EIGHT YEARS ago people!!
Well, the other you in the "real universe" is celebrating forever after.I believe that the universe divided at that moment into two parallel universes. In the real universe, Michelle won and lived gloriously ever after.
Unfortunately, somehow I got stuck over here in the other one.
Oh well.
I enjoyed Sasha much more than any of the others in SLC but her 4th place finish might have been right......
janetfan said:I thought Sarah outskated the others and deserved the OGM.
In 1998 I have to put Tara over Michelle. Some of Michelle's fans say she was "reserved", but when I first saw that Olympic footage I thought she had an understated glowing expression that suited the music just fine--it's only in comparison to herself at her Nationals that same season that you can see a slight loss of radiance (the atmosphere at Nationals amplifies the impression, I think.) I give credit to Tara not because of Michelle's so-called reservedness (I would still have put Michelle 2nd if she skated exactly like at Nationals) but because Tara edged Michelle with the higher technical difficulty of her program--it was close, but when it's a near-tie between technical and artistic, I have to go with the technical athlete. It is a sport first, and the Olympics are a sporting event. What is especially regretful about it, however, is that Michelle would have won an Olympic gold with that performance in almost any other year.
Olys is not just another comp, but luck does play a small part. If the olys committee had not change the summer/ winter cycles e.g. having winter olys in 1992, and 1994, then 1996 should have been the yr for winter olys and is there any debate about who is the best skater in 1996?Michelle is/was a tremendous skater with no real weaknesses and many strengths. I'm glad for her that she's looking forward to wonderful new horizons. However, I still don't think of the Olympics as "just like any other competition"; and the majority who medal/win are not merely lucky.
I believe that the universe divided at that moment into two parallel universes. In the real universe, Michelle won and lived gloriously ever after.
Unfortunately, somehow I got stuck over here in the other one.
Oh well.
Yes, I can just make a case of Tara winning purely on the basis of her tech. And no, I don't care about your opinion and criteria, which I disagree with. Michelle's presentation in 1998 was better than Tara's for the kinds of reasons that MKFSfan and others have outlined (TO ME, duhhhHHH)Huh?? In 1998 the rules reward presentation over tech in the free program. You can't just make a case of Tara winnng on the basis of her tech. If MK skated Olys the same way she skated nats, then she should have won OGM, because of her presentation. I agree on the OGM result, because Tara won by both tech and presentation.
Luck plays some part in almost everything. Hail me, I am the sage of the universe, for I share such profound truths with all.Olys is not just another comp, but luck does play a small part.
Rehashing 1998...I thought Tara deserved to win on the 1st mark, but Michelle on the 2nd mark. I would've had them 5.9/5.8 Vs 5.8/5.9, so Michelle would've gotten the 1st from me.
Winning and OGM does not make or break a great skater. You could win every competition you enter but the Olympic long program and that doesn't mean you didn't "make it" as a skater. All it means is you didn't get a gold medal at one of the competitions you entered.
On the flip side you have skaters like Sarah Hughes who no one outside of the skating world knows who happens to win a competition at the Olympics and people think she is better than what she really is. She never won nationals and only won one world bronze. She didn't exactly set the skating world on fire. I would rather have Michelle Kwan's career even without an OGM.