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| July 5th, 2010 | Mao debuted her new exhibition number last weekend in Dream on Ice, she's lovely ! | |
| Mao also participated in a tv show called Tosochu Digest. She didn't win but her friend Takahiko Kozuko, a figure skater on the japanese olympic team, won :) !! | ||
| May 27th, 2010 | Sorry
it has been 2 months since I updated this
website. However, school is now finished so I'll have more time to work
on it! So first, here is a new OMRON commercial done by Mao! She also will be in VOGUE magazine in Japan as a model! You can see some pics in the video. |
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| Mao was a guest for the Tensai! tv show. This show is about many different cute animals. She even got bite by a penguin! | ||
| Here's an interview with the two 2010 World Champions from Japan, Mao and Daisuke Takahashi. It is, for the most part, subtitled in English! | ||
| March 27th, 2010 | CONGRATULATION
MAO, YOU ARE NOW THE 2010 WORLD FIGURE SKATING CHAMPION!! Indeed, Mao skated a clean long program and short program to claim that world title for the second time in her young skater's career! She's a true champion!! Here are the complete results "I didn't think I would be sitting here," Asada said, noting she's had trouble all season with her trademark triple axel. "I had to continue and challenge and push myself. And I guess that is what led to today's results." cbc.ca Now, I found on facebook some of Mao's competitors thoughts about the World Championships: -Elena Glebova from
Estonia: " 2 the best performances of the day: Mao and Cynthia!!
Congratulations to all the girls. Season is oover!! "
-Cheltzie Lee from Australia: " Happy with my result :) On the other hand Mao Asada is an absolute LEGEND!! " |
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| Press
conference after the long program part 1 |
Press
conference after the long program part 2 ...still to come... |
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| Victory
Ceremony |
Press
conference after the short program |
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| March 4th, 2010 |
As expected, when Mao
returned to Japan after the Olympic Games, she had a lot of press
conferences and interviews. Here are some of them :) Also, Batsuchan (a member on ballerina on ice forum) translated an interview with Mao. Here it is. Thanks a lot Batsuchan !! ***** “Œ‹ž�V•·:—¬‚µ‚½—Ü�@ŽŸ‚ւ̃Xƒeƒbƒv:ƒXƒ|�[ƒc(TOKYO Web) The tears she shed; a step toward the future Mao Asada, after appearing on her dream stage Ladies’ figure skating silver medalist Mao Asada (Chuukyou University) answered questions on the closing day of the competition, the 28th (March 1st in Japan). After being barred from the Olympics four years ago due to the age limit, she finally arrived on her dream stage. What did she think? What did she feel? And what about four years from now? We discovered the 19-year old’s true self. --What do you think about the silver medal? I’m 50% happy and 50% bitter. The day after the competition, I thought of it as a step toward the future. --You looked really upset right after your performance and on the podium. It was right after the competition, so I did feel upset, but I saw so many people cheering, and I could see many Japanese flags, so I was moved. --Why were you upset? It was because of those last two jumps in my free program. Up until that point, it was my best performance of the season, so that made it even more upsetting. --Were you surprised by those mistakes on the flip and toe loop? After all, they’re easy compared to the axel. I still make mistakes on the flip sometimes, but never on the toe loop, so that was completely unexpected. My mind wavered at the end, and it translated into mistakes. I had been thinking, I could get a big score here. I think that in the future I will be able to think of this as a good experience, but you can’t take back what’s been done. If I had landed all my jumps, I think my score would have been even higher. But I did think it would have been nice to get a little more GOE for the triple axel. I wanted to see the score I could get if I did everything perfectly. --What do you think you are lacking? The artistic side is also important, but I think for me, it’s on the technical side. If you don’t complete the jumps, you can’t move up. Yu-Na Kim is at the top because she’s doing a triple-triple combo and other difficult skills. To increase the base value more, I want to practice the other jumps. --This season you didn’t do the lutz or the salchow. Tarasova-sensei told me to go practice them right away. --You also want to include a triple-triple combo? That’s right. I’ve been practicing it. --Why didn’t you do a triple-triple combo this season? It is extremely difficult for me to do two triple axels and a triple-triple combo in one program. So I chose a jump layout that I could do with more certainty. Until the Sochi Olympics, I’ll try all kinds of things, and I want to do them in competition. --Yu-Na Kim might retire after this season. I do think I would like to beat her one more time. I want to compete together one more time, and I want to win properly. --Do you think the difficult jumps should receive higher scores? Under the new scoring system, I think everyone’s jump level has declined one level. But, Plushenko has come back, and people have started thinking that the quad is necessary, so because of that, I think it will change a little. --Were the Olympics different from other competitions? When I was competing, it was not different at all. A lot of people