Hamilton, Ontario, CANADA - 1996/1997 Champions Series Final, Figure Skating, Ladies' Free Skate - Michelle Kwan of the United States continued to struggle with her Free Skate, placing 2nd here. She would move up from 3rd to 2nd Place overall.
Very generous marks. 4th place was the right result for her here. The only judges who scored her accurately were Azerbajan and Russia. 5.8s for technical and 5.9s for artistic for a program with 2 or 3 major errors. What crap reputation judging. The judging was all wrong here. Maria skated better than not only Michelle but Irina as well and was placed only 4th. Fair results were:
Great comeback considering what happend at US Nationals. Once she re- discovered her love for the sport and her competitve spirit, Michelle showed to us what she is made of.. But had she not, I would probably not have discovered this sport. Thank you, Michelle! :)
@callasalive True. Although the other judges gave much lower marks so that judge was just an outlier.
russianskatingfan 1 month ago
@WickedProductions100 Very true. Even more horrible too.
russianskatingfan 3 months ago
@russianskatingfan The judging was even more subjective than it is now.
WickedProductions100 3 months ago
Very generous marks. 4th place was the right result for her here. The only judges who scored her accurately were Azerbajan and Russia. 5.8s for technical and 5.9s for artistic for a program with 2 or 3 major errors. What crap reputation judging. The judging was all wrong here. Maria skated better than not only Michelle but Irina as well and was placed only 4th. Fair results were:
1. Tara or Maria
3. Irina
4. Michelle
russianskatingfan 4 months ago
Great comeback considering what happend at US Nationals. Once she re- discovered her love for the sport and her competitve spirit, Michelle showed to us what she is made of.. But had she not, I would probably not have discovered this sport. Thank you, Michelle! :)
TeamKween2010 5 months ago
Takes amazing mental control to recover after mistakes the way she did here and other times. Thanks for putting this up!
Dylvente 5 months ago