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Originally posted by Moni:
The interview Rex and I saw, she said quite clearly, "I was punched in the stomach. I was in a lot of pain." Which she followed with some dramatic overplay of fighting against the pain to go out there and skate in the Olympics, playing it up the best she could, like she should have never been out there after the collision, but did it because she is a champion, a star, and must go on.
Moni, was the interview clip or was it a full sit-in? If it was clipped, it could be misleading. I saw another interview (live on NBC) where she said: "It felt like...(little pause)...I was punched in the stomach. I was in a lot of pain. I had the wind knock out of me". If they clipped it (thrust me, they often do), that could be the cause of our confusion.
Also, to the other here who think that she acted like a drama queen. One of the first thing she said when she walk off the ice to Canadian Media was something along those lines: It was a freak accident, it hurts alot. I'm OK and we will skate our program. I hope that (insert Russian male skater name here) was not hurt. It would be unfortunate to see them drop out because of this.
[ 02-13-2002: Message edited by: Ryanamur ]