Iam sick of hearing about Michelle Kwan

[prontospyder]

<< << Kwan:
4 time world champion
6 time us national champion
silver medalist at nagano

this is why she is always the favorite. >> >>




<<I just saw a headline of "KWAN GETS BRONZE, hughes gets gold. Is it just me or is there something wrong with that?>>

When she lost to Lipinski in Nagano, this was MSNBC's headline: "American beats Kwan."

Now which one is worse?

 

[prontospyder]

<<Back to Kwan. Do you think she is more upset because she lost the gold medal, or the endorsments that come with it? >>

She already make 8 figures a year from endorsements. Winning the gold medal is the ultimate prize....I'm sure she'll give up all the endorsements for another shot at the gold.

 

[Juniper]

Kwan only does the easy moves. There are many types of jumps, and Kwan does the easiest one for the vast majority of her jumps. Everyone agrees that Kwans program was the easiest of the medal contenders


Kwan was aiming to impress the judges with her artistic side, not her jumping skills. Guess that did not work...



<<Back to Kwan. Do you think she is more upset because she lost the gold medal, or the endorsments that come with it? >>

She already make 8 figures a year from endorsements. Winning the gold medal is the ultimate prize....I'm sure she'll give up all the endorsements for another shot at the gold.

Winning gold? Kwan is getting older and Hughes has established herself. This is gonna be harder.

 

[Capn]

"I think it's been proven over and over during these games that the media is biased towards Americans, especially the popular ones, the well-known names on the American Olympic team. I was actually surprised last night when NBC showed the full performances of all of the skaters in the last couple of flights during the broadcast instead of skipping past the non-Americans and showing some lame-ass segment about how hard Kwan had trained and her coach situation and blah blah blah....they did just that with the short program. And have you noticed that when there's an American on the medal stand the camers zooms in on them the whole medals ceremony instead of showing the gold medalist? Even worse, when those two women won gold and bronze in the speed skating thing they announced both their names and never even mentioned the silver medalist....during te medals ceremony they zoomed in on the two of them the whole time, avoiding the other woman.....it just makes me mad they can't report the Olympics without telling us how great the Americans are, even of they totally suck compared to the people who are winning."


It's the american media, we're interested in Americans. It's not that difficult to figure out. Very few people have any interest in seeing skater X from uzbekistan who has no hope of medaling.

 

[shurato]

of course it didnt work fool, her technical scores were terrible cuz she completely wiped out on one jump.

 

[Pastfinder]

I agree. She didn't win gold, life goes on. Sorry, the favorite doesn't always win the top prize. More power to Huges in my opinion.

 

[Bluga]

<< Kwan:
4 time world champion
6 time us national champion
silver medalist at nagano

this is why she is always the favorite.
: >>

 

[Croton]

I was sad that Kwan lost.

 

[gopunk]

<< I'm glad she didn't win. She sounded like a stuck up bitch when they interviewed her. She said that she "expected" to get the gold. STFU you whiny little twit, be glad you got a medal at all you ungrateful little runt!:| >>



wtf? i think most people have expectations, it just so happens that her's are higher than most other peoples. i don't understand that stigma having expectations seems to carry around here.

 

I was glad she did not get the gold, for I was scared the noise the media and people were making would cloud the judgment of or pressure the judges.

I do not think she's deserving of the gold at all. She's far from the hype the media gives her.

Get it straight folks: She is not a beautiful lady. In fact, she's ugly. The best I ever saw of her that looked good was when she had a low hair cut. Other than that, she's ugly . . . something about her: She has this dirty look . . . no matter how much I try to look past it, she just looks unclean and the make up she applies makes it look worse. She looks unkempt; and she walks like a man when she's on those skating shoes.

 

[gopunk]

Get it straight folks: She is not a beautiful lady.

you sound like you're trying to convince people... do you really think anybody who thinks she's attractive will read what you just wrote and go "oh my gosh, you're right, she's ugly"? it's a matter of personal taste for god's sake.

 

[StormRider]

<< She has this dirty look . . . no matter how much I try to look past it, she just looks unclean and the make up she applies makes it look worse. >>



She's Chinese -- our skin looks a little different but that doesn't mean we are dirty.

 

Go Punk, I do not think so, but I did not at any time tell you I thought so.

"She's Chinese -- our skin looks a little different but that doesn't mean we are dirty."

Not true at all. I have Chinese friends and they look neat. Michelle is just suffering from what at least one person of every race suffers from: unkempt appearance. There's no mystery to unravel there.

 

[Shantanu]

It's because of all the Chinese/Japanese/Korean people in the U.S. If the Winter Olympics aren't "All Oriental-American Figure Skaters, All The Time!", then America is a racist country. Oh yeah, and if you seriously think that Sarah Hughes won then you are racist, because everyone knows the judges are prejudiced against Chinese people.



