Michelle Kwan did not win an Olympic gold medal. She entered the 1998 Olympic Games in Nagano, Japan, as the gold-medal favorite, having defeated Tara Lipinski at the U.S. championships earlier in the year. Lipinski, however, won the closely contested event, and Kwan had to settle for a silver medal. She captured a bronze medal at the 2002 Games in Salt Lake City, Utah. Kwan also qualified for the 2006 U.S. Olympic team but was forced to withdraw after she suffered an injury during her first practice at the Games in Turin, Italy.
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