Is Mirai the One? | Page 9 | Golden Skate

Is Mirai the One?

Layfan said:
That's true, actually. Kim Yuna is so dominant that you sometimes forget this is actually her first Olympics. After the Olympics more people will know her name. But Janetfan is right to say she is not well known. Believe me, most of the people I know only tune into figure skating during the Olympic year and they don't have a clue who Kim Yuna is.
The one exception to all of this might be Michelle and Tara. Most Americans probably knew who they were before their first Olympics in 1998. But that was in the years after the Tonya-Nancy saga when interest in the sport was at its peak. And of course, having two young Americans be the headliners at the Olympics will obviously always be more interesting to Americans than a South Korean being the runwaway favorite. How well known Kim Yuna is in the rest of the world outside Asia, I haven't a clue.
Click to expand...

I think we'll get a clearer picture after the Olympics. Like I said, you're comparing a skater who has yet to compete at the Olympics to ones who became well known after they've medalled. There's a difference between a only number of avid skating fans following yearly competitions to the Olympics where billions of people watch.

Anyway, back to topic. Yeah, of all ladies skating, I liked Mirai and Christina Gao. I think they are the skaters with solid fundamentals and have the most potential to bring US out of the rut.
 
Last edited:
janetfan said:
:laugh: :laugh: :laugh:

Those Hughes girls all look the same to me too - so let's cut NBC some slack ;)
Click to expand...

Heh, it is rather uncanny. I wish I had the link, but I recently read anInternet article about Sasha Hughes accompanied by a picture of EMILY. It was driving me mad.

Figure88 said:
I think we'll get a clearer picture after the Olympics. Like I said, you're comparing a skater who has yet to compete at the Olympics to ones who became well known after they've medalled. There's a difference between a only number of avid skating fans following yearly competitions to the Olympics where billions of people watch.
Click to expand...

I meant to agree with this - It's understandable that the general public doesn't really know Yuna Kim because she's never even been to an Olympics. We'll see how much that changes afterwards. I think Shizuka Arakawa is still a relative unknown in the states. But she stopped competing after the Olympics - understandable of course, given her age and the fact that she was already a World Champion, too. Also, for the general public Arakawa's win was out-of-the-blue. But the media will by hyping Yuna before the Olympics in a way that they didn't Arakawa.So, it's a safe bet that more Americans will know who Yuna in the days leading up to the event than Arakawa.
 
Last edited by a moderator:
Layfan said:
Heh, it is rather uncanny. I wish I had the link, but I recently read anInternet article about Sasha Hughes accompanied by a picture of EMILY. It was driving me mad.
Click to expand...

Sasha Hughes? :scratch:

I think we know what they're thinking about!
 
you know for someone who is unknown to the media because of her race ( :sheesh: ), Kristi Yamaguchi sure does a lot of top brand commercials... they just showed a TurboTax commercial with her in it
 
Tonichelle said:
you know for someone who is unknown to the media because of her race ( :sheesh: ), Kristi Yamaguchi sure does a lot of top brand commercials... they just showed a TurboTax commercial with her in it
Click to expand...

Must be because TurboTax got her mixed up with Michelle Kwan.;)
 
After watching SP's again this afternoon on NBC I am convinced Mirai deserved 1st - and by more than a couple of points.

I hope she can do it again tonight and earn a place on the Olympic team

Go Mirai ....... let the future begin tonight :rock: :rock: :rock:
 
janetfan said:
After watching SP's again this afternoon on NBC I am convinced Mirai deserved 1st - and by more than a couple of points.
Click to expand...

I agree. Scott said without hesitation that Sasha's 3Lz was short of rotation, and Sasdra added, and two-footed. That was more clear the second time around.

Dick Button, on the other hand, said he hopes Sasha makes the Olympic team rather than one of the teenyboppers.

Edited to add: Oops, I mean "Sandra." Another one of those Freudian slips. :)
 
Mathman said:
Dick Button, on the other hand, said he hopes Sasha makes the Olympic team rather than one of the teenyboppers.
Click to expand...

Not cool, Dick Button. Plus Rachael, Mirai, and Ashley are hardly "teenyboppers", they are in their late teens and are mature, responsible, and honorable girls :agree:. Calling them "teenyboppers" is a bit disrespectful and rude, IMO :scowl:
 
silverlake22 said:
Not cool, Dick Button. Plus Rachael, Mirai, and Ashley are hardly "teenyboppers", they are in their late teens and are mature, responsible, and honorable girls :agree:. Calling them "teenyboppers" is a bit disrespectful and rude, IMO :scowl:
Click to expand...
They are all in their teens and are rising above the rest and obtain inspiration to their peers and competitors. I think Teeny-boppers fits and is very respectful. Terms can be very relative, I think the term that he used was different. I am not trying to say you are wrong, rather it is easy to have a different interpretation of what he said.
 
Mirai just gave the most frank (hah), hilarious, and entertaining answers in her press conference. She's so candid! I especially enjoyed the "I'm most looking forward to getting alot of free shwag cuz asians like getting free stuff" line lol. And the "we're gonna blow the competition away *bang bang bang gun handmovement*" LOL she had johnny have more in common that I'd thought...and I love it.
 
gfskater said:
I think it is because of her winning Dancing With the Stars.
Click to expand...

I know! I was being ironic. It was directed at that poster who kept insisting that Michelle and Kristi weren't American Sweethearts because no one can tell them apart because Americans are a bunch of racists, or something to that effect.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.

Similar threads

S
Is it me or the blades?
Replies
10
Views
1K
Query
Q
J
Wide skates for beginner
Replies
2
Views
730
Ic3Rabbit
Ic3Rabbit
B
Engagements, weddings, & babies | 2026
2 3 4
Replies
65
Views
9K
lariko
lariko
ra7_78
Nicole Bobek's new book
Replies
10
Views
3K
Take2cnsdr
T
CaroLiza_fan
Figure Skaters That Have Competed In Other Sports
3 4 5
Replies
87
Views
4K
NanaPat
N
Back
Top