Michelle has won her 9th World Figure Skating medal in a row and along with that, she broke one more figure skating record. After her wonderful virtually flawless free skate, Michelle received 6, 6.0's for presentation. That brings her up to 50 in major figure skating competitions, the most of any figure skater in the world, man or women. Also, she will probably hold that title and the title as the last figure skater to receive a 6.0, forever. In June 2004 the scoring sytem will change, and there will be no more 6.0's.
Michelle now has all three colors of World Figure Skating Championship medals, as she won bronze this year. The penalty she received for skating 2 seconds over the alloted time in the short prgram just might have done it. The USFSA did protest it, but the protest was not allowed.
Kwan Penalized for Short Program Time
Protest of Kwan's Penalty Denied
Arakawa Topples Kwan with Surprise Gold
Kwan's Wild Week Ends With Bronze Medal
Michelle Kwan Makes Wobbly Start to Title Quest
Michelle Kwan's Reign as Champ Over
This March, 2004, Michelle will go to Germany to compete in the World Figure Skating Championships for the 11th time. Michelle started going to Senior Worlds in 1994 after she won Gold at the Junior Worlds. She was 13 years old and placed 8th. In 1995 she placed 4th, and after this, she has gone back and forth, winning either Gold or Silver since then.
1994 Junior Worlds - Gold
1994 Worlds - 8th
1995 Worlds - 4th
1996 Worlds - Gold
1997 Worlds - Silver
1998 Worlds - Gold
1999 Worlds - Silver
2000 Worlds - Gold
2001 Worlds - Gold
2002 Worlds - Silver
2003 Worlds - Gold
2004 Worlds - Bronze (Will she or won't she? What color will Michelle's medal be? Trust me, the only way she won't win a medal, is if someone melts the ice!) ps (someone did melt the ice...2 secs worth)
3/1/04 - "With all the national championships, the Four Continents Championships, the Grand Prix Series and now the European Championships over, there is only one major competition left for the top skaters — the World Championships March 22-29 in Germany."
March 8, 2004 - Worlds is almost here, and we thought that the competitions would be over for the year. But there is one competition left, Marshalls World Skating Challenge on April 6 in Providence R.I. This is a one day competition that Michelle will go into having skated on the Champions on Ice tour and at the Worlds days before. Michelle, Sasha Cohen, Evgeni Plushenko and other top skaters plan on attending.
March 8, 2004 - We know who some of Michelle's competition will be at the up coming 2004 Worlds in Germany.
March 20, 2004 - Kwan seeks history, Plushenko looks for lost touch
March 20, 2004 - To Kwan, skating's everything
March 21, 2004 Kwan courts history on rare trip to Europe
March 22, 2004 Kwan Sets Sights on Elusive Olympic Gold
March 22, 2004 Kwan continues to seek her date with destiny
