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Oct 1, 2015 · Sarah Hughes' Gold Medal Performance - 2002 Winter Olympics. tritonsky. 1.01K subscribers. Subscribed. 495. 108K views 8 years ago.
At the 2002 Olympics, Hughes won the gold medal in what was widely considered one of the biggest upsets in figure skating history. She was the youngest skater in the competition, and was not expected to seriously challenge the favorites, teammate Michelle Kwan and Russia's Irina Slutskaya .
📲 Subscribe to @olympics: http://oly.ch/Subscribe Sarah Hughes wasn't a complete shock victor in the women's figure skating at the 2002 Winter Olympics in ...
With Irina Slutskaya of Russia placing 2nd, it was enough for Sarah Hughes to jump up from 4th Place to win the Gold Medal here. Salt Lake City, Utah, USA - 2002 Winter Games, Figure Skating ...
Feb 4, 2022 · Sarah Hughes ’09 is no stranger to defying expectations. At 16, the figure skater competed at the 2002 Salt Lake City Winter Olympics, leaping over favorites Michelle Kwan and Irina Slutskaya to take the gold medal with an impeccably poised long program (which, at the time, was also the most technically difficult program to ever win an ...
Nov 16, 2021 · It was the most improbable outcome to a women’s Olympic figure skating competition anyone could have imagined. Hughes’ U.S. teammates, Michelle Kwan and Sasha Cohen, and Russia’s Irina Slutskaya each could have won the gold medal by winning the free skate.
Dec 22, 2017 · Sarah Hughes surprised even herself when she saw off tough competition to win figure skating gold at the Olympic Winter Games Salt Lake City 2002. In fourth place after the short programme, the 16-year-old American delivered a superlative performance in the free to spring one of the biggest shocks of the Games. 3 min.
Feb 7, 2010 · On Feb. 21 at the 2002 Olympic Winter Games in Salt Lake City, Utah, Sarah Hughes of the United States recorded one of the biggest upsets in Olympic history when, with the performance of her young life, she soared from fourth place after the short program to the top of the standings.
Feb 23, 2002 · Hughes, a 16-year-old from Great Neck, N.Y., won by catapulting from fourth place to the top of the podium, a rare achievement made possible when she skated for broke, and her main competition,...
Sarah Hughes was US Junior Champion in 1998 and in 1999 placed second at the World Junior Championships and at the Junior Grand Prix Final, and placed seventh that year at the Senior World Championships.
