Mirai was the true Champion that night and everyone knew it. Visibly superior skate to Rachael Flatt's journeyman performance. I'm so happy the Olympic judges showed far more respect for Mirai when they placed her 4th, well ahead of the 7th place Flatt. They always placed her ahead of Flatt internationally because they knew she was the far better skater. U.S. figure skating had no respect for Mirai. She's had to fight their bias all the way for years.
Mirai was visibly superior to Rachael. She wuzrobbed at Nationals but at the Olympics thank goodness the international judges got it right. Mirai soared all the way to fourth at the Games. She did an awesome job that year.
People who throw the race argument into the Sochi debacle simply do not follow figure skating, and clearly never have (MK, Yamaguchi, Kim, Asada... Ummmm everyone, ever).
Jules Mekler Your argument is flawed in that Mirai has never had the given celebrated status of those other skaters and she has not been judged fairly several times...just look at the nationals that she clearly should have won!!! Mentioning Kwan and Kim is ridiculous compared to Mirai!!!
+JKC Kwan and Kim? Ridiculous?!? Go back to the NBC and ESP commentary from Mirai's 2010 Oly and Worlds programs and hear the things they have to say about her... "She's the future of American ladies skating, she's got it all, she's only 16, she's a special talent, etc..." GlowingGlowingGlowing. She's had some rough times and some tough calls but so have most skaters (Mao's 16th place SP in Sochi, Yuna's Gold at Sochi, the Kerrigan/Baiul debate, the Kwan/Lipinski drama, the Kwan/Slutskaya drama)... It's usually ups and downs and all arounds. I live Mirai and I hope she makes Pyeongchang.
Jules Mekler They are not the judges!!! And Yuna Kim is adored and Michelle Kwan has the second most titles and medals in history and she can't even jump that high!!!
Jules Mekler On second thought, after reviewing our back and forth your knowledge of figure skating far exceeds mine so you win this argument...take care and God Bless!!!
Mirai was majorly wronged three times: 1. They should have given her gold at the 2010 Nationals but didn't 2. They should have given her bronze at the 2010 Olympics but didn't 3. They should have chosen her to go to the 2014 Olympics but didn't I hope she wins gold at the 2018 Olympics
She was the deserved winner this night...she never skated better than this, she was in perfect shape mentally and physically. Why did she ever leave Frank Carroll? She had so much success with him.
+Scott G I could not agree more. I love her but she looks out of shape and sooooo not polished now. Frank was all about the overall picture but her jumps with Frank were better by far. She definitely needs Lori Nichol
I agree... Frank seems like a difficult guy (maybe not as scary as Raf) and Mirai is, apparently, a tough cookie to work with, so I bet their personalities clash. Given Orser's successes I'm surprised every single skater's not gunning for him... Though I think he's already over-extended, so maybe he ain't got no mo' time... Did Scott ever coach the big-timers? Seems like he has that empathy and enthusiasm and positive reinforcement that would've produced great results. Guess he was busy with Stars on Ice!!!
Oh and Kaetlyn's coach (Ravi Something?) is apparently a jumping technician and kept Kaetlyn on the singles path by turning her into a jumper, when she'd previously been ready to switch to Ice Dancing.
This was the most inspiring and breathtaking performance of the entire competition! She deserved gold for sure. If only we had three spots...Ashley truly deserved to go to the Olympics! She was amazing!
What happened to this Mirai?! She was flawless back then! During her prime I honestly think that Mirai was underrated. After 2011 she just kept on going downhill..and her not making it to the 2014 Olympics was a shocker. Hope she gets back in shape, regains her confidence and makes it to the 2018 Olympics cause she deserves so much more than what she previously got in the past.
+braveheart20121I think that she is just thinking about the wrong stuff and she is trapped in to that wrong stuff (not making the olympic team, etc...) if she just change her thoughts and releases a bit of the pressure i think she will be better than ever.
Mirai said prior to this competition that her goal was the 2014 Olympics. Also, watching her this season, she was so down on herself, so I think just to skate well here was what she wanted. Making the Olympic team was just icing on the cake.
