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The screen cap of Mao's under-rotated triple axel in her free program that you made shows she is taking off forward . Had she landed it, she would have landed it facing the opposite direction. She didn't, so she got an under-rotation call on that attempt, but it was not pre-rotated. I get so annoyed by posters like you who simply don't want to acknowledge that Mao can do a triple axel. She can. And she'll continue to get more of then ratified inthe future.
No, it shows that she is taking of backwards (see, I can do it, too!). As in, her back is facing the direction she's jumping TOWARDS. Backwards and forwards is relative to the direction of travel. Axels are usually a quarter turn sideways, as I illustrated. She's WAY past that. It's not really anything worth arguing or debating, because the video and pictures speak for themselves. I don't have the energy to waste forcing you to see what is obvious.
Also, you can stop wailing about the triple axel. It's not even really about the triple. She does the same thing on her double axel as well. She isn't the only skater who does this (that issue is more common with Ladies than Men, by far), either.
And to be frank, the chances of Kim Yu Na showing up to Sochi with a triple loop, or Kostner showing up with a triple Flip/Triple Toe are much higher than Mao suddenly showing up with great jump technique at this point... Mao has been "fixing her jumps" for like 5 years now.
Everyone says Kim doesn't have a loop but I fail to see how she doesn't have a loop. Maybe she hates the jump and doesn't want to compete it, but before Vancouver she had great triple loops: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aM62CMStq1A
If she needs to put it in to win, it will be there. I expect Kostner to have a 3/3 by then. And then there are the Russian and others who by Sochi will have their PCS in line to challenge.
Have a nice day.
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