Michelle Kwan Figure Skating to On My Own | Nagano 1998 Olympic Games

Michelle Kwan Figure Skating to On My Own | Nagano 1998 Olympic Games | Music Monday

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The double Olympic medallist figure skater Michelle Kwan from Team USA performs to On My Own from "Les Miserables" at the Nagano 1998 Olympic Winter Games figure skating competition during the Gala Exhibition.
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@kateealer7 2 жыл бұрын

Don't even argue. The sport of figure skating ended with the new scoring system where it's just "let's jump as much as we can on ice!!" She was the true GOAT of grace, talent, and athletics. I miss those days.

@shamidkpzd 2 жыл бұрын

This must be why I skip ice skating a lot these days. I used to love to watch it. But lately the jumps are the only thing interesting about a lot of these new skating routines. It’s like the choreography is just filler for the jumps. Instead of being a great routine with the great jumps. The choreography just seems like a means to the ends (jumps) now.

@MononokeLynn 2 жыл бұрын

True. They need to have more emphasis on the artistic merit, as I’m tired of “who’s going to have the most jumps” versus “who is telling the best story”. It’s quads today, but who will be the next one to do jump with five rotations.

@leaflover3497 2 жыл бұрын

I agree totally. I used to love watching her. She was so graceful and beautiful skating. This last Olympics was horrible with those Russian girls doing nothing but jumps.

@vitorhugosantana7053 2 жыл бұрын

Lol, back then being “artistic” meant being American. Now skaters are judged like other sports people, there’s less subjectivity. No American has won since they started using the fair scoring system.

@TT-ee4qp 2 жыл бұрын

@@vitorhugosantana7053 Actually, the little Russian girls got hurt by the jumps and retired one by one. No one of the Russian girls had chance to be a truly woman style like Michelle Kwan, Peggy, Lu Chen or Yuna Kim.

@classicalmusicwithatwist3295 6 жыл бұрын

I love her attitude.. even if she fell she continued as if she didn't. Her skating is so peaceful and beautiful to watch.

@valmacclinchy 3 жыл бұрын

She told the story on ice so beautifully, and the fall actually seemed to align with the tragic lyrics. So much pain. What a skater...wow...

@annestep6741 2 жыл бұрын

they all do that

@TT-ee4qp 2 жыл бұрын

@@annestep6741 But not everyone have peace after fell.

@GorgieClarissa Жыл бұрын

@@TT-ee4qp you don't know if she has peace... it's performance. and many skaters bounce bake up and continue as if they didn't

@TT-ee4qp Жыл бұрын

@@GorgieClarissa Peggy Fleming said : Michelle Kwan is special. She teaches people how to win and how to lose. When she came back to win the 2003 World championship, she wrote herself in the book.

@edwardallenmiranda8586 5 жыл бұрын

There is just something about her...she skates from the heart... You feel her. No comparison... She will always be the best skater to me.

@stannnleee3440 2 жыл бұрын

....there was a flatness and emptiness to her skating towards her latter years, and judges were only rewarding her high scores because of her reputation. The Olympics always showcased her weakness and her nerves and insecurity.

@naimaboukhouf7357 4 ай бұрын

❤🎉🎉 She was my favorite Her elegance, hiw she us spreading happiness and her technique were stunning

@jennasweeney7370 2 жыл бұрын

She doesn't just do the moves, she does them with such a high level of emotion that adds to her routine and makes it so much more beautiful

@peggynulsen1365 2 жыл бұрын

No American skater has skated with such grace as Ms. Kwan. Unmatched artistry. Boitano, Kwan......I miss them.

@siribaimusic 6 жыл бұрын

I miss those long spirals of the old scoring system. Now they just do spirals for like half a second between tricks.

@CTyankee71 6 жыл бұрын

My feelings exactly! I was watching the women's singles last night, and said to my mom "I miss the Michelle Kwan 'Glide'". She seemed to get around half the rink and it was glorious!

@user-hm6mb1wu5b 6 жыл бұрын

it's because the rule has been changed

@reynamainz 5 жыл бұрын

can i just talk about how graceful that fall was and how she kept her smile and acted as if nothing happened,, seriously that fall looked like it was part of the routine

@capadeswill 6 жыл бұрын

Michelle Kwan is a gift to skating. Skaters fall. Even the best. Disciplined training, practice and love for the sport gives skaters the poise and self confidence to get up and keep skating.