Rachel who?! Mirai had the best spins in the entire competition, the best flexibility and gorgeous spirals, great speed, musicality, beautiful artistry emoting and skating with the music, not over it, and I only saw one under rotation. Her back flexibility is stunning, especially in her spins (those layback and Bielman spin positions deserve their own gold medal; honestly all of her spins were the best in the world at that time, centered, fast, with each position finished and seamlessly transitioned to the next position, effortless and totally unmatched at nationals or in Vancouver), the arch in her back and the extension of her body in her Ina Bauer is to die for! Her body lines were spot on, amazing extension of her free leg, and toes pointed/foot stretched, and she looked like she was having the time of her life! She was so into her performance, her joy was visible, lighting up her entire face and she looked genuinely passionate and in her element, reaching the audience in the front row to the rafters, making it look effortless, like she was having so much fun and created the moment of the night. That gold medal belonged around her neck. She was 7 points up after the short program, and I saw one under rotation, just one. Rachel two footed a landing and had a couple janky landings, lacked the flexibility, artistry, elegance, speed, spins, flow and emotion of Mirai. I’m also impressed with how she took on Carmen, making it flirty/sassy, but appropriate for her age. She got robbed of the National gold medal and the 2010 Olympic bronze, IMO!
This video basically shows her in probably the best condition of her career. If you look at some more recent videos, it is pretty clear that she has declined. I'm not sure if it's due to being out of shape, but in her 2013 videos, she will appear slower, less explosive, under-rotating a lot and really a shell of her former self. If she could exceed the level she was at in this video, she's practically guaranteed a spot on the team.
I was almost brought to tears with this program and this program isn't an emotional one nor a sad one. I could see her spiriting through this program and I haven't seen a program similar to this one since Michelle Kwan's era.
I agree! Mirai gave the best performance of the night, and I was really disappointed that she didn't win. Why is US figure skating holding back the one ladies skater that could be their next big star? Cohen is even less consistent than she used to be and Flatt's programs are always flat. Let's hope Mirai skates this well at the olympics, now that she doesn't have the pressure of being national champion, even though she clearly deserves the title.
She is so amazingly graceful and has wonderful technique. I don't understand how she placed second at U.S. Nationals. She is very good and she'll be very successful in the next few years!!
Even though Mirai's had a few downgrades(the first triple toe and the lutz shouldn't had been downgraded) her performance was so much better than Racheal's. The overall performance was better, I hope that Mirai can perform like this again during the grand prix series and in San Jose in 2012. Good luck Mirai(:
i feel more comfortable watching Mirai more than Rachael... Maybe it's because of the legs when she jumps... and she's so graceful on ice Beautiful perfomance... This girl should be champion
Mirai, Caroline and Beatrisa aomehow never semed to be judged on their merit. I have seen them skate, cleaner, more difficult and more artistic skates than the 'number ones' of their time. Always sad when credit due is not given. Mirai dor example should have been to Olympics much sooner than she was, si.ply because the US Federation chose a team of favorites.
It's sad watching this and seeing how Mirai has since regressed in the last couple years. She seemed on her way to being a World champion just a couple months later and it's been mostly downhill since.
At 16, she really does have all the talent necessary!!!! I have been worried that, ever since Cohen, and ESPECIALLY Kwan, we haven't had an athlete to really rally around. But I think we have it in this young lady!!!
just because no one can quantify artistry - everything is up in the air. face it. skating is now about how many revolutions you can make in the air. no matter what they say about level 4 spins and spirals, they just cant compare to jumps (at least to the judges) :( that was a worthy performance mirai!!
aah i cant wait for mirai grand prix and watch her claim gold agian.. its been long enough and i want to now see her ."the gold queen" love u miraaaiiiiiiii aaaaaahh
Mirai's performance was perfect! This is what figure skating should be about: technique and artistry. If Mirai continues to skate like this, she can be the next Yuna Kim! It's not that I don't respect Rachael's hard work and her skating, but I don't think she deserved to win. I can't even make myself watch her entire program b/c nothing really captured my attention.
è convintissima stà ragazza! cmq fa bene xkè nella vita la sicurezza ti porta lontano e poi, davvero, nulla da dire, un programma pregno di difficoltà, scorrevole, leggero e ki + ne ha + ne metta! una posizione meritatissima!
