Nagano, JAPAN 1998 Winter Games, Figure Skating, Ladies Free Skate Michelle Kwan of the United States skated a beautiful and clean Free Skate to William Alwyn s Lyra However, a majority of the judges felt that she did not skate with enough abandonment when compared to teammate Tara Lipinski s skate. As such, she would placed 2nd in the Free Skate and end up winning the Silver Medal here.