I voted for Ilia Kulik, Brian Boitano, and Scott Hamilton. Ilia's 1998 Olympic winning program is one of the best performances I've ever seen... along with Brian's 1988 Olympic winning performance. Ilia completed the first quad ever in the Olympics and did 8 other triple jumps (2 in combination), and Brian did his Tano triple lutz and 6 other triple clean. Even ast age 30, Ilia is still considered one of the best triple jumpers in the world (his jumps can still beat some of today's skaters). As for Scott and Kurt- I like both of them, but I voted for Scott since he has lesser votes.
Sandra Bezic said, "10 years ago when Brian Boitano won the Olympics he set a standard that since then, all men have strived to reach... Kulik surpassed that and now he sets the new standard and it may take another 10 years to match his long program performance."
Brian Boitano, Ilia Kulik, Yevgeny Plushenko, Scott Hamilton, and Kurt Browning have all the elements a male figure skater should have.
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