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- Nov 22, 2006
Obviously, Sarah Hughes won the gold that night as she had the cleanest program. But I remember hearing some commentator say that she should "thank Irina Slutskaya for beating Michelle Kwan for this win." Why is that? I understand the old scoring, and from what I can see, Hughes edged out Slutskaya because the Finnish judge tied them, but gave Hughes a slightly higher artistic mark, thereby breaking the tie. The other thing I need to have clarified is that Michelle Kwan had so many 2nd place ordinals, while Irina's were all over the place. How did she end up getting 3rd? Thanks for any clarifications!