Winter Olympics 2010

Haidogirl wrote:

Long nights are coming...

Absolutely!

Just to let you know, TAT was at Russian Junior Championship and look pretty healthy.

polosatik wrote:

Just to let you know, TAT was at Russian Junior Championship and look pretty healthy.

Ah thats good! So hopefully she fully recover in time to be on Maos site!

you know guyz what will we do?even mao doesnt read all our comments here,but for the sake of our fan asada mao.we should pray for her at the olympic , even a single prayer is very important too, no matter what religionist we are, it doesnt matter.because it will help her also to bring back her courage and faith you know maybe one day after the olympic,mao will visit here in the site and read our messages she will be thankful to us everybody...heheheheheh..good luck to the olympic 真央チャン-
we love you all....thank you...

polosatik wrote:

Haidogirl wrote:

Long nights are coming...

Absolutely!

I'm with you.
Hopefully they will schedule the ladies competitions for "prime time" on the east coast

clasic888, I agree. Sending good and happy vibes to Mao....

clasic888 wrote:

you know guyz what will we do?even mao doesnt read all our comments here,but for the sake of our fan asada mao.we should pray for her at the olympic , even a single prayer is very important too, no matter what religionist we are, it doesnt matter.because it will help her also to bring back her courage and faith you know maybe one day after the olympic,mao will visit here in the site and read our messages she will be thankful to us everybody...heheheheheh..good luck to the olympic 真央チャン-
we love you all....thank you...

I think she doesnt need us for praying, she is good and everyone knows that she is the only one who can beat Yuna *thinks positive*

ok,,,,i do think positive....

Check this out! Mao and Yu-Na and Evan and Meryl/Charlie are listed as Olympians to watch on TIME Magazine!
http://www.time.com/time/specials/packages/completelist/0,29569,1958645,00.html

Not-so-very flattering pics, though, I have to say--should have had a picture of MAO's gorgeous smile!

When will Mao arrive in Canada?

i dont know yet guyz when will mao arrive in canada?i think she is very bz now practicing to be prefect the sp and the lp....

☆Genie wrote:

When will Mao arrive in Canada?

in Mao news, I dont remember the page the people commented Mao is going to arrive 3days before the competence, the sp is 23 feb I think.

this is from time magazine's article about the ten olympic athletes to watch at the olympics.

MAO was #3

"The Land of the Rising Sun would like nothing better than to claim back-to-back Olympic ladies skating champions, and Asada, 19, may be just the one to step into countrywoman Shizuka Arakawa's golden skates. Her ace on the ice is the triple Axel, the most difficult jump performed by a female skater. She landed one successfully at her national championships in December to secure her Olympic berth, but it's high-risk; she's flopped a couple of times too. With Kim known to be one of the most consistent skaters in the sport, a golden repeat for Japan may slip past Asada.

Read more: http://www.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,1958645_1958459_1958445,00.html#ixzz0eqydvMdo

dlnnyc wrote:

this is from time magazine's article about the ten olympic athletes to watch at the olympics.

MAO was #3

"The Land of the Rising Sun would like nothing better than to claim back-to-back Olympic ladies skating champions, and Asada, 19, may be just the one to step into countrywoman Shizuka Arakawa's golden skates. Her ace on the ice is the triple Axel, the most difficult jump performed by a female skater. She landed one successfully at her national championships in December to secure her Olympic berth, but it's high-risk; she's flopped a couple of times too. With Kim known to be one of the most consistent skaters in the sport, a golden repeat for Japan may slip past Asada.

Read more: http://www.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,1958645_1958459_1958445,00.html#ixzz0eqydvMdo

Its great, but I believe Mao is 4, yuna is 3rd. However, they are so popular, in each publication they dont mention Plushenko, Lambiel, or any pairs, Yuna and Mao will be the stars, I dont know if that is good or bad .

http://www.fsuniverse.net/forum/showthread.php?t=71357

Hey guys, there is a new poll on FSU board on "who do you want to win the OGM for ladies?" Vote for Mao everyone

Hi Guys. This is Liffey. I've been offline for a while because my computer crashed and I lost all of my passwords. I tried to use the retrieve password feature on this site, but I keep receiving an error message. If anyone knows how I can retrieve my password and use my real user name again, please let me know.

