2002 Nationals - Ladies Short & Free Skate & Pairs Free Skate 

Even she fell at the 2002 Olympics, her performance still worth to WOW.

Michelle's grace, confidence, posture and how she is so tuned in to her music makes her the very best skater in American history. I have missed her perfection and love for the ice. No one will ever be her equal.

Indeed, this is the elite, the best of the best, multiplel world champions multiple Olympians, Olympic champions and the goat' mk' , in a national competition, oh how times have changed.

@@jrewing2383 Indeed. Back then , The U.S. can send 6 or 7 girls at World's or the Olympics and R guaranteed to medal, now one would be lucky to reach the podium 🙄..

Edward A. And Tara at 14

@@jjh2456 Yup. And Kimmie won a World title at 16.

@@theprinceoftides6836 Kimmie wasn’t quite on the same level as the other two though. She was in the right place at the right time!

I agree. I no longer watch injured little girls’ figure skating. The cheating on jumps, mass production of robotic skaters, etc., no longer interest me.

@@nomiddlenamenmn427 Sour grapes because the Americans are no longer winning?

● HER book was good

What is it about?

@@ElReyCondoy It's an inspirational autobiography by Mk

@@trytobenice7234 I might have to check it out!

There is no reason to defend or justify antisemitism. People’s backgrounds and beliefs should not be anyone else’s business.

Sarah was never going to really challenge Michelle on the artistic mark in the way that Sasha could. She also skated a bit slowly. In the end it was Sarah’s consistency that got her that gold medal as Kwan, Cohen, and Irina all had major mistakes at the olympics. Sarah couldn’t really beat those three, but she was always there waiting in case one of them made a mistake.

She was always destined for the spotlight ever since she burst on to the scene as a tiny 12 years old in her first senior Nationals in 1993, and for the next decade and a half she dominated the sport like no other, hell for 12 years she was the sport.

Why ironic?

Ironic? He won gold and she didn't! So?🤔🤔

@@waynehentley4332 maybe cuz of the coach and choreographer she dropped

What?😂😂😂

@@waynehentley4332 I not going to argue with you Qweens. Y'all sissies always wanna tussle.

@@waynehentley4332 It might be true. All she needed to do was defeat Slutskaya, who had a flawed and uninspired performance. She didn’t need to beat Sarah Hughes, since Michelle was in first place and Sarah in fourth after the short program.

Rubbish!!

Thank goodness you weren’t a judge!!!

How come?

@@waynehentley4332 Not surprised. Why should be ?

@ D H I know, but her goal in life was to be an Olympic Champion. She dedicated her life to winning and I remember the look on her father’s face when the line of 5.8 came up for Technical Merit. “Lyra Angelica” was her signature FS, and I know that she appeared on the talk program the next morning and said that she was honored to be representing the USA. Tara Lipinski and Sarah Hughes got the golds the two times that Michelle competed in the Olympics.

@@sandih29687 sanding, her overall achievement have surpassed the Olympic gold, she has become bigger than the Olympic, the most beautiful not to mention the decorated skater in history.

Why?

@@waynehentley4332 Because Michelle didn't get the Olympics gold that she totally deserved. At 1998 Tara won with a incorrect 3+3, Michelle was robbed. At 2002 Michelle fell unfortunately, and Sarah just did a good job to win.

@@TT-ee4qp Poor Michelle!😥😥😥

I'm not sure I understand. She won the short program at '02 Nationals and Olympics with her masterpiece Rachmaninoff program, and her short program merited 3rd at Worlds with a major mistake in the program. I have watched the '98 and '02 performances several times and not noticed any decline in the quality of the program. Indeed, to the contrary, a better layback spin in her '02 version and a more difficult third spiral position (the catch-foot to the side rather than behind her).

@@Dylvente Remember that skating is a judged sport. A skater's placement could be do to reputation and/or favoritism also. Both the National and the Olympic judges were generous to MK in 02. I was a fan of MK and was rooting for her, but I thought Sasha's SP outshined MK's at both Nationals and SLC. At the Olympic, Michelle clearly slipped on the toe-pick when picking in for the flip and possibly under-rotated the jump when she landed; It was a miracle that she didn't fall in the SP. There was a strong argument for MK's SP to be placed behind either Irina's or Sasha's. The Olympic judges clearly wanted MK to win the gold medal at SLC, but she had an uncharacteristically poor LP (two jump mistakes, slow skating, deer in the headlights). Coupled that poor performance with Sarah's exceptional skate and the Pair judging scandal, and the judges were left with no choice but to judge the ladies's LP more or less accordingly.

@@3l3llala13 All true, I was just responding to the comment that criticized her decision to use this program again. The performance of the program had technical problems at Olympics and probably should have been 2nd or 3rd but her 3rd place finish at the end was not generous (it was fair, though I think Slutskaya was lucky to be awarded 2nd in the long).

Sasha with all the splats at the end of the program. No.

Sasha skated very well but with her flutzes and the hand down at the end, the judges had to put her second to Michelle, who skated flawlessly.

Jose Hill Sasha didn’t have any splats here. What were you watching?

Once Angela fell on her 3L, she obviously gave up!!😢😢

@@jjh2456All the splats? Look again!

vistaprime Michelle did not flutz. That was a very solid outside edge.

No way, not with Sarah’s underrotations.

Also, I don’t know what you were watching, but Angela didn’t have a flutz. She stayed on the outside edge during takeoff. In fact, it’s a pretty clear outside edge. More clear than Michelle’s.

Sarah had an egregious flutz. So did Sasha. The placements here were correct.

What are you saying?🤔🤔🤔

GRomance0804 Michelle was NOT overhyped. She won Worlds five times and skated clean, if tentative, programs at the 1998 Olympics. She just got unlucky that Tara skated out of her boots and landed two triple-triple combos in her lp.

Michelle skated two clean programs in 1998. The result there is still controversial.

Sarah Hughes the best? Maybe she's your relative! She's so lousy skater. She only does jumping so she won. Skating is not just jumping. Your Sarah has no musicality, always skating in a hurry like Tara.

@@evanperilstein5308 Today, many people thought Tara didn't make a correct 3+3 .

@@pinkvelvet3865 Tara had a kid's body and weight, easier to jump. She couldn't stop grow up and everything changed.

snofagun1814 If you’re referring to her flutz, most of them had a flutz back then. In fact, I’d say the only top U.S. lady at the time who had a lutz that took off of a clear outside edge was Angela.

@@evanperilstein5308 you can call it a flutz if you want, but it was a flip. 41:57

@@SonOfAGun1814 It’s a flutz. She very briefly goes to a slight outside edge.

@@SonOfAGun1814 Also no one does a flip without a three-turn immediately preceding it.

@@syrinx114you can do a Mohawk entrance.