Reading the message boards, news reports, and watching the sport itself, I have slowly come to the realization the very few skating careers end on a totally happy note. But Nicole's seems to have ended sadder than most.
Kristi's life was perfect because of the great support sacrifice from her devoted parents and the closenit extended Asian family. When you read how the Kwans sacrificed all and what they did it makes me wish I had Asian parents. It takes a ton of people to make a career like Kristi's. She is the luckiest skater too besides being hardworking due to the ethic. Tonya and Nicole had it so much tougher and they made poor choices. We can never now another person's shoes. I think the sentence of 10 years is so excessive. People need rehab not prison. This country is failing many, many people. FS is truly an elite sport and a small lucky priveleged group keep a career. I agree with Polymer Bob. There are far more unhappy endings than sucess stories. Johnny may be looking desperate now to stay in the limelight. Fame, I have heard, is a very addictive substance. I have compassion for these skaters even though all 3 in this thread have made bad choices.
When IcetheatreNY honored Kerrigan I was touched with her humility and she cried as she told the audience how she never got anywhere by herself and thanked the many, many people who made her dreams come true. And she repeated it. This is true of most success stories but esp true of figureskaters as its so difficult.
JW is getting very pretentious. I live in NYC - Manhattan. One can get just about anywhere anytime with public transportation. He really is a twit and will say/do anything just to get attention. I liked him as a skater and actually enjoyed his Oly commentary with Tara but his act is getting tiresome.
Both Nicole, Tonya and Chris Bowman had loads of talent. However, they expected talent to be enough to make them successful and fell hard when fame escaped them.
For me, Johnny is a wait and see. He is a very talented skater, but I don't feel he reached his potential because there were a couple of years where he admittedly did not train as hard as he was capable of. Yes, he was injured for part of that time, but IMO lack of good training habits can result in injury when trying to rush back in as opposed to a steady ramp up into competitions..
Kristi's life was perfect because of the great support sacrifice from her devoted parents and the closenit extended Asian family. When you read how the Kwans sacrificed all and what they did it makes me wish I had Asian parents. It takes a ton of people to make a career like Kristi's. She is the luckiest skater too besides being hardworking due to the ethic. Tonya and Nicole had it so much tougher and they made poor choices. We can never now another person's shoes. I think the sentence of 10 years is so excessive. People need rehab not prison. This country is failing many, many people. FS is truly an elite sport and a small lucky priveleged group keep a career. I agree with Polymer Bob. There are far more unhappy endings than sucess stories. Johnny may be looking desperate now to stay in the limelight. Fame, I have heard, is a very addictive substance. I have compassion for these skaters even though all 3 in this thread have made bad choices.
When IcetheatreNY honored Kerrigan I was touched with her humility and she cried as she told the audience how she never got anywhere by herself and thanked the many, many people who made her dreams come true. And she repeated it. This is true of most success stories but esp true of figureskaters as its so difficult.
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When sentenced Aug. 5, the onetime ice queen faces anywhere from probation to five years in prison.
Under the original charge, she could have faced up to 10 years in prison.
Prosecutors are expected to recommend to state Superior Court Judge Kevin Callahan, sitting in Jersey City, that Bobek spend 364 days in the Hudson County jail in Kearny.
After her arrest last year, Bobek organized a workout class for fellow female inmates during her July 4-6 stay at Hudson County jail in Kearny. She described the accommodations there as "four-star" compared to the Florida jail where she was first held after her arrest, fellow inmates told The Jersey Journal.
During a jailhouse interview, one of the inmates said Bobek told her she enjoyed skating, but her life went in a different direction and she regretted it. Even so, Bobek told the prisoner "she was hopeful." Bobek even made tube tops for the inmates out of T-shirts before being released on bail.