[HD] Tonya Harding - 1994 Lillehammer Olympic - Free Skating

Technical information about these HD videos. In 1994, Japanese TV station NHK made an HDTV shoot of Lillehammer Olympic games, mainly Figure Skating, Short Track, Speed Skate, Opening and Closing ceremony, Ski Jump and Nordic. In Hamar Ice Rink, they used 4 Sony HDC-500 - 2 million pixels 3-CCD HDTV Camera, and two Sony HDD-1000 - 1 inch open-reel digital video recorder. They experimentally broadcasted 109.5 hours in the MUSE analog HD format via satellite during the Olympic period. Unfortunately, I couldn't watch that. In 1997, NHK broadcasted the digest of the Lillehammer Olympics for total 32 hours in the MUSE analog HD format. I recorded figure skating events with W-VHS baseband analog HD video recorder. In 2001, 2002 and 2003, NHK broadcasted another digest of the Lillehammer Olympics for total 21.5 hours on Digital HDTV satellite broadcasting with 1080i MPEG2 video format. This is little bit clear video quality than MUSE format. But fewer athletes were on aired. I have D-VHS tapes of the figure skating events. These W-VHS and D-VHS tapes have been already shared on YouTube. Please visit my channel, or search "Lillehammer mintaka" from YouTube search window. For the videos from W-VHS tapes, I use Hauppauge's HD PVR for video capture. For D-VHS tapes, digital TS data are transmitted from D-VHS tape deck to PC via IEEE1394 connection. Captured digital data are processed by ffmpeg software. In which, "yadif" filter is used for de-interlacing to 30p Progressive ("bwdif" for 60p). "hqdn3d" filter to de-noise, and at last, videos are H.264 encoded for uploading. In some videos with [4K60P] notation, "sinc" filter is used for up-scaling.

I feel so bad for her.. just imagine how great she would have been if she had a good support system and more love instead of hate and abuse

The quality of this video made me forget that I'm actually watching an video from 1994.

People always mocked her for things like her skates breaking down, or her dresses falling apart, but she didn't come from a privileged world where she always had the best equipment, sponsors, or support, and of course, when you're poor, what you have will break down and wear our and let you down when you least need it to. The skating world has always been such a wealthy, privileged game, and that was always so obvious when Tonya was competing and commentary kept blaming her for her equipment failing or her own fragile mental health, like she somehow chose to have to battle with her upbringing and socioeconomic status.

She was an exceptional skater and even more exceptional when you know she achieved greatness with only a fraction of the resources her competitors had. It's easy to be great when your parents love you and pay the bills and your sponsors pay for you to have the best equipment and trainers. Tonya had nobody but herself.

the first women to land a triple axel. imagine how talented she would be if she had a good support system. edit: thanks for the likes

Why is this footage from 1994 better than my camera I have today

“Jump high, check out hard, go for it” her coach had such a calming and loving voice, like the mother figure that Tonya never got

I remember watching this in 1994. I felt so bad for her then. The press was cruel. She was always an amazing skater! I was always rooting for her. The power that she had! I thought it was so cool that she could do the triple when no other woman really even attempted it. It was quite inspiring. I just watched I, Tonya tonight. I didn't know about her upbringing or very much about her marriage. How heartbreaking. I do think she got a raw deal in general. If it's any consolation, long after other athletes are forgotten, she will be remembered. God bless you Tonya Harding.

I can’t be the only one who got this in their recommendations.

This makes me wonder what kind of video quality Japan has now.

Back then she was shamed for her “lack of grace and beauty” but she was always beautiful, just in a different way. She was beautiful in a mature and strong way instead of a frail and gentle way which is a lot more commendable because it shows that she isn’t favoured for being light and pretty but powerful and pretty and back then, her beauty wasn’t as commendable because the expectation wasn’t to look strong like she does but rather light and graceful, showing how purely brilliant her skating ability is

I'm so happy they gave Tonya a chance to try again after her skates malfunctioning because that second performance was BREATHTAKING ❤

30% amazed by her skating skills 70% amazed by footage quality from 1994

Why is the quality better than my eyesight at 20 years old 💀

Imagine if she was sorrounded with a good family . She is exceptionally talented even when she only had little in her life . Respect

I feel for tonya. incredible talent and so unfair of what she went through growing into a young adult. I see a few people mentioning if she had a better support system how much more she could've been even greater than what she was at the time. in the movie, I, Tonya.. the scene where she is putting her makeup on before she gets on the ice is so relatable and heartbreaking. mental health is so important and I hope she is healed from the trauma she went through. I hope she knows how inspiring she actually is.

to be honest, considering how great of a skater she was, the environment she grew up in and shit she got dragged into is heartbreaking

Rest of the world: Behold, we have invented the wheel! Japan: Great, lets film it in 4K.

She's known for her triple axel but look at how clean and high her triple lutz was! Outstanding!