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Midori Ito (伊藤みどり, Itō Midori, born 13 August 1969) is a retired Japanese figure skater. She is the 1989 World champion [1] and the 1992 Olympic silver medalist. [2] She is the first woman to land a triple-triple jump combination and a triple Axel in competition. [3] [4] At the 1988 Calgary Olympics, she became the first woman to ...
Nov 22, 2012 · 📲 Subscribe to @olympics: http://oly.ch/Subscribe Relive the incredibly courageous moment Japan's Midori Ito comes back from an early fall in her figure sk...
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Nov 29, 2009 · Albertville, FRANCE - 1992 Winter Games, Figure Skating, Ladies' Free Skate - Midori Ito of Japan landed one of two triple Axel jump passes that helped her m...
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May 12, 2014 · Midori Ito / 伊藤みどり / Мидори Ито[HD] 1992 Albertville Olympics - PlaylistsLadies - Free Skating: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLgo7E ...
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Feb 7, 1998 · Midori Ito lighted the Olympic Cauldron with her torch, and Japan rejoiced. Not only had the Winter Olympics commenced - seven years and $1.5 billion after Nagano won the bid to be host - but national heroine Ito was smiling again.The enduring image of Ito, the finest figure skater in Japanese history, is not of her gravity-defying triple-axel ...
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Midori Ito was the first Asian woman to win the World Figure Skating Championships in 1989 and the first to land a triple Axel in competition. She won the silver medal at the 1992 Olympics in Albertville, despite a disappointing short programme.
Feb 26, 1992 · Midori Ito returned home from the Olympics today and was accorded a heroine's welcome that made it seem as if she had won the gold medal instead of the silver. But there was also some soul ...
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