Ladskater said:Before, during and after the US Nationals all one heard was should Michelle Kwan win her ninth title she would tie with Mirabel Vincent Owen. I would imagine Sasha heard this all week as well. Seriously, though in all fairness to Sasha, I think she just felt all the attention was on Kwan. One could see the disappointment in her face.
Well if all the press talked about was the 9th title, I wonder who had the pressure, certainly pressure was not on Cohen. Pre jr world 00, all the press talked about was how Cohen would breeze through and won the gold, and she splat her way through the sp, went into lp in the second flght, and finished 6th.
She should be on top of the podium one day
She already made the top of the podium several times. I predict she will win gold everytime she steps on the ice from now on.
BTW, her autobio will be out in 4/05. The back cover of her autobio stated:
"Today she is the reigning queen of winter's most competitive sport and the most serious contender for the gold medal in 2006"
Granted that is her autobio, and she endorsed this view by putting the above statement in her official website, but if the press in general were not supportive of her, team Cohen would not endorse such a view. So the Cohen fans' whining about how cruel the press were, how she is the whipping boy du jour is way IMHO exxagerated, and out of touch with reality
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