Michelle Kwan skates to her program themed "The Taj Mahal" with music from Maurice Jarre's "Lawrence of Arabia" and Fikret Amirov's "Gyulistan Bayati Shiraz." She was 4th after the short program and won the free skating portion of the competition of the even with this performance, but was only able to finish 2nd overall.
redone version of a video I put together of some Chinese female gymnasts from the last several years... includes recent and past champions like Liu Xuan, Cheng Fei, Li Ya, Zhang Nan, Yang Yun, Fan Ye, Dong Fangxiao, Zhou Zhuoru, Zhang Yufei, Bi Wenjing, and Ji Liya...
added a few new things, edited a few others, and basically retouched the video. hope you enjoy! :)
Michelle Kwan takes the lead in Group A of the Qualifying Round at the 2001 World Figure Skating Championships in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. During the warm-up, the heel of her boot came apart and she was forced to fix it right before she was slated to skate. She ended up skating cleanly, landing 7 triples including a triple-triple combination and eventually won her fourth World title.
Lucinda Ruh of Switzerland skates in the long program at the 1999 World Figure Skating Championships in Helsinki, Finland. Ruh ends up in 13th after placing 13th in both short and long programs. Ruh shows even more interesting spins here during her routine.
Michelle Kwan finishes in 4th in the short program after this performance to the "Dream of Desdemona" at the 1997 World Figure Skating Championships in Lausanne, Switzerland. Includes a profile piece and scores. She goes on to win the long program and finishes 2nd.
Lucinda Ruh of Switzerland skates in the short program at the 1999 World Figure Skating Championships in Helsinki, Finland. Ruh, a relatively weak jumper, was widely known in skating circles as a superb spinner, and she displays that very well here.
short compilation video I made of some Chinese female gymnasts from the last several years... includes recent and past champions like Liu Xuan, Cheng Fei, Li Ya, Zhang Nan, Yang Yun, Fan Ye, and Bi Wenjing... my first attempt at one :)
Her first competitive performance of the 2002-2003 season. She finishes in 1st in the short program at this event and goes on to win the championship. The commentary is in Mandarin, but as far as I know, this is the only video ever released of this portion of the event.
2008 version of a video I put together of some Chinese female gymnasts from the last decade... includes recent and past champions: Yang Yun, Yang Yilin, Liu Xuan, Cheng Fei, Li Ya, Zhang Nan, Fan Ye, Dong Fangxiao, Zhou Zhuoru, Zhang Yufei, Bi Wenjing, Xiao Sha, Li Shanshan, He Kexin and Ji Liya...