@janetromani8721 2 жыл бұрын

Someone teach her and the other skaters and she show other people skating and learned from them and she is injured she never got a gold medal in the olympics

@iambetakaroten 6 ай бұрын

Every skater gets up, smiles and keeps going it’s literally their job

@loralenea6243 5 ай бұрын

Yes but nobody does ot like Michelle

@tochie-ugorji2021 Жыл бұрын

What an emotional performance! Michelle Kwan perfectly embodies the emotional aspect of figure skating.

@yazhao 2 жыл бұрын

Using this to remember why I love figure skating after the crazy olympic ladies event. Maybe the simple pleasure of enjoying each program that I love is enough.

@wendysmith8365 8 ай бұрын

Wow! How I used to enjoy ice skating on tv! If I were not at home to watch it, I would program the tv to record it, so I wouldn't miss the wonderful .programs. I haven't watched it in almost ,20 years now since jumping became more important than the wonderful artistry that skaters such as Michelle Kwan demonstrated. How I miss her and others from that era!!!

@nangmanitne 6 жыл бұрын

She was Yuna's idol. Yuna's program Les Miserables(2013) was influenced by Michelle's. Even though it was almost 20 years ago, she is graceful and bright. She still enjoys skating.

6 жыл бұрын

30? It was 15 yrs ago in 2013

@taraebrahimpour9583 6 жыл бұрын

Bruh 1998 was 19 years ago...

@nangmanitne 6 жыл бұрын

I wanted to say 20 years ago! It's just a mistake. :D

@aracelichely2954 5 жыл бұрын

That hurt me, because Michelle knew it (that she was Yuna's idol) and still she said that Adelina's won "fair and square" in Sochi 2014, that really crushed my heart...

@daraxiong19 5 жыл бұрын

@@aracelichely2954 where? Because all I've seen from Kwan, was nothing but praise for Yuna's performance.

@omayragonzalez3602 Жыл бұрын

I missed Michelle. I went to see her skate at Madison square garden and she skated flawless ⛸🩰

@wendysmith8365 2 жыл бұрын

The most beautifu, talented ice skater ever! She will ALWAYS be my favorite skater! Plus, she is a beautiful, unspoiled young woman.

@ClaireSophieChun 6 жыл бұрын

goosebumps... there is something so special about her.... something that other skaters lack... we have wonderful young Russians and Japanese girls but Michelle has something so authentic and genuine about her skating... something that is not rehearsed or performed

@jaimechen9615 6 жыл бұрын

Claire Chun i

@tennisgeek100 6 жыл бұрын

Thank you. I do believe that to. It’s raw and honest.

@mariaespinoza6358 6 жыл бұрын

💍😇🌸

@aleciabjorlie3103 6 жыл бұрын

Claire Chun ... I agree... I love watching her skate.

@rajs7876 2 жыл бұрын

Mao had the gift too

@123samanthastar 2 жыл бұрын

She’s a real life Disney princess

@asa3409 7 жыл бұрын

She'll always be my favorite.

@kyonhou 4 жыл бұрын

The way that she keeps going even when she fell is so ....... amazing. I got goosebumps on that part

@Indiansareallpajeets Жыл бұрын

Michelle Kwan is a real angel and legend❤❤❤

@Nymeria0 6 жыл бұрын

I miss Michelle Kwan and her beautiful performance. My favorite was her long one leg extension glide around the rink. Michelle Kwan always perform that to perfection. So many of the recent skaters only focus on the number of jumps and difficulties of the jumps, I still love figure skating just really miss the time when skaters focus more on the art and musicality of skate. I guess it is hard to do both.

@makeupboss3568 2 жыл бұрын

She is a amazing. Such a beautiful piece of music to skate to. I saw that it was from Les Mis and I had to see it. Very soothing , peaceful and gentle. She’s got grace and athleticism… and it’s a perfect mix .

