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- Aug 8, 2009
I was just watching a clip of 13-year-old Mirai (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LEPMEIvN_gw&feature=relmfu) and wow, wow, wow. Those wonderful Russian wunderkids pale in comparison. The commentator said that she gets up at 4:45, trains for two hours before going to school, goes straight to ballet lessons after school, goes back to her parents' restaurant to eat dinner, does homework, and goes to sleep in the storage room, and then her dad takes her home still sleeping, and gets up the next morning to repeat the whole process again. The dedication that has gone into developing Mirai's talent is just unthinkable. It strikes me that Mirai's really been hit by puberty monster more so than other elite skaters (163-cm with sizeable torso). And trying to find a place for herself in both American and Japanese figure skating milieu is added pressure as well.
It must be hard being Mirai Nagasu, and it's no wonder she's feeling overwhelmed. If she can find a place where she can just be herself, maybe everything will fall into its rightful place.
It must be hard being Mirai Nagasu, and it's no wonder she's feeling overwhelmed. If she can find a place where she can just be herself, maybe everything will fall into its rightful place.