- Joined
- May 15, 2009
Actually GPF mattered a lot to JP skaters this year b/c the top finisher got a spot on the Oly team.
So if Mao could've gone & placed higher than Miki & Akiko, she would've locked her spot on the team.
I don't want to remember her for failure.
Miki tried her 4S in Torino, but nobody remembers that. Everyone remembers Sasha's SP, Irina v. Sasha & Arakawa's winning performance (LP) which gave Japan its 1st OGM in ladies' figure skating. That's the kind of stuff that makes history, not hanging onto a jump that's not really working for you anymore.
I adore Mao, and I hope she can come back strong with or without 3As.