My favorite ice skater of all times too!! She had "it" all, talent, heritage of her ballet-gymnast family.her style is unique, combining mostly the graciousness of ballet And the athletism of a gymnast.and so likeable, great personality, great costumes she designed and using mostly classical music!!! in 2000 she took the world by surprise, at 15, her short program, introducing new techniques. She was a pioneer in iceskating and right into the new millenium. . She should have been all gold, unfortunately in the competitions it was her nerves that betrayed her.

@@karennoble4957 Well....new technique ? ....fell?

No. Just going to ignore the poor landings and hand down on the ice? People really wanted her to beat Kwan.

@@PanchoMaldonado-hf6rq And Michelle's artistry and technique were better than Tara, Tara was so unstable.

That's a bit harsh , as a lifelong M.K. fan , I've always appreciated Sasha's quality. She ain't never gonna be Michelle Kwan, nobody is, but I appreciate alotta of Sasha's beauty and uniqueness on ice. I was just glad I was around when 2 of the most beautiful skaters was competing at the same era.

She lost to Michelle Kwan that night because her program was not complete. The problem with Sasha was her always worrying about and obsessing with Michelle's popularity and success instead of concentrating on her own programs. Look at the way she ended her Carmen program--sloppy and incomplete. Even if she had not repeated the jump would have still lost because of the excess moves in her program. Michelle's program was consistant and complete with great flow technique and artistry--That's why she won and received 6.0's in presentation.

DAMON BROWN-DOBBINS what is your evidence that she was ever obsessing about Michelle’s popularity? And with fans Sasha was every bit as popular. Perhaps more so given Michelle’s legendary arrogance.

@@ytyt3922 michelle was never arrogant. thats #1. Number #2 is that Sasha did express angst in a book about Michelle getting more attention. Remember Marshall's 2005, when they tried that american idol voting crap. Anyways, Michelle skated poorly and Sasha did well. But the audience gave Michelle the win. I think she even put it in a book about that experience. Look, Michelle is an icon of he sport. She earned it. She was and is very much beloved.

E Rivera Kwan regularly scoffed and made faces at marks she deemed unworthy, as if she was OWED high marks just for being Michelle Kwan. There’s no denying her greatness but she was also gifted many titles and medals. Sasha should rightly have beaten her at 2000 nationals and she should also have beaten Michelle for the bronze at the 2002 Olympics.

Yeah I thought I saw her do the two triple salchows, one she put the hand down but neither were in combination. I'm sure there was a deduction.

idolfan9495 i think cleanness shouldnt be everything. Sasha did many elements much better in my opinion.

but her spirals, spins, footwork, artistry and posture is superior she should have won, but Kwan always was a favorite for American juries.

Art Ardere Cleaness is everything. Always has been always will be.

@@innerspirit3373 Kwan got really boring and always skated a safe program kwan was so great when she was younger, but got boring and didn't deserve to keep winning. Her edges were always cheated, never had a triple triple and going without a coach..I mean she really thought she was something and knew more than her coach.

@@aspenrobinson8797 really? where did you get all that gossip from? she lutz edges were better than most, she had deep edges while skating as well, and she did plenty of 3-3 in her career...not to mention, she had lots of programs where she skated clean.

Oksana Baiul was better, and Michelle is Queen!

Like Nastia Liukin, she had tremendous flexibility and was sometimes unreliable technically, but was magnificent to watch when she hit.

If only Sasha didn’t fall so much! But that’s the sport. If only they had a competition with just spins and spirals, she would win.

Emily Thompson yeah but Nastia could hold it together when it counted. Sasha could not.

I don't really care how you feel about Kwan, but when you say Cohen was the best, you gotta back it up. Name two long programs that she skated flawlessly in her entire career. Sasha had many remarkable qualities . . . but she had no intestinal fortitude nor the heart of a champion. Her spirals had a high leg extension, but her edges were really shallow.

She won silver

+Incredible Mann i think he meant the triple flip was double footed, not the double toe. He was messing up with his words. He's an old guy. And the triple flip was double footed in that combination

+Dan The triple flip was plain as day NOT double footed. Neither of the jumps in that combination were, and how anyone could mistake them for having been is beyond me.

+Dennis G you are right. i apologize. i didnt see the slow motion at the end of the video.. it really was clean as day. but i do admit it did seem double footed in the program for some reason.

yes! She just had wable in the flip making it not as perfect.

Dick Button loved Sasha's skating. He always championed her great qualities and hoped for her to perform to full potential.

nope

No way.

She wasn't robbed--Michelle was better. Sasha's achilles heal was her excessive moves and lack of completion of her programs. She wanted to be Michelle Kwan and have her popularity, but never quite achieved that feat.

2000 national title should’ve been hers too.

@@ytyt3922 2002 was a clear victory. 2000, it was a coin toss, she wasn't clean either.

@@LORDADONIS35 you are right, she "looks" pretty on the ice, but she was always blah. No facial emotions whatsoever. Michelle did less choreography later on, but the passion she put on the ice is what always gave her the edge. SHe just knew how to perform that's all. Sasha was always more reserved.

Piznoc Tsauo She repeated the salchow outside of a combination. She was deducted on that on the first mark. She was not going to beat Kwan with that.

@@jjh2456 even without that salchow she didn't have enough artistically to pull ahead of Kwan.

Hand down on a jump? No way no how.

I'd listen to Dick and Peggy over Tara and Johnny any day!

That!

Dick is a national treasure in skating. His commentary, while unique only helped to elevate the skaters. He always gave you a point of reference. And called out ugly skating when it was needed. I know I enjoyed his commentary and I'm sure I'm not alone.

Oh goodness, same here!

@@ferdyspears FkN A. With Dick, U get an honest no BS commentary, unlike the vanilla ice boring contrite shite we get nowadays at NBC. With Uncle Dick it's straight as an arrow heart on his sleeves no bs stuff. And I wouldn't have it any other way.

Michelle kwan was a artist, Sasha just had some beautiful posts.