Today's tweet, I want to give to this smiling figure skating girl - Mihara Maiyi.
At the 2022 Four Continents Championships that ended yesterday, the girl who experienced anorexia and arthritis in 2019 and almost said goodbye to the ice rink, overcame the regret of injury, the recent all-day defeat, and the regret of missing the Olympics again, and finally stood on the highest podium of 4CC! 4CC championship for the second time!
3Lz3T, 2A, 3F, 3S, the second half of the 2A3T, 3Lz2T2Lo, 3Lo are all completed! Although the final spin was slightly regrettable because of nervousness and shaking legs, the 23-year-old Mai Mihara still presented a near-perfect program in the women's singles free skating competition of the Four Continents Championships.
The free skating score was 145.41, and the total score was 218.03 points. Four Continents Championship Champion!
At the moment of the score, Mihara Maiyi shouted in the KC area and bowed her head and wept. In this scene, the audience could not help but shed tears with her. This tear, of course, has a lot of joy and tears, but more is still in the long trough, still has not lost enthusiasm and the original intention of the wish.
Born in 1999, Mihara Maiyi is no longer a "little girl" if calculated by age. Although her performance style is light and elegant, she is petite, but she has a sweet smile and is also loved by ice fans. Mai, who won the Four Continents Championship in 2017, seems to lack some "Olympic life" in her career. At the Winter Olympic Qualifying Tournament of the year before the 2018 Pyeongchang Winter Olympics, mihara Maiyi lost her qualification for the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics due to a mistake.
But just as she turned over her regrets in 2018 and was ready to go all out for the next Winter Olympics, she encountered physical and mental pressure. After the start of the 2019 season, Mihara withdrew from several consecutive matches, eventually retiring the entire season. The coach's subsequent confirmation of the information also confirmed the speculations of many ice fans about the physical condition of the suddenly thin Mihara Maiyi, who suffered from the spell that many figure skaters have encountered - anorexia.
The reason why anorexia is the "curse of figure skating circles" is precisely because not only Mihara Maiyi, over the years, including the Russian genius girl Lipnitskaya (fan nickname soft card), The Canadian women's singles player Gabriell Daleman, the two-time National Figure Skating Champion Gold, and another American figure skater Kirk have all withdrawn due to anorexia and even ended their figure skating career early, which is a huge blow to people's mental and physical impact.
Moreover, at the same time, mihara Maiyi was also tormented by arthritis, as well as the huge pattern changes that occurred in the figure skating women's singles after Pyeongchang. At the beginning of the 2019 season, the Russian figure skating rocket girls have emerged in an endless stream, jumping around and even becoming the "basic configuration" of the first-line women's singles, and the talented girl Kihei Ewha with a 3A configuration in Japan has also been promoted to the group... Under such circumstances, can Mihara Maiyi return to the ice rink? Will she retire from the army? It has become the speculation of many people.
In the midst of doubts, in the 2020 season, Mihara Maiyi is back!
The body is still not fully recovered, and the thin appearance still makes people worry and feel pain. But when you look at the look in her eyes when she steps on the ice, she still loves and never gives up!
Mai Mihara, who returned to the arena in 2020, quickly recovered in her form in the 2021-2022 season, using the Grand Prix to compete in a more difficult and stable state, and a firmer heart to face the opportunity of the second Winter Olympics she ushered in.
But unfortunately, Mihara Mai made a mistake at the most important, all-day championship at the end of 2021.
The fourth place result once again lost the qualification to participate in the Winter Olympics.
There is nothing more brutal about competitive sports than this. Obviously, it gives people hope, but breaking that hope is only a fraction of a centimeter.
After the defeat, Mai Mihara did not qualify for the 2022 Winter Olympics and the 2022 World Championships, only the four continents tournament. But 4CC is only a little over a month away from the end of the all-day championship, can she quickly adjust from the regret of losing?
Does she still have enough enthusiasm and hope for herself and for figure skating?
Facts have proved that the heart is not extinguished, and the hope is eternal.
Yes, I've really used this phrase many times, but I've really witnessed the miracle of this phrase again and again in these powerful athletes.
Stepping on the dance of the 4CC ice rink, with abundant emotions and almost perfect jumping and expressiveness, she showed all the spectators and judges the flame of figure skating that was burning in her thin body.
"I'm very happy to be able to skate!" After winning the gold medal at the Four Continents Championship for the second time, Mai Mihara happily answered reporters. At 23 years old, it may be difficult to wait for the next opportunity to participate in the Winter Olympics, but we believe that as long as there is still a day on the ice, as long as there is room and motivation to challenge, she will continue to laugh, slide and fly like this.