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- Mar 28, 2005
Stojko, Stojko, Stojko, Stojko, and Stojko.
Tonichelle said:Re: Weiss - he did seem to do better under the new system... unfortunately old habits die hard and he didn't just go for it and see where he ended up... he kept playing it safe, and that cost him a spot on the team (again from what we heard after the men's LP in STL)
I love Mike, am glad he stuck around otherwise I wouldn't have given a hoot about the men and would have missed out on Evan and Matt and Ryan and half a dozen others!
dancindiva03 said:Cohen. She was a disaster this year, internationally. Her best days are way behind her.
And Jeff.ceg15 said:Stojko
Weiss
Kwan
Robinson
Wing and Lowe... it just seems like they were just always "there" and never really improving or going anywere.
UnsaneLily87 said:Kwan.
I believe that after 2002, she should have retired. Just my opinion.
Eeyora said:Hughes- What did she prove by staying around for 03.
Well, she won the U.S. championship and the 2006 Olympic silver medal, as almost everyone predicted she would. She outperformed Slutskaya, Suguri, Rochette, Meissner, Hughes, Meier, Kostner, Gedevanishvili, Liu, Leung, Poykio, Sokolova, Ando, Korpi, Liashenko, Sebestyen,...dancindiva03 said:Cohen. She was a disaster this year, internationally. Her best days are way behind her.
Vash01 said:When skaters stick around past their prime, it is not always to win another gold medal (or another medal). Some of them do it for the love of the sport; they just love to compete. If their bodies are able to hold up enough to make the team, I don't see why they should not do it. Success is not always measured by medals. There is a lot of satisfaction in just skating two (or three) performances at a reasonably high level, particularly at advanced ages, or after coming back from injuries.
Vash
ladybug said:At 2005 Worlds, didn't Michelle come in third in the short and long program?
It was her qual. skate that did her in that year even though she had no previous COP experience. One bad skate is not a requirement for retirement.
At her Olympic test skate, the judges felt she could win gold with her programs. That says a lot for Michelle especially since she was nursing two injuries at the time and had very little time to prepare. If Michelle had skated a 6 triple LP at the Olympics (clean) and everyone else skated just as they did, she would be the Olympic Champion now.
Ladybug
mzheng said:And Jeff.
It has been how many years since skated as senior? Yet still can't get his triple Axel consistant.