Ladies - Long Program

[Chemistry66]

And for Mao, 132.89 for a total of 196.30! She gets the silver, Miki wins it, and Mirai gets Bronze with Rachael nipping at her heels with a 4th place finish!

It's an M-cubed podium.

[Mrs. P]

Oh sheesh she gets a 132..but still is only second. will definitely have to check out protocols...

[lavender]

I wanted Miki, Mirai, Mao or Alissa on the podium so I'm ecstatic.

[Nadine]

Ah, exquisite, exquisite, exquisite, it's when she skates like this I'm misty-eyed, almost broke down during the middle of the performance, then caught myself when she UR her 3S, but her everything else perfect!!!!!!

MAO, MAO, MAO, MAO, MAO, MAO, MAO!!!!!

[lilshorty]

I miss that Mao took some of the choreographical elements out of her program at the beginning like the spread eagles. :(

[MikiAndoFan#1]

Mao is in 2nd place!

[sequinsgalore]

Mao ASADA (JPN)

Please, no meltdown... It's gonna be hard for her to be on the podium

Music: Liebestraum by Franz Liszt

3A - yes! very nice, good height
3F+2Lo
3Lz - probably flutz
CCoSp - nice split Y-spin
2A+3T - maybe UR on 3T
3F+2Lo+2Lo
3S - slightly twofooted
FSSp
SlSt
3Lo
FCCoSp
ChSt - nice arabesque. Did she move that to the end

Wow, beautiful performance for Mao. Hopefully it is enough for podium. The top ladies were on tonight!

Score: 132.89, SB, total 196.30 and into 2nd

[skfan]

i don't care about the scores. the world is a more beautiful place when mao smiles.


thank you to the kind people who gave the working justin tv links, so i could see mao's smile during her spiral close up

[blue_idealist]

Someone on the justintv chat said the gala would be right after this, but I don't know if it's being streamed.

[Layfan]

Oh Mao, that was a dream. Mao Asada is BACK!

[Nadine]

MAO, MAO, MAO, MAO, MAO, MAO, MAOMAO, MAO, MAO!!!!!!!!

[FTnoona]

hehe... The podium make up is just like the men's. 1-2 Japan and 3 USA. I am soo happy for Mirai and Mao!!!

[Mrs. P]

Mao did beat miki on PCS..but her tech is down by three points, must have been some URs.

[shusterbutski]

Top 7 ladies were great to watch, this was really the highlight of the whole 4CC for me.

[bigsisjiejie]

If Yuna wants that World Gold medal this year, she's going to have to fight for it harder than I originally thought.