Michelle Kwan - 1994 U.S. Figure Skating Championships, Ladies' Free Skate
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- Опубліковано 31 сер 2010
- Detroit, Michigan, USA - 1994 United States Figure Skating Championships, Ladies' Free Skate - Michelle Kwan placed 2nd in the Free Skate and ended moving up from 3rd to win the Silver Medal here.
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My favorite comment: "We certainly will be hearing a lot more from Michelle Kwan." Little did they know...:)
It's always fun looking back at the beginning of the career of a legend, in any field!
I think her second place finish here and in '95 really pushed her to train hard so that by 1996 there was NO question she would win. She was such a complete skater here that if this program had been clean it would have been a closer race between her and Harding's LP scores.
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Love the sloooow motion shots. Amaaazinng
Elegant and a Teenie, beautiful.⛸️⛸️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️🌹
What perplexes me is why the USFSA didn't award the title to Michelle after stripping Tonya of it; makes no sense to leave it vacant.
Because she didn't earn the title. It would mean shifting everyone that skated into a different placement also, which would affect international rankings. This way, the penalty only affected the one skater and didn't change anyone else's. Simply put, everyone's placement was kept based on how they skated. Tonya still skated best of all the skaters, and no one should be able to take that away from her regardless of her "official title".
@@scottw6704 In other competitions, the other skaters were moved up, the most recent example being Kamila Valieva at the 2022 Beijing Olympics in the individual women's event
Was she a senior skater when she was 12?? Can skaters compete in Nationals as seniors when they are 11 or
12 years old??
She was 13 at her first senior Nationals (1994). I think her birthday is in July. You can compete at the national level at pretty much any age, but you can't compete at the Olympics unless you are 16 by a certain date. That means you can compete at age 15 as long as you will be 16 by the cutoff. They made that rule after Lipinski, iirc. People got upset that she won so young.
@@Karamarika. Thank you for the information. So, why don't skaters try to compete in junior and senior levels like Michelle Kwan to get more experience as elite akaters??
@@arf2847 it depends on the skater and their coaches. They need to think they are ready to handle that level of pressure, attention, and competition. It's a big deal when you are shown on national TV. Some skaters move up to senior nationals early, but then they get sent to junior worlds because they don't qualify by age for senior level ISU competition. They are apparently moving the age qualification up even higher now.
Personally, I don't think that is the best move, especially for the ladies. They tend to peak from 14-18 and men tend to peak later, from about 19-25. Also, skaters have more time to train when they are teens vs when they are in college. I do understand that they are trying to combat these young girls who move up really fast and then fizzle out quickly. But it's also taking away their best opportunity to succeed. It's a tough issue.
No, the changed the rule that you had to be FIFTEEN before a certain date BEFORE Tara won the Olympics. She did not make the cutoff date but she was allowed to compete because she had previously competed at worlds and was “grandfathered in “. Now, for the 2026 skaters will have to be 17 by a certain date in order to compete in the Olympics. They changed this because of the Russians trying to get away with cheating based on their star’s minor age of 15. This year to compete in Worlds skaters had to be 16, and next year it will probably be 17, but certainly by 2026.
@@brynneholt1990 . Yes, but can skaters be 11,12 or more to compete in senior nationals??
a star is born!
Yep!
She's an amazing skater Michelle Kwan I feel bad that she didn't win the gold medal in the Olympics
She didn't need it. Her career and legacy has become bigger than the Olympics.
That she spent time with Oksana warms my heart. They're both such legends.
Man. Even back then she had that genuine honesty and joy about her. She just had something you can't teach... it's innate.
I always get nostalgic when watching this routine. I remember being a really young kid and looking up to her ...had this on a blue VHS that I wore out. such an awesome skater
I remember watching this nationals & just being blown away. People make a huge deal over 15 yr olds (and it is a huge deal because 15 is so young too!), but she was only 13! Yeah she fell & had a double foot landing, but I mean, just the fact that she was even there AND won the silver at 13!
The only other skater I know who's done that is Naomi Nari Nam
@@demisonice What happened to her? Injuries got the better of her!😥😥
There was something missing with the 2018 Olympic Team, so I started watching old video of Michelle ... an exciting and beautiful figure skater who made America beam with pride.
I've been watching some old Kwan stuff and what I have discovered is a lot of people are still bitter at her success even though she hasn't skated in 8 years. lol
It isnt worse than most other stars though. I have seen tons of people dumping on Plushenko, Yagudin, Lysacek, Sale & Pelletier, Duhamel & Radford, Davis & White, amongst others on videos and sites. And the one who has most bitterness about her success by a huge margin, and it was only 1 event, is ADELINA SOTNIKOVA. Kwan doesnt even compare to that level of hatred which still contains death threats and hate mail to this day, and fear of traveling to certain parts of the world.
@@richardross4677 but then Michelle or any other skaters you mentioned, didn't buy their wholly undeserved gold medal, like putin did for sotnikova
@@richardross4677 Are you saying Sotnikova is receiving hate mail and death threats for her win?
Fandom can spark scary feelings in people, especially when their favorites don't win, and for some, that anger never subsides.
@@erika6651 Never? Whose fault is that?
