The Battle of the Winter Olympics! In the 1988 Brian War, Kim Yeon-eun's teacher was defeated and silver
The United States and Canada are both ice and snow powers, and many of their sports are direct competitors in the championship, most notably ice hockey and figure skating. Among them, men's figure skating once contributed to a classic game, which was called "Brian War" by the outside world.
The "Brian Wars" refers to the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary, where two players named Brian, namely Brian Orser of Canada and Brian Boitano of the United States, played a head-on duel at the Winter Olympics 34 years ago, and finally Boitano defeated Osser to win the gold medal.
Two big Brians
Canada's Oser is two years older than Boitano in the United States, and when Boitano first emerged, Othur was already an experienced athlete.
The first time the two Brians met was at the 1978 World Youth Championships, when neither won the championship, with Boitano winning the 3rd bronze medal and Osser taking the 4th place, so the two met for the first time, with the younger Boitano winning.
By 1983, both had moved into the senior group and met at the World Championships, this time with Boitano finishing 7th and Osser winning the first bronze medal of his career at the World Championships.
Yu Liang controversy
After 1984, the competition between the two Brians was very fierce, including the 1984 Winter Olympics, Where Boitano only finished fifth in the men's singles and Osser won the silver medal.
At the 1985 World Championships, When Osser finished second in men's singles and Boitano finished third.
In 1987, Osser won the Men's Singles World Championships for the first time, and the 1986 and 1988 titles belonged to Boitano.
Before the 1988 Calgary Winter Olympics, both of them had won the gold medal at the World Championships, and their status and strength at that time were among the top in the world.
The strengths of the two
Canada's Oser was the first figure skater in the world to win the three-week jump at the time, and he was awarded the title of "Mr. Three-Week Jump".
Boitano was the first American athlete to jump out of Axel's three-and-a-half laps.
Prior to the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary, the two had played each other 10 times, with The 2-year-old Osser having a clear advantage of 7 wins and 3 losses.
As a Canadian, Osser plays at home, doubling his attention and expectations.
The Winter Olympics showdown
In the short program, the home game of Osser played perfectly, ranking first, and beating Boitano.
Free skating, the first to play Inboitano completed three jumps, smooth articulation skills and movements conquered everyone.
Osser came out against the cheers of the audience, but unfortunately he made a clear mistake and made a mistake during the three-week jump, resulting in an instantaneous reversal of the score.
In this way, Boitano relied on the excellent performance of free skating, and then came to the top, reversed the home battle of Osser, crowned the winter Olympic gold medal, and also defeated the old enemy to win the "Brian War".
Excellent relationships
Although not a national athlete, the two Brians had a good relationship, and they starred together in the movie Carmen, with Osser playing the matador and Boitano playing José.
The two have been rivals for many years on the field and have excellent off-court relationships.
Osser's brilliant coaching career
After losing the gold medal at home, Osser chose to end his career, he took up the coaching whip and became a coach.
Although Osser has not won the gold medal of the Winter Olympics, his disciples, athletes who have won the World Championships, the Winter Olympics and other major competitions are numerous, including many men's figure skaters, Kim Yeon-er, etc., all of which were cultivated by Osser. Osser is also the world-renowned "Godfather of Figure Skating" level figure.
Kim Yeon-er once wanted to retire before participating in the Winter Olympics, and it was Oser who gave her great help to have the later "Ice Princess"
This is the classic "Brian War" in 1988, and later the more famous "godfather of figure skating" Oser regretted that he did not realize his dream of the Winter Olympic gold medal, lost the gold medal at home, and the American athlete Boitano became the big winner.
