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hydroradi said:Should she have waited a few more days? Apparently, Sasha was skating in pain and hid injuries.
The ladies free skate was such a mess, she really would have had a great chance at getting on the podium and even winning if she could have managed a couple clean performances.
She was probably watching TV last night and saying...I could have beaten these people and won the gold.
Red Dog said:once again, can't predict the outcome if another skater was there. there are too many X-factors.
Red Dog said:once again, can't predict the outcome if another skater was there. there are too many X-factors.
Ladskater said:I thought Michelle should have never gone to this Olympic games in the first place. Given the fact that she was not skating much at all for the season it seemed like a long shot that she would suddenly be ready for the Olympics. I think she went purely on reputation and I hate to say this probably realized once there she was not ready and did not want to give a poor performance.
Ladskater said:I thought Michelle should have never gone to this Olympic games in the first place. Given the fact that she was not skating much at all for the season it seemed like a long shot that she would suddenly be ready for the Olympics. I think she went purely on reputation and I hate to say this probably realized once there she was not ready and did not want to give a poor performance.
Misplaced Gymnast said:Let's face it, Kwan's Olympics consisted of ONE triple jump, and she promptly (re)-injured herself going for #2. Even if the podium wasn't a hotbed of 3-3ers, each of the medalists at least had more than one triple jump.
I strongly believe that Kwan would have been out there if she thought she had a remote chance of staying on her feet. I think she must have known she didn't have a prayer of even getting through the competition, let alone pulling off a miracle. I have visions of her having ended up like Elvis, or even Tara.
And, as someone posted, she came out smelling like a rose.
BridgetJ said:I believe the only reason why she injured herself on the triple flip was because she was forcing her sore and aching body, due to the four hours in the cold for the Opening Ceremonies, to skate that morning. She had been jumping since 1/13 and had *not* reinjured herself until 2/10. Obvioiusly this proves that at home in Cali, she was taking good care of herself, and should have listened to her body and skipped the 2/10 practise until her aches from the OC were gone (not to mention all the running around she did for media interviews). She was not as fragile as you make it sound. Anyone coming off an injury should take it easier than Michelle did in Torino, unfortuneatly. I wish she had either skipped the OC (like she did in '98 with her toe injury) or skipped the next day's practise, and that will forever break my heart.
Soogar from Emily's mouth to your ears; I was fine working hard on my assignment to Worlds.soogar said:She "forced" herself to practice b/c there was probably something wrong with her before she even got to Italy and she needed to make sure that she was able to compete. Because the stakes were high because she took a healthy athlete's spot on the team. If she waited any longer, Emily wouldn't have had time to replace her and she would have been skewered in the media. She wouldn't have received the kind send off that she received but would have been depicted as a selfish athlete who stole someone's spot when she couldn't deliver the goods. At least MIchelle retains her likeability and ability to get endorsements, because it's not as if she can ever win another title.
Joesitz said:Soogar from Emily's mouth to your ears; I was fine working hard on my assignment to Worlds.