Mao Asada: Olympic Thread
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She definitely had the best long program IMO
Yuna was technically brilliant but skated with zero heart or emotion.
Yuna was technically brilliant but skated with zero heart or emotion.
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Mao announced she will be going to the Worlds. I hope she wins.
So much emotion in her skate tonight. She reached the pinnacle today. congrats MAO!
So much emotion in her skate tonight. She reached the pinnacle today. congrats MAO!
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Mao Asada's Olympic Free Skate
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Y6aT_Ia-go&list=PLBpuIdeeb2X6CkUrq1_TnKz0NmsLOagxi
This is one of the greatest skates I have ever seen! She skated the program of the night! I love Mao but I am not the biggest fan , but this performance just captured my heart and soul. She skated the performance of her life. Lights out! Mao I love you and you are one of the greatest ever! You are an Olympic Champion in my eyes! You should be extremely proud of yourself!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Y6aT_Ia-go&list=PLBpuIdeeb2X6CkUrq1_TnKz0NmsLOagxi
This is one of the greatest skates I have ever seen! She skated the program of the night! I love Mao but I am not the biggest fan , but this performance just captured my heart and soul. She skated the performance of her life. Lights out! Mao I love you and you are one of the greatest ever! You are an Olympic Champion in my eyes! You should be extremely proud of yourself!
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Yes she did! I feel her more than ever! Simply amazing!
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Olympia, this was the skate I was waiting to see from her! It was surreal! A pure out of body experience.
Yes, that's it exactly. It took us out of ourselves into some zone she generously shared with us. We ordinary mortal fans don't get to visit that place very often. I hope she's given a hero's welcome when she gets back to Japan, because she thoroughly deserves it.
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She and Daisuke are great ambassadors for the sport and has given so much to skating in Japan and the world!
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Thank you so much for posting this, christinaskater! It's the first program I'm able to see again after the live broadcasting, and it's LEGENDARY.
Mao gave so much to figure skating. She's so light on her feet and such a BRAVE, PROUD fighter. She never gave up.
This is her biggest legacy. At the end of the day, medals come and go, but a skate like this is FOREVAH.
As I've already written in a Mao-dedicated thread, the first thing that crossed my mind after this skate was: "You never got me down, Ray".
Oh, whoever dares to criticize her better wash their mouths.
Mao gave so much to figure skating. She's so light on her feet and such a BRAVE, PROUD fighter. She never gave up.
This is her biggest legacy. At the end of the day, medals come and go, but a skate like this is FOREVAH.
As I've already written in a Mao-dedicated thread, the first thing that crossed my mind after this skate was: "You never got me down, Ray".
Oh, whoever dares to criticize her better wash their mouths.
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What's done is done, but I just can't help thinking What if? Mao probably wouldn't have had a chance at Gold in Russia anyway, so it doesn't matter anymore. I also ask myself if Mao would have been able to perform like that if she hadn't been 16th but in OGM contention with the top 4. A lot of things came together to create this moment of beauty! She more than redeemed herself and I want her to go out as World Champion this year.
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Michelle Kwan was in tears!
Her free skate was one of my happiest moments. To see her get that axel and to have the guts to try it again after the short program. To see her happy tears at the end was wonderful. If that is her last competitive program what a way to end her career. I cannot help but think what if she had landed the axel in the short and had been as good as she was in the long the result of the champion might have been different But regardless she has been class all the way and she wil lend the same way. Japan should be absolutely proud of her
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She's my favorite skater, but that doesn't mean I'm not capable of looking at what a skater brought to the ice and fairly evaluating his or her performance.
Her freeskate was underscored, period. She lost out on GOE that she rightly deserved. Everything she did was massive. She skated lights out and was just on another level.
I said on another thread that for me her freeskate portrayed the journey of her entire career as a skater. I stand by that. It was superb. It was excellence. It was just so many things for me, and I know it will be one of those great performances I'll recall with fondness through the years.
Her freeskate was underscored, period. She lost out on GOE that she rightly deserved. Everything she did was massive. She skated lights out and was just on another level.
I said on another thread that for me her freeskate portrayed the journey of her entire career as a skater. I stand by that. It was superb. It was excellence. It was just so many things for me, and I know it will be one of those great performances I'll recall with fondness through the years.
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I truly admire her. Her LP was absolutely mesmerising. But again I'm so disgusted that Adelina got much higher score than Mao's performance. it's just gross.
True champions : Yuna, Mao, Caro and Gracie.
True champions : Yuna, Mao, Caro and Gracie.
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