Sasha Cohen: Is she an Olympics Contender?

With all the recent talk about a Sasha Cohen comeback, many fans have been left wondering whether the 25-year old figure skater, who has been missing from competitive meets for the last four years, will be a contender at the Winter Olympics next month.

And according to people.com, the very quick answer to that question is yes! The Olympic silver medalist and three-time world medalist, has said that she is ready to hit the ice once more. Cohen recently told NBC, that she wants to perform again.

Despite the continued speculation about her, Cohen, who is due to compete at the U.S Figure Skating Championships in Spokane on Thursday due to be broadcast on NBC, says that she chooses to ignore all the chatter and prefers to keep her mind on her mission.

Cohen went on to say that she wants to push herself to see what she’s capable of, and says that she has trained her butt off this past year. Cohen, who left the sport at 21, says that once she realized that skating was her calling, she got straight to work on her comeback.