Fourteen of the 20 nations that participated reached the medal podium.

But they would love to climb a medal podium and be reminded on Saturday.

In 2006 she returned to the medal podium with a bronze at the European Championships.

And she cried on the top step of the medal podium.

Canada would end up missing the medal podium and finished in 4th place.

"On the medal podium, I had tears in my eyes," Kwan said.

He won first place in 1990 as an 18-year-old, repeated in 1991, then disappeared from the medal podium for three years.

The Czechs finished 5th, failing to reach the medal podium.

Rejuvenated, Kwan won the long program, yanked herself up to second place over all and cried again on the medal podium.

Asked what his reaction to being on the medal podium might be, he said, "I guess I'll try to cry."