This program is incomparable. It is deep music with courageous choreography and mind blowing skating by Mao.Technically only the judges knew why her score did not shoot up the roof but the overall affect in the eyes of skating fans is that it is impressive in a HUGE way.
I am not a huge fan of skating but when I saw this program, I was stunned. I think skating is boring most of the time because skaters pick boring music in major chords and they're always safe and boring (redundant, I know). Mao picked such a dramatic piece and filled the room with her fire. She melds the rise and fall of the music perfectly with her artistic expression and her power moves. I really appreciate this piece. Signed, not an ice skating fan.
I see where you're coming from. I'm a figure skating fan DESPITE the music, not because of it; coaches usually choose the same 10 pieces of music, almost always with horrible cuts and terrible editing. That said, there are some skaters who bring music to life, and have the rare gift of making their performances memorable. Mao was the best of them IMHO.
I watch Yuna for her jumps. But Mao, I watch for the elegance, her triple axels, her spins, her spirals and her intense footwork sequences. Mao will forever be my favorite skater in the world.
There are some wonderful skaters in the world. But there are not so many those who could touch my heart by the performance. Whenever I see Mao’s performance , tears form in my eyes. Incredible, graceful and soulful!! You are the queen in figure skating .
Best skate of all time. This is a masterpiece. The drama and passion, perfection of execution, difficulty and uniqueness is unequaled by any other skater ever. This powerfully delivers the message to never give up but fight to the death through life's difficulties until you succeed and it inspired me unbelievabIy. I jumped out of my chair and watched in amazement the first time I saw this history making performance on TV, wondering who was this ninja, warrior queen. Now I am Mao Asada's biggest fan.
I was there 10 Years ago watching my hero skating and now i'm here watching this video and i think that nobody will take her place in my heart As the best figure skater in the world . I hope she's fine and that she knows how important she was , she is for me :)
this deserved more than 140. technicly impressive and so strong in artistry! the components score is a shame!this choreohraphy is a dramatic masterpiece!
@@user-xk3jt6sr8t didn't people call it bribery back then. then why keep on complaining Sochi? This is much worse flagrant scandal here. Yuna fell twice.
Mao Asada was a genius on the ice. Most skaters would have been overpowered by this music, with such "gravitas", but not Mao. An interpretive genius ...
The problem here is that back in 2010 the IJS simply did not place that much importance on the triple axel in terms of point content. As is evident, this jump has only been landed by one other lady besides Mao Asada since the 2010 Olympics Games, which is a testament to its extreme difficulty --- even in comparison to a good triple lutz, which 80 % of the senior ladies can do successfully; only fewer than 1% of them can do the triple axel. Thus, I believe that the triple axel, if landed successfully, should garner at least a base point of 10 in the women's competition. :)
I don't think skaters will put the triple axel in unless Elizavetta and Mao start landing them consistently and winning because of it. Right now it's almost the Achilles heel of their programs because they focus so much on the one jump that the rest of the program falls flat if they miss it. For the others, it's a big risk to take and not worth it if you can win without it. I believe many of them train it though in case the time comes.
The judges were always tough on full rotation as this was the period that they added a technical expert to the judging panel. Watch Sarah Hughes during her gold and you can see some jumps in her double doubles that didn’t land with full rotation, ( still deserved gold). As a choreographed piece this was bold, brooding, dramatic, and completely unique. This was a Russian piece of art and the diva in Mao rose to the occasion with fierce mastery.
her technicality are really great like her biellman spiral. she's the most flexible among the competitors..congrats MaO i hope you will aim high next year and be the world's figure skating champion again!
Let's put on end to the meaningless augment, determining who is superior to its competitor. she is definitely one of the most talented players, who made history. A couple of days ago, when you cried just after long program, i did together cuz i could sense how massive pressure you had been carrying. Thanks, Asada Mao for such an excellent skating. 아사다 선수, 수고 했습니다. :)
i love this program and this performance i find her shining with confidence, there simply is no hesitation and she really shows great attack. love how she does every element so perfectly makes it look so easy and her one handed biellman spin was exquisite, and she really has some guts by doing not one but TWO 3A..
i could not help but cry during the step sequence... and then nearly smashed my laptop when the commentators mentioned kim. this is mao's program, for god's sake!!!! what is with american commentators!!
Daisuke Takahashi recently said in an interview Mao's step is so good and he respects her. We usually think Daisuke's step is the greatest, however, "Mediocrity knows nothing higher than itself, but talent instantly recognizes genius." Tara also loves her step sequence.
Sooner or later, many female skaters will carry out 3A or quads. Then Mao Asada will have true glory. Of course she was a top athlete, but it's not important only results but challenge and courage.
this show her vancouver score was way over-scored. but no one gave a damn coz yuna beat her. sp she never break 66 marks since 2007 outside home after growth spurt. lol she got what 74?. clean here 129? and 132 after 2 major mistake? Don't forget 09 teb! less mistake and she got 115! since when mao break 200 mark after 2 major mistake? just watch her gpf 2007 which is lot better she got 132! of course 2x UR and 1x 2- foot landing never caught. 138 with small mistake at 2014 world which is based on her infamous home record. Which shows 142 is already way too generous. If You judge 142 on 2010 scoring system, mao would be lucky break 135 mark.
***** you gotta be kidding.. Yuna was perfect, but Mao had some errors on this performance. FYI, she didn't take first place in Sochi FS because she had several URs and other errors.
girolle01 why is it Kim's fault? she had no chance in Sochi when they were rigging the scores any way they can just to keep Kim down even she skated clean. Kim's technicality should be higher than Adelina and the rest actually. She was the only one who skated flawlessly, meaning no errors in her performance. Mao, Caro and Adelina all had errors in their jumps. Just check the score sheets.
I really love this program, the music is exquisite, the performance just perfection. A masterpiece from the most gifted skater....It's Art on ice!!!!!!!!!!
I am delighted to say here Mao Asada proved me wrong! At the beginning of the season I really didn't like her two programs. I loved light, ballet, gentle Mao SO much in 2007/08 2008/09. I wasn't sure about "Bells of Moscow" or the SP but this performance is GENIUS, BEAUTIFUL! The step sequence has PASSION and techicallly SO hard. She certainly stepped up here. WELL DONE!!!!!!
I don't mind her not getting 150+ here. She should have beaten the WR in Sochi though, winning the free skate. That was the travesty of the ladies event.
