[Sylvanfan]

Great performance by her. Sometimes something like this will just make the athlete focus on how much he/she enjoys the sport they participate in and it could help take the pressure of the Olympics off and allow them to put in a great performance as going out and skating is an escape from everything else involved with the situation especially since a couple of days have ellapsed.

I remember the Dan Jansen thing to an extent. I remember everyone felt terrible for him. That would be brutally tough to have to compete that day, at least for me. After that it's tough to keep goign. When my father passed away my mind was all over for the first day and a half. After that I could somewhat focus on something for a short period of time.

Hopefully she has another good performance in the long program, it would make for a great story.