Figure Skating at the 1980 Lake Placid Winter Games:
Lake Placid, United States, Olympic Field House International Ice Rink, Lake Placid
ABC commentary by Jim McKay & Dick Button
CBC commentary by Debbi Wilkes & Johnny Esaw
Mixed Pairs Short Program - Date Started: February 16, 1980 in skate order mostly
Feature - 1980 Ludmilla and Oleg Protopopov - Russia/America
(The Protopopovs give us some sage wisdom regarding the correct approach to pairs figure skating. Not many listened over the years, but perhaps we can encourage some new, young skaters. - Thanks to k9henrydog)
1 Christina Riegel Andreas Nischwitz West Germany
ABC - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fYi-W62HoCw&list=PL4A24556FBF76CFB4&index=45&t=0s
2 Sabine Baess & Tassilo Theirbach East Germany
ABC = https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-1GxlPgKLjM&list=PL4A24556FBF76CFB4&index=43&t=0s
3 Susan Garland & Robert Daw Great Britain
ABC - [url]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DPXPBDNOP2s&list=PL4A24556FBF76CFB4&index=49&t=0s
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4 Tai Babilonia Randy Gardner United States -WD due to injury
ABC - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RjM6CW_xfa0 (Account terminated)
Alternate link from Magic memories on Ice https://youtu.be/rOeI8hGsDPQ?t=2360
5 Sheryl Franks & Michael Botticelli United States - unable to find
Music was Freedom(?) by Emerson, Lake & Palmer
6 Caitlin (Kitty) & Peter Carruthers United States - unable to find
Music was Fanfare for the Common Man by Emerson, Lake & Palmer
7 Manuela Mager & Uwe Bewersdorff East Germany - unable to find
8 Barbara Underhill & Paul Martini Canada
CBC- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pN2bM35csJo
9 Elizabeth & Peter Cain Australia
CBC -https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FTI7Sbw5BMg
10 Marina Cherkasova & Sergei Shakhrai Soviet Union
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=35kSvTVCeks
11 Irina Rodnina & Alexander Zaitsev Soviet Union
CBC- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2lbgbi166tE
12 Marina Pestova & Stanislav Leonovich Soviet Union
CBC - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DpOD0foer4A&list=PL1C5176B308D62F3A&index=6&t=0s
I still get teary over Tai & Randy...
Lake Placid, United States, Olympic Field House International Ice Rink, Lake Placid
ABC commentary by Jim McKay & Dick Button
CBC commentary by Debbi Wilkes & Johnny Esaw
Mixed Pairs Short Program - Date Started: February 16, 1980 in skate order mostly
Feature - 1980 Ludmilla and Oleg Protopopov - Russia/America
(The Protopopovs give us some sage wisdom regarding the correct approach to pairs figure skating. Not many listened over the years, but perhaps we can encourage some new, young skaters. - Thanks to k9henrydog)
1 Christina Riegel Andreas Nischwitz West Germany
ABC - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fYi-W62HoCw&list=PL4A24556FBF76CFB4&index=45&t=0s
2 Sabine Baess & Tassilo Theirbach East Germany
ABC = https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-1GxlPgKLjM&list=PL4A24556FBF76CFB4&index=43&t=0s
3 Susan Garland & Robert Daw Great Britain
ABC - [url]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DPXPBDNOP2s&list=PL4A24556FBF76CFB4&index=49&t=0s
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4 Tai Babilonia Randy Gardner United States -WD due to injury
ABC - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RjM6CW_xfa0 (Account terminated)
Alternate link from Magic memories on Ice https://youtu.be/rOeI8hGsDPQ?t=2360
5 Sheryl Franks & Michael Botticelli United States - unable to find
Music was Freedom(?) by Emerson, Lake & Palmer
6 Caitlin (Kitty) & Peter Carruthers United States - unable to find
Music was Fanfare for the Common Man by Emerson, Lake & Palmer
7 Manuela Mager & Uwe Bewersdorff East Germany - unable to find
8 Barbara Underhill & Paul Martini Canada
CBC- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pN2bM35csJo
9 Elizabeth & Peter Cain Australia
CBC -https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FTI7Sbw5BMg
10 Marina Cherkasova & Sergei Shakhrai Soviet Union
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=35kSvTVCeks
11 Irina Rodnina & Alexander Zaitsev Soviet Union
CBC- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2lbgbi166tE
12 Marina Pestova & Stanislav Leonovich Soviet Union
CBC - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DpOD0foer4A&list=PL1C5176B308D62F3A&index=6&t=0s
I still get teary over Tai & Randy...