Where did you hear that Wagner was ill?
Anyway I'm not sure why people continue to make excuses for her when it was Wagner herself who admitted to letting the pressure get to her...she does not have a history of clutch performances unfortunately. When she skates well, it's either a lower-profile GP event or expectations don't exist (2012 4CC for instance).
Oddly enough, if Wagner just hit that 3-3 in the SP I think she would have managed 3rd even with the same mess of a FS. Or if she fell just once instead of 2x. Figures, right?
But she has gotten so much fanfare, sponsorship and attention for someone who hasn't even stood on a world podium. This includes the unprecedented decision to "break from tradition" to put her on the Olympic team. She says she's had to work/scrounge for everything, and that's been true for the most part...but even she has to admit that she's been the recipient of a couple of really generous gifts lately...I hope she can prove people wrong in Sochi - for her own sake.
Anyway I'm not sure why people continue to make excuses for her when it was Wagner herself who admitted to letting the pressure get to her...she does not have a history of clutch performances unfortunately. When she skates well, it's either a lower-profile GP event or expectations don't exist (2012 4CC for instance).
Oddly enough, if Wagner just hit that 3-3 in the SP I think she would have managed 3rd even with the same mess of a FS. Or if she fell just once instead of 2x. Figures, right?
But she has gotten so much fanfare, sponsorship and attention for someone who hasn't even stood on a world podium. This includes the unprecedented decision to "break from tradition" to put her on the Olympic team. She says she's had to work/scrounge for everything, and that's been true for the most part...but even she has to admit that she's been the recipient of a couple of really generous gifts lately...I hope she can prove people wrong in Sochi - for her own sake.