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- Jan 10, 2014
This season so far, the most memorable for me was when Debbi Wilkes was choking back tears after Weaver/Poje's free dance at ACI: https://youtu.be/7q9wW_FMiY8?t=335
This video has many wonderful moments, but for me there are 2 special ones:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rOeI8hGsDPQ
At 22:10 - Dick Button without words when Rodnina/Zaitsev's music stopped at the 1973 Worlds
At 38:25 - Dick again - his reaction to John Curry's freeskate at the 1976 Olympics (well, his whole commentary during this performance)
And this moment when Midori Ito landed her triple axel at the 1992 Olymipcs (Scott Hamilton) (at 3:35)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rOeI8hGsDPQ
For me it was Joanie Rochette’s 2010 Olympics Ladies SP (https://youtu.be/VPcJ2czDg2U) It was NBCs coverage with Scott Hamilton and maybe Sandra Bezic (?). They didn’t utter a word or sound until she was bowing at the end of her program. I held it together until Scott attempted to speak and his voice broke. You could hear the emotion in his voice and could tell he was choked up. That’s when I lost it.
yes! I think it was very hard for him not to bring back the emotions he had when he skated his olympics without his mother there to watch. So very hard. But another one of those moments I'm glad he was able to be a part of. I miss his commentary, shouting and all... definitely better than what we have now.
B.ESP after Liza Tukt's Skate Canada Ex: Just as well she doesn't do that routine in competition, otherwise I think the judges might have a heart attack.
His mother died before he went to his first Olympics - cancer. She was his everything. In his autobiography the tears streaming down his face on the olympic podium in 1984 were because he was overcome with teh emotion of "we did it, mom" and wanting so badly for her to see that her "screw up" finally accomplished what she always knew he could.Oh I didn’t know that little tidbit about his Mother. That makes even more sense now as to why he was so emotional. I’ve always loved his commentating. He is one of the best!
My current favorite is during Nationals when Hanna Harrell was skating out for her short. Terry got a look at her music selection (“Bla Bla Bla Cha Cha Cha”) clearly got confused, and said “And she’s skating to...that.”
Even better: Ted Barton announcing Tarakanova's FS music as Believer by Imagine Dragons instead of Moonlight Sonata. Very cute mishap.