GORGEOUS skate from Mao, omg <3 THAT is the Mao we know and love at her best. And aw, look at that big smile on her face; go Mao! Expect her to go into first w/that skate. *crosses fingers*
Part of me subconsciously may have wanted Mao to bomb so Rachael could podium and Mirai get a silver, but the majority (and the whole conscious part) is glad to see Mao doing so much better!
It looks like the podium I predicted early in the season for Worlds will be the podium here. I will be wrong about Worlds though as Mirai won't be there.
And for Mao, 132.89 for a total of 196.30! She gets the silver, Miki wins it, and Mirai gets Bronze with Rachael nipping at her heels with a 4th place finish!
Ah, exquisite, exquisite, exquisite, it's when she skates like this I'm misty-eyed, almost broke down during the middle of the performance, then caught myself when she UR her 3S, but her everything else perfect!!!!!!