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小公主 发表于 2005-5-28 11:13:00

<DIV class=headline>Kwan Making Another Olympic Bid</DIV>
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May 26, 2005 11:02 pm US/Eastern
NEW YORK (AP) Michelle Kwan came to New York undecided about whether she wanted to try and make her third Olympic team.

After spending one night with 14 other Olympians, sharing stories, dreams and memories, she quickly made up her mind. Kwan said Thursday she wants to compete at the 2006 Games in Turin.

The five-time world champion and nine-time U-S national champion in figure skating has never won an Olympic gold medal, though she got bronze in Salt Lake City and silver in 1998 in Nagano.

"I said after the 2002 Olympics I was going to play it by ear, go with the flow, and it worked for me," said Kwan, in town for the Visa Gold Medal Athlete Summit. "After spending some time with these athletes and coming here to New York, I said, 'This will be a great experience, try it one more time.'"

Kwan, who turns 25 in July, certainly is no stranger to the Olympics. Though she may be considered ancient in her sport, she wants to experience the camaraderie of the international event just one more time.

"I don't think I'm too old to try for another. Coming here, seeing the Olympic rings ... I got chills when the other athletes were talking about their experiences, their triumphs and their struggles."

World Cup overall champion Bode Miller, on the other hand, is still unsure about whether he wants to go to the Olympics. Miller said Thursday he will compete on the World Cup circuit next season, but hasn't made up his mind yet about Turin.

Miller, who became the first American man since 1983 to win the overall World Cup championship, is wrestling with what success in the Olympics would mean for his lifestyle. In Europe, where skiing is popular, Miller is treated like a celebrity.

In the United States, he can walk around unrecognized. That is how Miller always wants it to be.

"It's an ongoing argument in my own mind about why to do it and why not to do it," Miller said. "There's a lot of great things about it. The goal of the Olympics is something that develops incredibly positive lifestyle changes, develops great personality traits. But to actually go to the Olympics doesn't enhance those in any way. It makes things worse."

Miller won two silver medals at the Salt Lake City Games in 2002. Kwan took bronze in Salt Lake City, and silver in 1998 in Nagano. Though the five-time world champion is the most decorated figure skater in U.S. history, with nine national championships, Kwan has never won Olympic gold.

Those questions constantly follow her, though Kwan said her Olympic performances don't define who she is.

"In life, you go through struggles," she said. "Olympics, they don't define me. Medals don't define me. It doesn't matter. I've had some good moments, some bad moments. But it's all about the Olympic spirit and the sport itself."

Kwan is coming off one of her most disappointing performances, finishing fourth at the world championships in Moscow in March. Her first competition under figure skating's new scoring system threw her off, but now Kwan knows what she must do to adjust and get better results.

"I'm always up for a challenge," she said. "I've been brought up on a system with 6.0. This will challenge me. I have to work on certain things, certain movements that have never been in my program. It does test me in a way, how well do you know the sport, how much can you do?"

She is undecided about whether she will compete at any Grand Prix events this year. The U.S. championships are in January, where it is a near virtual lock that Kwan will qualify for the Olympics. The top three women will make the Olympic team, and Kwan has been first or second every year since 1994.

Kwan is eager to show she is better than the fourth-place finish she posted at worlds. Whether she finally gets the gold that has eluded her remains to be seen.

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小公主 发表于 2005-5-28 11:15:00

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Kwan says she wants that feeling of comradarie one more time 
NEW YORK Michelle Kwan says she'll make a bid for one more Olympics.
Speaking in New York today, Kwan said she'll "try it one more time," and is taking aim at February's games in Turin, Italy. 

Kwan turns 25 in July. The five-time world champion and nine-time U-S national champion has never won an Olympic gold medal, though she got bronze in Salt Lake City and silver in 1998 in Nagano.

关颖珊,Michelle kwan,我的女神啊!请您尽快做决定吧!您的决定影响很多人啊.

loooop 发表于 2005-5-28 23:56:00

还没决定是否参加GP SERIES?连SA也没决定参加?希望只是因为训练和编排导致参赛计划还没定?而不是"一如既往"地不愿意参加.关意识到要改进这很好,但我劝她少参加那些只能给她奖金和虚荣的商业比赛,那种比赛更多是广告商和媒体的秀场,而不是她自己所说的向往的"竞赛".而且我一直觉得全美赛这两年已经有了很大的迷惑性,裁判们近乎偏执地给她高分,只要她不摔倒就肯定排在科恩前面.然后真正大赛来临的时候就莫名其妙地出状况.关都连续两年吃亏了.她说要运用经验,真希望她能说到做到.她如果决定来北京,我的北京之行就成了一半了.

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