told me that the atmosphere at the Olympics is different, so I prepared for that when I practiced. That’s why, even in the actual competition, I was able to compete without any more nervousness than usual. --But you said it was a stage that was beyond your imagination. The scale was. When I entered the athlete’s village, I thought it was a special stage. Speed skaters, skiers, people from all over the world were gathered in the athlete’s village and in the auditoriums, and everyone was trying their best for a medal. By seeing the greatness of that scale, I felt like I was at the Olympics. --Was this Olympics the grand finale, or just a stepping stone? At first I thought it would be the grand finale of my journey from when I was little. While practicing and when I was at home, I thought, “I want to win the gold medal.” But now that it’s over, I feel like it is a step toward the future. --Your thoughts about the gold medal have become stronger. I have always felt very strongly that I want one. Even now that feeling is the same. But, as Sochi approaches, that feeling will probably be even stronger. It’s four years until Sochi, but they will probably pass in a flash, and I hope I can head toward the Olympics while incorporating new things. I won’t call Sochi my goal, but rather, I will think of it as another checkpoint, another step. --Then the Olympics 8 years from now? I’ll be 27 years old? I’ll have to think about that. But if I want to do it, I probably could. --How are you preparing for next season? I haven’t clearly decided yet. Tarasova-sensei is busy in Russia, and there is her health. This season there were times when we couldn’t meet, but I still don’t know for sure yet. --There were times when you couldn’t train with Coach Tarasova. There were times when I wanted her to look at things on the artistic side, but she had health problems and work-related things. I could have gone [to Russia], but I wanted to train in Japan, and even if I went [to Russia] right before [the Olympics], I felt like I might ruin my condition. --What kind of relationship would you like to maintain with Tarasova? As soon as I switched to Tarasova, I started getting good scores for the step sequences, and she brought out different sides of me. She’s a teacher with lots of experience, and I think I can still learn a lot from her. It’s difficult to train with her all year long, but I’d like to do short-term training with her. --What about your programs? In the past two seasons, I used powerful music, so I want to choose calmer music, music that has some space for me to relax. --In these past four years, what was the most painful thing? After the Cup of Russia last year. My jumps were so messed up that even I was shocked. Even after I realized that and kept practicing, I couldn’t do them, so that period was the most difficult. I worried if I would be able to go to the Olympics, if I would make it in time. --If you think back on that period, then this result is really amazing. There’s part of me that’s glad and part of me that’s upset. I had practiced 150% and up until that point [in my program], I had done everything perfectly, so really those last two jumps were so upsetting. --What made you happiest over these past 4 years? These Olympics. In the end, I’m glad I was able to win this medal, and now I’m glad that I tried so hard. --How do you want to pass the time until the Sochi Olympics? At college, I want to take the required classes and study hard. [I want to take] psychology. In aiming for the Olympics, I’ve only focused on skating, so I’d like to try marathoning and yoga and pilates. I say marathoning, but not the real thing. I also want to be fashionable. --And love? I’d like to fall in love too. --With whom? I’ll have to find someone. My ideal is a good-looking guy. Someone cool. --If you fall in love, your range of expression will improve. Yes. Tarasova-sensei gave me that advice. --At the time of the Sochi Olympics, you’ll be 23 years old. What kind of person do you think you’ll be? I think I’ll be the same, probably. Machiko (Yamada)-sensei often told me, ‘be a skater that everyone cheers for,’ and that’s what I want to continue to aim to do. --What are thoughts about your mother, who has always supported you? From when [I started skating when] I was 5, she did everything for me, so I’m glad I was able to win the silver medal. I hung it around her neck. --What did your mother say? “Good job.” She said, “You were able to skate here, so I’m glad.” ***** asahi.com The Mao-rashiku article basically paraphrases the interview above, but there’s one part that was not paraphrased, so I’ll translate: “About the triple axel, I thought it would have been nice if I got higher GOE’s. In the judging system, what I am most concerned about is the basis for GOEs. Which jumps give you +3, and which give you +1? Figure skating is not a race where the time is clearly recorded, it’s a competition that people judge, so I don’t really understand the basis for the GOEs. After I go back to Japan, I want to ask the judges about it.” **** Finally, this article has one more Q&A that was not in the first article. ’†“ú�V•·:�ƒ‹âƒ�ƒ_ƒŠƒXƒg�ó“c�^‰›‚É•·‚*�„:ƒoƒ“ƒN�[ƒo�[ŒÜ—Ö(CHUNICHI Web) --You think it would be better to assert yourself more. But, in the end, I make the decisions. Such as choosing to train in Japan before the Olympics, even though Sensei said I should go to Vancouver one month before the competition. She also suggested that I not go to the athletes village. But I decided everything myself. |
