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Mirai Nagasu accomplished fourth at the 2010 Vancouver Olympics, but afresh was not called to the 2014 U.S. team. The 2008 National best is bent to accomplish it aback to the Olympic stage.
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Australian Shepherd Puppies - 5 weeks old - Skayes - YouTube | skayes australian shepherdFigure skating beginnings
Nagasu started skating at age 5 because she was clumsy to comedy golf on a backing day. She says her parents were capital to the development of her career. “They fabricated so abounding sacrifices, so we could allow to skate because the antithesis of the [sushi] restaurant business were almost abundant to awning the aerial expenses. Not alone would my parents assignment abounding hours, my parents both woke up at 5 a.m. My dad larboard the abode at 5 a.m. to go to the angle bazaar to aces out his own fish, and my mom woke up at 5 a.m. to deathwatch me up in adjustment to get me accessible for skating afore school. After school, during her cafeteria break, she’d booty me to ballet, and afresh I’d absorb the blow of the day at the restaurant accomplishing appointment and beddy-bye in the accumulator closet until it was time to go home. They accomplished me how to persevere and to consistently assignment hard.”
Major competitions/ medals
Though she becoming a brownish badge at the 2014 U.S. Championships, she was not called to the Olympic aggregation for Sochi. Abounding believed Nagasu should be called instead of assistant Ashley Wagner (who accomplished fourth) to represent Aggregation USA in Sochi. Instead, the U.S. beatific that year’s best Gracie Gold, argent advocate Polina Edmunds, and Wagner. She calls that the better obstacle she’s had to overcome.
In 2015, she accomplished 10th at nationals, but has bounced aback since.
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Australian Shepherd Puppies - 4 weeks old - Skayes - YouTube | skayes australian shepherdIn 2016, she accomplished fourth and was beatific to both the Four Continents Championships, area she won a argent medal, and the apple championships, area she placed tenth.
She additionally accomplished fourth at the 2017 U.S. Nationals, earning her a cruise to that year’s Four Continents Championships. Inside the aforementioned area at that will comedy host to bulk skating at the 2018 PyeongChang Olympics, Nagasu becoming a brownish badge to abutting the season.
Breakout moment
In 2008, Nagasu won her aboriginal U.S. Championships title. She the 2010 Olympic team, and accomplished fourth in Vancouver, Canada.
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Australian Shepherd Puppies - 7 weeks - Skayes - YouTube | skayes australian shepherdNagasu is accepted for flirting with the amateur Axel, the best difficult jump that ladies bulk skating has to action today. Her drillmaster admits to accidental to the advertising about her jump. He’s put videos of her landing the jump on amusing media, and has said that he wants Nagasu to be adequate with that bulk of pressure.
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“I apperceive what it’s like to attempt at a U.S. Championships back there are alone two [Olympic] spots, and I apperceive what it’s like to action for that spot. Of course, it will be a absolutely altered experience, because back I was 16 I was aloof so acceptable at absorption in that moment. I appetite to accept that aforementioned affectionate of nothing-to-lose activity I had back I was 16, so I can go to the Olympics afresh and accomplish on that big stage.” Nagasu said, afore the alpha of the pre-Olympic season
Olympic experience
Nagasu accomplished fourth at the 2010 Vancouver Olympics.
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Nagasu has three accomplishment dogs, which she calls her “kids with tails.” Lincoln is a Pugalier, Liberty is an Australian Shepherd mix, and Lexi is a Siberian husky. She says they’re agnate to accepting kids, because she makes abiding they get affluence of exercise at the esplanade every day. She calls them her affecting abutment animals because they don’t apperceive or affliction about her skating, and whether she’s had a abhorrent day or a abundant day, they are consistently blessed to see her. Their happiness, she says, is addictive. Lincoln alike sleeps in her accoutrements at night!
Nagasu is additionally a abounding time apprentice at the University of Colorado, Colorado Springs. “I do it because I like accepting the antithesis of apprenticeship and athleticism,” she explains. “When I appear home from training, my absorption anon has to focus on my academy courses, which helps accumulate the accent akin balanced. I mostly antithesis both by bubbler a lot of coffee and authoritative abiding I time administer well, which doesn’t appear all the time, abnormally during finals week.”
Her parents are Japanese and own a “delicious” sushi restaurant in Arcadia, Calif. She’s an alone adolescent and one of alone two Americans in her family.
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