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- Aug 8, 2009
Shizuka Arakawa won without a triple loop in 2006.
Oh, yeah. I should correct my original statement and say that she will probably be the last skater without the physical capacity to do the full set of triples (minus the axel) who will be able to win OGM.
I know many ubers claim that she could do a triple-loop because she did in her junior years, but she never did one in her adult years, and you have to do one in competition to claim you can do one. Mao could do quad salchow and loops in her junior years, and Miki continued to be able to do a quad salchow into her teens, after all, but you don't see posters claiming that Mao and Miki could do quads. Well, actually, Guiness Record says Miki did do a quad when she was 19-year-old, I believe.
Anyway, Yuna was a great strategist and competitor, and I think that is what she will be most remembered for.