Thank you for sharing! Poor Mai. Her arthritis flared up during off season which is why she didn’t have enough time on the ice to get a new FS (according to various reports)! So poorly timed... just like when she skated in JGPF
it could be 4 im so sad for Mai if she didnt pop that sal!! Hopefully she can make it into 4CC/WorldsIt’s the first time in 8 years that 3 Japanese ladies are headed to the Grand Prix Final.
In 2010, it was Kanako Murakami, Akiko Suzuki, and Miki Ando. This year, it’s Rika Kihira, Satoko Miyahara, and Kaori Sakamoto (with Mai Mihara as 1st alternate).
https://twitter.com/figureskatingm1/status/1066702466962546688
it could be 4 im so sad for Mai if she didnt pop that sal!!
Someone knows who placed sixth at junior nationals? that place also goes to senior nationals, right?
Someone knows who placed sixth at junior nationals? that place also goes to senior nationals, right?
It’s the first time in 8 years that 3 Japanese ladies are headed to the Grand Prix Final.
In 2010, it was Kanako Murakami, Akiko Suzuki, and Miki Ando. This year, it’s Rika Kihira, Satoko Miyahara, and Kaori Sakamoto (with Mai Mihara as 1st alternate).
https://twitter.com/figureskatingm1/status/1066702466962546688
I wonder if Hamada's girls are still working with Ghislain Briand. Maybe they can go to Canada earlier and brush up on their practice. Last time Hamada had to travel with Rika and Satoko was for GPF 2016 in France, and they arrived just a few days before the competition. Kaori was also there competing in juniors, and now all three of them will compete in seniors.
I think they still are. They showed on jpn tv, a footage of Rika working with Ghislain on her quads not even a month ago i think. Considering Hamada said they intend to add 4s and/or 4T to her layout next year, it's safe to assume she's going to keep working with him. I believe Satoko too is going to keep working with him because she really wants to improve the quality of her jumps.
I don't know how much working with him for a few days before competition would affect their performance at the GPF tho. But it's great knowing they're working with him, he's a great jump coach.
Mie Hamada and Sonoko Nakano are really the top coaches now in Japan. They will be at worlds. I wonder if some skaters will switch to Nakano now that she gets some recognition, as Riko Takino recently switched to Hamada.
i almost forgot Riko had moved to Hamada. Curious to see how she improves with her. She has potential
For the moment, not so much improvements given her Junior nats performances.
But next season it will be maybe different. Moa and her have huge artistic potential. Would be good to have solid jumps too.
Again, I don't think Kihira skated in a vacuum. She knew Mihara's score, and she knew what she needed to do to pass her. Add five points, and she probably would have taken more risks to score more. Whether she would have succeeded is another matter, but the point is that her skating would have been different if Mihara's score warranted that.
I don’t think she skated with Mai’s score in mind. She just skated her normal contingency plan, which as always been to do 2A-3T and 3Lz-3T if she misses the first combo; she practices this contingency.
It’s like for Satoko it used to be to add 2A-3T at the end of program if she misses the first combo. Don’t know what it is now tho for her.