I think it's funny that the focus is Mao, Mao, Mao and yet Yu-Na Kim obliterated her at Junior Worlds. Hee.
Anyone saying the Olympics don't "count" because of the age thing is a very stupid person. Rules are rules. The rules were put in place specifically to prevent children like Mao Asada (or Yu-Na Kim) from winning Olympics or Worlds because they're so tiny and can jump like crazy. If Mao can still do triple axels in four years at age 19, then good for her, go and get that Olympic medal. But for now, enough. Shizuka is the Olympic champion, no qualifiers, no asterisks.
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Anyone saying the Olympics don't "count" because of the age thing is a very stupid person. Rules are rules. The rules were put in place specifically to prevent children like Mao Asada (or Yu-Na Kim) from winning Olympics or Worlds because they're so tiny and can jump like crazy. If Mao can still do triple axels in four years at age 19, then good for her, go and get that Olympic medal. But for now, enough. Shizuka is the Olympic champion, no qualifiers, no asterisks.