OK, another Mao post...sorry. But there's just so much to say!
Someone was kind enough to upload a video from the 07-08 season I had never seen before. I believe it was a Japan Super Challenge competition in 2008, but I am not sure. This program to So Deep it the Night has always been one of my favorites, so I was excited. She lands the lutz as usual, and then goes into a huge 3F+3Lo with her long hair half down all over the place! I was very impressed. She goes on to do the 3 2As as usual, followed her lovely spiral, and I expected her to do a nice triple loop. But no - she goes for a triple axel, with her hair down, in spotlights, THREE AND A HALF MINUTES INTO HER PROGRAM - AND SHE STANDS UP! That is just crazy. No-one ever goes a 3A that late in a competitive program, and I mean the men. I don't know how she did it, but somehow she did. Yes, it is under-rotated and two-footed, but who cares?!? She went for it and stood up. This girl is just full of surprises, so I don't doubt that she will surprise us, hopefully in a good way, at worlds in March.
CRAZY!!
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