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I think the pressure on Michelle is far less at these Olympics than at the last two. In the mainstream press articles posted by Lucy25, they mentioned Michelle's quest to win a third medal, not her quest to win gold. In Nagano and SLC she was favored for gold, and was upstaged by a teenager. Now the press wants to identify the next teenage upstart, so they are looking at Kimmie, and Michelle is not getting the amount of hype she had in the past.BronzeisGolden said:Michelle: The pressure will certainly be there. She is Michelle Kwan, the most successful figure skater of her era, and these are the Olympic Games. But, I do not think it will be quite as intense as Nagano or SLC. She isn't the frontrunner and she hasn't proven herself definitively under COP. I believe it will be more about how Michelle deals with the pressure. It will be there, but will she thrive off of it as she has in so many other competitions? Or, will her brilliance be diminished once again by the pressure those Olympic rings seem to create? Who knows! I just hope she comes with a program tailor made for COP and gives it her best shot. She is more than capable of bouncing back and coming on strong. She has proven it time and time again.