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At the 1998 Winter Games in Nagano, Japan, a judge in the ice dancing event tape-recorded another judge trying to preordain the results. Dick Pound, a prominent International Olympic Committee official, said soon afterward that ice dancing should be stripped of its status as an Olympic event unless it could clean up the perception that its judging is corrupt
Still some conspiracy theorists out there, huh? What are you people, 12? They have super slow motion replays that show that Mirai under-rotated some of her jumps. It's plain fact. And it's not the first time she's had problems with this. Rachel deserved that win. Her technical consistency outshines Mirai.
LOVELY! Thank you for uploading! Stretch, line, flexibility, transitions, centered spins, interpretation and she holds positions perfectly. Was there some question as to whether her jumps were under-rotated? Whatever, she is ONLY 16! I really think there is more to come from her. She is smart in saying "her time isn't now" it takes pressure off her in Vancover. Her time may be now and definitely the next four years!
Why does everyone hate rachael.... She just did a clean program with a huge technical score that would win world championships these days. She may not be as good now, but she deserved this win.
Mirai's got great jumps (and the URs are improving and will continue to do so under Frank Carroll), absolutely amazing spins (look at that layback into beillman!) and spirals, and an infectious sense of joy. She's the real deal. A little more time with Coach Carroll and she's going to be standing on that Worlds podium.
mirai's inconsistency stemmed too from a huge massive growth spurt vs flatt who wasnt pleasing to the eye at all to watch she didnt match the music or engage audience .. even when losing mirai always always made it wonderful to watch and those spins... no one had her spins
@spanishthree While I believe Rachael won based on technical difficulty of her jumps---I think people are looking at the fact that Rachael has no grace when she skates regardless of Nagasu's performance--that's the one thing that struck me first about Rachael..but much props to her for winning.
She's just so enjoyable to watch. I am very excited to see her compete this weekend. And on the Yuna note I have to agree, I find her skating ok at best. Sort of like Rachael Flatt who is technically very sound but dull to me. I much prefer skating that is more artistic then technical.
@Rperfilyev It the COP (Code of Points), skaters have the potential to get extra points for executing an element well. But let's say one skater puts their hand down when they jump or doesn't execute an element to the judge's expectation, you get negative GOE points. Each judge can give anywhere from -3 to +3. Hope I explained it well :3
@ThreesharpsA I totally agree. Figure skating is supposed to be art, and I hate to say this about a girl who works so hard, but her presentation really isn't even close to that. I'd be so surprised if Platt could even pull off a medal in vancouver with an international panel of judges, whereas I think that Mirai could totally contend for a silver. (The gold is Kim Yu Na's to lose... she is the class of the field IMO). GO MIRAI!
WHY is this beautiful girl NOT at the 2011 Worlds?! I hope USA's figure skating committee has learned their lesson. Get rid of Rachael Flatt, please. In case you haven't noticed, the international skating community DOESN'T like her.
@yukivmao I don't think that was fair either. Yuna couldn't enter one of her spins, then she didn't finish a spiral sequence, she fell on one of her jumps, did a waltz jump instead of a 2Axel. Mao probably should've won worlds. Yuna just won world because she won the Olympics, the judges were biased. We could sit here and fight about the topic but apparently we both have different opinions and they aren't going to change. I personally don't think Mao should've placed but that's just my opinion.
@ChariceBillboard agreed on that. Even if she got downgrades on 3 jumps, the technical content and the quality of spins, positions, spirals, edging, footwork--not to mention speed--was better than Flatt's. She also has so much more artistry--amazing that the audience and commentators thought she had clearly won and then she didn't (and it wasn't even that close!)
well i really wished sasha was better i mean like in the last few years in torino she had a performance and this year at the sp it was good but i didnt know y she failed in her long program it was so frustrating to see her couldnt get threw this to go to her 3 rd olympics
mirai should have won this and should have got bronze at olympics 2010. she is wonderful -wish she would make a huge comeback.
real.
Exactamundo 🎯.
Mirai was the true Champion that night and everyone knew it. Visibly superior skate to Rachael Flatt's journeyman performance. I'm so happy the Olympic judges showed far more respect for Mirai when they placed her 4th, well ahead of the 7th place Flatt. They always placed her ahead of Flatt internationally because they knew she was the far better skater. U.S. figure skating had no respect for Mirai. She's had to fight their bias all the way for years.
