#1998 olympics

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Gretchen Silverman Looks Back at 1998 Olympic Triumph with Grace and Humility

By: Zachary Draves Former US Hockey player Gretchen Silverman says that it is hard to believe that it’s been twenty five years since she and the US women’s team captured the first ever Olympic gold medal in women’s hockey at the Nagano games. At the same time for her, it feels like it was only yesterday.  “It is pretty crazy and when you think back to that time it seems so close, but when you…

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jaromir jagr - 1998 olympics

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Jeff Langdon competing in the 1998 Olympics.

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1998 TV guide with Joel Otto and John LeClair on the cover in their Olympic sweaters

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Day 17 - Favourite Skating Program from the 80s/90s:

Michelle Kwan’s Rachmaninoff SP (1997-1998) - To be fair, I don’t think I’ve watched enough programs from the 80s/90s to really have a favourite (plus that’s a span of 20 years, which is a lot of programs to go through), but this is one of my favourites (I remember her being a big deal when I was a kid and the whole Michelle Kwan vs Tara Lipinski thing). This is the Olympics video, but in the WC she got 6s across the board (I mean, she came really close here as well). Still feel like she was robbed for the gold.

31 Days of Figure Skating | @anythinggoe

[firstofall-howdareyou]

Day 1 :: First Figure Skating Program You Ever Watched

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"Everything that I've been taught throughout my skating career that is good skating is very evident in their qualities: speed, deep edges, quality of line" Shae-Lynn Bourne and Victor Kraatz | FD | 1998 Olympic Games, Nagano

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Alisa Drei competing in the 1998 Olympic Games.

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