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- Feb 17, 2010
It's always suprising what people think they know about a sakter. Asada 'wants to jump like when she was 15'? And here I was thinking her goal was Sochi.
It's not as if Asada couldn't decide on her own what she wanted to do or not, she doesn't own anyone to do anything - and just because generally 3-3T combos are better to do doesn't mean it can't be different for her. I'm not too sure she'll get the 3A again, but who am I to tell her - who is the one doing the work - what she should do or not? For worlds she did 8-triples FS practices, and if she would manage that, she would be pretty unbeatable (except for someone else coming up with a 3A). In regards to Sochi, trying that out now was not the worst thing she could have done. Besides that, with the japanese media being all over the 3A pretty much everytime she gives an interview, it's not that hard to understand it's such a main thing for her...
What is frustrating for me, as a Mao fan, is there is so little attention paid to develop a winning strategy. We may disagree about whether she get the 3A back (I think she can), but I think we all agree it was not ready for this year's Worlds. I just don't see how you put that jump in your program when you are 1/2 to 3/4 UR on the jump in practice. The field was so weak this year and it really was a missed opportunity for Mao; it's unfortunate that she has the talent to win but not the willingness to execute a jumping layout that will allow her to do so without taking unnecessary risk.