olympic decathlon

figure skating’s masters. this is a documentary about competitions between soviets, hungarians and czechoslovakians skaters. produced in 1953 by moscow’s documentary studios. these international figure skating competitions between soviets, hungarians and czechoslovakians skaters was a huge sports event. thousands of people followed with great interest, at moscow dynamo’s stadium, the battle between the three friend countries’ skaters. among the competitors were both masters of figure skating and young talents still in the learning process.

here is tatiana likhareva, pupil at cska moscow. a student from sverdlovsk, here is edouard pliner. the 16 years old. skater is performing a free figure. sona balunova & miroslav balun, czechoslovakian pairs figure skating champions. a czech polka. this combination allow figure skating and dance to be melted together. here is evgenia bogdanova from moscow. she’s a very good free skater. the reknown jarmila kã¶nigova from czechoslovakia.

on the ice, marianne and laszlo nagy from hungary. both are students at the university of budapest. this pair won the 1950 european championships and one year later, the internationals university sports games title. [aka fisu's games] irina golovkhiapova. [unsure spelling] she’s the youngest skater in this international competition. she’s 11 years old. she trains at cska moscow. a mazurka, skated by hungary’s best skaters : eszter jurek in green and marianne nade in red.

within this kind of figures' combinaisons, it is vital for both skaters to synchronize theirs movments effectively. lidia guerassimova & yuri kisselev from leningrad. they are one of the best pair team of ussr. jindra kramperova, a 12 years old. czechoslovakian skater. she’s the best skater from prague’s children skating club. competitions are over. moscow’s younger skaters give flowers to theirs invited comrades. the meeting ends with a friendship’s waltz.

the best skaters from the three friends countries showed in moscow how talented they are in their sport, the most beautiful winter sport.