Tis an issue of racism
Mirai was visibly superior to Rachael. She wuzrobbed at Nationals but at the Olympics thank goodness the international judges got it right. Mirai soared all the way to fourth at the Games. She did an awesome job that year.
Up to this day i still believe she deserved the bronze in that olympics
stanley052380 If only the olympics was not in Canada.
USFS has long been robbing Mirai. So unfortunate. Always put the blonde, white girl at the top. Just look at the 3 US contenders for Sochi. -.-"
People who throw the race argument into the Sochi debacle simply do not follow figure skating, and clearly never have (MK, Yamaguchi, Kim, Asada... Ummmm everyone, ever).
Jules Mekler Your argument is flawed in that Mirai has never had the given celebrated status of those other skaters and she has not been judged fairly several times...just look at the nationals that she clearly should have won!!! Mentioning Kwan and Kim is ridiculous compared to Mirai!!!
+JKC Kwan and Kim? Ridiculous?!?
Go back to the NBC and ESP commentary from Mirai's 2010 Oly and Worlds programs and hear the things they have to say about her... "She's the future of American ladies skating, she's got it all, she's only 16, she's a special talent, etc..." GlowingGlowingGlowing. She's had some rough times and some tough calls but so have most skaters (Mao's 16th place SP in Sochi, Yuna's Gold at Sochi, the Kerrigan/Baiul debate, the Kwan/Lipinski drama, the Kwan/Slutskaya drama)... It's usually ups and downs and all arounds. I live Mirai and I hope she makes Pyeongchang.
Jules Mekler They are not the judges!!! And Yuna Kim is adored and Michelle Kwan has the second most titles and medals in history and she can't even jump that high!!!
Jules Mekler On second thought, after reviewing our back and forth your knowledge of figure skating far exceeds mine so you win this argument...take care and God Bless!!!
Mirai was majorly wronged three times:
1. They should have given her gold at the 2010 Nationals but didn't
2. They should have given her bronze at the 2010 Olympics but didn't
3. They should have chosen her to go to the 2014 Olympics but didn't
I hope she wins gold at the 2018 Olympics
she isn't on the olympic team though :(
They haven't chosen the olympic team yet.
izzy meoww is now :)
She didn't win gold, but she definitely made the team once again :)
Rachel Flatt did not deserve first place, it's so annoying
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If you think that's annoying, you should be around her........... Her personality is utterly annoying (narcissistic).
@@death2pc ooooh spill the tea gurl
She was the deserved winner this night...she never skated better than this, she was in perfect shape mentally and physically. Why did she ever leave Frank Carroll? She had so much success with him.
+Scott G I could not agree more. I love her but she looks out of shape and sooooo not polished now. Frank was all about the overall picture but her jumps with Frank were better by far. She definitely needs Lori Nichol
I agree... Frank seems like a difficult guy (maybe not as scary as Raf) and Mirai is, apparently, a tough cookie to work with, so I bet their personalities clash.
Given Orser's successes I'm surprised every single skater's not gunning for him... Though I think he's already over-extended, so maybe he ain't got no mo' time...
Did Scott ever coach the big-timers? Seems like he has that empathy and enthusiasm and positive reinforcement that would've produced great results. Guess he was busy with Stars on Ice!!!
Oh and Kaetlyn's coach (Ravi Something?) is apparently a jumping technician and kept Kaetlyn on the singles path by turning her into a jumper, when she'd previously been ready to switch to Ice Dancing.
WHOA Kaetlyn wasn't a jumper? thats crazy hard to believe considering how gigantic her jumps are now!
This was the most inspiring and breathtaking performance of the entire competition! She deserved gold for sure. If only we had three spots...Ashley truly deserved to go to the Olympics! She was amazing!
How did she not win gold at Nationals?
Cuz the judges settled for Rachael fat instead
@@brianekay4149Rachael Fat hahahaha 😂😂😂 awesome
Possibly one of the best performances I've seen in the US nationals.
Artistry, Musicality and of course, Technicality.
Excellent!
What happened to this Mirai?! She was flawless back then! During her prime I honestly think that Mirai was underrated. After 2011 she just kept on going downhill..and her not making it to the 2014 Olympics was a shocker. Hope she gets back in shape, regains her confidence and makes it to the 2018 Olympics cause she deserves so much more than what she previously got in the past.
