Mao SHIMADA (JPN) | Women Free Skating | Gdansk 2022 |

[@kisaragi2417]

これがJr.の演技？！ 途中から鳥肌立ちました💓💓💓 ジャンプも３Ａ、４Tまで全て完璧じゃないですか？😆😆😆 スピンも素晴らしい😆👍💓

[@emak06]

天才を目の当たりにして、感動して涙が出ます。ジャンプだけでなく音感があり、特にクライマックスのスピンなんて、音楽にピッタリとマッチしながらもどんどん加速していくのが信じられませんね。

[@rbnn8338]

ジャンプも然ることながらスケーティング、スピン、どこを取っても本当に綺麗です🥲 本当にこれからも楽しみにしています！！🫶🏻

[@J2K4U]

that 3A and 4T! perfection! outstanding run by Shimada!

[@budgie0924]

バックスパイラルからのルッツにもう感動 ロングスパイラルのコレオも本当に素晴らしい✨

[@だてまき-i3s]

麻央選手 優勝おめでとうございます🎉 そして、ファイナル決定もおめでとうございます💕 3A、4Tが決まったとき、あとは全てが安心して見ていられました。 （後で見たら4Tは少し惜しかったようですが） あっという間に終わったように思えました。13歳でこのquality！ この先が楽しみでしかありません。

[@ナナたろう]

キビキビした動きの中にもスケーティングや振付での緩急がしっかりあって表情も含めて凄く魅せることを意識してるのが伝わってくる。振付入ってないところの所作も綺麗。

[@sennennodokusouka]

リアタイでも見てましたが 何度観ても感動 素晴らしい😭😭日本人として本当に誇りに思います❤

[@spotlightartist1282]

I can’t even put to words the talent that I have just witnessed! Her stroking, speed, jumps, flow and glide scream grace and beauty.. just wow

[@tarouhinomaru2688]

麻央ちゃん　優勝おめでとうございます。 ファイナルも女子1番乗り　おめでとうございます。 凄いプレッシャーの中でも集中力が高まり素晴らしい演技が出来る！！ これこそ天賦の才能だと思います。 ４Tちょっとだけ惜しかったけど 150点オーバーはお預けだねー 次は全日本Jrとファイナルだ！！ がんばって！！

[@qiqisongs]

This is the best junior free program i have ever seen.

[@mariay7563]

“New Mao, new era”! Congrats!

[@ふまさな]

素晴らしいの一言。 彼女の努力と才能に驚くばかり。

[@kep1light248]

She`s going to be a world star in the future.

[@doumo55]

とうとう大技２つを入れた構成でノーミスを成し遂げましたね！ 今朝見た時は歴史を見た！という感動で胸いっぱいになりましたが 麻央ちゃんなら「これが普通です」と言えるようになるのではないかと期待しています

[@tomirab]

Beautiful program, beautiful spiral, beautiful spins! 3S-3T-2T and 3Lz with arms over head were exceptional quality. What a talent!

[@user-enjilove]

麻央ちゃん本番のメンタル強すぎ！ファイナル進出おめでとうございます🎉🎉🎉

[@xinyuliu5999]

3A + 4T + clean absolutely incredible

[@岩田啓代]

3Aが余裕に飛べているのがすごいですね👍 4Tの成功が素晴らしい🎉🎉🎉 次は4sを見せて欲しいです。 これでファイナルに行くことが出来ました👍

[@ssaverance1828]

What a little superstar! She’s so precious. I love her costume as well, it reminds me of Sasha’s love story costume.

[@ariannabinaghi5222]

Mao has it all, she's no just a jumping machine, her skating skills are outstanding, she hits all musical accents, her spins are gorgeous and she knows what musical interpretation is already and her technique is really good. No other junior has had all of the above in the past few years, should be the WR

[@mateoferretto2175]

she could owrk on her speed and flow. But hell yeah, she can spin. Her combo spin was out of this world. And her long spiral? Just beautiful. If she can maintain her jumping technique, get a little bit more height, and work on skating skills, she'll dominate once she gets to seniors

[@lihuaqing2779]

A record? Are you serious? She is a debutante and then her axel raises questions about a huge pre-rotation and nedokrut. It glides well. But her ligaments and her choreography and artistry are inferior. She needs to work hard and works hard.

[@niln7967]

I like Mao very much if you are a real fan and not just a stupid hater i suggest you to watch Adelia petrosian as well ,i think she is better in ss ,artistry and jumping technique ,it would be great to watch Adelia and Mao competing with each other , they both are amazing girls .