@BuriedandFaint 6 жыл бұрын

The only way this would've been better is with Lea Salonga's version of On My Own

@snopesshop1903 6 жыл бұрын

BuriedandFaint yeah this is a bad version

@caligal1090 5 жыл бұрын

Hahaha right?!?! The ONLY correct version of this song is lea salongas version...ive heard this version before and i hate it

@caligal1090 5 жыл бұрын

It lowkey sounds like gwen stefani ahahahah

@johnyvanrhedcastro2203 3 жыл бұрын

@@caligal1090 OMG LOOOOOOOOOOOOL

@hieuscottle2494 2 жыл бұрын

This version sounds so much better to me. I usually love Lea Salonga but I feel like Salonga's version is too fast and breezy to have any emotional impact.

@tancIan1 2 жыл бұрын

Kwan was and and will always be the goat

@gazhartford 7 жыл бұрын

This skate was from the concluding night "gala" - when all the medalists get to perform an encore, often with a score that included singing (singing was not allowed during competitive short and long programs). It would be nice to see Johnny Weir's gala performance again, too. Thank you Olympic Channel!

@dogwaterz0 7 жыл бұрын

I get a very Disney vibe from this

@sallylemon5835 5 жыл бұрын

idk. isnt michelle kwan the girl who always play Mulan for disney on ice? that kinda recall my memory somewhere

@davidstock2713 2 жыл бұрын

My grandmother thought Michelle was magical, gracefull and beyond, best that ever lived within skating. She would place all other show choices as secondary, when michelle was displaying her professionalism. Not easy to impress seniors that have seen many skaters, century's over throughout many olympic durations. But Michelle impressed her like no tomowrow. Out of 80-years olympic debuts, Michelle was her top favorite skater.

@roostercogburn6469 6 жыл бұрын

Yuna is superb, but Michelle is angelic on top of superb, she is so poised, graceful and mesmerizing. She is different, I mean they all have their differences, but Michelle's is.... Flawless

@aracelichely2954 5 жыл бұрын

Yuna is also all those things, the most I see Yuna the more I think she is so unique, and to come from a unknown country in this sport and do what she did is truly remarkable. I respect Michelle, but for me Yuna is the GOAT :)

@AudenimLock 7 ай бұрын

I really feels like the artistry is gone these days :( Michelle was breathtaking on the ice.

@donjoevillacorta2790 4 жыл бұрын

I start crying when the song comes on and i start balling when she lands her first jump.

@nomiddlenamenmn427 2 жыл бұрын

Michelle is a gift. Elegant and classically beautiful figure skating legend. Joy to her.

@Curtis45100 6 жыл бұрын

For sure one of the more graceful skaters of all time......Love Michelle's style!

@beedeegee9374 3 жыл бұрын

In my mind, she won the gold. No one will ever surpass her accomplishments.

@lyssamora 3 жыл бұрын

Caddied for her once. She was super sweet and really wanted to know about what I was doing with school and my future plans.

@man-observing-world Жыл бұрын

The first time I saw her perform on tv as a kid, I was in a trans. Eternally Mesmerizing Performer.

@ashlabelle 6 жыл бұрын

Even though she fell, she has grace I've not seen in anyone else. She moves so naturally like she isn't trying.

@tinenablonde 7 жыл бұрын

She stole my heart she is beutiful ❤

@lidiavogel6781 6 жыл бұрын

Daniwis uw

@rpwang4640 10 ай бұрын

Wow this is one of the games I watched with my Dad many years ago!

@natalieitliongfechter6073 11 ай бұрын

Just love her. So graceful and as a kid watching someone who looked like her was such an inspiration ❤

@lindasturm699 5 жыл бұрын

She will always my very favorite skater of all time.

@angiemaniaciskatingfan723 3 жыл бұрын

The GOAT even without an Olympic gold medal.

@mckayla11012 6 ай бұрын

She was my absolute favorite

@sherishields5114 9 ай бұрын

Agreed she is simply the best!!

@ogravity804 2 жыл бұрын

Her skating is awesome and she is a star skater

@xqrsnagin Жыл бұрын

I wish I was Michelle kwan that will be super fun

@annehancock6734 Жыл бұрын

Yes her and Sasha Cohen and Yuna were both pure grace and beauty on ice.

