What a brave woman to stand by this. Thank you for letting us know! Best wishes for Miki.When she told about her pregnancy, there was (or, were) people around her at frist, saying something like 'there was other option to make'. And she had to convince her/him/them very hard that she wants the baby to be born.
I think there are a few out there that had that late start to success. 'Wonder what they'd been like had they started earlier. Then again, we also have late bloomers who quit or are injured before the time comes, and those who never tried the sport to discover the talent. Of course, that's with everything in the world. Thank goodness she put the skates on.In this interview, what surprised me the most was Miki literally has never done off-ice trainings whole her career, so that she now is having hard time doing lots of off-ice trainings to regain her muscle strength.
She started figure skating rahter late, IIRC, 9y.o. or 10y.o., and four years later she landed a quad Salchow in a competition. She said in the interview, "When I was younger, people asked me how I could do spins and triple jumps, but I did not know how to answer those questions, because I just could do them without much effort..." Ever since she had started figure skating, it's been almost no sweat for Miki to do spins and all triples is just AMAGING. Now I can believe and expect a real comeback from Miki Ando.
I guess we all know who the father is.
i doubt miki could even try to make it to 2018 since she would be 30 turning 31 that year. also with a little girl, it will get even harder to train.... but you are right in that it will definitely be akiko's last chance...
anyways, im worried how miki could get back into competitive form after having a baby. she must have had to take a long time off the ice for the safety of the baby. will she be able to regain her jumps so quick after such a long break from the ice...?
Zuzana (Paurova) Babiakova competed in singles figure skating the 2002 Olympics after giving birth in 2000.
I would not be surprised to learn that one or more women who competed in singles skating in any of the pre-WWII Olympics were mothers, but I haven't done the research to determine whether that is or is not the case.
It was long rumored that she was pregnant about when she split with Morozov, but I'm not sure about the time frame.
Is it really a surprise? Well maybe that's she's returning to competition but not the pregnancy part. It was long rumored that she was pregnant about when she split with Morozov, but I'm not sure about the time frame. Like it was kind of understood that she was sitting out the season because of it but with other excuses up front. Anyways, congratulations to her and wish her the best.