- Joined
- Feb 17, 2010
On the topic of Mao, to me it seems clear the only thing that was holding her back was the tremendous pressure. For the four years after Vancouver she put her life after skating on hold and struggled mightily to stay near the top to be a medal contender. The moment that pressure was off, she skated what was, in my opinion, the single greatest ladies' freeskate the world has ever seen (one of the best artistically and unquestionably the best technically). Unfortunately I don't think if she comes back that pressure will ever be off to allow her to skate with such freedom.