I lov mao's bells the music she skates to is soo different from other skaters and soo much harder to interpret on the ice, and she still does an incredible job each time... this performance is so intense it's like you can feels the fire from this performance.. it's really incredible to think that the one who skatet to libestraum is the same mao is the one who skatet to bells...
can't wait to see what she will show us in the next season..
wow she did great! Kim Yuna is like an actress and knows how to make herself look good and knows how to receive high scores, but Mao Asada truly skates with her heart and always challenges herself (with triple axel and so on..) and pushing her limits! Even if her scores are usually lower than Yuna's, as a skater and as a person, I think more people are inspired and touched by Mao's performances. In the end, that is much more meaningful than always being No.1 score wise. She's No.1 in her way!
This is a lovely, Romantic routine. It's a shame so many people don't get that the Goth attitude is part of the performance, not her whole personality.
@erikacornia I absolutely agree with you. Mao's music is a lot harder to skate to . In my opion , she expresses deeper than anybody else , the strehgth(inner strength ucluded) is simply incredible , and she has the best skating skill in the world. Some may argue with that . I do figure skating so I can tell that the axel is the hardest jump in this sport . The whole package? I think Mao already has it , and she's been doing
She's so graceful. Her lines are really smooth and all the jumps are clean with soft landings. Shes the only female skater that can land a 3.5 revolution perfectly. Welcome to Vancouver, Mao-chan! I hope you have a great experience here.
In the OP, I only hope that judges are fair and never give strange points to the skater who can't do even a sit spin and whose StSq looks like just a skip .
@harperiscrazy you are an inexperienced critic. Every skaters use their arms now and then. It helps them to be expressive and also to retain their grace and balance.
Mao has very big capacity. Her natural style is the light skating. She got another style from Tarasova. We can see different performance from Mao each time. We are happy.
It is unbelievable her skating ability. Nobody can deny her high skating skills and her very artistic elagant expressions. She always challenge, she could get two triple axel in the same program and include one triple axel in short program getting such beautiful artistic step sequence. Nobody did that in the figure skating history, and the time WILL show how strange judge system set in these years. GO MAO!!!
Mao is such a sweet and tenderhearted girl. This music doesn't bring out her best quality. But she did an excellent job. She is definitely one of the top skaters in the world. I'm a Korean and whoever wins in the Olympics, as long as both Mao and Kim can give their best performance, I'll be happy. Go Mao!!!
A very nice performance though I also feel that this music is just a little too overpowering. One of her best qualities is the lightness of her jumps, yet this music makes that difficult to notice.
All the same I wish her well in Vancouver and so glad she recovered from her Grand Prix season.
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Nobody can deny Mao Asada's enormous talent and technical skills, but I can't help but notice that she's not made much progress in artistic expressions, in which Yuna Kim has no peers. Also, this music and choreography don't really bring out the best of Mao's talents and capabilities.
@socalsamurai AMMM, if we take ur opinion as valid, then the ballet cast of swan lake would be like the most unartistic thing ever, Yuna and her coach have a kind of hip personality and it translates great on the ice, but that's not the only kind of "artistic expression". I know Mao seems really level, but that's what I love about her, when she's on her performances come across as a classic piece of art, OMG! 2009 gpf sp just came to my mind, that was a piece of art head to toe! Go Mao :P
MAO FANS don't get upset with all of these comments, remenber is olympic season and people get really bitchy. I'll still cheer up for Mao, cuz she's amazing and I believe in her, Mao for GOLD!
I know that this particular performance, yeah, it does look force, and it doesn't have the usual flow that she has, but if that triple flip-2loop-2loop did not looked clean and effortless to you, then what does? I mean then you might find almost every skater in the world incredibly awful to watch, Mao is one the few that can jump that high without attacking the ice.
Brilliant!! Her performance is so intense! The footwork sequence at the end made me want to cheer! Especially that twizzle i the half-sit position that she does. Great music and routine.
I don't think her amazing 3A should be downgraded for a 10 degrees arguable lack from the total 1260 degrees of rotation. How they be considered double (900 degrees)??? This new way of judging is so wrong, promoting safe, boring programs.
There are no Chreography....No Transition...
anyyou79 5 months ago
I lov mao's bells the music she skates to is soo different from other skaters and soo much harder to interpret on the ice, and she still does an incredible job each time... this performance is so intense it's like you can feels the fire from this performance.. it's really incredible to think that the one who skatet to libestraum is the same mao is the one who skatet to bells...
can't wait to see what she will show us in the next season..
wsfggf 9 months ago
The real #1. A shame she had to come in at a time when Yuna was being annointed the new messiah.
