Farewell, Mao Asada. Farewell and Thank You
April 10, 2017: Mao Asada announces official retirement from competitive skating. In just a couple of sentences on her website, she ends a fruitful career that spanned over 15 years – she won the Japanese…
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The ladies’ event in Espoo, a preview of the Worlds in Helsinki
In the press conference after the free skate in Espoo, Russia’s Anna Pogorilaya summarized it beautifully: “To compete against such great skaters here, that’s already a very good lesson”. And the truth is the last…
Intriguing and addictive: Mao Asada’s programs for this season
For the first couple of seconds you only hear the cameras’ shutter buttons being pressed, and the piano. And see a feathery, black dress twirling and twizzling, and running away with your attention. Just like…
2015 Grand Prix Final: “Bellissima, bravissima Mao!”
It’s the end of the second day of competition in Barcelona, one hour before midnight, and the press conference after the ladies’ short program has just finished – when this exuberant Italian journalist approaches Mao…
2015 Cup of China: Welcome back, Princess. Inside Skating gold medal goes to…
Deciding on the highlight of this year’s edition of Cup of China might prove difficult – to say the least. Was it the comeback of Mao Asada, the Japanese lady who won the gold in…