I read on Twitter after the first The Ice show that Mirai skated her Wicked ex and did a triple flip-triple toe, triple lutz, and triple loop, I did see the reference to a "sp" by someone else on Twitter after the second show, but I was thinking it still referred to the Wicked program, since I'd only see pictures of her in that dress so far. I guess we will know soon enough.
That Olympic Channel segment was pretty ridiculous, it makes it sounds like Mirai took this big break and now "is back", when her break (from the gp season) hasn't even happened yet. Maybe she has been in the rink less, but we've definitely seen her post clips of herself jumping in the last few months. I think that the interviewer specifically asked about her triple axel, so Mirai's answer makes sense...especially if she hasn't firmly decided whether she wants to retire yet. But honestly, Mirai also seems like the type who would still want to train the triple axel even if she never skates competitively again, to do it in a show or something. She was attempting it in every show last year on The Ice, and did it at Kristi's show. It's a shame that the system doesn't really incentivize the triple axel for women more imo.
On The Skating Lesson recently, Dave talked about going to the Westchester Ice Dreams show, and spoke a bit about Mirai's performance (he said that she skated her Wicked program and that the program itself was "a clusterf*ck", but that she did three triples and he thought that she looked the best, and that there is speculation that she may show up at nationals, since she is still working with Tom Z).
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