+braveheart20121I think that she is just thinking about the wrong stuff and she is trapped in to that wrong stuff (not making the olympic team, etc...) if she just change her thoughts and releases a bit of the pressure i think she will be better than ever.
i was pissed they didn't chose her for the 2014 olympic team…she won the bronze at nationals…she should have been on that team.
She is going to the Olys :)
WOW! 16 yrs old Mirai Nagasu finished fourth of OP! Mirai, I'm so proud of you!
you'll become the next OP champion!
Mirai reminds me soooo much of Karen Chen. They both are very similar when they were young
Probably the only Carmen I've ever enjoyed
Mirai said prior to this competition that her goal was the 2014 Olympics. Also, watching her this season, she was so down on herself, so I think just to skate well here was what she wanted. Making the Olympic team was just icing on the cake.
Rachel who?! Mirai had the best spins in the entire competition, the best flexibility and gorgeous spirals, great speed, musicality, beautiful artistry emoting and skating with the music, not over it, and I only saw one under rotation. Her back flexibility is stunning, especially in her spins (those layback and Bielman spin positions deserve their own gold medal; honestly all of her spins were the best in the world at that time, centered, fast, with each position finished and seamlessly transitioned to the next position, effortless and totally unmatched at nationals or in Vancouver), the arch in her back and the extension of her body in her Ina Bauer is to die for! Her body lines were spot on, amazing extension of her free leg, and toes pointed/foot stretched, and she looked like she was having the time of her life! She was so into her performance, her joy was visible, lighting up her entire face and she looked genuinely passionate and in her element, reaching the audience in the front row to the rafters, making it look effortless, like she was having so much fun and created the moment of the night. That gold medal belonged around her neck. She was 7 points up after the short program, and I saw one under rotation, just one. Rachel two footed a landing and had a couple janky landings, lacked the flexibility, artistry, elegance, speed, spins, flow and emotion of Mirai. I’m also impressed with how she took on Carmen, making it flirty/sassy, but appropriate for her age. She got robbed of the National gold medal and the 2010 Olympic bronze, IMO!
I agree with everything I just read.👍🏾
her grace is incredible. This is my first time watching her
Mirai is such an underrated skater, I love her so much.
I love this program in her past performances!!
She should have won the gold and Ashley silver
She was robbed this year. So deserved to be on the team.
This video basically shows her in probably the best condition of her career. If you look at some more recent videos, it is pretty clear that she has declined. I'm not sure if it's due to being out of shape, but in her 2013 videos, she will appear slower, less explosive, under-rotating a lot and really a shell of her former self. If she could exceed the level she was at in this video, she's practically guaranteed a spot on the team.
i love how happy she looks when she skates here :)
I was almost brought to tears with this program and this program isn't an emotional one nor a sad one. I could see her spiriting through this program and I haven't seen a program similar to this one since Michelle Kwan's era.
She's awesome! Charismatic, calm, confident.. perfect program.
omg i love her face when she's over she can't believe it sha was wonderful
She's so adorable! She DOES have it all!
I agree! Mirai gave the best performance of the night, and I was really disappointed that she didn't win. Why is US figure skating holding back the one ladies skater that could be their next big star? Cohen is even less consistent than she used to be and Flatt's programs are always flat. Let's hope Mirai skates this well at the olympics, now that she doesn't have the pressure of being national champion, even though she clearly deserves the title.
She is so amazingly graceful and has wonderful technique. I don't understand how she placed second at U.S. Nationals. She is very good and she'll be very successful in the next few years!!
she is amazing!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I want to see her bring a medal for the US in Vancouver!!
I wish Mirai on the podium of OP! Good luck!
i really like her signature spins, they're so fast
I will always love Mirai Nagasu, whether first or fourth!!!
she has wonderful beautiful lines. Its great to see a mordern day skater who actually pays attention to proper posture. :)
Not even Yuna Kim has Mirai's flexibility
Even though Mirai's had a few downgrades(the first triple toe and the lutz shouldn't had been downgraded) her performance was so much better than Racheal's. The overall performance was better, I hope that Mirai can perform like this again during the grand prix series and in San Jose in 2012. Good luck Mirai(:
未来ちゃん最高！
オリンピック出場おめでとう！！
i feel more comfortable watching Mirai more than Rachael...
