Tai Babilonia is an American former pair skater….who together with her skating partner Randy Gardner won the 1979 World Figure Skating Championships and five U.S. Figure Skating Championships 1976 through 1980…..as the pair also qualified for the 1976 Innsbruck Winter Olympics and 1980 Lake Placid Winter Olympics…..where they were medal favorites but were forced to withdraw due to a thigh injury to Gardner.
In this video herewith….ABC Wide World of Sports host Jim McKay provides the commentary as USA Tai Babilonia and Randy Gardner capture the gold medal with their “long program” skate at the World Championships…..which is followed by an interview of the new champions by Donna de Varona.