Anyways, I didn't see this posted anywhere, but the practice groups for the Olympics have been announced. Mao is practicing with her Japanese teammates and Carolina, which I think is great. She and Yuna won't have to focus on each other during the practice, and the crazy media will be kept somewhat in check. Plus, I think Mao will feel much more comfortable and at ease with her teammates around her. Here are all the practice groups:

Saturday, Feb. 20:
7:00-11:00 (5 groups, 40 mins)
Group 2 (7:00-7:40): CHN, ITA, JPN (3), TUR
Group 3 (7:50-8:30): AUS, BEL, RUS (2), USA (2)
Group 4 (8:40-9:20): AUT, EST, GEO, GER, KOR (2)
Group 5 (9:30-10:10): GBR, HUN, POL, SVK, SLO, UZB
Group 1 (10:20-11:00): CAN (2), FIN (2), ESP, SUI

Sunday, Feb. 21:
10:45-14:45 (5 groups, 40 mins):
Group 3 (10:45-11:25): AUS, BEL, RUS (2), USA (2)
Group 4 (11:35-12:15): AUT, EST, GEO, GER, KOR (2)
Group 5 (12:25-13:05): GBR, HUN, POL, SVK, SLO, UZB
Group 1 (13:15-13:55): CAN (2), FIN (2), ESP, SUI
Group 2 (14:05-14:45): CHN, ITA, JPN (3), TUR

Monday, Feb. 22:
10:20-14:40 (6 groups, 35 mins each) in SP start order.

Wednesday, Feb. 24:
9:00-12:10 (4 groups, 40 mins each) in FS start order.

Liffey58 wrote:

Hi Guys. This is Liffey. I've been offline for a while because my computer crashed and I lost all of my passwords. I tried to use the retrieve password feature on this site, but I keep receiving an error message. If anyone knows how I can retrieve my password and use my real user name again, please let me know.

Anyways, I didn't see this posted anywhere, but the practice groups for the Olympics have been announced. Mao is practicing with her Japanese teammates and Carolina, which I think is great. She and Yuna won't have to focus on each other during the practice, and the crazy media will be kept somewhat in check. Plus, I think Mao will feel much more comfortable and at ease with her teammates around her. Here are all the practice groups:

Saturday, Feb. 20:
7:00-11:00 (5 groups, 40 mins)
Group 2 (7:00-7:40): CHN, ITA, JPN (3), TUR
Group 3 (7:50-8:30): AUS, BEL, RUS (2), USA (2)
Group 4 (8:40-9:20): AUT, EST, GEO, GER, KOR (2)
Group 5 (9:30-10:10): GBR, HUN, POL, SVK, SLO, UZB
Group 1 (10:20-11:00): CAN (2), FIN (2), ESP, SUI

Sunday, Feb. 21:
10:45-14:45 (5 groups, 40 mins):
Group 3 (10:45-11:25): AUS, BEL, RUS (2), USA (2)
Group 4 (11:35-12:15): AUT, EST, GEO, GER, KOR (2)
Group 5 (12:25-13:05): GBR, HUN, POL, SVK, SLO, UZB
Group 1 (13:15-13:55): CAN (2), FIN (2), ESP, SUI
Group 2 (14:05-14:45): CHN, ITA, JPN (3), TUR

Monday, Feb. 22:
10:20-14:40 (6 groups, 35 mins each) in SP start order.

Wednesday, Feb. 24:
9:00-12:10 (4 groups, 40 mins each) in FS start order.

Thanks for posting this! I hope some photos and videos will be uploaded!