PubliusAfricanus 1 year ago
it's really heartwarming to see all of the korean fans there to support her, makes you forget the few idiots on youtube
HelTra91 1 year ago 7
This program has great physical strength.
Required daily training.
Mao is a great passion！
keedollyful 1 year ago 5
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wow she did great! Kim Yuna is like an actress and knows how to make herself look good and knows how to receive high scores, but Mao Asada truly skates with her heart and always challenges herself (with triple axel and so on..) and pushing her limits! Even if her scores are usually lower than Yuna's, as a skater and as a person, I think more people are inspired and touched by Mao's performances. In the end, that is much more meaningful than always being No.1 score wise. She's No.1 in her way!
junkyindatrunky 1 year ago
This is a lovely, Romantic routine. It's a shame so many people don't get that the Goth attitude is part of the performance, not her whole personality.
erikacornia 2 years ago 5
@erikacornia I absolutely agree with you. Mao's music is a lot harder to skate to . In my opion , she expresses deeper than anybody else , the strehgth(inner strength ucluded) is simply incredible , and she has the best skating skill in the world. Some may argue with that . I do figure skating so I can tell that the axel is the hardest jump in this sport . The whole package? I think Mao already has it , and she's been doing
better year after year.
Xenos100 1 year ago 7
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Olympic no Asada, zannen!
Kitagamimimi 2 years ago
She's so graceful. Her lines are really smooth and all the jumps are clean with soft landings. Shes the only female skater that can land a 3.5 revolution perfectly. Welcome to Vancouver, Mao-chan! I hope you have a great experience here.
reigun101 2 years ago 9
mao asada is graceful and she is a great skater/
But Yuna is the best.. she rarely makes mistakes. I like them both tbh and I would be happy if either one gets the gold medal @ the winter olympics.
alicemacf 2 years ago
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Mao Asada overrotated double axels
hotmesssss 2 years ago
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no offence but she needs to work on her facial expressions and arm movements
cuddlebuddy94 2 years ago
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In the OP, I only hope that judges are fair and never give strange points to the skater who can't do even a sit spin and whose StSq looks like just a skip .
GO MAO!!!
kintarouame2326 2 years ago 8
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Mao is overrated. She has no presence on the ice unlike Joannie Rochette, Miki Ando and the Gold Medalist ==> Yuna Kim.
harperiscrazy 2 years ago
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her triple axels are two footed.
witscats 2 years ago
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Grossly underrotated triple axels, only 3turns, NOT 3.5 Asada
wht1t3cr4y0n 2 years ago
@wht1t3cr4y0n you are grossly incompetent. Go and find someone else to bash on.
waddleduckie1 2 years ago
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Yuna Kim is much more expressive and a much more smooth and faster skater!
harperiscrazy 2 years ago
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@harperiscrazy
> Yuna Kim is much more expressive and a much more smooth and faster skater
Actually, Yuna's sexy pose and saucy glances are expessive for some men.
Oh, you don't need to relpy, cause I don't want to comunicate with a man having poor taste. Bye!
kintarouame2326 2 years ago
yea yea yuna is yuna..
but mao is mao.
2different amazing and incrediable skaters.
icecharmed 2 years ago 8
@harperiscrazy that may be true, but Asada's jump are cleaner and more pronounced. She has fast speed too as well.
waddleduckie1 2 years ago 3
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are you blind! that jump cheated!
ttkh2010 1 year ago
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I don't like how she moves her arms, it makes her jumps look like she's cheating them. Almost like a spider on the ice.
harperiscrazy 2 years ago
@harperiscrazy you are an inexperienced critic. Every skaters use their arms now and then. It helps them to be expressive and also to retain their grace and balance.
waddleduckie1 2 years ago 2
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@Proud koreanGuy
>When Mao succesfully executes her rare 3A, she does look like a cute little Jap circus monkey on ice.
