Yah, six national US national champions and three (or is it four?) world championships??? I think the hype was over the top from the media about Michelle Kwan, but she has been classy and gracious in both defeat and victory. She's been consistently the best US woman skater in the past eight years.
Like it or not she is a superstar in the figure skating world. I interpreted the thumbs down as Michelle being more disappointed in herself than in the judges. It was almost like she was embarrassed for herself and that was her nervous way of reacting to those feelings. To get that far in sport (or arts) you need to be a perfectionist and to say "it doesn't matter what colour the medal is" is crap. It matters alot to her don't you think?
Yah, six national US national champions and three (or is it four?) world championships??? A very impressive record, I agree.
I think the hype was over the top from the media about Michelle Kwan, but she has been classy and gracious in both defeat and victory.
Either we have seen different appearances, or you've seen more than me. My negative impressions were formed from Nagano, and nothing I've seen has changed them. I was deeply disappointed in her post-Nagano-competition behavior and have honestly been biased against her ever since.
She's been consistently the best US woman skater in the past eight years. I dislike haughty prima donnas.
I simply can't agree with that. Specifically, she was vastly inferior to Tara Lipinski at Nagano, and we've just seen her beat at SLC. Perhaps it's the "consistently". I can't claim to have seen every National and World's. Maybe that's what I've missed.