Liffey58 wrote:

Hi Guys. This is Liffey. I've been offline for a while because my computer crashed and I lost all of my passwords. I tried to use the retrieve password feature on this site, but I keep receiving an error message. If anyone knows how I can retrieve my password and use my real user name again, please let me know.

Anyways, I didn't see this posted anywhere, but the practice groups for the Olympics have been announced. Mao is practicing with her Japanese teammates and Carolina, which I think is great. She and Yuna won't have to focus on each other during the practice, and the crazy media will be kept somewhat in check. Plus, I think Mao will feel much more comfortable and at ease with her teammates around her. Here are all the practice groups:

Saturday, Feb. 20:
7:00-11:00 (5 groups, 40 mins)
Group 2 (7:00-7:40): CHN, ITA, JPN (3), TUR
Group 3 (7:50-8:30): AUS, BEL, RUS (2), USA (2)
Group 4 (8:40-9:20): AUT, EST, GEO, GER, KOR (2)
Group 5 (9:30-10:10): GBR, HUN, POL, SVK, SLO, UZB
Group 1 (10:20-11:00): CAN (2), FIN (2), ESP, SUI

Sunday, Feb. 21:
10:45-14:45 (5 groups, 40 mins):
Group 3 (10:45-11:25): AUS, BEL, RUS (2), USA (2)
Group 4 (11:35-12:15): AUT, EST, GEO, GER, KOR (2)
Group 5 (12:25-13:05): GBR, HUN, POL, SVK, SLO, UZB
Group 1 (13:15-13:55): CAN (2), FIN (2), ESP, SUI
Group 2 (14:05-14:45): CHN, ITA, JPN (3), TUR

Monday, Feb. 22:
10:20-14:40 (6 groups, 35 mins each) in SP start order.

Wednesday, Feb. 24:
9:00-12:10 (4 groups, 40 mins each) in FS start order.

I think you could send a message to Okami let her reset your password.
Since Japan's first public practice session is early in Feb.20 morning, does this mean she will arrive in Vancouver in Feb.19? Or she will skip the first practice session? I hope it is the former one.

Thank you so much for the schedule, Liffey!!!!!

Sigh. I can't believe even with Mao's recent comeback that there are still so many skating fans who are doubting her and saying harsh criticisms about her. Maybe I should stay off of the other skating forums for a bit . I just want Mao to kick butt in Vancouver and prove all these people wrong!

I am also so nervous about Olympics~~~~

Liffey well come back! I was wondering where were you for so long I think Okami can help you with getting your password back! Than for sсhedule!

aoi88 wrote:

Sigh. I can't believe even with Mao's recent comeback that there are still so many skating fans who are doubting her and saying harsh criticisms about her. Maybe I should stay off of the other skating forums for a bit .

Yeah, the major skating forums are pretty much filled with 90% trash...not even just toward Mao, but toward other skaters, too.

Somehow the Goldenskate 4CC Ladies LP thread got turned into a conversation talking about how wonderful Yu-Na and her mother are, and making up excuses why Yu-Na's LP at GPF wasn't perfect (she had to walk up a hill by her hotel too many times, apparently )

I gave up posting regularly on there except for Junior events. .__. Not to mention you can tell there are some serious pro-Yu-Na posters there that will literally beat down any positive thing said about Mao with an equally negative comment--and it's annoying because it's always the same people (I could name names--but I wont).
FSU is even worse...

kirakira wrote:

http://www.vancouver2010.com/olympic-figure-skating-videos/

You beat me to it, I just watched
Ganbare, little skaters!! xD

I can't believe it's so close. The men will start in a week already On one hand I don't want wait longer because I'm already way of too excited but on the other hand I don't really want to see it yet because then it would be over so soon. I don't know if it makes any sense It's a weird feeling....

AAHHHHH !

Goo Mao! Goo Stéphane!

Here are the medals

http://www.rtve.es/imagenes/jpg/1265151815467.jpg

Actually the medals are undulated.

Here the podium http://www.rtve.es/imagenes/jpg/1265151866933.jpg