Missing Kimmie (still)

About this time last year I wrote a post on the former US, World and Four Continents champion Kimmie Meissner. Kimmie was and is one of the best examples of an athlete using fame to do good in the world. Following her world championship she became co-founder of the Cool Kids Campaign, a charity supporting paediatric cancer patients and their families. Kimmie has stayed loyal to all her charity work even as she has grown older and moved out of the skating limelight.

I found this interview with Kimmie online, I'm not sure exactly when it's from but some time in the last 6 months or so. It tells how Kimmie injured her knee, taking her out of the running for the Vancouver olympics- in true Kimmie style she was trying to avoid hurting a small child who got in her way as she was practicing her triple axel jump, Kimmie bailed on the jump, dislocating her kneecap in the process.

After a long recovery period Kimmie is now back into full intensity training, alongside studying and working in a physical therapy office. For the moment she is skating in shows but hasn't ruled out the possibility of skating competitively again.

It may be too much to hope for but I would love to see Kimmie skate again.

Are there any other skaters you would love to see return to competitive ice? (I'm pretty sure Yu-Na Kim is high on a lot of people's lists!)