Mid-Terms Study Break: Alexei Yagudin's "Winter"

As a very busy weekend of studying for my upcoming mid-terms concludes, I would like to post a video that is as refreshing as a a blast of fresh winter air. I give you "Winter" by Alexei Yagudin. The 4-time World Champion skated this jovial program choreographed by his coach Tatiana Tarasova at the 2002 Olympic Games. He won the short program en route to the gold medal two nights later.

Yagudin's win was the 3rd straight Olympic victory in a streak of 5 for a Russian or former Soviet Union man:

1992: Victor Petrenko (represented the Unified Team. He represented the Soviet Union in 1998 and Ukraine in 1994).

1994: Alexei Urmonov, Russia

1998: Ilia Kulik, Russia

2002: Alexei Yagudin, Russia

2006: Evgeni Plushenko, Russia

The streak was broken in 2010 when America's Evan Lysacek defeated Evgeni Plushenko by a narrow margin for the Olympic Gold Medal in Vancouver.

Enjoy!