[@ingai7014]

@@niln7967 not even close

[@Michelle-fh4wt]

I'd argue Kostornaia was really good when she was a junior.

[@sandrachooqiaorou5201]

This is absolutely a stunning program 💯

[@ゆずみかん-b7c]

とにかくジャンプを降りた後の姿勢が綺麗で見てて気持ちかいいです

[@toshitokyo55]

This girl will probably become a medalist. Simply amazing

[@manana4151]

この歳でここまで技術的な所を完成させられるなんて、、、

[@DS-us1vi]

Gorgeous skating Mao. Your skating was incredible. Congratulations.

[@ふみ-f4n]

きっとこの先10年以上、彼女の成長や成果を見ることができるなんて幸せ。

[@KowareyasuiOkami]

Mao Shimada! Amazing skate today! You were graceful and energetic! You’ll only improve and take continually take everyone’s breath away! You’re a Star! 🎉🫶💜✌️

[@louisehancock324]

Lovely. Her jumping skills are so good, not so clunky or bent over. Having those good basic skills will guarantee she will have longevity as she matures. She is like an angel on ice.

[@ipeman7299]

Mao, Good girl, Well done, such a beautiful program ❤❤❤

[@FigureSkatingFan]

A new star is born!

[@mateoferretto2175]

Can we talk about that Combo spin, amazing speed

[@MrDanver2012]

Да, впечатляет. Шимада выиграла свой второй этап ЮГП, причём за явным преимуществом. Очевидно, претендентка номер один на победу в финале ЮГП и на ЮЧМ 💯💯💯))

[@BmcC102]

Wow! This is what the skating world has been waiting for!!!!!

[@ирина-с7д8ш]

Really?)) looks like they just did something that was already 5 years ago 🙆‍♀️ if you watch figure skating at all...

[@yachuchuang3651]

@@ирина-с7д8ш 5 years ago, so what??? Artistry, correct techniques and skating skills never get older😊 If you only look for quadruple or even quintuple jumps…

[@mihaillenivov485]

For me Mao is a ''star'' since Japanese JC 2021/22. i was waiting for Mao's international debut.

[@黃奔-h5m]

@@ирина-с7д8ш you mean creation of floopz and excessive prerotation technique?

[@niln7967]

@@yachuchuang3651 but mao has wrong techniques too ,she has massive pre rotations as well

[@nannan1naccchi32]

麻央ちゃん、やってくれるとは思ってたけど、やっぱ凄い！おめでとう🎉ファイナルも応援してる！ガンバッ！ とりあえず、一度寝てからまたリピします。am6時40分。

[@Noname-rm6xi]

Какая молодец,девочка! Обаятельная,талантливая! Удачи в Турине и в финале,Япония вперед

[@nadiaysimonova8304]

Умничка !!!! Восходящая звёздочка Японии !

[@kamui607]

ようやくロシアに追いつける選手が日本に現れてくれたという感謝の気持ちが沸き起こる。

[@_tomjordan]

Literally a new era

[@happypineapple5651]

beautiful, whimsical, excellent spins and jumps.

[@taranehrasti8688]

Magnificent ❤️

[@侯爵令嬢]

🥇とJGPF進出おめでとうございます〜！

[@ingai7014]

Her jumps are solid like a rock !Both programs are -excellent!very different and extraordinary!

[@nanatoyama]

1:08 3Lz-3Tの音ハメ凄いな

[@user-qy2hw8mq6o]

すごすぎる😭😭😭😭😭❤️

[@agnessatulp8443]

Чудесная девочка!Лучик света♥️Пересматриваю ее программы и в восторге👍👍🇯🇵 И прекрасный тренер👍👍

[@rrenatabp]

A MASTERPIECE!!

[@AstridOona1111]

She is phenomenal!!!!!!!!!

[@Dariush090909]

Yeah, she's extremely talented!⛸✌🥇💐

[@ЛисаАлиса-п6т]

Улыбчивая , такая приятная девочка, котенок теплый пушистый успехов тебе милая!

[@anniekr184]

Phenomenal

[@ТаняАлексеева-м1в]

I loved what I just saw!!!

[@jacknjack1969]

Goosebumps 🙏🙏🙏❤️❤️❤️

[@藤崎まりあ-i9k]

At the kiss and cry, she was like "Hmm, why didn't I get over 150?" 😂

[@jennifer5512]

What a talented all around skater! I think the best right now. My only little criticism is that sometimes she could hold her arms better but great overall.