<< Friday, February 22, 2002 12:18 PM



I think it's been proven over and over during these games that the media is biased towards Americans, especially the popular ones, the well-known names on the American Olympic team. I was actually surprised last night when NBC showed the full performances of all of the skaters in the last couple of flights during the broadcast instead of skipping past the non-Americans and showing some lame-ass segment about how hard Kwan had trained and her coach situation and blah blah blah....they did just that with the short program. And have you noticed that when there's an American on the medal stand the camers zooms in on them the whole medals ceremony instead of showing the gold medalist? Even worse, when those two women won gold and bronze in the speed skating thing they announced both their names and never even mentioned the silver medalist....during te medals ceremony they zoomed in on the two of them the whole time, avoiding the other woman.....it just makes me mad they can't report the Olympics without telling us how great the Americans are, even of they totally suck compared to the people who are winning. >>



Yeah, no sh|t Sherlock. And if you watch an English/Canadian/German/whatever broadcast of any country that can afford to send their own reporters to the Olympics, the you will notice a focus on those respective countries' athletes as well. It's not "bias", it's called "giving the viewers what they want to see". You can't fit hours worth of athletics into 3 and a half hours; I doubt anyone in the U.S. gives a sh|t about how the Barbados national team did in Curling.

 

[Descartes]

<< Get it straight folks: She is not a beautiful lady. In fact, she's ugly. >>



How nice for you to be able to pass judgement on others.

 

[prontospyder]

<<It's because of all the Chinese/Japanese/Korean people in the U.S. If the Winter Olympics aren't "All Oriental-American Figure Skaters, All The Time!", then America is a racist country. Oh yeah, and if you seriously think that Sarah Hughes won then you are racist, because everyone knows the judges are prejudiced against Chinese people.>>

Wrong sport, wrong country. It's the Koreans that are calling the Americans racists because Ohno won in speedskating. I don't recall Asian-Americans here in the US threatening a lawsuit against the judges/IOC because of Kwan losing.

 

[gopunk]

<< It's because of all the Chinese/Japanese/Korean people in the U.S. If the Winter Olympics aren't "All Oriental-American Figure Skaters, All The Time!", then America is a racist country. Oh yeah, and if you seriously think that Sarah Hughes won then you are racist, because everyone knows the judges are prejudiced against Chinese people. >>



WTF are you smoking?! the asian community is one of the LEAST vocal minority groups in the u.s. blacks, hispanics, jews, women, indians, etc. just about any group is more vocal than the asians, so stfu.

 

[Croton]

The reason why there is not going to be a threat of lawsuit against eht IOC on behalf of Kwan is because she did not deserve to win gold. hughes did.

 

[swayinOtis]

if they skated in the nude i would watch it. i think that would be neat.

 

[PlatinumGold]

this happens every olympics. there is always the sense that the older athletes (kwan at 22 is pretty much at the end of her olympic ice skating career) is a sentimental favorite to win it because she'll never get another chance. hughes on the other hand will be back next olympics and in my opinion has a very good shot at winning again.

 

[weezergirl]

<< I dont get all the hype surrounding Michelle Kwan. Why is she the favorite all the time? I just saw a headline of "KWAN GETS BRONZE, hughes gets gold. Is it just me or is there something wrong with that?

I have never heard of Hughes, she must be a better skater than Kwan. I just think its sad that Miss Hughes won a gold medal at the olympics but some of its luster is taken away by headlines like i just posted.

I say get over it Kwan isnt as good as people think. She got a silver in Nagano and a bronze in Salt Lake. she isnt gold medal material. >>



LOL. this thread is "recockulous". Kwan is not "as good as people think"?!?! look at the facts. how does someone who is "not that good" win every other skating competition in the world including silver and bronze at the olympics? i agree she didn't deserve gold because of her performance last night but out of all of the competitors she was most capable of getting it. so she screwed up, people who are great don't always perform perfectly everytime. haven't *u* ever made a mistake before? and in my opinion, out of the majority of her performances (and i've seen most of them) she skates nearly flawlessly.

and u know half of the responses in this thread are coming from people who have never seen her skate except for at the olympics or pepole who are just judging on her "dirty" looks. LOL, give me a break. she doesn't deserve gold medal cuz she's ugly.

 

[swayinOtis]

my mom told me about michelle kwan's fancy designer outfit. she said it cost $50,000. what kind of sh*t is that? who pays fiddy Gs for a stinking outfit? i called my mom a liar but she swore up and down. she said her designer was vera wang. michelle sounds like a true prima donna if she has to wear some bullsh*t like that.

 

[gopunk]

<< my mom told me about michelle kwan's fancy designer outfit. she said it cost $50,000. what kind of sh*t is that? who pays fiddy Gs for a stinking outfit? i called my mom a liar but she swore up and down. she said her designer was vera wang. michelle sounds like a true prima donna if she has to wear some bullsh*t like that. >>



what the hell does this have to do with anything? why do you even care how much her outfit costs? if she wants to spend that much money, that's her own thing... and it doesn't mean she's a prima donna.

it's odd, how people get upset when other people spend a lot of money.

 

[Electric Amish]

<< I'm kinda tired of hearing about figure skating in general

>>



YES!!

Guys, if you EVER find a woman that says this NEVER let her go!!

My wife said the same thing!

amish

 

[swayinOtis]

<< what the hell does this have to do with anything? why do you even care how much her outfit costs? if she wants to spend that much money, that's her own thing... and it doesn't mean she's a prima donna.

it's odd, how people get upset when other people spend a lot of money. >>



no, spending 50 grand a stinking dress that you will wear one time is odd. actually, it's stupid to most people, a waste of money. i don't care if it is her money. it speaks of her silly character. the olympics used to be about amateurs. i think when some "star" comes in wearing a $50,000 dress she deserves the labels that she gets.