"No one knows Mirai's mirai" Nagasu cheer thread

[Vagabond]

Guys, let's not jinx her. It's still just practice.

It's a cheer thread. We're cheering. That's what people do in cheer threads.

 

[bardtoob]

https://www.instagram.com/p/BPSZYKBAxke/?taken-by=coachtomz

Omg. This jump is amazing. I let out a gasp.

It is nice to see a real Axel, the kind that gets off the ice.

. . . and listen to that "rip" sound!

 

[arakwafan2006]

WOWWWW. Its like she flying through the air on this one!!!!!!!

It looks better than her other jumps.

 

[rosewood]

It looks better than her other jumps.

Exactly. The 3A in the latest video is the one that the skater knows she can do and sees she'll nail even before landing. Fingers crossed they spent enough time for other jumps too. My feelins right now are mixture of -->

 

[DimaToe]

Playing it safe has never really done Mirai any favors so I really really hope she just goes for the 3A in Kansas City.

Part of me really hopes that she pulls a big upset and wins nationals with a 3A.

 

[Spun Silver]

Exactly. The 3A in the latest video is the one that the skater knows she can do and sees she'll nail even before landing. Fingers crossed they spent enough time for other jumps too. My feelins right now are mixture of -->

@rosewood, as usual I am right there with you in the drama room. My stomach will be in knots until after Nats (at least). But I am also showing that 3A to everyone who has ever heard me mention Mirai.

 

[arakwafan2006]

I think we will be happy fans around this time next week

 

[Iluvid]

Go Mirai!

 

[zigzig]

If Mirai can do a 3A like the last one posted along with a clean 3F+3T and 3Lo she'll take a huge lead in the short since her PCS will correspondingly rise with her TES.

Will just be a matter of whether she can carry that momentum to her long which is often her weakness - and this year's program doesn't do her any favors.

Either way, I hope she brings a +3 triple axel to the competition and bring some life to this ladiezzz event!

 

[AngieNikodinovLove (ANL)]

Tom said she did 13 clean ones ....!!!!...

"The other day she did 13 spot-on clean ones, beautiful; everyone was clapping and hooting and hollering," he said.

http://web.icenetwork.com/news/2017/01/16/213615892

 

[VGThuy]

If that's the case she should definitely try it at Nationals (either only in the LP or both). Might as well get used to competing it now. The one in the latest video was absolutely beautiful. Probably one of the more exciting 3As I've seen.

 

[Spun Silver]

Tom said she did 13 clean ones ....!!!!...

"The other day she did 13 spot-on clean ones, beautiful; everyone was clapping and hooting and hollering," he said.

http://web.icenetwork.com/news/2017/01/16/213615892

That is unflippinbelievable. It seems like now is her moment!

 

[bardtoob]

IMO Mirai should go for the 3A in the SP only at Nationals, then, if she makes it to 4CC, she should try it in the SP and LP. If she makes it to Worlds, then see how it is going and use her best judgement at that point since Worlds is so far away.

ETA: I can't believe it has been 12 years since Kimmie got her 3A ratified at Nationals.

 

[Sasha'sSpins]

Mirai's 3A is looking sweet - that last one especially was breathtaking! Here's hoping she's looking Rock star on her other triples as well!

We don't talk about these things but she is slimmer in the legs and it's improved her line. I feel sorry for these athletes who have to live such controlled lives with eating. What's the story - Brian Boitano said he would pour milk on his cereal than squeeze it out before eating.

I agree about Mirai. That story about Brian makes me sad.

 

[Sasha'sSpins]

That is approaching Ito territory.

That is a huge compliment to Mirai and the 3A posted by TomZ certainly approaches Ito's lofty heights (minus Ito's signature bent leg)! https://www.instagram.com/p/BNqOWwmgcfN/

 

[smarts1]

If anyone could do it, it would be Mirai. Despite her underrotation issues, she has the best double axel technique of all the US ladies and probably even in the world right now.

I really wonder if she'll try it at Nationals.

 

[Bellanca]

If anyone could do it, it would be Mirai. Despite her underrotation issues, she has the best double axel technique of all the US ladies and probably even in the world right now.

I really wonder if she'll try it at Nationals.

My understanding is that it will be a game-time decision. Whatever that decision may be, good luck to the lovely Mirai Nagasu!

 

[giselle23]

If anyone could do it, it would be Mirai. Despite her underrotation issues, she has the best double axel technique of all the US ladies and probably even in the world right now.

I really wonder if she'll try it at Nationals.

I agree, Mirai's double axel is the best. If she is ready with the 3A, I hope she goes for it.

