1. Irina Slutskaya
2. Yu-Na Kim
3. Midori Ito
4. Sasha Cohen
5. Michelle Kwan
6. Mao Asada
7. Shizuka Arakawa
8. Kristi Yamaguchi
9. Miki Ando
10. Tara Lipinski
In my top 5 they are very close to each other.
1. Irina Slutskaya
2. Yu-Na Kim
3. Midori Ito
4. Sasha Cohen
5. Michelle Kwan
6. Mao Asada
7. Shizuka Arakawa
8. Kristi Yamaguchi
9. Miki Ando
10. Tara Lipinski
In my top 5 they are very close to each other.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x14RFdZXiVk
Mk 1998 OLY Long
VS
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SY4P-...eature=related
Tara 1998 OLY Long
Me thinks Mk's is much better...
1. Michelle Kwan
2. Kristi Yamaguchi
3. Midori Ito
4. Yu-Na Kim
5. Irina Slutskaya
6. Mao Asada
7. Tara Lipinski
8. Maria Butyrskaya
9. Yuka Sato
10. Sasha Cohen
"In no way do I think I stopped commanding a spotlight. I think I travel with one." -- Johnny Weir
In rough chronological order. My favourites only
Midori Ito
Kristi Yamaguchi
Chen Lu
Lucinda Ruh
Irina Slutskaya
Shizuka Arakawa
Carolina Kostner
Mao Asada
Yu Na Kim
My 10 favorites are;
Yuka Sato
Midori Ito
Michelle Kwan
Shizuka Arakawa
Lu Chen
Yuna Kim
Mao Asada
Oksana Baiul
Sasha Cohen
Tara Lipinki
Favorites:
Tara Lipinski
Michelle Kwan
Sasha Cohen
Midori Ito
Sarah Hughes
Lu Chen
Yukari Nakano
Mirai Nagasu
Mao Asada
Carolina Kostner
I know they aren't "the best" to many, but these ladies (and about 10 more) are the only ones whom I want to watch skate over and over again on youtube.![]()
I forgot to add Miki Ando.. There are too many skaters.
In terms of achievements, natural talent, or both?