Maybe it's because of the legs when she jumps... and she's so graceful on ice
Beautiful perfomance... This girl should be champion
Incredible skating!!! Great performance!
What on earth has happened to her since 2010.... hope she gets her "groove" back... I really do.
Mirai, Caroline and Beatrisa aomehow never semed to be judged on their merit. I have seen them skate, cleaner, more difficult and more artistic skates than the 'number ones' of their time. Always sad when credit due is not given. Mirai dor example should have been to Olympics much sooner than she was, si.ply because the US Federation chose a team of favorites.
It's sad watching this and seeing how Mirai has since regressed in the last couple years. She seemed on her way to being a World champion just a couple months later and it's been mostly downhill since.
I missed this Mirai.
thanks for this! mirai is awesome
Mirai is now the Tony Romo of the figure skating world.
Rewatching this vid and saw this comment. From Dallas and this rings so true.
How TF did she not win this Championship?,,.
I missed Mirai Nagasu's run thru but saw her land 3Lz-2T, 3Lz, waltz jump-3T & 2A-3T before she starting working on 3A with Frank Carroll.
Now that she's hurt, she should go to Japan and a few Dream Woman movies. She has the face for it.
At 16, she really does have all the talent necessary!!!! I have been worried that, ever since Cohen, and ESPECIALLY Kwan, we haven't had an athlete to really rally around. But I think we have it in this young lady!!!
Everyone wants a successor. We got it with both, Caroline and Mirai. As well with Mao, even though she’s from Japan.
absolutely lovely. she deserved the national title
beautiful !!!!!
I hope this mirai comes back!
My favorite part of this video was when Sasha was yawning then gave an innocent smile : )
Flawless skating. She is an amazing skater! :')
Wow! Love our hometown girl!
How exciting!!
It's like a dream.
Mirai has been an insperation for me to skate well!Now jumping is easy.
just because no one can quantify artistry - everything is up in the air. face it. skating is now about how many revolutions you can make in the air. no matter what they say about level 4 spins and spirals, they just cant compare to jumps (at least to the judges) :( that was a worthy performance mirai!!
aah i cant wait for mirai grand prix and watch her claim gold agian.. its been long enough and i want to now see her ."the gold queen" love u miraaaiiiiiiii aaaaaahh
Mirai's performance was perfect! This is what figure skating should be about: technique and artistry. If Mirai continues to skate like this, she can be the next Yuna Kim!
It's not that I don't respect Rachael's hard work and her skating, but I don't think she deserved to win. I can't even make myself watch her entire program b/c nothing really captured my attention.
Keep shining mirai great job!!
è convintissima stà ragazza! cmq fa bene xkè nella vita la sicurezza ti porta lontano e poi, davvero, nulla da dire, un programma pregno di difficoltà, scorrevole, leggero e ki + ne ha + ne metta! una posizione meritatissima!
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2010 US National Championships Mirai Nagasu LP" disabled the comments because they overwhelmingly thought the judges made a bad judgment. The author (lunalovegoodyj) also pulled the video on Flatt so we couldn't compare.
Nagasu really is the future of the sport in the US. I liked this performance much more than Flatt's. This was very light and effortless....
At the 1998 Winter Games in Nagano, Japan, a judge in the ice dancing event tape-recorded another judge trying to preordain the results. Dick Pound, a prominent International Olympic Committee official, said soon afterward that ice dancing should be stripped of its status as an Olympic event unless it could clean up the perception that its judging is corrupt
@chuhboemember6 Did you not see Rachael's performance?
This looked like a gold medal skate. Not just the commentators thought that.
beautiful. not perfect, but beautiful. her double axle had great height.
@stefanPunisher it's an orchestral medley from the opera Carmen by Bizet
She is so cute!!!!
Her elements are just gorgeous and awesome.
I think she was much better than yu-na in Vancouver.
Still some conspiracy theorists out there, huh? What are you people, 12? They have super slow motion replays that show that Mirai under-rotated some of her jumps. It's plain fact. And it's not the first time she's had problems with this. Rachel deserved that win. Her technical consistency outshines Mirai.
LOVELY! Thank you for uploading!
Stretch, line, flexibility, transitions, centered spins, interpretation and she holds positions perfectly.
Was there some question as to whether her jumps were under-rotated?