 

[giselle23]

That is a huge compliment to Mirai and the 3A posted by TomZ certainly approaches Ito's lofty heights (minus Ito's signature bent leg)! https://www.instagram.com/p/BNqOWwmgcfN/

Had to post this--maybe the best triple axel ever. https://youtu.be/786iaNxX968?t=74

 

[Jammers]

This is probably the best triple axel ever especially since it happened at Worlds. Scott Hamilton said it would be 50 years before we saw anything like Midori Ito again and he's right. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yvgWI8QDrzQ&t=77s

 

[Sasha'sSpins]

Had to post this--maybe the best triple axel ever. https://youtu.be/786iaNxX968?t=74

Midori achieved HUGE height on her 3A. For me one of her best was when she did it in combo with a 3T a the Olympic practice rink in 1992! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QQgR0cBsK4Y

Others tried, but Midori Ito the Empress of the 3A was the only one whose petite feet could reach board height on that jump! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5uhsBZHicHs

 

[bardtoob]

I'm Midori's biggest fan, and nobody need be threatened that Mirai has the 3A.

The only similarity I see between the two 3A is the deeper than 2A step-in with no skid and the shape of the flight path. The air position and height are different. A skater needs to get 1.5 feet (18 inches) off the ice to do 3A. Midori could get 1.75 feet (21 inches) off the ice and probably used the leg wrap to control the rotation speed.

If any, Mirai's is more like Mao's ... FWIW Liza's is more like Harding's because they both achieved straight perpendicular air position to the ice.

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Ladies 3A Midori to Liza

https://youtu.be/5uhsBZHicHs

 

[chapis]

https://twitter.com/mirai_nagasu/status/741301976781099008

She looks so fit, and that spin is amazing!!!

 

[Sasha'sSpins]

I'm Midori's biggest fan, and nobody need be threatened that Mirai has the 3A.

The only similarity I see between the two 3A is the deeper than 2A step-in with no skid and the shape of the flight path. The air position and height are different. A skater needs to get 1.5 feet (18 inches) off the ice to do 3A. Midori could get 1.75 feet (21 inches) off the ice and probably used the leg wrap to control the rotation speed.

If any, Mirai's is more like Mao's ... FWIW Liza's is more like Harding's because they both achieved straight perpendicular air position to the ice.

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Ladies 3A Midori to Liza

https://youtu.be/5uhsBZHicHs

I'm a huge fan of Midori too and I certainly don't feel threatened that Mirai has a 3A! A previous poster said she was 'approaching Ito territory' on the jump. Approaching - she's not there yet and she likely never will be.

 

[Sylvia]

Phil Hersh's article on Mirai: http://web.icenetwork.com/news/2017/01/17/213697090

That she still wants more a decade later is evident in Nagasu's attempt to master the triple axel at an age few skaters would risk trying a new jump, let alone the most difficult one done by women. Zakrajsek has posted videos of Nagasu landing them in practice, and she intends to practice them in Kansas City, but she will not decide until the 11th hour if she will put it in a program this week.
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"I think I would be bored if I were winning all the time, even though it would be nice," Nagasu said with a laugh. "And I would love to be medaling all the time, but then I wouldn't be who I am today. I think I have learned to take losses like a champion, and I'm proud of that."

 

[snoopy]

Those side by side shots of the axle with Midori are cool - midori's hang time is 1.5 times everyone else's

 

[DimaToe]

Even Phil Hersh has a soft spot for Mirai it seems

 

[bardtoob]

Phil Hersh's article on Mirai: http://web.icenetwork.com/news/2017/01/17/213697090

"Last semester, she took calculus, accounting, statistics and business law, and was disappointed that her grades included two B's with her two A's."

That's a healthy business degree course load. Mirai is really taking school seriously.

 

[AngieNikodinovLove (ANL)]

Well, Mirai got the best starting order of all the Senior gals.

She is second to last in last group!!!!

 

[giselle23]

I'm Midori's biggest fan, and nobody need be threatened that Mirai has the 3A.

The only similarity I see between the two 3A is the deeper than 2A step-in with no skid and the shape of the flight path. The air position and height are different. A skater needs to get 1.5 feet (18 inches) off the ice to do 3A. Midori could get 1.75 feet (21 inches) off the ice and probably used the leg wrap to control the rotation speed.

If any, Mirai's is more like Mao's ... FWIW Liza's is more like Harding's because they both achieved straight perpendicular air position to the ice.

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Ladies 3A Midori to Liza

https://youtu.be/5uhsBZHicHs

I hope no one thinks I was threatened because I posted Midori's video. I love Mirai! She is my favorite of current skaters. I would be thrilled to death if she could land the 3A in competition. I just posted Midori's video because I love Midori, too, and am still in awe of the fact that, nearly 30 years later, no one has matched her on the 3A.