[@gilyanajune7081]

Браво!!! Великолепно!!! 🌸

[@jeanmichelblais]

lovely performance, incredible talent, impressive skills - honoured to feature musically 😅

[@ouelletjeannine7319]

La musique est magnifique ça aide pour la patineuse qui est stunning.

[@nondescriptnyc]

3A and 4T…with CORRECT technique w/o doping!!! The scary part is that, even without the jumps, this is a very, VERY special skater w/ very strong fundamentals and amazing ice coverage.

[@hannibaljustincase9985]

and does she really need those jumps at her age? I'm worried she'll end up like Kihira

[@yohanes2034]

She doesn't need this jump tbh, as you said without the 4T and 3A you'll still enjoy her skating because she has skating skills unlike some of the Eteri skaters. I'm worried that training this element would injure her. IMO strong basic technique and SS are the most important things that skaters have to master in Junior.

[@AT-jm4dl]

I don't know if I'd classify the 3A as having "correct technique". A skater should jump up into the axel before rotating to give the jump the height and power that the jump deserves; See Ilia Malinin's 3A and 4A for textbook technique. I'm not a fan of these small 3As barely off the ground where the skater starts the rotation early before lifting up into the jump, similar to a roller skating technique.

[@nondescriptnyc]

@@AT-jm4dl You may not like it personally, but you need to separate that from incorrect. ISU does note heavy skid entries with pre-rotations are poor technique-but jumping-out-the-rotate versus jump-as-you-begin-to-rotate are both accepted as correct technique. ISU produces videos to demonstrate these differences for judges’ seminars.

[@elymarled7647]

Bravo Mao👏👏👏👏

[@johnjackson3735]

Great performance by Mao Shimada with marvelous flow and speed, lovely and expressive arm and head movement, beautiful deep running edge of out the jumps, excellent positions in her biellman, camel, I and sit spins with quick transitions between positions, a fabulous long arc on her spiral, minimal pre-rotation on her jumps with beautiful air position, However, the ur call on her quad toe was bogus just like Mao Asada who got so many overly harsh calls

[@TKillDomLuizCataleya]

Stunninggggggg

[@jonathancavallin4920]

That 4T was fully rotated come on, no q should've been given

[@holysinnnerr]

Техника хороша , скольжение великолепное ! ❤ Катание завораживает .

[@yachuchuang3651]

麻央ちゃん おめでとう💖👏🏻 Congratulations on your clean performances and qualification of JGPF 🎉💕💕💕

[@Karkushleen]

Какая чудесная девочка, слов нет❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@kyliemiu]

It breaks my heart to think she won’t be able to compete at the Olympics until age 21. The rule is absurd. Such an all-rounded skater.

[@hbattagl]

I do feel your frustration and it might be heartbreaking for Mao at the moment but wouldn’t it be best for young athletes in a long run? High-level jumps become demanding as your body goes through changes, and naturally have higher risks of long-term injuries, not to mention mental health issues that young adults are vulnerable to. It might be good that they can take time to let their mind and body grow without too much pressure and then retrain their mature self for the Olympics...?

[@figulapt3784]

@@hbattagl Well, skaters would surely get more mental health issues knowing that they cannot compete at the highest level at possibly their peak.

[@sadz42]

@@figulapt3784 But isn't the point of the rule for them to not peak before they hit 17? Because their bodies up to that point are still developing and it would be nice to have skaters continue to grow and improve even after puberty. I love watching juniors and we've seen many talented young skaters in the past few years but it breaks my heart that often they burn out before hitting age 18 or are out due to eating disorders or the intense pressures of the senior level. Overall I think it would be better to see more longevity in women's figure skating again, because if the right precautions are taken and correct, healthy technique is taught, then there's no reason why skaters shouldn't peak all the way up into their mid to late 20s.

[@yohanes2034]

@@figulapt3784 if that peak is before puberty then it's simply not a sport because if athletes success is determine by the not fully grown body of a human then it's not a sport because there're other factors that determine the success besides skills and talents. So it's fair if we separate the competitions between pre and post puberty body. I'm at lost to people who still refuse to see that

[@figulapt3784]

Body stops growing physically at age 15, at most 16. Puberty on average occrus from 6-13, while growth spurt last from 9 to 15 at most. Skaters would always be injured no matter what their age is. Whether their peak is in their late teens or in their mid-20s depends on how well those injuries are managed by skaters and their team, not on what competitions are they competing. Good technique should be taught to everyone, but even so, it won't spare them from getting injured. If injury is the argument here, then might as well banning figure skating since everyone is getting injured anyway. Banning younger ladies from competing is will NOT result into lesser injuries.

