Midori Ito

[yude]

The livestream for the competition, I've been waiting for her performance for a whole week According to this tweet, she will skate on May 19 from 22:25 Japan time.

https://twitter.com/otonaFSC/status/996044081846349825

 

[chopinskate]

She can probably skate to beat most of the ladies' field today.

 

[Interspectator]

The livestream for the competition, I've been waiting for her performance for a whole week According to this tweet, she will skate on May 19 from 22:25 Japan time.

https://twitter.com/otonaFSC/status/996044081846349825

I'm really interested to see her skate again!

 

[lesnar001]

She can probably skate to beat most of the ladies' field today.

and quite a few of the men also!

 

[saphire]

Results from today's competition: https://twitter.com/Iron_Klaus/status/997834754983649280

 

[Miss Ice]

Results from today's competition: https://twitter.com/Iron_Klaus/status/997834754983649280

Are there videos anywhere? I'd love to see this!!

 

[saphire]

Are there videos anywhere? I'd love to see this!!

https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x6ju3cj

start at 5:41:00

 

[yude]

https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x6ju3cj

start at 5:41:00

She was doing 2A in the warm up

 

[chopinskate]

Was the audio out-of-synch for anyone else?

 

[yude]

Was the audio out-of-synch for anyone else?

It seems the audio is out-of-synch for everyone and it is only the video we have so far. Hope we have decent one

 

[yude]

A fan fixed the time lag

https://twitter.com/icegreen03/status/998003569168072704

 

[chopinskate]

That awkward moment when 48 year old Ito has a better 2A than a few current senior ladies.

 

[saphire]

A fan fixed the time lag

https://twitter.com/icegreen03/status/998003569168072704

Thanks. aw, she looks so happy.

 

[saphire]

during warmups https://twitter.com/azayakanablue/status/998027607886069761

 

[sakurano]

Bravo Midori at 48 years old she still has energy I admire.

Thanks for the videos

 

[yume]

She was doing 2A in the warm up

during warmups https://twitter.com/azayakanablue/status/998027607886069761

This woman is almost 50yo! almost 50yo:eeking:
Young girls should watch:cool14:

 

[yude]

This is TV program aired in the beginning of this month, there was new Midori's interview so I tried a brief summary. (it starts around 34:00 in the video)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E4HcwTg7qZM&feature=youtu.be

There is a rumor that Midori still has been practicing 3A but her reaction hearing it was "Are you trying to kill me!?" She said she could not do 3A anymore, but if she trained hard enough while she taught the kids in the winter, she could do 2A barely. And Yaginuma and Akiko in the studio said if Midori put on the newest style of skating boots, she would be succeeded in doing quad jumps, and Midori agreed with them and if she was competing now, she would challenge the quads. She was also asked what she thought about 3A of the current ladies, and she said they were skillful in a way and she was envious of it because they could land 3A even with a little UR, she could not do it since she could only land it with full rotations. And for her, 3A was like a toy, a carrot (for an animal like a horse), she was famous for being lazy but her teacher thought if she had a toy, she would practice harder

 

[saphire]

This is TV program aired in the beginning of this month, there was new Midori's interview so I tried a brief summary. (it starts around 34:00 in the video)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E4HcwTg7qZM&feature=youtu.be

There is a rumor that Midori still has been practicing 3A but her reaction hearing it was "Are you trying to kill me!?" She said she could not do 3A anymore, but if she trained hard enough while she taught the kids in the winter, she could do 2A barely. And Yaginuma and Akiko in the studio said if Midori put on the newest style of skating boots, she would be succeeded in doing quad jumps, and Midori agreed with them and if she was competing now, she would challenge the quads. She was also asked what she thought about 3A of the current ladies, and she said they were skillful in a way and she was envious of it because they could land 3A even with a little UR, she could not do it since she could only land it with full rotations. And for her, 3A was like a toy, a carrot (for an animal like a horse), she was famous for being lazy but her teacher thought if she had a toy, she would practice harder

I think that I saw some of that interview before. Thanks for sharing :luv17:

 

[yume]

Just found a video about her 2A and 2A combos.
https://youtu.be/K9KJwpQbOHY
Her 2A-3T was massive.
The way she could jump 10 straight 2A show that it was like a single jump for her.

 

[liv]

there's also that competition practice vid out there of her 3A3T... I love that she could do them decades before anyone else officially could do it in comp. I'd love to have seen someone with her talent able to compete in today's environment with the boots, the technology and training and fitness changes....Yes, there are talented girls now, but to do what she did, back then... way ahead of her time.