While I was never a fan of Mirai, I definitely warmed up to her in this past season, I really admired her going for the 3A and chasing her Olympic dream, I thought it was a beautiful moment when she had that amazing FS at nationals.
However, I can understand why people would question what she said, it sort of gives the impression that she just wanted to participate, not fight til the end. i'm sure she didn't mean it, but I definitely would have worded things differently. Mirai looks like a really sweet person, so I'm sure she was well meaning.
On a sidenote, US women complaining that the team event was draining, that waiting for the ladies event was tiring..... girlllllls, look at Medvedeva and Zagitova, or Osmond, or the Japanese ladies. Stop complaining. If they could make it, so could you.
FWIW, she was just featured very prominently in the Closing Ceremony.
Wow this thread went deep. ...
This.Most people will forget all about it when the next controversy starts.
There you go. Ditzy isn't the end of the world. Some of my best friends are ditzy. :yes:To people who don't follow FS and know nothing about Mirai, the comments can sound ditzy ....
Ditzy isn't the end of the world. Some of my best friends are ditzy. :yes:
Let's not blame the media. They are doing their job, asking athletes hard questions. I am a huge Mirai fan but she completely blew this. It's easy to be gracious and upbeat when you win. She needed to apologize for coming across whiny and defensive because those are the type of words she used. The ball is in your court , Mirai.
59 pages. That's all.She already apologized. Let's move on.
And you're only realizing this now?If you closed your eyes and didn't watch Mirai during the interview you would swear the words were coming from a 16-year-old high school girl, not a 24-year-old woman. I hope someone from USFS has a talk with her before Worlds and gives her some guidance because reporters for sure are going to pester her no matter how she performs there. And you can bet the pressure to perform well will be even worse at Worlds after the individual event at the Olympics.
Again - 59 pages.Keep kicking while someone is down why don't you all
I said this when Papadakis had the unfortunate wardrobe meltdown, it's like some people on this forum have never made an error or mistake in their life based on the way they judge others.
If she has apologized and comments are just dragging on about how terribly people perceive her, then I think this thread has run it's course and should be closed.
Keep kicking while someone is down why don't you all
I said this when Papadakis had the unfortunate wardrobe meltdown, it's like some people on this forum have never made an error or mistake in their life based on the way they judge others.
If she has apologized and comments are just dragging on about how terribly people perceive her, then I think this thread has run it's course and should be closed.
Nothing that I’ve seen shows that she try to raise her media profile. I follow these skaters very closely. She was at their practice rink every day. She was at her practice sessions. Working very hard indeed. She was asked to do interviews like all the other skaters were but that was NBC’s request. I think it’s unfair to say that Mirai wasn’t working hard.
I’ve noticed that the most negative comments come from people who aren’t really long-term members of this board. This is kind of disappointing. Instead of making a lot of accusations about skaters I wish people would ask more questions about them instead of making baseless assumptions.
What happened to Mirai in the individual event was normal. She put all of her energy into the team event and was mentally exhausted by the time she got to the individual. It happens to a lot of skaters.
I don't think the Americans performed poorly. The US can't compete with the Russians, Osmond and Japanese at this point and probably do programs that are right at the edge of what they're capable of. So, that they often falter is not a surprise.
At some point they might have girls who climb the top of the podium again, but for now and the near future they can only compete with programs that are just too difficult to expect them to go clean consistently.
She had over a week in between the team and individual events to refresh and refocus. It looked more to me like her heart was not in it, like she'd proven herself already and didn't feel the fire to continue to fight.
59 pages. That's all.
And you're only realizing this now?
Again - 59 pages.
Oh the double standard.
And you neglected to mention a difference btwn Mirai's situation and Ashley's:
Several days after Ashley's original reaction of being "furious," she stuck to it on the Today show.
About 24 hours after this thread was started, Mirai had apologized in the People magazine article.
Note: I am *not* criticizing Ashley for having a reaction and sticking to it. Ashley is entitled to her feelings, as far as I am concerned.
I am just giving some of the timelines for what transpired with Ashley and what transpired with Mirai.