Michelle's Proof-of-Recovery Skate, Jan 16
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cianni said:
She's got to be there! I already paid for my MKF sweatshirt!
realistic51 said:
Of course Michelle thought she was going to win Worlds 2005. Her strategy was to rest her body and let other skaters (who don't have the resume) punish themselves on the GP. Unfortunately for Michelle, lack of competition has made her rusty and out of sight, out of mind for many of the judges that will evaluate her in this Olympics. Last year she was still going off of Worlds 2004 momentum, this year she has no momentum. As for her being the best, well was her skate at Marshall's the best technically? Were her jumps consistent? Yes she was injured, but the reality is that the best skater is the skater who can do the jumps on that given competition. Michelle most likely is not doing anything now so how is she better than any girl doing triples and 3-3 attempts.
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Sooger when did Kwan pee in your Cheerios? Are you or your child being left off of the team if she goes? Kwan is Kwan, she is loved, adored, and respected by most people who are knowlegible about the sport. She has competed following the rules. She has beaten Sasha at Nationals every year. Up until this season there was no opportunity for her to compete against Mao. She was ready to compete in all of the dog and pony shows this year until she became injured. She was able to make an appearance at Marshall's cheesefest without much training time after her hip injury. She lost more time due to the groin injury but plans to be in competitive form by the Olympics. Unless someone is asking you to pay her hotel bill or buy her ticket to Turino you need to GET OVER IT!!!
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Might I add that even before Slutskaya got sick she wasn't skating so hot either. In the fall of 2002 she was losing to skaters like Volchkova and Onda, in addition to skaters like Cohen. Nobody said she didn't deserve to keep skating or was embarrassing herself.attyfan said:
I believe Lu Chen also made a big comeback to win a bronze in 2002 Olympics (?) am I right or am I right? She was not skating well at all and was injured or sick for a long time before the Olympics --but experience pulled her through and she medaled against a lot of odds.
FreeKatie said:
It was the 1998 Olys. I don't know if it was illness, injury, or troubles with her coach/federation, but Lu Chen -- as the reigning Oly bronze medalist (from '94), reigning World medalist, and, former World champ did not even qualify for the free skate at the 1997 Worlds, only to come back in Nagano to win a second bronze.
curious said:She was probably feeling the syptoms of her illness. Anyway,you can't compare her situation with Kwan cause she has skated very well the whole year and is the world champ
You seem to have difficulty reading. Jimmy Hoffa and I were not comparing Michelle now to Irina now, but comparing Michelle now to Irina in 2004 -- when (again) she did not compete the entire year, but was given a bye to Dortmund.
Michelle
Michelle clearly has an even better case for a bye now. But I would also say if Bebe skates in the LP like she did in the SP she too deserves to go to the Olympics. She has been underrated for too long. Sasha was great and will win this one hands down. The other girls are just not ready for prime time at the Olympics yet. I had hopes for Alissa but when she melts down she just completely loses her jumps. When she's great, she's really great and when she's bad, it's not pretty.
Michelle clearly has an even better case for a bye now. But I would also say if Bebe skates in the LP like she did in the SP she too deserves to go to the Olympics. She has been underrated for too long. Sasha was great and will win this one hands down. The other girls are just not ready for prime time at the Olympics yet. I had hopes for Alissa but when she melts down she just completely loses her jumps. When she's great, she's really great and when she's bad, it's not pretty.
attyfan said:
Thanks for refreshing my memory! If I remember correctly, she was also skating horribly in the Olympic practices. The commentators were very surprised that she was able to pull off a clean short and thought her marks were low because of the poor practice sessions she experienced that week.
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kyla2 said:
ITA that Michelle has an even better case for making the Olympic team with the way all of the ladies skated in the SP last night.
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For all we know Kwan was feeling the symptoms of an upcoming injury last year. Weren't there rumors of an injury going around last season?curious said:She was probably feeling the syptoms of her illness. Anyway,you can't compare her situation with Kwan cause she has skated very well the whole year and is the world champ
ABC Segment
ABC t.v. just did a segment on their nightly news on whether Michelle should get a bye or not and it wasn't that positive for Michelle. I think asking Tara to comment on it was declasse, and it was declasse of her to do it. She should have declined. At least when John Nicks and Sasha commented on the situation, they were infinitely classier. God bless Christine Brennan, she spoke up for Michelle. A sportswriter from San Francisco (I think) was not for her going. Oh well, it is out of our hands and hopefully they will send her if they want the best possible team.
ABC t.v. just did a segment on their nightly news on whether Michelle should get a bye or not and it wasn't that positive for Michelle. I think asking Tara to comment on it was declasse, and it was declasse of her to do it. She should have declined. At least when John Nicks and Sasha commented on the situation, they were infinitely classier. God bless Christine Brennan, she spoke up for Michelle. A sportswriter from San Francisco (I think) was not for her going. Oh well, it is out of our hands and hopefully they will send her if they want the best possible team.
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I have to admit, on the emotional level I am going back and forth on this issue. Michelle's my girl, but she has already had a career full of "thrills of a lifetime."
Think what it would mean to Emily Hughes or Kimmie Meissner or Alissa Czisny or Beatrisa Liang to get to go to the Olympics!
Mathman
Think what it would mean to Emily Hughes or Kimmie Meissner or Alissa Czisny or Beatrisa Liang to get to go to the Olympics!
Mathman
Mathman said:
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If the committee and Michelle feels she is healthy enough and can perform at a high level, she will probably go. The US stated that wanted to send the best possible team to the olympics, and if healthy that would include Michelle. Out of the above named skaters (Emily, Kimmie, Alissa, Beatrisa) one of them will get to go to the olympics. Michelle is only asking for one spot. This might be all mute anyway if the committee decides not to give a spot to Michelle. I hope it all goes well for her.
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