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Thank you for the interview! And I've really enjoyed reading your Stars on Ice blog each year - I always look out for it cause you always have great pics and fun commentary!
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Thank you for the interview! And I've really enjoyed reading your Stars on Ice blog each year - I always look out for it cause you always have great pics and fun commentary!
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Maybe for the Japan Open, mirai will finally use the music from Avatar, like she wanted to years ago!
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her IG story shows that she's in Asia somewhere? is she competing?
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From what I’ve read of the gymnasts competing in addition to the skaters I so want to see this. Do you know if it will be televised?
She was providing a workshop for a skating competition in Thailand. (I'd link some pictures but I'm new here and don't want to risk getting banned!)
Here's my fancam of Mirai's freeskate from yesterday's Aurora Games.
Watched the Japan open FS and compared it to the Aurora game outing. The jumps and spins were better but the the opening jump was <+<<. The loop should've been the 3 jump combo and the second flip was actually a little.
She did a lot more crossovers in Japan and the step sequence + choreo sequence was better in Albany. I wish she kept the change of edge spiral because she's one of the few that can do it with the least amount of bobble in a sea of bad spirals of the new generation. The mistake on the salchow was understandable with the lack of speed coming out of the spiral sequence. The Charlotte spiral ending in Albany made me wish she could reuse her Saint-Saen FS again. I feel like she has the maturity now to do it well. But this artsy music pairs well with her to give me chills anyway.
I think Mirai loves skating and competing, she might disappear for a few years but no doubt she'll probably comeback like Ito does at the adult competition and make her fans proud
She did a lot more crossovers in Japan and the step sequence + choreo sequence was better in Albany. I wish she kept the change of edge spiral because she's one of the few that can do it with the least amount of bobble in a sea of bad spirals of the new generation. The mistake on the salchow was understandable with the lack of speed coming out of the spiral sequence. The Charlotte spiral ending in Albany made me wish she could reuse her Saint-Saen FS again. I feel like she has the maturity now to do it well. But this artsy music pairs well with her to give me chills anyway.
I think Mirai loves skating and competing, she might disappear for a few years but no doubt she'll probably comeback like Ito does at the adult competition and make her fans proud
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On Oct 13 at L.A. Comic Con, Mirai will be part of the Athletic Superheroes panel discussion:
Sounds like fun.
Sounds like fun.
Mirai did the Ice Desk at Nationals, which is pre and post event commentary and analysis, 2-3 shows a day. She was on with Michael Weiss, Brooke Castile, and Ben Agosto, with appearances by Mariah Bell and Alysa Liu. She did a good job and had fun with it.
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Happy Birthday Mirai!! I hope she is able to have fun in quarantine!! :agree:
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Speedy recovery to Mirai! She had hip surgery (on her second hip).
https://twitter.com/sportsjapan/status/1276373461565206532?s=19
https://twitter.com/sportsjapan/status/1276373461565206532?s=19
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Does anyone have a link to Mirai's programs, in particular her SP, from the 2017 US Intl FS Classic? (The links in the OP no longer work.)
I believe it was the first event at which she landed her 3A, albeit with negative GOE.
I believe it was the first event at which she landed her 3A, albeit with negative GOE.
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The first U.S, Nationals that my wife and I attended in person was in Spokane in January 2007 and we fell in love with all the ladies, especially Mirai appearing at her first Nats as a junior. The venue was great with the practice rink at the Convention Center being walking distance from the main rink. We spent most of our time running from rink to rink to watch the practices of all the ladies novices, juniors, and seniors. We were seated next to someone at one of the practices who was waxing enthusiastic about how wonderful a place Oberstdorf, Gemany, was and what a great place it was to go to watch skating.
When Mirai won juniors and was selected with Caroling Zhang and Ashley Wagner to go to Junior Worlds in Oberstdorf, my wife and I debated during most of our 2 day drive back home from Spokane whether we ought to try to go to Junior Worlds. I stayed up all night the day we got home searching on the internet for information about places to stay and how to get tickets. After talking to my wife the next day we decided to go because we were not sure whether we would ever get to see Mirai skate again. Little did we know at that time that Mirai was going to have such a long and succesful career.
So a couple of weeks later we were in Oberstdorf watching something like 56 ladies from about 42 different countries and feeling like we were in a heavenly place. We had a holiday apartment that was just across the creek from the rink and took us under 5 minutes to walk to the rink because we had to walk about 50 yards out of our way to get to the bridge.
Since Mirai had no international ranking she ended up near the start of the 6 or 7 hour long run of the short programs. If you watch a video of Mirai's short you will see that there were very few spectators for the early flights. We were a couple of the few that were there and had a great day watching all the lovely girls from so many different countries. If anyone ever has a chance to go to the Nebelhorn I would recommend it highly.
My friend the Coyote recommended that I post one of my early skating photos of Mirai here so below you will see the three medalists of the 2007 Junior Worlds (when they were all much younger): Mirai Nagasu, Caroline Zhang, and Ashley Wagner.
When Mirai won juniors and was selected with Caroling Zhang and Ashley Wagner to go to Junior Worlds in Oberstdorf, my wife and I debated during most of our 2 day drive back home from Spokane whether we ought to try to go to Junior Worlds. I stayed up all night the day we got home searching on the internet for information about places to stay and how to get tickets. After talking to my wife the next day we decided to go because we were not sure whether we would ever get to see Mirai skate again. Little did we know at that time that Mirai was going to have such a long and succesful career.
So a couple of weeks later we were in Oberstdorf watching something like 56 ladies from about 42 different countries and feeling like we were in a heavenly place. We had a holiday apartment that was just across the creek from the rink and took us under 5 minutes to walk to the rink because we had to walk about 50 yards out of our way to get to the bridge.
Since Mirai had no international ranking she ended up near the start of the 6 or 7 hour long run of the short programs. If you watch a video of Mirai's short you will see that there were very few spectators for the early flights. We were a couple of the few that were there and had a great day watching all the lovely girls from so many different countries. If anyone ever has a chance to go to the Nebelhorn I would recommend it highly.
My friend the Coyote recommended that I post one of my early skating photos of Mirai here so below you will see the three medalists of the 2007 Junior Worlds (when they were all much younger): Mirai Nagasu, Caroline Zhang, and Ashley Wagner.
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Mirai's valentines day post:
And her progress post:
And her progress post:
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Bumping this thread back up with some Mirai news... Mirai is going to be on this year's Celebrity Big Brother. Here's their announcement of the houseguest on instagram and Mirai's instagram post. Good luck Mirai! 
Also Mirai will be in the US Stars on Ice Tour this Spring, I think it's pretty great that she's the only non-current Olympian in the cast. She's worked hard to get her jumps back after surgery. Way to go Mirai!
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Also Mirai will be in the US Stars on Ice Tour this Spring, I think it's pretty great that she's the only non-current Olympian in the cast. She's worked hard to get her jumps back after surgery. Way to go Mirai!
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