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Something about Mao's skating just makes me feel calm and at ease. I hope she can feel the same out there and deliver a performance to be proud of. Go Mao!!!!!
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I hope Mao will come back strong tomorrow and skate great in her freeskate. Mao, just wipe today out of your thoughts and start with a clean slate. Remember your magnificent performance of Madame Butterfly at the Japan Open and run every move through your brain until it flows out of you naturally by second nature.
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Mao did some of the most beautiful jumps I have seen her or anybody do in warmup. Her triple axel was gorgeous and really big: heavenly honestly. It got the biggest applause from the audience, but all the jumps were fantastic. She has it all and then some. She seemed to get a bit tense and tentative when the program started, which affected her commitment on the jumps. She just needs to relax and let her skates glide freely. There is a sequel to the Sochi LP - with a bigger triple axel- waiting in the wings if she can just set her mind free. I dearly hope she can find techniques to relax and focus.
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I am getting very nervous!! I just saw Kozu start fixing his figure skating shoe lace as he was called---did he get a time deduction!? I think the Sato team is not doing very well with mentally managing their athletes!! That was totally unnecessary and the Satos need to learn that they need to mentally care for their athletes and not just manage their technique.
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I've been rewatching Mao's Sochi FS for good voodoo (and I still start tearing up as soon as she lands the triple loop) and all I want to say is good luck Mao! Regardless of where you place or what score you get, I will supporting you all the way. I do hope she had a great Free tomorrow, but as long as she's satisfied with her performance I will be okay. Best of luck, Mao-chan! ♥
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Yes. the purple Midori's dress is what Mao wore during her 2004-2005 junior season.
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I'm hoping for a LP à la Sochi 2014. No idea if it will happen, but she has what it takes to do it. She deserves to be on the podium, and I'm convinced she can still do it.
Go Mao!
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Sad to hear Mao's been feeling down in addition to illness recently. I'm sure she'll do a better job in the LP though. And even if she doesn't, I survived watching her 2010 NHK LP and her 2012 Worlds LP so I'm pretty sure I can survive whatever Mao-related disaster that might come in the future. More importantly, she will too.
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Mao is a legend and it would be a travesty if she doesn't get to worlds!
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She's going
It's not announced yet, but I can't name anyone that would go in place of her
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Congratulations to Mao for making the podium and getting 2nd place in the freeskate after missing the triple axel and being so down yesterday. Great that she battled back! It sounds a little like her 2008 Worlds LP. I never think it is all about scores for Mao, otherwise she wouldn't always challenge such a difficult and risky jump. She also has so many other beautiful expressive qualities that can never be quantified. As others have said, her triple axel will be back. She has landed it 3 out of 4 times outside of Japan this season. Considering what she has been through with her illnesses and fatigue amidst the pressure of so many competitions in a row, it's really encouraging that she was able to give her best freeskate since the Japan Open when it really counted with the pressure on after the disappointment yesterday in her SP. Mao will surely go to Worlds. I just don't know about the 4CC's.
Mao said something like this yesterday, "Experience teaches it is often important to exert power when one is cornered. I think I want to take this course in Tomorrow's free." She must have felt this way even more after missing the triple axel in the LP.
Mao said something like this yesterday, "Experience teaches it is often important to exert power when one is cornered. I think I want to take this course in Tomorrow's free." She must have felt this way even more after missing the triple axel in the LP.
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