Agree! The Japanese as so well advanced with technology.

@@gilbertlaylay8210they had high definition in 1992! While we were still in the stone ages lol

@@Itstonytime77 Omg! You’re so right!!

absolutely right

True that. After she left the scene, it went spiraling down. Not even Sasha could save it.

Sooooo true

Actually, I credit Tonya Harding for the emergence of figure skating’s global popularity, despite the fact that Michelle Kwan is far more accomplished.

@@thomstephens Tonya propelled it to the spotlight, but Kwan kept it there.

Yes, it's just the right shade of indigo...just warm enough and just cool enough to complement her golden complexion and it's golden beads.

Exactamundo, could not say it better.

Only Americans think this, Europeans or Asians don't care about Kwan that much. She is overrated, she played it safe technically many times and her jumping technique wasn't good, look at the flutz and prerotated, toe-hammered underrotated flip. Irina should have been first here easily

Her musicality was great. The moves went with the music.

It looks like she was very much leaning in the air on the rotation for the Triple Flip. Quite amazing she was able to land it at all.

@Mountain Lover who are these "experts" you're referring too? Didn't she place 1st place with this performance? Lol

I don’t think so, it was caused by her rushing the jump. Nerves.

She was overscored. She should have been second or third in the short. I love her but Sasha Cohen won the Short program.

Her flip was sloppy at this time which explains the LP

The problem was on the takeoff. When she plants the toe pick, the boot rolls over so that she’s almost taking off from the side of the blade.

Correct, she never really toe picked. It’s usually of a flat blade

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she was not robbed in Nagano. In 1998 she took no technical risks, offered no triple triple combination, no jumps at the end of her program, and her step sequences were not complex. You don't win in figure skating just with academic grace and lightness

it was Michelle's first- she made it iconic during her 97/98 season... "I believe this will go down in history as a signature piece for Michlle" - Peggy Fleming

Just changed the toe jump to a flip

@@jlatty06 And the lutz entrance was different, a shortened edge coming from a mohawk instead of her long backward glide in 98

@@jlatty06 The 3d part of her spiral, her hand position in the sit spin, and her right palm was open at her end pose. The footwork was also slightly modified; she omitted the mohawk.

@@TressBraga The layback position is different too ;)

@@moonlightresonance08 my fave layback of hers I think. iconic.

Bulgaria and Finland gave her a 5.7/5.9 and still made her 2nd. Italy and the US went lower on the first mark but still placed her #1.

good things many people do understand so you’re not needed.

It was the whole packaging put together fairly consistently and for a very long time. Your observations are correct, but she reliably skated programs landing 6 or 7 triples for several years; most skaters rarely if ever skated a clean 7-triple program during their career. Of those who did, they beat Michelle when they skated clean and she did not, or when their jumps were more difficult, as with Lipinski at '97 Worlds and '98 Olympics and Butyrskaya at '99 Worlds. Kwan started this pattern of accomplishment by landing 7 triples as a 14 year old at '95 Worlds. Her longevity merits some of the exceptional praise she gets--not only performing at a high level but doing so for 10 years (she did lose a significant amount of technical strength by late '04-'05 but how many skaters perform at the top level for that long?) She had no glaring flaws or weaknesses during her performances except for rare instances, such as '97 Nationals where she still landed four triples. She did nearly everything at least fairly well and several things exceptionally well, such as her signature spiral (very few skaters did an inside-edge spiral at all in those days, much less one with a seamless transition to an outside edge). Comparing her to her rivals, Lipinski did have a much more difficult combination of triple jumps and was duly rewarded for this at 1997 Worlds and 1998 Olympics. Though her skating was much less mature, she still beat Michelle for gold in Nagano. I would say Slutskaya, at her best, was better than Kwan on jumps and some spins, but even there it is close--Slutskaya had a great Biellman on both feet, but Kwan had a much better sit spin. Cohen would have been another candidate for a "potentially better than Kwan" award but she rarely skated a clean long program (only one that I know of) and usually had at least one or two major falls. Slutskaya had great technical strength and speed but not nearly the grace, elegance, and effortless artistry that Kwan had. Suppose we say Slutskaya was still better than Kwan at her best, if we value the technical strength, height, speed, etc. more. That would still leave Kwan with the distinction of having begun a career of top-level international performance at an exceptionally young age and lasting longer in the group of top contenders for world-level titles. Am I missing anyone? Other than the rivals whom I considered here, and who were duly rewarded when they outskated Kwan, who else would even compete with Kwan to deserve the level of acclaim she gets?

It was a slow and cautious skate. She wasn't in a very good form. Look at her Worlds 2001 free skate and you will see the difference

I agree. This SP was slow and flat compared to her 98 performance at Nationals

@@flywings111 yes!

Her control on her 2A was second to none. Her 3L combo she stayed on her back outside edge, which is more than the other skaters like S.Hughes and T.Lipinski who flutzed their way to an Olympic Gold.

5.5 is worth a thumbs down. She's a legend. Chill.

yes it is because she’s the greatest .

Gym Style lmao she fell in salt late wtf do you mean she should’ve had both golds? Nagano is debatable but no way she should’ve won 2002 with the same fucking program she did in Nagano

She was lucky to be first after this short program. Should have been 3rd behind Slutskaya and Sasha with this slow, recycled performance.

1998's robbery was repeated in 2014. Nonetheless Kim and Kwan are legends.

Are you aware that Michelle's coach said Tara was better in Nagano and deserved the gold medal? Let that sink in and then move on.

Anthony Pepe ...I’ve always wondered what changed and what made her skating obsolete.

The technical level of the sport is continually rising. The top ladies from twenty years before Kwan’s halcyon period wouldn’t be able to compete with her either.

@@TT-ee4qp And? Not sure what that has to do with my comment.

She’s Michelle Kwan. 9 times National Champion. 5 times World Champion. So yes. She can be arrogant.

Mountain Lover ... Divas can be rude. What’s new? Some of them even physically hit other skaters. Ask Nancy. So forgive Kwan for being “not nice” at times.

Mountain Lover ... Hahaha. The hypocrisy. You’re actually very arrogant. And you’re not even Michelle Kwan. Yet you expect Michelle to be humble and modest at all times.

Mountain Lover ... Handed medals? And what does Michelle have on the skating organization that they felt that they need to hand her medals? 😂 So who in her generation deserved the medals Michelle received? Maria Butryskaya? Irina Slutskaya? Nicole Bobek? Chen Lu? Surya Bonaly? Because other than Irina, all the others were having a hard time completing 7 triples in their programs and completing a clean program without falling once or twice.

Mountain Lover ... Sarah and Sasha came out later after Michelle. They were the next generation. Michelle was their senior. And Sarah did beat Michelle in the Olympics. Sasha and Sarah was NEVER close as consistent as Michelle was. Especially Sasha. But she’d definitely beat Michelle if only she could complete a clean program, which RARELY happened. So how can you say that medals were just handed to Michelle? You are just hating on Michelle. She’s not arrogant at all. You’re the one who’s arrogant and you’re a nobody. I can only imagine how bitchy you are if you’ve won 9 Nationals and 5 Worlds.

Totally agree with you.

RrkmMr Sasha Cohen is Caca

No.

Ya right , not even close.

Judges didn't think so. So what do you know¿