Mirai Nagasu's future prospects

Mathman · Jun 27, 2014

golden411 said:
The athlete selection procedure for the 2014 World Championships is as follows:

The winner in each discipline (ladies, men’s, pairs and ice dance) at the 2014 Prudential U.S. Figure Skating Championships, Jan. 5-12, in Boston, will earn an automatic spot on the 2014 World Team. The remaining team members in each discipline will be selected by U.S. Figure Skating’s International Committee, taking into consideration the results of events in the following order of importance:

2014 Prudential U.S. Figure Skating Championships

2013 ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final

2013 ISU World Figure Skating Championships

2013 ISU Four Continents Figure Skating Championships

2013 ISU World Junior Figure Skating Championships

2013 ISU Junior Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final

Skaters who do not compete at the 2014 U.S. Championships due to injury or illness, but who meet the other criteria, may also be considered for selection.[/I][/INDENT]

Looking at the official criteria, it is hard to find fault with the decisions of the USFSA selection committee for 2014 Worlds.

Abbott: U.S. Nationals, 1st. Automatic for Worlds.
Aaron: U,S. Nationals 3rd, 2013 Four Continents 4th, 2013 Worlds 7th
Brown: U.S. Nationals 2nd, 2013 Jr. Worlds 2nd.

Gold: U.S. Nationals 1st. Automatic for Worlds.
Edmunds: U .S. Nationals 2nd, Jr. GPF 4th
Nagasu: U.S. Nationals 3rd.
Wagner: U.S. Nationals 4th, 2013 Worlds 5th, GP Final 3rd.

If I didn't miss something, these are the only results that count, with U.S. Nationals weighted the heaviest and with International senior result weighted more than junior results.

Jammers · Jun 28, 2014

chuckm said:
Mirai is about to skate her SP at the Broadmoor competition. Ashley Cain just skated her SP and nailed it with a score of 66.41.

Oops, Mirai botched all three jumps. Double-footed and URd the opening combo, stumbled on the solo jump, and stepped out of the 2a. Sad to say, she was expressionless throughout the program, the same way she has been the last four years.

Scores:
Ashley Cain 66.41
Mariah Bell 57.70
Mirai Nagasu 53.19

Ashley Cain could be spoiler this year for the US. Big score for a summer competition.

Icey · Jun 28, 2014

Re muscle memory: some skater's muscles must be better at remembering than that of others :laugh:

. Actually, a very intriguing subject.

Icey · Jun 28, 2014

chuckm said:
Mirai is about to skate her SP at the Broadmoor competition. Ashley Cain just skated her SP and nailed it with a score of 66.41.

Oops, Mirai botched all three jumps. Double-footed and URd the opening combo, stumbled on the solo jump, and stepped out of the 2a. Sad to say, she was expressionless throughout the program, the same way she has been the last four years.

Scores:
Ashley Cain 66.41
Mariah Bell 57.70
Mirai Nagasu 53.19

What a disappointing start for Mirai. I saw a vid of Cain's performance, which was impressive. Is there a vid of Mirai's

Icey · Jun 28, 2014

Jammers said:
Ashley Cain could be spoiler this year for the US. Big score for a summer competition.

I agree.

samson · Jun 28, 2014

Word on the street is her sp is Variation 18 from Rhapsaody on a Theme From Paganini by Rachmaninoff.

MK's Winter · Jun 28, 2014

Icey said:
What a disappointing start for Mirai. I saw a vid of Cain's performance, which was impressive. Is there a vid of Mirai's

She has been with Tom Z for a bit, I do wonder if they are reworking technique. This would be the time to do it.

chuckm · Jun 28, 2014

Maybe all that work on a 3a has disrupted her timing on the 2a, because she had to step out of it to keep from falling backwards.

