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sk8addict said:Don't you think there is a proble being injured for the entire SEASON?? AND she did skate at Marshall's which I would compare to Nutcracker on ice. Unfortunately I didn't get to see Bobeck but I would bet she didn't land any tripple top loops going forward. Waiting to many years to do difficulty again is what I'd bet the problem is. Riding on the 6'Os Michelle was doing more techical in 1998.
I wouldn't compare Marshalls to the Nutcracker on Ice because the Nutcracker was a tour, not a one time skate. Nicole "toured" with them and some say that is the reason the USFS didn't give her the bye. And had you seen Bobek you would realize that the USFS probably made a wise decision.
There are huge differences anyway. When Kerrigan came back and had to do her test skate, she wasn't at 100 percent. But by Olympics she was doing pretty darn good to win a silver medal (and I still think she should have been over Baiul). So I just don't see the comparisons with Bobek at all. And I don't see how a bye is unfair. Here we are, 12 years later, and now Kwan is trying to do the same thing that was essentially done to her when Kerrigan got the bye to skate on the Oly team.