This is the french commentary version:
http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=GBBXB65YJQQI translated it because Pierre55 asked me, and it's really funny!...here is it:
0 :02 : Representing Japan, she’s the big favorite for this competition, Mao Asada. So, this young Japanese competitor who, to tell you a little story, is no other than Philippe Candeloro’s goddaughter on ice. Philippe, maybe you’ll explain us in what circumstances this beautiful association started. But for the moment, we are interested in the performance of this young girl who is today, the best skater of the world.
0:31: But between being the best figure skater in the world and winning the world title, there is sometime a little difference.
0:35: So, attention...she’ll try it, look if she’ll land this jump....Aaaaaaaaahhhhalalalalalallala
0:40: What happen??
0:45: This thing is the worst thing that can happen on a triple axel, because the take off edge is forward.
0:51: Olalala...she is totally destabilized, my god, the pressure of the young girls tonight!
0:57: That was an horrible fall. We have difficulty to get over it.... at the beginning of the program....
1:00: That was a big mistake on the entry edge.
1:04: Go!
1:05: Triple flip...triple toe!
1:07: That was way better!!!
1:13: We can’t say it was better because, in the triple axel she didn’t even jump into the air.
1:18: You’re totally right my dear Luc, you are always right!
1:24: Maybe she’ll attempt another triple axel later in the program!? I would love it, I would love to see Mao doing a wonderful triple axel.
1:30: This is the free program, so she can modify the choreography.
1:34: No, with the new system this isn’t that easy!
1:38: Anyway, she can try it...
1:42: ....triple lutz...
1:44: She is really recouping, that’s wonderful.
2:00: This Chopin’s fantasy Impromptu match her very well.
2:05: And everything can still happen
2:30: Triple loop...perfect
2:37: She scared us on this beginning of program but she recouped, she recouped very well and that is not easy at all when you underwent this kind of shock.
2:50: Ahalalala
2:57: I now feel that you’re more optimistic
3:00: She is so marvelous, this little Mao
3:04: This is the jump that she wanted to try into a triple at the beginning and she did it into a double.
3:18: This is (speaking of the take off edge) the only part of a triple axel that you can never master, this is why I always say that anybody can never tell me that they control the triple axel at 100% because we are never freedom of this kind of mistake.
3:29: This is the harder jump in technique and the more dangerous.
3:32: ... more capricious
3:36: This footwork is wonderful, w-o-n-d-e-r-f-u-l, it perfectly fits the music.
4:16: I can be proud to be her godfather, this is really like we do in family hahaha.
4:21: How did you met her Philippe?
4:25: In fact, She participated in one of her first show in Japan during the “Show des Champions” tour which I had exported from France to Japan. And this is when we created this little family alliance.
4:40: I wanted to support her because I saw her at 8am already doing a triple axel in training when she was only 12 years old.
4:48: This is the hour in which you were going to bed ahahaha...
4:54: so... Six triple jumps, she missed the triple axel of course, you saw it.
4:58: This is the only thing she missed.
5:00: Absolutely, apart from that, she did 2 triple-triple combinations, she is the only one to do that. She has everything... she is beautiful, flexible, she skates really fast, she is fast in the footwork but also in the spins. In my opinion, she has to beat Kostner.
5:16: Mao Asada, of Japan, Philippe’s goddaughter, world champion in a outstanding atmosphere. We are going on a little commercial break and we’ll be back, here, live, in Gutenberg.
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Wed Mar 26, 2008 7:08 pm
Sometimes it seems to me that in order to preserve so nice commentators, R-Eurosport freezes them after every Worlds and Euros until the next event (occasionally unfreezing for the Olympics and 4CC). 
) and beat Slutskaya at the GPF (
), the first time they actually saw Mao (and also Yu-na) was during the last Worlds. 
). When Mao jumped her opening 3A, the younger commentator (he was commenting the FS alone) it seemed was utterly impessed (of course, he knew she could jump it, but still he couldn't believe it actually had happened just like that, in front of his eyes 
He was really impressed. 
"Who else might skate like this?! Who else might jump 3Axel?.. Well, probably Miki Ando might jump..." 
(hopefully, not for much longer), but I just found a nice vid that I wanted to share:
However, if I find it before it's up on YT, I'll make sure to upload it ASAP. 
