Kwan bows out of Olympics

[Carthaigh]

N-OS X-tasy! Wrote:
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> What's up with this statement by Peter Ueberroth?
>
> Said USOC chairman Peter Ueberroth: "Michelle Kwan
> means more to the United States Olympic Committee
> than maybe any athlete that has ever performed for
> the U.S. Olympic Committee. is a real loss to the
> United States Olympic Committee, to the United
> States of America and to the world, and she made a
> courageous decision."
>

This is extremely over-the-top. She means more than Jesse Owens? Carl Lewis? Tonya Harding? Just kidding...