Ladies LP

[Buzzz]

Wonderful Mao did it! Lovely girl!

I wish PJ would learn when to keep quiet....

 

[Norpido]

Was good. I'm happy for her. She battled through.

 

[Hsuhs]

Who else had this music that Mao's skating to?

Nobunari Oda.

 

[screech]

I wish footwork sequences would just go forward, not forward, back a bit, then forward again, then back a bit. It's quite possible to do lots of edges, twizzles and turns without changing the direction you're moving. Just like cars can go around corners and curves without having to go in reverse, yet still have good performance.

 

[evangeline]

Oh Mao...fall on second 3A but that was pretty good. Looks like silver for Mao, then...

 

[figuristka]

Good skate for her although no 3-3 and the fall on the 3 axel. Can be beatable.

 

[beep_beep]

Tarasova has a fur coat in LA...:scratch: where's PETA ,BTW?

 

[museksk8r]

Other than a fall on an under-rotated 3Axel, that was a fine skate for Mao. Great for her!

 

[bubbleyum]

hmmm am just now getting an up-close look at mao's dress... thought it was nice from afar but now it looks like she has a feather-duster stuffend down the front.

she looks relieved... just the 3axe mistake but felt very unemotional. this music is just too dragging.

 

[Hsuhs]

A great skate from Mao, just not enough for the title, I'm afraid.

 

[screech]

Go Joannie!

 

[*Sniper*]

AHHH too bad on the fall on 3A, but a valiant effort all in all.
Love the new dress and sexy nail polish!! woohoo~~

 

[figuristka]

So nervous for joannie, hope she is less nervous than iam.

 

[yelyoh]

Mao great first 3A was great but not the second. I really like this program on her.
I know others don't but I do and I think she skated the hell out of it.

 

[amateur]

Strong effort from Mao - the crowd was eating up those 3a's... was not looking totall sharp, flow not as good as we sometimes see from her, and some interpretation lost due to concentration, though she did keep the demanding pace of the music reasonably well... and phew! i was getting tired just watching that step sequence with all those twizzles and turns

 

[museksk8r]

GO JOANNIE! Trust your technique! Scott says she had a great warm-up!

 

[Fae]

It's amazing that with so many type of music out there...these skaters seem to use only the similar type of music all the time....go figure.

Mao's program is boring, she seems to think through too much, and nothing but jump after jump, nothing else.

I AGREE!!!
There's too much "drama" orchestra music going on...

 

[ManyCairns]

c'mon JOANNIE!

 

[Jasper]

hmmm am just now getting an up-close look at mao's dress... thought it was nice from afar but now it looks like she has a feather-duster stuffend down the front.

she looks relieved... just the 3axe mistake but felt very unemotional. this music is just too dragging.

you're right, it's not the right music for her at all. mao always skates to music that is overly mature for her age and style. that's why she never shows any emotion - she doesn't get into her music.

 

[bubbleyum]

mao looks disappointed with her score.