[@agnessatulp8443]

Волшебно!!♥️

[@user-mc3hz2dv4x]

もう、職人みたいな中学生だわね 職人技よ

[@kerryperryman3025]

She s so good and it is also nice to see her skating an age appropriate program.

[@ирина-с7д8ш]

Does this mean that other figure skaters in Gdansk did not have age-appropriate programs?🙆‍♀️

[@ИринаЧепкасова-ю4ю]

Very nice.

[@マントマンクレヨン]

フリーは断然今日のが好き！特にコレオ！

[@S80-r1o]

Interesting how the SP was better performance wise in Ostrava, yet she dialed up the performance, after a nervous sp, in the free skate in Gdansk.

[@tyankanhaneman8793]

4T刺さったかもしれないけど技術点がえぐい

[@ChristineTheHippie]

She makes it looks so easy! The Japanese women are so deep!

[@LenaLight0204]

4T惜しかったね。成功すれば150いったかもしれない。

[@kstjltt]

mao is just amazing, such a well-rounded skater at such a young age! and there is no need for her and other juniors to break their bodies trying to learn ultra-c’s. cause being unable to participate at 2026 olys is not THE problem, the problem is that jumping quads and 3a’s she simply might not be able to last until 2030. this does not mean children should be allowed to olys as early is possible, no. this means something is wrong with the system ted is so selflessly praising. those who don’t get it just kinda lack critical thinking, that’s it.

[@johnjackson3735]

The best thing to do is to demote the way over-rated and exaggerated importance of the Olympics which is based on age and political scoring discrimination and rests the entire reputation of a skater on one single event over the course of four years which is utterly ridiculous. Instead, the relative recognition of Junior's competitions should be elevated and the Olympics recognized for being simply a single skating event and the one most politicized. No less than Mao Asada, Rika Kihira and now Mao Shimada have or will be deprived of participating in an entire Olympic cycle because of the ridiculous need to be half a year over 15 and 17 rule in order to compete and Mai Mihara who had the second highest scoring average on the Japanese team going into Nationals was lowballed by her own fed off the Olympics and Worlds roster by highly biased and politicized scoring. And did the alleged assertion that the goal was to protect skaters by raising the age by half a year help Rika Khira? Quite to the contrary, striving to add a quad and multiple triple axels caused her to have a severe injury which prevented her from competing when she was 19 in 2022, even as she was prevented in 2018 due to the 1/2 year rule at a time when she was the only 15 year old skater who had a twin attack of triple axels, yet another 15 year old Russian skater was allowed to compete and win without any triple axels. By the way, this isn't Alina Zagitova's fault and I do enjoy her skating, Even for those who get the age and politically correct federation lottery ticket, the medalists at the last Olympics still haven't received their medals yet and don't even know their placements in the women's division. Besides, the back story on the concerted efforts to give scoring deflation and sabotage Mao Asada's and Akiko Suzuki's training at the 2014 Olympics is one example of how corruption is swept under the rug and hidden from the public to appease the ISU power elites wishes and the sports media is happy to be their mouthpieces.

[@o23hk85]

Чудо!!! 😍

[@arf2847]

Does she have a sponsor or sponsors?? Does she really pay for her lessons and practices and travels? She is definitely an olympic level skater.

[@hannibaljustincase9985]

unfortunately Mao isn't eligible for 2026 Olympics

[@arf2847]

@@hannibaljustincase9985 . Why isn't she elegible to go to an olympic games?

[@ирина-с7д8ш]

@@arf2847 new rules) as western world want it so much ) until her 21 y.o. she is going to be way other skater 🙆‍♀️

[@arf2847]

@@ирина-с7д8ш. How old do you have to be now to go to the Winter Olympics in ice skating?

