u/Shorb-o-rino

Does anyone know why the footage from the 1972 Olympic games is such high quality compared to other competitions from back then?

On YouTube the footage of the 1972 games is very clear and good quality: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e8Tp_WBcMmQ Of course it is still just standard definition and subject to the limitations of the time, but it is still better than what is available for a ton competition until digital video became a thing. For example the available footage from the 1976 Olympics is much poorer overall. Does anyone know why this is the case? Is it some copyright thing preventing the release of the archival footage of other games, leaving home video as the only source? Or is it the 1972 games were just more well documented than the others for some reason? I would love to hear your ideas!

u/Shorb-o-rino — 2 days ago

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I was watching Shizuka Arakawa's Olympic free skate (such an underrated skater), and one of her flaws was a deep outside edge on her flip. Seeing this made me wonder how the judges even knew to score the jump as a flip with edge error, instead of just counting it as a lutz with a unique entry. With a regular flutz you can see the skater try to go onto the outside edge but switch before takeoff, but with her jumps it doesn't look like there is even an attempt to take off from the inside edge.

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u/Shorb-o-rino — 21 days ago