Mao's new programs - news & discussion

Here it is!
mao practicing her short program.

https://www.dailymotion.com/ippanjin2008/video/x6da1q_news_sport

Here's a news video which shows parts of Mao's new SP!!
http://jp.youtube.com/watch?v=9-1vuj6K5BU

coconut wrote:

Here it is!
mao practicing her short program.

https://www.dailymotion.com/ippanjin2008/video/x6da1q_news_sport

oops... I just sent it to another threat
thanks anyway!

Thank you for the link. It's difficult to tell anything about the program at this point, because they shown so little and in random order, but it's great to see even that little. The new footwork looks very promising, and just when I thought Mao's fan spiral couldn't get any better...
I wish the rules about levels for the spiral sequence were changed, though - I think that a CoE arabesque would fit perfectly with "Claire de Lune"... but it would get a low level under current rules. I miss CoE spirals without position change... Mao's spirals are still great, but it would be nice to occasionally see CoE arabesque or CoE Biellman again.

I hope Mao's training is going well.

Since both of her assignments are rather late, I think it would be great if she was sent to compete in the Nebelhorn Trophy. Some additional points would be a nice addition, and I would have an occasion to see the programs sooner...

nice triple axel

http://jp.youtube.com/watch?v=zdu0-5nCASQ

Wow, that looked so easy! I was worried about Mao's jumps after SSOI, but it looks like she's back in top form.

The orchestral version of "Claire..." sounds nice from what can be heard on this short clip. It sounds quite powerful. I have a feeling I've heard it already... Maybe it's the one played by the Montevani Orchestra..? I hope they'll show a bit more of the program in the news soon, I would love to identify the music version at least.

Great 3A, it looked effortless. I can't wait to see the programs. I would love to see Mao at Nebelhorn!

Oscilla wrote:

I hope Mao's training is going well.

Since both of her assignments are rather late, I think it would be great if she was sent to compete in the Nebelhorn Trophy. Some additional points would be a nice addition, and I would have an occasion to see the programs sooner...

This year, Akiko Suzuki was chosen to compete at Nebelhorn Trophy.

coconut wrote:

This year, Akiko Suzuki was chosen to compete at Nebelhorn Trophy.

Too bad. I love Akiko's skating, too, so I'll be glad to see her in Obersdorf! She needs ISU points even more, as she was assigned only to NHK.

Another news clip! with another 3A and a lovely donut spin!!
https://www.dailymotion.com/ippanjin2008/video/x6de87_news3_sport

bibi wrote:

Another news clip! with another 3A and a lovely donut spin!!
https://www.dailymotion.com/ippanjin2008/video/x6de87_news3_sport

the way she finishes the program reminds me of her SP from jr.worlds 2005

I read the newspaper, It says that Tarasova is going to Japan in mid-August in order to check Mao's skating.
Mao is working on fixing her lutz and she says that its showing good progress so far!

coconut wrote:

I read the newspaper, It says that Tarasova is going to Japan in mid-August in order to check Mao's skating.
Mao is working on fixing her lutz and she says that its showing good progress so far!

really? That's good news!! It's been a while since we saw Mao doing a 3lutz, I'm so excited about seen it! And it's great to hear that Tarasova is coming in Japan!

The choreography looks quite difficult. I can't wait to see it when it's all polished and ready.
I like the entrance into 2A, right out of a reverse spread eagle. Nice to see Mao change the entrance every year.

Thank you for good news, coconut!
Good luck to Mao, and I hope Tatiana will enjoy her trip to Japan.

I merged the posts about Mao's new SP practice into one thread to avoid confusion.

I really can't wait to see more of the program, those short clips just sharpened my appetite for the whole thing.
Lovely spirals and wonderful 3A! It really looks effortless.

I put the practice clips from different news together and uploaded here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N31-VFMIru4
This is for those who want to rewatch the practice without the introductions and off-ice clips.

Oscilla wrote:

I put the practice clips from different news together and uploaded here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aVGi8QoRIcM
This is for those who want to rewatch the practice without the introductions and off-ice clips.

thanks!

I think I'll have to disable ratings and comments without approval in all my videos. One would think that the trolls would get bored by this point, but no such luck. I barely posted the link and suddenly I get many nasty comments and messages and the video rating gets knocked down to 2 stars. It's not the first time this happened. And the last time, after I disabled rating in the similarly abused video, the trolls just moved on to my other videos, even those uploaded a long time ago and without Mao.

Sorry for the outburst... I just feel sad. Youtube seems so full of trolls recently... I subscribed to the "Mao Asada" tag, and half of the videos posted recently were created by trolls. I think if they put as much effort in, let's say, figure skating as they do into trolling, they would be champions by now.

Oscilla wrote:

I think I'll have to disable ratings and comments without approval in all my videos. One would think that the trolls would get bored by this point, but no such luck. I barely posted the link and suddenly I get many nasty comments and messages and the video rating gets knocked down to 2 stars. It's not the first time this happened. And the last time, after I disabled rating in the similarly abused video, the trolls just moved on to my other videos, even those uploaded a long time ago and without Mao.

Sorry for the outburst... I just feel sad. Youtube seems so full of trolls recently... I subscribed to the "Mao Asada" tag, and half of the videos posted recently were created by trolls. I think if they put as much effort in, let's say, figure skating as they do into trolling, they would be champions by now.

Thank you very much for the video! really like that Claire de Lune

I felt so weird when I found Mao's 3A video with the title of 2A.
some figureskating fans are just horrible sometimes