Mirai Nagasu's future prospects

[Jammers]

I think Mirai needs to just stick with rotating her existing triple jumps and forget about the 3a.

 

[fallingsk8er]

Maybe working on the 3A will help with the rotation on her other jumps.

 

[lcd]

We'll see how things are going this weekend. Go Mirai!

 

[ks777]

is mirai competing this weekend?

 

[burntBREAD]

is mirai competing this weekend?

Yes, at the U.S. International Classic in Salt Lake City.

 

[ks777]

oh cool, thanks!

 

[MK's Winter]

Go Mirai!

 

[ice coverage]

‏@LynnRutherford

.@CoachTomZ says @Mirai_nagasu plan is to practice 3A in SLC, not try it in program. @AlaineChartrand tried it at Skate Detroit. #SLC2014
7:43 PM - 10 Sep 2014
https://twitter.com/LynnRutherford/status/509895097593245696​

Best to Mirai at the Classic! :yay:

 

[MK's Winter]

New Mirai Interview:

http://www.icenetwork.com/news/2014/09/12/94359474

 

[mirai4life]

""Mirai's plan is to practice the Axel in Salt Lake City but not do it in competition," Zakrajsek said. "It's getting closer. She has rotated it fully and fallen, or she has stood up on it when it's under-rotated.""

Nagasu hopes to add a triple Salchow, a jump she hasn't landed in competition since 2009, to her free skate and may show it in Salt Lake City.

"Triple Sal is definitely not my favorite jump, so to put it back in my program is definitely a step up and definitely stresses me out," she said. "But I think that continuing to work and increasing the difficulty of my programs is really good for me."

"The triple Sal has been really good; she hit nine out of 10 the other day," Zakrajsek said. "It depends on her other jumping passes -- her triple flip-triple toe and double Axel-triple toe -- and whether we take out the (second) triple loop."

yassssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss. im liking the 3F-3T, 3S talk

 

[Blades of Passion]

She basically needs to do this to stay competitive with the other girls:

3F+3T
2A+3T
3Lz
3Lo+2T+2Lo
3S
3Lo
2A

Good luck to her.

 

[Sasha'sSpins]

I love that Mirai is working on getting the 3S back into her arsenal.

 

[ks777]

so the compeition is already taking place? where can I see the result?

 

[Sam-Skwantch]

so the compeition is already taking place? where can I see the result?

The SP is over and here are the results.
http://www.usfigureskating.org/leaderboard/results/2014/2014_us_intl_classic/results.html

This thread has loads of info.
http://www.goldenskate.com/forum/showthread.php?51336-2014-U-S-International-Figure-Skating-Classic


Mirai Nagasu SP(I can't get this link to work anymore but I'm on my iPhone)
https://youtube.com/watch?v=9ufNgyhUG6A

edit: Sorry for being so unclear.

 

[burntBREAD]

The SP* is over (not the entire competition). Mirai didn't achieve a particularly good score due to a poor combo (singled the second part so it was invalid and all -3 GOEs) and losing important levels on spins/step sequence. Her elements aside from the combo looked pretty good though -- her loop and axel got really excellent GOE.

 

[ice coverage]

The SP* is over (not the entire competition). ...

Yes, bB is right. Mirai will skate again in the FS today.

Start time: Sep 13, 5:00 PM Mountain Daylight Time​

Mirai will skate 10th out of 13 ladies:

http://www.usfigureskating.org/leaderboard/results/2014/2014_us_intl_classic/CAT001SEG002.html​

 

[yyyskate]

I love the 3S talk as well, wish to see five different triples in Mirai's LP. Go Mirai!

 

[coolboogie22]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rkJuRNGJrqs

I like this so much, I find it's funny that Tom answered the question instead of Mirai for the FS «A Triple Flip/Triple Toe!»

Tom is great coach for Mirai
Mirai doesn't seem to believe in herself. But, Tom believe in her and It seems to help her to rebuilt a confidence that she has lost over the last 4 years!

 

[chuckm]

Mirai skated the SP in SLC with the same blank expression with which she's skated every program since 2010. I've pretty much given up any expectation of seeing a revival of the old Mirai. If she doesn't believe it's going to happen, it won't.

 

[lcd]

Apparently the triple salchow has been a nemesis. Funny, just like it was for Kristi Y.