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She didn't choke twice
Hey King, I remember watching the 1998 Olympics and thinking that Michelle had WON until Tara skated. She did not choke. It was only compared to cute little Tara's exuberance that she came up short. She completed one of the most difficult programs ever done at the Olympics (on a stress fracture in the toe that you need to do the pick jumps) and I remember the commentators having to explain to the audience why she had lost. Maybe she did choke in 2002 but even so, she didn't quite have the level of difficulty of Slutskaya and Hughes and either needed Slutskaya to screw up or for the judges to prop her up based on her vaunted "artistry." At that time, also, she wasn't really skating full time anymore.