You may have a brain as well as monkey's one.
he he,
Many Koreans may be ashamed of you though your HN is ProudKoreanGuy
Oh ,you don't need to reply, because I don't want to receive comments from the monkey man like you.
kintarouame2326 2 years ago 4
i still can not believe this insane footwork got a level 2??? does anyone know why?
collegeguy15 2 years ago 9
shit seriously? how the hell did she get a 2!!! she deserves the bestest coz that was one hard footwork sequence!
icecharmed 2 years ago 14
Mao has very big capacity. Her natural style is the light skating. She got another style from Tarasova. We can see different performance from Mao each time. We are happy.
katataita 2 years ago 36
It is unbelievable her skating ability. Nobody can deny her high skating skills and her very artistic elagant expressions. She always challenge, she could get two triple axel in the same program and include one triple axel in short program getting such beautiful artistic step sequence. Nobody did that in the figure skating history, and the time WILL show how strange judge system set in these years. GO MAO!!!
solsolsets 2 years ago 41
@ProudKoreanGuy It was held in korea, you can't be suret that all the yelings and barkings were made only by you called " monkeys"..lol
pacificbabeintokyo 2 years ago 9
Mao is such a sweet and tenderhearted girl. This music doesn't bring out her best quality. But she did an excellent job. She is definitely one of the top skaters in the world. I'm a Korean and whoever wins in the Olympics, as long as both Mao and Kim can give their best performance, I'll be happy. Go Mao!!!
onceagain777 2 years ago 10
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真央ちゃん、昔のあなたは 氷上で輝いた時もあったのに... あなたのフィギュアはひたすらアクセルを成功させるゴッマンか
あなたが引退した時歴史に残るスケーターになってほしい.
私はあなたが好きだ. なにともならないアクセルの欲心を捨てなさい
young4876 2 years ago
young4876
ちゃんとした日本語でお願いします。
seikoinochi1 2 years ago 7
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cheat jump! cheat jump!
sonaginim 2 years ago
Blind! Blind!
kaoruzinha 2 years ago
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sonaginim 2 years ago
A very nice performance though I also feel that this music is just a little too overpowering. One of her best qualities is the lightness of her jumps, yet this music makes that difficult to notice.
All the same I wish her well in Vancouver and so glad she recovered from her Grand Prix season.
sct2108 2 years ago 5
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Nobody can deny Mao Asada's enormous talent and technical skills, but I can't help but notice that she's not made much progress in artistic expressions, in which Yuna Kim has no peers. Also, this music and choreography don't really bring out the best of Mao's talents and capabilities.
Nonetheless, best of luck at Vancouver!!!
socalsamurai 2 years ago
@socalsamurai AMMM, if we take ur opinion as valid, then the ballet cast of swan lake would be like the most unartistic thing ever, Yuna and her coach have a kind of hip personality and it translates great on the ice, but that's not the only kind of "artistic expression". I know Mao seems really level, but that's what I love about her, when she's on her performances come across as a classic piece of art, OMG! 2009 gpf sp just came to my mind, that was a piece of art head to toe! Go Mao :P
PamelitaandCookie 2 years ago 4
Sorry, I meant 2008 gpf sp :P It's so clear of my mind, that I confused the date. :D
PamelitaandCookie 2 years ago
MAO FANS don't get upset with all of these comments, remenber is olympic season and people get really bitchy. I'll still cheer up for Mao, cuz she's amazing and I believe in her, Mao for GOLD!
PamelitaandCookie 2 years ago 9
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The jumps look forced, not effortless. The music is heavy, and the costuming garrish....OGM worthy I think not.
skateelectric 2 years ago
I know that this particular performance, yeah, it does look force, and it doesn't have the usual flow that she has, but if that triple flip-2loop-2loop did not looked clean and effortless to you, then what does? I mean then you might find almost every skater in the world incredibly awful to watch, Mao is one the few that can jump that high without attacking the ice.
PamelitaandCookie 2 years ago 6
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Nowdays, Mao takes too long time to be ready for her "jumps". Her act is no longer impressive.
jenny7479 2 years ago
最後に両手を空を突き上げる瞬間は何度見てもしびれる
是非、バンクーバーで最高の鐘を鳴らして
金メダルを！
kurocyan28 2 years ago 11
Yes,! Mao is the best!! Perpect 2 3a!
megumityann 2 years ago 12
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Awesome performance!!
really hope she gets a new costume, though...!
LumiereHikari 2 years ago 4
Brilliant!! Her performance is so intense! The footwork sequence at the end made me want to cheer! Especially that twizzle i the half-sit position that she does. Great music and routine.
Edjee99 2 years ago 17
I don't think her amazing 3A should be downgraded for a 10 degrees arguable lack from the total 1260 degrees of rotation. How they be considered double (900 degrees)??? This new way of judging is so wrong, promoting safe, boring programs.
ancamg 2 years ago 21
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sucker!
MrMaoZedongJr 2 years ago
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TWO FOOT LANDING 3A !
finyo97 2 years ago
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3A????????????? Strange .........
xerxes343 2 years ago
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Her 3A should be downgraded. The whole system of figure skating is corrupt.
xerxes343 2 years ago