@lisaehrnsberger8915 6 жыл бұрын

She skates with passion that was beautiful love her and the sport

@sjxoskxiaocis 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you. Thanks to you, Kim Yu-na started figure skating and made Korea the best player in history! You are role model forever for yu na Kim

@michellepitre2603 2 жыл бұрын

See yunakim

@iriselba3027 4 жыл бұрын

She's an angel

@JR-jn5ms 6 жыл бұрын

Michelle Kwan is Yuna Kim's idol. Therefore their performances are so similar and also amazing. Michelle and Yuna are my favorite single skaters.

@aracelichely2954 5 жыл бұрын

That hurt me, because Michelle knew that and still she said that Adelina's won "fair and square" in Sochi 2014, it really crushes my heart...

@jamstreet008 5 жыл бұрын

@@aracelichely2954 Yup. I think there were many people who betrayed Yuna in Sochi 2014 with their comment. Michelle and Yuna are my favorite. They great athlete not because of the medal they got, but because their hard work and live stories can inspired young kids to pursuing their dreams. While Adelina's live after Sochi 2014 was followed by 'scandal' and 'cheating' words every time people google her name. No matter how people defending her, people can see who is the true champ.

@aracelichely2954 5 жыл бұрын

@@jamstreet008 I know, and that makes me happy because Yuna truly deserves all the recognition even if the judges in Russia took a once in a lifetime opportunity from her, but sometimes life is so unfair :(

@evelynbarrios9066 6 жыл бұрын

She's my favorite figure skaker of all time the best of any lady today ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤she should have won the gold medal jugdes were blind in my heart u are an Olympic gold medales for ever

@rajs7876 2 жыл бұрын

Came down to skate order imho

@merbish7962 3 жыл бұрын

Is it weird that the fall kind of fit with the routine? She handled it so well

@lindamcgorman7515 2 жыл бұрын

My all time favorite! I know the girls today do things that Michelle couldn’t do, but they also lack her style and grace. She was mesmerizing on the ice, just beautiful!!!

@somebody2116 5 жыл бұрын

I really love her costume

@karenjoycecorpuz5324 6 жыл бұрын

My all time favorite figure skater ❤️

@angiemaniaciskatingfan723 6 жыл бұрын

The real 1998 Olympic gold medalist.

@adeade6027 2 жыл бұрын

She is a princess

@CoCoNuTsiopatHic 7 жыл бұрын

Forever the Kween. :)

@preciousfox4740 3 жыл бұрын

It surprises me that no one has done a routine to Stars by Philip Glast, that would be so pretty!!

@naivebean5592 7 жыл бұрын

Such an inspiration!

@lindseysmalley1856 Жыл бұрын

Wish Lea Salonga’s version had already been out. Would’ve loved to see her skate that one😢

@patrickjohnson7401 Жыл бұрын

I like coriographing music to skateboarding after editing, hence my respect and curiosity for ice skaters skating to theyre toons simultaniously. B

@amymeyer6096 2 жыл бұрын

Wow 😍

@saragenovese7 Жыл бұрын

I'm not the biggest fan of 90s skating, but this is gorgeous 💖

@tarachristine5727 6 жыл бұрын

she recovered so well. if you look at her you'd never even realized she fell if you hadn't seen it with ur own eyes

@Hogang_10000 2 жыл бұрын

best performance ever

@NORIKO-py9rf Жыл бұрын

当時、リアルタイムでビデオに録画し、何度も何度も観てました。私が、スケートにハマったきっかけは、ミシェルクワン選手の演技に魅せられたからです。25年経ってもこのエキシビジョンは私の中でNo.1です。

@starlightpancake 5 ай бұрын

I really miss the 90s

@rosea1021 3 жыл бұрын

The most graceful & swan like figure skater!

@luzesquivel6010 2 жыл бұрын

She was so graceful and..adorable.

@laurenxoxo9739 7 жыл бұрын

I ❤️ the Olympics.there so fascinating

@TheStarflight41 2 жыл бұрын

. So feminine, graceful, and fluid.. keep your quads

@22.7a5 6 жыл бұрын

I love the musical les miserable

@Sbc-hk8tm 5 жыл бұрын

Legend.

@KaylaMarie_ 6 жыл бұрын

She was my fave back in the 90s.

@rozemarijn9607 7 жыл бұрын

I love figure skating. It looks so graceful. Love this performance too. It's a shame that's she fell, but the rest was great. What place did she get.

