decision placing Grishuk and Platov ahead of 1984 champions Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean, the only non-Russians to win a Winter Games ice dance.
Five-time American champions Elizabeth Punsalan and Jerod Swallow were seventh, as they were throughout the compulsories and original dance. It was the United States' best Games showing in ice dancing since 1988.
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"Of course, it was my dream to make history. We were confident when we came here and were working really hard," Grishuk, 26, said. "It was very hard, pressure was high, but we did it. I'm so happy. So many skaters and people will remember us," Platov, 30, said.
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"I'm very happy for Evgeny and Oksana — they are legends in our sport," Ovsiannikov said. "While there was some politics involved, we're on the ice to do our job and this is what we do, we just skate. We don't really care about anything outside of the rink."
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