Any updates on Mirai?
Yeah, what's up with her?
I almost hate to bring it up.... but is everyone ruling her out and done for?
We're talking about Alissa again ... a Mirai comeback somehow doesn't seem that much more farfetched.
Any updates on Mirai?
Yeah, what's up with her?
I almost hate to bring it up.... but is everyone ruling her out and done for?
No, theoretically she is still in the mix, but her chances are getting slimmer. Personally, I think she is in the midst of being surpassed and she needs a drastic turnaround if she hopes to contend.
Still- that said, most didn't suspect she'd make Vancouver especially given her fall 2009 season. She chose the right time to peak.
Yes, she's a long shot at this point. But has anyone heard anything about how she's doing? I just notice that Alissa is giving interviews and getting her name in people's minds again but I haven't heard a thing from Mirai.
I almost hate to bring it up.... but is everyone ruling her out and done for?
We're talking about Alissa again ... a Mirai comeback somehow doesn't seem that much more farfetched.
I think the difference is we haven't seen Alissa for a year, so she may come back better (or worse) than before. That uncertainty gives some people hope. With Mirai, she has had a few seasons of underwhelming results and is obviously out of favor with the USFSA given that she nailed a SP with a 3-3 and still finished behind a skater with a fall.
I still think she's in the mix...
That would be great, honestly. The US would theoretically be sending three ladies (Ashley, Gracie, Mirai) who all have SOME chance, however slim, of making the podium in Sochi. Go, Mirai, go!
Mirai's best total score in the last two seasons would have placed her 9th at Worlds, so I think even theoretically it would be impossible for her to medal. If everyone skates well at Nationals Mirai will get, at best, the 5th highest PCS behind the top 2, Agnes, and Alissa. If she has any problems rotating her jumps she will get buried again.
She already outskated Zawadski in the past GP season, without performing to her 2010 standards. She had substantially better international PCS than Agnes as well. Those favorable PCS scores Zawadski gets at Nationals are not repeated by judges outside the US. Czsny's jumps are a total question mark, never having been known for consistency or stability even when she is healthy.I did say that this hinges upon the marginal possibility that Mirai returns to her 2010 shape by Nationals. Otherwise, she obviously stands little chance of out-skating Gao, Zawadzki, or Czisny on the GP or in Boston.
She already outskated Zawadski in the past GP season, without performing to her 2010 standards. She had substantially better international PCS than Agnes as well. Those favorable PCS scores Zawadski gets at Nationals are not repeated by judges outside the US. Czsny's jumps are a total question mark, never having been known for consistency or stability even when she is healthy.
I don't know how Mirai plans to fix her jumps, or, if not, whether the international judges will be lenient with UR deductions next season. She knows from Nationals that, at least on home ice, glaring technical flaws aren't going to fly. But I'd love to see her on the GP circuit. If she could get anywhere close to her 2010 shape, the third spot will be hers, even with Gao, Zawadzki, and Czisny in the running.
That would be great, honestly. The US would theoretically be sending three ladies (Ashley, Gracie, Mirai) who all have SOME chance, however slim, of making the podium in Sochi. Go, Mirai, go!
I disagree with this. If "charming, talented, trained" Mirai shows up at Nationals and has shown significant improvement throughout the fall, she will get the second or third highest PCS at worst because at her best she is nearly as strong as Wagner on components and at least equal to Gold. At her best, she has better SS and IN than Gao, Czisny, and Zawadski which will mean all 5 components will be higher more than likely. US judges are more than willing to give her good scores WHEN SHE SKATES WELL. That's just it, she hasn't skated well at Nationals the last couple seasons. Frankly, I don't know if she's made the right decisions in terms of training and coaching for being the best if that is truly what she wants to be.If everyone skates well at Nationals Mirai will get, at best, the 5th highest PCS behind the top 2, Agnes, and Alissa.
At her best, she has better SS and IN than Gao, Czisny, and Zawadski which will mean all 5 components will be higher more than likely. US judges are more than willing to give her good scores WHEN SHE SKATES WELL. That's just it, she hasn't skated well at Nationals the last couple seasons.
Her SP was pretty darn good at Nationals this year but she still got lower PCS than Zawadski, who herself could have skated better. I also disagree that she would get better PCS than a clean Czisny. The 2010 Nagasu is gone for good; as RD said, she has moved on to "mature" skating and it hasn't worked because what many of us miss is that youthful spark she had. A skater has to be supremely confident to pull off these kind of programs, and Mirai just seems hesitant going in to every jump, particularly in the long.
Mirai's 2010 form was FOUR YEARS AGO. She has occasionally skated well, but she still is plagued by URs.
USFSA's love fest with Zwad is clear, but the reasons for it are anything but.