Whatever, she is ONLY 16! I really think there is more to come from her. She is smart in saying "her time isn't now" it takes pressure off her in Vancover. Her time may be now and definitely the next four years!
Why does everyone hate rachael.... She just did a clean program with a huge technical score that would win world championships these days. She may not be as good now, but she deserved this win.
Mirai had the entire package though: technical and artistry
I'm a long time Yuna fan. but I love Mirai too; I'm sure she could Yuna a run for the money.
Gorgeous
my favorite skater ever
GOD DAMN IT, MIRAI SHOULD HAVE WON!!!!!!!!!!!! SHE'S AS ADORABLE AS IT GETS!!!!!!!!!!! How come were her jumps downgraded?????? Stupid judges!
She SO deserved to win here!
zomg, her laybacks!! :D
Mirai's got great jumps (and the URs are improving and will continue to do so under Frank Carroll), absolutely amazing spins (look at that layback into beillman!) and spirals, and an infectious sense of joy. She's the real deal. A little more time with Coach Carroll and she's going to be standing on that Worlds podium.
What a stable spin!
Yep Mirai should have won that Nationals
i hope Mirai win 2011 U.S CHampion!!! she deserves it.. good luck
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mirai's inconsistency stemmed too from a huge massive growth spurt vs flatt who wasnt pleasing to the eye at all to watch she didnt match the music or engage audience .. even when losing mirai always always made it wonderful to watch and those spins... no one had her spins
@spanishthree
While I believe Rachael won based on technical difficulty of her jumps---I think people are looking at the fact that Rachael has no grace when she skates regardless of Nagasu's performance--that's the one thing that struck me first about Rachael..but much props to her for winning.
She's just so enjoyable to watch. I am very excited to see her compete this weekend. And on the Yuna note I have to agree, I find her skating ok at best. Sort of like Rachael Flatt who is technically very sound but dull to me. I much prefer skating that is more artistic then technical.
@Rperfilyev It the COP (Code of Points), skaters have the potential to get extra points for executing an element well. But let's say one skater puts their hand down when they jump or doesn't execute an element to the judge's expectation, you get negative GOE points. Each judge can give anywhere from -3 to +3. Hope I explained it well :3
i cant even jump and spin like that on carpet
@ThreesharpsA I totally agree. Figure skating is supposed to be art, and I hate to say this about a girl who works so hard, but her presentation really isn't even close to that. I'd be so surprised if Platt could even pull off a medal in vancouver with an international panel of judges, whereas I think that Mirai could totally contend for a silver. (The gold is Kim Yu Na's to lose... she is the class of the field IMO). GO MIRAI!
Oh yeah!
WHY is this beautiful girl NOT at the 2011 Worlds?! I hope USA's figure skating committee has learned their lesson. Get rid of Rachael Flatt, please. In case you haven't noticed, the international skating community DOESN'T like her.
I really think Mirai should have won the title, but hopefully she'll do it next year :)
Once her inconsistency/underrotation issues stop, she will be competing with Mao and Yu-Na for the top spot - as evidenced at the Olympics.
Her face at the end made me smile :D
@yukivmao I don't think that was fair either. Yuna couldn't enter one of her spins, then she didn't finish a spiral sequence, she fell on one of her jumps, did a waltz jump instead of a 2Axel. Mao probably should've won worlds. Yuna just won world because she won the Olympics, the judges were biased. We could sit here and fight about the topic but apparently we both have different opinions and they aren't going to change. I personally don't think Mao should've placed but that's just my opinion.
i still cant get over the fact that the commentator said she's making a strong case for first place finish, lolz
@ChariceBillboard agreed on that. Even if she got downgrades on 3 jumps, the technical content and the quality of spins, positions, spirals, edging, footwork--not to mention speed--was better than Flatt's. She also has so much more artistry--amazing that the audience and commentators thought she had clearly won and then she didn't (and it wasn't even that close!)
well i really wished sasha was better i mean like in the last few years in torino she had a performance and this year at the sp it was good but i didnt know y she failed in her long program it was so frustrating to see her couldnt get threw this to go to her 3 rd olympics
@MyLaser12
Rachel's a pet. Like Patrick Chan in Canada, they'll do everything they can to advance her. Whether she deserves it or not.
I was so upset when he won the 2012 worlds.. Daisuke was clearly the winner!