My prediction stands... Kwan, Cohen, Hughes, but I know I'm on thin ice predicting Hughes to medal.
The little Russian will be strong, she's a fantastic skater, she's paid her dues, and she has an added advantage of skating last. But maybe more important, the international judges have a well-deserved respect for the tradition of Russian women ice skaters. It might be hard to cut Russia off without a medal, even if she falls. The Russian has paid her dues, Hughes is the youngest American, they might figure she can medal in later Olympics.
Cohen is adorable, isn't she? And so cocky! I don't expect her to get nervous, but Hughes might.
hey....as I was typing, I watched CNN have on a FORTUNE magazine reporter to talk about the Washington Post article yesterday, detailing how Enron had courted Rubin while he was still in the Clinton administration.
I couldn't believe my ears...ta dah....CNN was doing a report that might connect the corrupt Enron dots to the Clinton administration! False alarm!! The CNN anchor talked over the reporter, so anxious was he to poo-poo any idea that Rubin had done something wrong by making a phone call last fall on Enron's behalf. "He was a private citizen"..."no proof he did anything wrong"...yada yada.