And was that a 3-3-2 combination?
She looks great!! Her jumps are beautiful -she's adding the salchow in this season? And was that a 3-3-2 combination?
hurrah said:Japanese media is also widely reporting that Mao and Tarasova said during the interview that they are practicing (have been practicing since last year) the triple axel-triple toe loop combination, and would like to put it in competition. I wonder if that's really possible?
:chorus:Also, according to the reports, Mao is working on 3L-3L. Her jump layout for Olympics is not finalized yet, and they try to find such layout that would be comfortable for Mao, and yet challenging and (preferably) impossible for other ladies to do.
Yes and yes.
She actually landed 3S in her LP at NHK and GPF, but it looks much, much better in those clips.
She also visibly worked on the entry to her toe jumps. She used to reach very far back on 3F and 3Lz, so much that her body and free leg were almost parallel to the ice. (Like here.) Her 3F entry is normal now and it obviously helped her combinations with 3F. :thumbsup:
She also did a 3T-3T in one of the clips - although it was underrotated this time, it's very impressive that she is able to land a combo consisting of 3Ts - the jump that (next to Salchow) used to be Mao's weakest jump.
Her 3F entry is normal now
There's now some Japanese media reporting that Tarasova said to the press that they are prepping Mao to start doing quadruple jumps after the Olympics! Mao gets no rest
AFTER the Olympics?
(if true) there goes the speculation on her imminent retirement
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Well I think she for sure needs a 3/3. She should do a triple axel combo in the short, with her solo jump the loop or the flip.
I think her Freeskate layout should be:
3 axel
3 axel/2double toe
3 salchow
3 flip/2toe/2loop
3 lutz*
3 loop/3loop*
2 axel
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Well I think she for sure needs a 3/3.
I think her Freeskate layout should be:
3 axel
3 axel/2double toe
3 salchow
3 flip/2toe/2loop
3 lutz*
3 loop/3loop*
2 axel
LeCygne said:Though it's usually the other way around, I feel like Mao underrotates 3T more than 3L. (..) When she had two 3-3's in her 2008 LP, it was the one with 3T that was more questionable.
I can't really see her adding 3T-3T in.
Red Dog said:While I applaud risk-taking, my only concern is that doing all those jumps does not catch up to her at some point.