Michelle Kwan (Threads Merged)

Sylvia said:
People article (Dec. 11, 2025): https://people.com/michelle-kwan-quietly-welcomes-baby-no-2-and-shares-the-first-look-11867396
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:rofl: that this article is mainly a cut and paste job of the Kween's IG posts with some written descriptions of her pictures there. Give us some scoop "People!"

@TanithandBenFan After my initial shock wore off, I immediately thought of "Belladella" too. I have not seen here at a competition in quite a while. I'm sure she is smiling wherever she may be.
 
peibeck said:
:rofl: that this article is mainly a cut and paste job of the Kween's IG posts with some written descriptions of her pictures there. Give us some scoop "People!"

@TanithandBenFan After my initial shock wore off, I immediately thought of "Belladella" too. I have not seen here at a competition in quite a while. I'm sure she is smiling wherever she may be.
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I messaged her on Facebook to make sure she saw the news!
 
peibeck said:
:rofl: that this article is mainly a cut and paste job of the Kween's IG posts with some written descriptions of her pictures there. Give us some scoop "People!"
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The Kween rarely gives "scoops" to any publication! ;) I chuckled when I saw the headline of the People article.

www.jezebel.com

Congrats to My Childhood Idol

Olympic figure skater and former U.S. Ambassador to Belize Michelle Kwan has welcomed her second child!
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If you’ll allow me a moment to gush—a fun fact about me is that I was a competitive figure skater until I was 14, and Kwan was one of my earliest childhood idols. I had the books, the posters, the VHS tapes, and I would fall asleep every night envisioning her world-famous spiral sequences. It’s easy to cheer when someone lands a difficult jump combination, but only Kwan could perform a spiral so powerful and so heartbreakingly beautiful that it could bring a tear to your eye. Kwan—one of the most decorated female figure skaters in U.S. history—was one of the first people who taught me what it means to do something so magnificently that it gives people chills.
To this day, “Lyra Angelica”—the program that won her the gold at the 1998 U.S. Nationals and which some argue should have won her the gold at the 1998 Olympics—lives on my writing playlist. I play it whenever I want to summon eight-year-old me, sitting five inches from the television, jaw-dropped and completely spellbound by her performance.
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peibeck said:
:rofl: that this article is mainly a cut and paste job of the Kween's IG posts with some written descriptions of her pictures there. Give us some scoop "People!"

@TanithandBenFan After my initial shock wore off, I immediately thought of "Belladella" too. I have not seen here at a competition in quite a while. I'm sure she is smiling wherever she may be.
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She’s still around. She just doesn’t travel much these days
 
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Michelle Kwan on Instagram: "Sifting through old VHS tapes and found a spin I somehow never put in my Olympic program… so obviously I had to share here ☺️ Video/Voice/Choreography Credit:@kawaharasarah"

3,760 likes, 130 comments - michellewkwan on January 17, 2026: "Sifting through old VHS tapes and found a spin I somehow never put in my Olympic program… so obviously I had to share here ☺️ Video/Voice/Choreography Credit:@kawaharasarah".
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Michelle posts an unused spin that would have been part of her 2002 Olympic LP.

In the comments somebody asked her to post her 2006 Olympic LP. She said she would if she could find it among her VHS tapes.
 
bardtoob said:
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Michelle Kwan on Instagram: "Sifting through old VHS tapes and found a spin I somehow never put in my Olympic program… so obviously I had to share here ☺️ Video/Voice/Choreography Credit:@kawaharasarah"

3,760 likes, 130 comments - michellewkwan on January 17, 2026: "Sifting through old VHS tapes and found a spin I somehow never put in my Olympic program… so obviously I had to share here ☺️ Video/Voice/Choreography Credit:@kawaharasarah".
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Michelle posts an unused spin that would have been part of her 2002 Olympic LP.

In the comments somebody asked her to post her 2006 Olympic LP. She said she would if she could find it among her VHS tapes.
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Gorgeous and unique spin - wish she had done it in competition.
 
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