At 15 years of age Michelle Kwan exploded on the figure skating scene, winning both the 1996 U.S. and World Figure Skating Championships. Over the next two years she solidified her spot as one of the best skaters in the world, winning the U.S. and world championships for a second time in 1998. For all her success, Kwan will probably be best remembered for the competition she did not win at the 1996 Winter Olympics in Nagano, Japan.

Figure skating is fast becoming one of the most popular sports in the United States. One of the best American figure skaters is Michelle Kwan, a 15-year-old teenager who has skated her way to the top. Kwan began skating when she was five and dreamed of someday winning an Olympic gold medal. One of the youngest world-class skaters ever, she is working hard today to make that dream come true at the...