Kwan bows out of Olympics

[Grateful11]

I think she did the right thing.

http://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/oly...i-news-hed

[Jimmypoo]

She had oatmeal with Wilford Bremley?

[kanesa]

That's too bad. I don't think she could have won the gold but she sure is pretty to watch. So graceful.

[bangman]

I think she just wanted to be in the athlete's parade once more.

[Pops]

Ho, hum.

The Olympics started?

[N-OS X-tasy!]

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. [Her absence] 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."

[Silencio]

"What's up with this statement by Peter Ueberroth?"

Talk about over the top! That makes me want to see Emily Hughes do well even more.

[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...

[$tevie]

How many times can YOU say "United States Olympic Committee"?

And yes, that statement is way over the top.

[Gutenberg]

Michelle Kwan has a lot of class. After Sarah Hughes won the gold medal at Salt Lake, she had no idea how to mount the podium to receive her medal--she had never stood at the top. Michelle Kwan showed her how to gracefully climb the platform. Don't hold Ueberroth's comments against her--I think Ueberroth was trying--clumsily--so say how much Kwan has meant to American figure skating. She was a great help after the Nancy Kerrigan-Tonya Harding years.