[@hannibaljustincase9985]

@@ирина-с7д8ш well, maybe western world wants it so much because there's been a long history with teen skaters retiring and destroying their bodies? where's Alina or Zhenya? how long Lipinski or Baiul were skating after they won? start thinking independently and maybe you'll find some sense in their decisions

[@rafael00084]

Did she get a call? Her score seems low for a 3a and a 4t wth, anyway amazing program mao you could hear how everyone was cheering you

[@wanderlustxhours]

It was a 4tq

[@rafael00084]

@@wanderlustxhours damn, well that means she can imrpove her score still and reach the 150 mark

[@sadie6141]

Yes underscored.. deserves more points

[@hannibaljustincase9985]

@@sadie6141 not really, it's more that senior skaters get overscored

[@sadie6141]

@@hannibaljustincase9985 maybe ur right.. Loena H from Belgium definitely got over-scored last week

[@crystal__4168]

Mao had it all, well done girl!! Don’t know who the choreographer is it but I hope the coaching team find a better choreographer for her in the next seasons. She has so much potential .

[@ihsukagotl9936]

The choreographer of her long program is Lori Nichol though...

[@johnjackson3735]

@@ihsukagotl9936 Yes great choreography and the same choreographer that Mao Asada often used like in her classic Claire de Lune (2008-2009) and Nocturne program, which she performed so great at Worlds 2014.

[@ingai7014]

What ?

[@elizabethmuniz9088]

Estou encantada. Parabéns e lindo vê lá delizar em seus patins

[@glaznflip1501]

Sad she’ll be 3 months too young to compete at the Olympics. She needs a new coach who can pace her and have her peak at 21. The time for her to make that change is now.

[@akaidensya2000]

Qeen Mao Ⅱ 👸

[@roufuyou]

ハマコー的には150いくと思ってたんだな。 まあ、とにかく麻央さん素晴らしい。 次のオリンピック出られなくて残念だけど。

[@jacobmcintyre6174]

honestly though, they could have given her higher goe!

[@chunchun1984]

Anothe Mao in the making!

[@弘美くん]

ジュニア飛び級してシニアで勝負できますね！とにかく素晴らしい｡全日本選手権が待ち遠しいです。

[@xecnorovaojra6178]

Супер катание

[@アイスうまっ]

13歳で150点近く出せて上出来なのに納得いってない感じすご

[@bocilsakti3526]

This performance is better than her movement in Atlanta

[@triplea_qgb1963]

Shes a phenomenon.

[@Leirix61]

Nr. 1 in the non russian world atm! 😍

[@tambam6744]

Even with Russians she would win!

[@bbl1188]

Maoslay

[@なのかまの]

麻央ちゃんのリンクカバーのずめっちゃみたい

[@dls5087]

Самая талантливая юниорка в истории.

[@Biankabeauty]

Да ладно! Про Трусову в юниорках вспомните. И Соня Акатьева сейчас. Но если среди зарубежных, то возможно.

[@АлександрВепрев-ф1и]

Среди зарубежных возможно !

[@АлександрВепрев-ф1и]

@@Biankabeauty Та они счастливы до ус... ачки , что хоть одна появилась , во всём мировом ФК. Но посмотрим что с ней к 16 . станет ? Кихира. живой пример! А девочка и правда классненькая ! Несмотря на чисто детское катание!

[@MariaPadalko]

@@АлександрВепрев-ф1и не усключено, что то же, что с нашими. У Косторной нет результатов после 17, у Загитовой нет, у Липницкой нет, и продолжать можно долго.

[@ирина-с7д8ш]

Конечно не самая) хореографически- далеко от русских спортсменок и по второй оценке уступала бы им при равных прыжках, даже при заходе на лутц в шпагате она не поднимает ногу в линию как это делала Алина или как это делают наши девочки. А в целом программа не плохая, но у меня дежа вю- как будто вижу то что уже ставили наши тренеры раньше, это точно не шаг вперед, пока что японцы просто пытаются повторить то что уже было до них....

[@zmby2301]

人間の持つ可能性を感じるね、薬など使わなくてもここまで出来るんだと。それにしても素晴らしい♪　まだまだ伸びしろはありそうだし、この先が楽しみだ 。

[@花丸花]

やんわり毒を吐く表現😘

[@durcheinander5554]

Is it just me or does she look way taller than a month ago?

[@alexandraantonovitchsk8vid128]

The age change will cause more harm than good...like Ted said at the end ..this talent will have to WAIT till she is 21 to be at the Olympics! that is insanity, this age change will force perhaps this girl push through years of hard training just to compete at the games instead of perhaps retiring after great wins in the senior level.

[@federicopascucciclassicroc7662]

Wow she's a fenomenon

[@user-mc3hz2dv4x]

他の日本選手もクワド跳べるようになりますように