@@waynehentley4332 no one's. People don't choose to have OCD.v
I remember watching this as a young girl and thinking Michelle was awesome. She was only thirteen here and skated better than many of the current U.S. women.
Was Dick the male commentator? I soo miss his commentary. He was my favorite. so honest and funny.
Legend.
I think it's also important to note that we are watching the Gold Medal Spot routine from Michelle Kwan since Tonya Harding was stripped of her title. While Michelle was not awarded the title later she is largely considered the Ladies Champion from 1994 - Which makes her the youngest unofficial ladies champion ever from the only year in figure skating history where a US female champion was not named.
Which would also technically make her a 10 time us champion. That means she also technically broke Maribel Vincent Owen's record of 9 titles.
Yeah I’ve never understood that. If somebody is stripped of the gold (such as drug doping) then everyone else should move up. Michelle Kwan should be promoted silver to gold, and Nicole Bobek, Rlsine Zaysk should also be promoted
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I never got why if Harding was stripped people werent moved up. I think it was a combination of feeling uncomfortable with a 13 year old girl as National Champion, and basically holding the unofficial spot Kerrigan would have taken for her.
@homie0187 Yes I agree! Also it would allow them to bump everyone up. And giving Elaine Zayak a bronze and not just a pewter for the incredible effort for the comeback she made would be fiiting too. Because they refused to move Kwan up as they should, they are also unable to move others up, and that really sucks for Elaine who made such an incredibly unlikely comeback after dealing with years of depression.
@homie0187 I generally like Tonya but she honestly should have just withdrawn from the Olympics gracefully once it came out she was involved in the Kerrigan attack, which would have allowed Kwan to skate. She wouldn't have been a medal contender of course, could have placed top 10 maybe, but the experience of skating at an Olympics already might have even helped her in 98 when she was the favorite. Harding even admited herself she would never have a chance with the judges once it came out people connected to her were part of the whole Kerrigan thing, so she should have just preserved what little dignity she had left by withdrawing rather than threatening a 25 million lawsuit if she pulled her, and saved the Olympics from turning into a ridiculous circus and sideshow. Hilarious this was the one year of reinstated pros and legends returning, and even they were ignored because Harding and Kerrigan charade took up all the news.
EXCELENTE MICHELLE FELICITACIONES
If she hadn't fallen, I think she would have deserved to win.
She had no chance of beating Harding here. Harding actually skated well.
Definitely not. Her jumps while good are nowhere near as good as Harding's, and gangly and weak artistry too. On what planet was she ever outskating Harding even before the fall.
I really don't see how. She was still skating like a junior skater, and that has never helped anyone nationally or internationally as far as competition is concerned. Several coaches had confirmed in different instances that the judges want a LADIES' champion, not a girls' champion. Even without comparing artistry, Harding was miles beyond Kwan technically. Kwan's artistry was still very junior here as well. Potential, absolutely, and I think coming in second here and in '95 really pushed her to train hard as her body matured into adulthood - and so by 1996 she was virtually unstoppable artistically.
Did she pop the triple loop? Hard to tell since the cameras changed mid jump
What is having the mature quality? That an underhand reference to T&A ?
The quality of her skating. As technically clean in her elements as she was, her overall movements were still not polished. Also she didn't have the speed of the top competitors.
do you know what song this is? :)
I believe its "East of Eden" music..she used it later in her career as well...beautiful.
@@ronbowman4437 The program changed many times, Michelle made " East of Edan " became a classic piece in the history.
懐かしいですね。可愛らしい演技。でも、今観ると、ルッツが踏み切りインサイドエッジですね。ルッツ以外は、普通に出来ているかな。
Until her fall, her program was much better than Tonya Hardings. I still wishe she and Kerrigan should have gone to the Olympics. I know it wouldn't have been as "dramatic" but she would have represented America a lot better than Harding who completely flopped.
***** Plus, the Olympics are supposed to be about sport not drama and sensationalism. Michelle definitely should have gone.
Tonya wasnt invited when she was the new young skater in '88, the popular and more grown skaters went, Tonya and Nancy were the top two americans, with kristi being retired, it was just them, after '94 was michelle and other new comers time to shine
plus Tonya skated perfectly, didnt make a mistake, she earned the title and her spot
Based on talent alone, Tonya deserved the spot, she was better than Michelle at 13. The open question is whether the federation should have stripped her of her right to compete based on her involvement in the attack on Nancy. At the time of the decision to let her skate, Tonya had admitted that she knew facts about the attack and failed to report. Also, that despite her denial of being part of the plan, all the coconspirators said she was involved in the planning, and she did have the most to gain from the attack. She threatened to sue them for 10 million if not allowed to compete. They let her compete, but to add more to the question of whether they should have let her is the fact they banned her for life from skating after Tonya plead guilty to hindering prosecution, rather risk trial and likely conviction of being part of the underlying crime.
Ojay88 your comment is stupidity at its finest.
I loved her skating when shematured but she should have been lower. She was not robbed but rather generousl marked. She still seemed juniorish and rather coltis. Not that pretty to watch but she became queen.
Thank god that Michelle came along to stamp out trash like Harding and Bobek.
SHUT UP!!Bobek is NOT trash!!!!!!!!!!Bobek was very Beautiful skater!!!
What skating needs to stamp out is prigs like you.