Olympic Skating Video Clips Online

Posted by Timbre Beck-Murphy Sep 26, 2006

Speed skating, short track, figure skating, and athlete links are on the left-hand side. Choose one to be directed to a selection of clips that recap greatest moments on ice from the games. Here are some of my favorites:

Figure Skating

Ladies

1. Sasha Cohen's short program has gone down in my book as one of the best I've ever seen. Her long program was marred by two huge mistakes early on & lacked her usual fire, but she still managed to enchant the crowd.

2. Arakawa's long program was clean and a conservative example of good skating. She is very lyrical, but not nearly the ballerina as rival Cohen.

Men's

1. Plushenko's long program was all business with no emotion, but he asserted his dominance as the long-time king of the ice. Evgeni, we know you're the jump master, but can't you infuse your routines with some of that crazy creativity you give us during exhibition programs?

2. Lysacek's long program created the comeback stir of the night, catapulting him from tenth to fourth overall despite illness and a disastrous short.

Ice Dance

1. Belbin & Agosto's OD was sexy, fun, engaged the crowd, and shot them from sixth to second place.

2. Navka and Kostomorov's free dance was interesting and golden, proving that the Russian's still rule the sport - despite the Americans nipping at their heels.

Pairs

1. Inoue & Baldwin's throw triple axel in the short program helped them win a fourth-place finish and a place in Olympic Figure Skating history - despite Inoue being a cancer survivor.

2. The Zhang's attempt at a quad throw had a scary ending but gave the skaters the opportunity to define the Olympic spirit with their fight to finish second.

Speed Skating

Short Track

1. Apolo's 500m gold medal win was a great performance, but not quite as great as his break dancing moves in 2002. Be sure to watch both videos.

2. South Korea battled Canadian and Italian teams to win the exciting women's relay.

Long Track

1. Chad Hedrick's emotional win in the 5000m celebrated the life and support of his grandmother who died thirteen years prior to the day of the race.

2. "Recap: Speeding into History" shows the amazing women's 5000m lineup. Hughes, Klassen and Pechstein earned history-making medals in this race.