Jammers · Jun 28, 2014

Mirai should not even be thinking about a 3axel at this time. At 21 i don't think any Ladies skater who ever did the 3axel got it at that age plus Mirai just isn't explosive enough to land one. 4 years ago perhaps but not since then her body has changed.

chuckm · Jun 28, 2014

Mirai's focus should be on fully rotating her jumps, especially her triples. At Broadmoor, none of her jumps appeared to be fully rotated or cleanly landed, not even her 2a. Her spins were great, but no one ever won a competition on spins alone. And her facial expression is still that of a wooden dummy. She has to show that she is interested and involved in what she is doing on the ice, and not appear so detached and aloof.

willdu · Jun 28, 2014

Good comeback for Mirai at Broadmoor. First reports in from twitter: (@sylviaunseen)

Good jumping day for @mirai_nagasu she landed 3F2T, big 2A2T, 3Lz, 3Lo2T, 3F, 3Lo, 2A(hung on) & scored 117.29 to win FS. #BroadmoorOpen

#BroadmoorOpen Sr Ladies: @mirai_nagasu just debuted her Madame Butterfly FS w/ lyrics incl. the famous soprano aria (choreo by @Adaripp)

Places second by 6 points due to the short program deficit.

mirai4life · Jun 28, 2014

nice comeback Mirai!
Very good score

Ashley Cain 176.76
Mirai Nagasu 170.48
Mariah Bell 145.17

Sasha'sSpins · Jun 28, 2014

I was disheartened by the report on her SP at Broadmoor but her FS comeback raised my spirits again a little bit. That being said she can't afford such deficits in the GP's. I hope she trains hard and comes out swinging at Skate America.

mirai4life · Jun 28, 2014

54.73 for TES
62.56 for PCS

The PCS is higher than what she got at the US Nationals and 2011 4CC o.o..... Must have been some kind of masterpiece program lol

Just checked and this is the highest PCS she has ever received! :eek:

willdu · Jun 28, 2014

mirai4life said:
54.73 for TES
62.56 for PCS

The PCS is higher than what she got at the US Nationals and 2011 4CC o.o..... Must have been some kind of masterpiece program lol

To be fair, that bond program was unfortunately empty in too many places. Maybe it was the camera angles at Nationals but it seemed less CoPish with fewer transitions than before on the GP series.

mirai4life · Jun 28, 2014

willdu said:
To be fair, that bond program was unfortunately empty in too many places. Maybe it was the camera angles at Nationals but it seemed less CoPish with fewer transitions than before on the GP series.

Well, it's also better than her Olympics and US Nationals 2010 PCS

willdu · Jun 28, 2014

mirai4life said:
Well, it's also better than her Olympics and US Nationals 2010 PCS

Oh wow. Okay. I want to see this program ASAP. Better than 2010 Mirai PCS? Any videos of Broadmoor up yet? Also want to see this new hyper flexible spin she's put in. Is it the same one she instagramed?

mirai4life · Jun 28, 2014

First Competition of the season comparison

14/15
Broadmoor Open 170.48 = 53.19 + 117.29

13/14
Glacier Falls Summer Classic 158.99 = 56.67 + 102.32

12/13
Glacier Falls Summer Classic 156.60 = 56.68 + 99.92

11/12
Glacier Falls Summer Classic 157.99 = 57.83 + 100.16

mirai4life · Jun 28, 2014

willdu said:
Oh wow. Okay. I want to see this program ASAP. Better than 2010 Mirai PCS? Any videos of Broadmoor up yet? Also want to see this new hyper flexible spin she's put in. Is it the same one she instagramed?

IDK but i hope there are new spins, too.
No video yet.

IcyEdges · Jun 28, 2014

willdu said:
Oh wow. Okay. I want to see this program ASAP. Better than 2010 Mirai PCS? Any videos of Broadmoor up yet? Also want to see this new hyper flexible spin she's put in. Is it the same one she instagramed?

Watch video of her "Demons" program from SOI. She does it in there where she goes into a Pearl Spin during a combo spin.

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