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| January 28th, 2010 | Mao skated her SP yesterday at Four Continents Championships in Korea. She is in 3 place. Her Long Program is tomorrow night! Please, Keep cheering for her! | |
| December 27th, 2009 | Mao
is now four time national champion! In fact, she
won with a total score of 204.62! Results page Protocols for the LP The Japanese federation is sending her to the 4CC Championships at the end of January, next stop is the Olympic Games in Vancouver in mid-February and finally, the Worlds Championships in Torino in March! Good luck for the rest of your season Mao! |
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| December 26th, 2009. | Mao skated her Short Program today at the All-Japan National Championships. She is currently in first place with 69.12 points. She skated a really good program including a 3axel-2toe combination (who got downgraded to a double, but it shoudn't have according to me haha) Let's all cheer for her tomorrow for her long program! | |
| December 7th, 2009 | Here is a Clip about Mao's season so far. She will participate in Japanese National Championships from december 25th until 27th and it will possibly be her last competition before the Vancouver olympic Games! GOOD LUCK MAO :) !! | |
| October 23th, 2009 | Mao is is sixth place after the short program with 51.94 points. We believe in you Mao, let's have fun and you'll be wonderful :) !! Good luck for the long program tomorrow ! | |
| October 22th, 2009 | Mao
had her first official practice today for
Rostelecom Cup, in Moscow, Russia. She will skate her short program
tomorrow. Wish her the best of luck! Let's Go Mao, you can do it :) ! For now, here's some part of her practice session. Here's the ISU page of the event. Click here. |
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| Mao earned the silver medal after her free skate at Trophee Eric Bompard last Saturday, congrats!! Here's her Free Skate. | ||
| October 16th, 2009 | Mao finished 3rd in the short program and singled her triple axel. She scored 58.96 for this program. Please let's cheer for her on tomorrow for her free skate :) | |
| October 15th, 2009 | Mao
arrived today in Paris for her first Grand Prix
event of the season, the Trophee Eric Bompard. She had a practice
session where she did her Short Program which is a shorter version of
her long program from last year to Masquerade Waltz. You'll be able to
watch it on your right. The competition begins tomorrow. I'll watch Mao skate live on SkateBuzz.com , but I think it's only for the Canadian audience. If you want to know other channels who broadcast the Trophee Eric Bompard, please click here. Also, she'll skate 3rd of the 2nd warm-up group. The results will be posted here. Good luck Mao ! :) |
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| October 4th, 2009 | Mao
participated
at Japan Open yesterday. She scored 102.94. The results and protocols
are here. Here is her video from her new long program to Bells of Moscow and her exhibition program from Caprice. Congrats to team Europe who won and Team North America who came in second place! The next stop is Mao first Grand Prix event, Trophee Eric Bompard which takes place in Paris in 2 weeks. Good Luck Mao :D ! I'll keep you guys updated on this. |
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Here is team Japan
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| Here is a fluff about her skating career since she was 12 years old. | ||
| Finally, here is this week Weider training clip, enjoy! | ||
| September 25th, 2009 | Happy
Birthday Mao!! She is now 19 years old! Dear Mao,
we (all your fans) wish you all the best for the season, we will be
cheering for you ! |
Thanks a lot to nyadeco for this wonderful video :) |
| Mao will participate at Japan Open which is taking place next week. She will debut her new Free Skate to the Bells of Moscow. Here are preview videos about the skaters who will be there. Enjoy! |
Part1:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=07oEQ1WWsYQ
Part2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XloRIMDPmRQ Part3: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mn-hI3bkeqw Part4: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jdkoJvOccdM Part5: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VKmVNP90nFU Part6: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lTSW-0QYoA0 |
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| Here is Mao new Crimio commercial!! Really cute :) !! | ||
| August 12th, 2009 | Some practice clips of Mao with Tarasova were shown today on japanese TV. She practiced a lot of different jumps layout! It'll be interesting to see which one she'll chose for the upcoming season. Other clips:
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| August 10th, 2009 | Sorry for the late updates. But down here are 7 new videos and updates about Mao! Enjoy :) | |
| Fluff about THE ICE with many rehearsals and practices parts of it as well as backstage view of the show. Here's the first part. | Part 2 Part 3 |
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| Mao at the rehearsal for the "summer vacation figure skating famous tune concert" | ||
| Special Program about Mao and Mai's pair program in practice for THE ICE, Lady Marmalade. | ||
| Two little skaters visiting Mao and Mai at the rink to skate for them and be coached by them. This is really cute :) | ||
| Girls talk with Mao Asada, Mai Asada, Miki Ando and Akiko Suzuki. | ||
| Asada sister's having a Ping-Pong match against Miki Ando. | ||
| Asada sister's going out for dinner. | ||
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