@fabianyiu2970 7 жыл бұрын

She got Silver according to Wikipedia : en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Figure_skating_at_the_1998_Winter_Olympics

@CoCoNuTsiopatHic 7 жыл бұрын

Rozemarijn This was her exhibition performance. It didn't count toward her result because it took place afterward.

@just_d795 6 жыл бұрын

It’s a exhibition after the competition

@jennawittig4313 6 жыл бұрын

I hope to become that good at figure skating

@electrictroy2010 6 жыл бұрын

This is just the post-competition exhibition which means it is not being scored .

@ogravity804 2 жыл бұрын

I like her skating and she is so talented.

@conniemaheswaren554 6 жыл бұрын

I watch this performance every day I absolutely love her

@tyronebranch2946 6 жыл бұрын

My favorite athlete

@francis484 5 жыл бұрын

this is stunning

@lexas9922 2 жыл бұрын

Блин, как же это прекрасно, девушки на льду, и что сейчас, подростки акробаты клоны от Тутбиридзе (( Сколько женственности, какая эмоциональность, какая грация, это всё реально осталось в прошлой жизни, теперь соревнования кто выше прыгнет (

@alexisthomas6037 6 жыл бұрын

She will always be one of my favorites.

@donnagonzales9249 6 жыл бұрын

I will always love Michelle Kwan!

@nameno1723 5 жыл бұрын

Ｉlove Michelle Kwan of Spiral！😍 I love Michaelle Kwan!!!! I'm Japanese, so I am not good at English. I used Google Translate. I heard from the fans of Mao Asada that spiral raised his feet slowly and it is very important and it is very difficult to slide. That's why Michelle Kwan 's and Shizuka' s and Yuna 's Spiral have low difficulty and poor, she said. Is this true!? I do not believe it!!! Ｉf you'd kindly teach me.

@Qacc6 4 жыл бұрын

The OG of whole-bodied, lyrical, genuine expression in modern-day figure skating. This should have far more views than the vaudevillian and clunky Virtue/Moir.

@ava-jg6tf 2 жыл бұрын

and she did it all with her hair down

@caseylee1866 6 жыл бұрын

I love her signature moves

@tobyhavik5 5 жыл бұрын

The Best!

@binklebabe4725 6 жыл бұрын

Just lovely. She'll always be a personal favorite.

@dennisartica146 7 жыл бұрын

HERMOSO

@olivia6530 5 жыл бұрын

So beautiful

@neokokomoga2533 2 жыл бұрын

So beautiful 💕😍

@Mmmtruk 2 жыл бұрын

THE FALL WAS PART OF THE PRPGRAM

@hightoweratlanta 7 жыл бұрын

Olympic can you add the basketball semifinal between USA and Lithuania from Sydney 2000?

@andreastenzel1191 6 жыл бұрын

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@andreastenzel1191 6 жыл бұрын

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@luciasedazzari5740 5 жыл бұрын

Proprio un libellula del pattinaggio artistico!!!!!!!!!!!

@Wolfsky9 6 жыл бұрын

Michelle & Kristy : my 2 all-time favorites. Beauty, class, & skill, all together. -----------------WolfSky9

@binklebabe4725 6 жыл бұрын

Someday I'm going to write a book called "Even the Skater Falls," about how hard we all are on ourselves. We are all so beautiful in our own ways.

@carlohermocilla1939 2 жыл бұрын

Every sporting legend has a missiing piece in his collection. Khorkina won all the big titles in gymnastics but the olympic all- around gold. Ditto for Novak Djokovic and Roger Federer for singles. Hingis never won a French Open singless. Michelle Kwan tried twice but ended up with silver and gold. In each Olympic outing, she experienced uncharacteristic mistake that cost her the coveted gold.

@rottengirl7852 6 жыл бұрын

She's so young here- she looks like an angel on the ice. :')

@luvvinlovelock7254 6 жыл бұрын

Hey Michelle! !!!

@evelynbarrios9066 6 жыл бұрын

One time dhe skated i forgot wen was it but it rain hearts i mean all over the skating ring hundreds maybe even thousands it was heart felt but it took like 20 mims too clean the place up. Wr still love you MQ