Bob Horen
Bob Horen
element fitness high looking performed score
Not every element was performed perfectly, but they were at a high competitive level. We didn't keep a score for the programs. We were looking at her competitive fitness.
emily hughes olympic team
The nominees for the Olympic team are Emily Hughes ...
compare emily last michelle numbers wonderful worlds
Emily is a wonderful athlete, she competed well. Michelle competed well at worlds last year. There aren't numbers I can compare there, there are relationships.
entered history past
Her past history and performances never entered into it.
element high member michelle olympic performed status
Michelle ... reaffirmed her status as a member of the 2006 Olympic team. Not every element was performed perfectly, but they were all done at a very high level.
committee mission win
The mission of the international committee is to win medals.
committee michelle opinion truly win
It is truly the opinion of this monitoring committee that Michelle could win the Olympics.
chance committee felt medal michelle
The committee felt Michelle will probably have a better chance for a medal at the Olympics.
chance committee felt michelle win
The committee felt that Michelle probably would have had a better chance to win a medal.
athletics chance committee emily felt junior last michelle wonderful worlds year
Emily is a wonderful athlete. She competed well here. She also competed well at junior worlds. Michelle competed well at worlds last year (finishing fourth), The committee felt that Michelle probably would have a better chance for a medal.
both committee compete felt free jumps levels michelle program ready short skate strongly
After evaluating Michelle today, the monitoring committee felt very strongly that she is more than ready to compete at the Olympics. Both her short program and free skate were very solid, and she showed us that her levels and jumps are ready for international competition.
ready short
I said, ?What are you doing Michelle? She was ready to do her short program.
chance felt medal michelle
We felt that Michelle probably would have a better chance for a medal at the Olympics.
basically chance criteria dealing felt healthy looked olympic selection
We looked at basically the Olympic selection criteria we're dealing with and we had a healthy discussion. We felt she had a better chance to medal.