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- Oct 23, 2011
You miss my point Becalk, or perhaps are personalizing. I appreciate your thoughts and wonder where you are from, are you a young skater? Are you skating now and deferring school? There is nothing wrong with Michelle's decision at all. I merely point out that America's favorite ( and I mean fans and judges) skater was single minded in her pursuit of Olympic gold. I sincerely doubt she will have some big diplomatic career but she is a driven acheiver who wants a spotlight position. As China becomes the next world superpower she is well positioned (because of her skating fame) to actually get a job with her master's degree. But she would not be who she is the the FS world if she had gone to college and quit after Nagano. She competed so long she became "America's most decorated skater." She is preferred over Sara and Tara by most fans because she was around so long, and always on the podium. Sara and Tara were great champions, who moved on. Sara wante the experience of Ivy league with her peers and deferred a year, as Rachel did. I think they both made best decisions for them. They won the top prize. Just like Yuna, they had enough and other goals.
My post was in support of USA ladies. We always have good skaters. Medals don't mean longevity in the sport anymore anyway. There is one American tour and little network coverage. FS is a sport, not brain surgery as MK loved to say. And this is just a little fs board where people can/should express their opinions. Right?
My point was, really in accord with your opinion, that Rachel is putting school first, as she should to acheive her life goals, and is likely done, I'd say definitely done as a major contender. The Olympics were here finrst hour. She will move on fine. Mirai wanted to go back to the Olympics, and given how Carolina is blooming at 25, and MK competed til 25, I do not understand why Mirai's fans (when she wins-fickle folk) are ready to write her off. We don't know her issues. I wrote in my other post (to you mainly) that I'd love to see her with Yuka or even see her move to Japan, train with Sato's ladies and gents and see if she catches the train again there. I love Mirai and she's a joy to watch when happy/confident. Look at the year Alissa had last year. And she just won SA, though some feel (me too) Caro deserved the gold. Allissa is no teenager. I used to think she should quit but Yuka/Jason were very good change for her. I don't expect to see Alissa compete past this year, but I'm glad she had some stunning, great skates. She really fought for those. Success, as Sandra Bezic said, is not always about the gold medal. Wylie had one great skate and gave so many golden pro performances cause he hung in there for that Olympics in 92. He hit when the boom happened, and I love his skating to the max. Thank God for Youtube!
My post was in support of USA ladies. We always have good skaters. Medals don't mean longevity in the sport anymore anyway. There is one American tour and little network coverage. FS is a sport, not brain surgery as MK loved to say. And this is just a little fs board where people can/should express their opinions. Right?
My point was, really in accord with your opinion, that Rachel is putting school first, as she should to acheive her life goals, and is likely done, I'd say definitely done as a major contender. The Olympics were here finrst hour. She will move on fine. Mirai wanted to go back to the Olympics, and given how Carolina is blooming at 25, and MK competed til 25, I do not understand why Mirai's fans (when she wins-fickle folk) are ready to write her off. We don't know her issues. I wrote in my other post (to you mainly) that I'd love to see her with Yuka or even see her move to Japan, train with Sato's ladies and gents and see if she catches the train again there. I love Mirai and she's a joy to watch when happy/confident. Look at the year Alissa had last year. And she just won SA, though some feel (me too) Caro deserved the gold. Allissa is no teenager. I used to think she should quit but Yuka/Jason were very good change for her. I don't expect to see Alissa compete past this year, but I'm glad she had some stunning, great skates. She really fought for those. Success, as Sandra Bezic said, is not always about the gold medal. Wylie had one great skate and gave so many golden pro performances cause he hung in there for that Olympics in 92. He hit when the boom happened, and I love his skating to the max. Thank God for Youtube!