password said:Like who? Just wondering because she's is good friends with Goebel, Weir, Tanith and Ben on tour. Among the public, she's not as well known as Kwan.
I meant basically what you said too-it just seems that Michelle is rather popular not just to the general public but also among her peers. Many skaters seem to have some nice, personal stories to share about Michelle, whether it's cute stories like Fumie in 1998 asking Michelle to teach her a lutz, or Jonhhy saying Michelle is the nicest skater-humble and gracious, would give you the coat off her back...same kind of stories always circle Michelle.
When you look through the pictures on Sasha's website, you can see she has many skating friends. But in the past, there seemed to be some rumblings that she wasn't considered one of the more friendly skaters. Granted, many of these stories were from fans, but it seemed Sasha's on ice antics kept other skaters from interacting with her off ice. I don't know anything 1st hand, so I could be totally off the mark!
Shiz definitely looked like she was on a business trip all through the Olympics. Kinda funny how that was praised, like she came prepared, did her job, and won the Gold, when Michelle was harshly criticized for treating Nagano like a business trip...There are a couple of clips around of Shiz, and she's not all business all the time! That chewing gum commercial was pretty funny. I remember 2004 Worlds, there was a story how Miki was totally in awe of Michelle. Michelle was watching a practice session when Shiz and Miki walked by her. Shiz poked Michelle then turned around so that when Michelle looked, she thought it was Miki who poked her. Miki was mortified! So, Shiz sounds like she can have fun at times.