A champion at 14!
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Last Saturday, Fourteen-year old Mirai Nagasu became the second youngest woman to win the U.S. Figure Skating Championships held in St. Paul, Minnesota.
The ninth grader from Arcadia, California who won the title in the Juniors category last year (at thirteen), is the first skater since 1938 to win the junior and senior title back to back.
Mirai's passion for ice-skating began at the age of five, when her parents took her ice skating on a rainy day. She has been hooked since.
Her day begins at 5.00 am in the morning. She goes to skate practice from 6.00 - 8.00 am and then to school until 3.00pm. After tackling her homework, she does some exercises that help her skate better.
Nagasu has a very unusual training program, where she trains with not one but six different coaches. She practices different skills with each one of them, which in turn has helped her become a more talented and versatile (all around) ice skater.
Being a Champion on Ice, doesn't mean Mirai slacks off on her schoolwork. She is an honor roll student at Foothills Middle School in Southern California. She loves to hang out with friends, eat spicy and sweet food and watch "America's Next Model" on TV.
We think we are going to see a lot of this amazing young girl in the next few years and wish her the best.
Sources: USAtoday.com
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mario58over 10 yearsWow cool
bearbearover 10 yearsi used to do ice skating!
nikukyuover 10 yearsMirai is a Japanese name. It means'future'!
sherlockcutepupover 10 yearsknow-it-all.you are just like my friend Alexis.
mandm2000over 10 yearsThat is awesome. Are you Japanese?- bearbearover 10 yearshow did you know? Are you Japanese?
peacheslarueover 10 yearsI know i am not nikukyu, but i happen to know that she is Japanese!
- mandm2000over 10 yearsLIKE THIS IF YOU LIKE SOCCER!!!!!!!!
- nikukyuover 10 yearsLike this if you like BADMINTON!!!!!!
frankiebabyover 10 yearsI love badminton- nikukyuover 10 yearsYay!
- nikukyuover 10 yearsThank you guys for liking my badminton comment! Best sport in the world!(in my opinion) I just love the zing sound that they make, and I feel so refreshed!
- mandm2000over 10 yearslike this if you like SWIMMING!!!!!!!!
spinnypeepsover 10 yearsLike this if you love fencing!
analiseover 10 yearsSwimming is the best sport in existence. In fact, I love it so much I'm nationally ranked!- spinnypeepsover 10 yearsI started swimming when I was three but I had to quit because I moved to a different country. I wish I could be nationally ranked in swimming!
ikyra_marieover 10 yearsSame!!!
bibliophileover 10 yearsThat's soooo cool, because I'm also nationally ranked too:D...
turtlenicoleover 10 yearsreally?! so am I:)
swimmer_girl02over 10 yearsDon't forget me!!! Im also nationally ranked! In swimming, of course.- ikyra_marieover 10 yearsMe too!
- nikukyuover 10 yearsWoooooow there's a lot of athletes in dogo! I'll be looking out for u guys at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics!
- analiseover 10 yearsWhat country? CUZ I live in the us
- swimmer_girl02over 10 yearsOMG i live in the us too! What state?
- analiseover 10 yearsOh, the MR sector. Sorry, guys, its swimming code
- analiseover 10 yearslong stretch. I guess u could call it MR.
- bibliophileover 10 yearsMe too... I'm all the way in Cali... how about you guys??
gap430over 10 yearsso lucky! i'm by new york- analiseover 10 yearsI live in long island, but i moved from queens. NEW YORK IS THA BEST
- analiseover 10 yearsOMG ME TOO!
- bibliophileover 10 yearsReally?!?! Because I always wanted to go to New York, and see like the Statue of Liberty, or like the Central Park... and plus you guys have like snow in the winter... we have snow in the winter, but you have to go up on a mountain...
- peacheslarueover 10 yearsOh! Im in Chicago!!!!!!!!!!
- analiseover 10 yearsoooh, chicago! Thats awesome! GO BULLS!
- peacheslarueover 10 yearsAnd BLACKHAWKS!!!!!!!
- mandm2000over 10 yearsI live in SoCal. What city do you live in?
- nikukyuover 10 yearsI live in Japan! I wish I could go to the U.S.A ... You guys don't know how lucky you guys are! I I love Japan too of course:)
- frankiebabyover 10 yearsI want togotoJapan!
- bibliophileover 10 yearsI went to Japan before... the food in Japan taste really good...like udon... :-D
- nikukyuover 10 yearsWoah analise and coolnicki477 u guys must be AMAZING at swimming! That's so cool! I wish I was notionally ranked at badminton!
- peacheslarueover 10 yearsIm not nationally ranked but you guys must feel SO Proud!! I Wish u guys the best of LUCK!!!
- bibliophileover 10 yearsThanks!!!! :D
- analiseover 10 yearsThank you!
- mandm2000over 10 yearsWOW how fun
- peacheslarueover 10 yearsI luv Swimming and LIKE THIS IF YOU LIKE TAE KWON DO!!!! HYA!! (i take Tae Kwon Do, skating and swimming, (and lets not forget seasonal basketball and volleyball and TRACK!!!!!!!!!)
- analiseover 10 yearsMe too, but leave out the volleyball and skating, add softball and tennis instead. Tho swimmings my #1
- swimmer_girl02over 10 yearssame here, except the skating part. Skatings not me.
- turtlenicoleover 10 yearsyou go girl!!!
- mandm2000over 10 yearsI always want to play volleyball, but it always interferes with soccer practices and stuff
- nikukyuover 10 yearsI never tried it, but I have done a little karate! HYYYYAA! (Chop Chop)
- analiseover 10 yearsWell, I do tkd and It's all about discipline and focus. Since im korean i do it the traditional way but i guess its the same.
- swimmer_girl02over 10 yearsIm korean, and i do tkd too!
- peacheslarueover 10 yearsWhat belt r you!?
- analiseover 10 yearsblack belt
- peacheslarueover 10 yearsAwesome! What degree!? Im in sixth grade and im only a brown belt! :'*)
- analiseover 10 yearsFirst. My brothers in 3rd and hes almost ready for black
- peacheslarueover 10 yearsCool!
- peacheslarueover 10 yearsLOL!!! HYYYYYYAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
- turtlenicoleover 10 yearslike this if you're team kim yuna!!
- spinnypeepsover 10 yearsYUNA QUEEN(that's her nickname) I'm soooooo sad she had to retire! She totally should've won the gold medal last year. Did you know she broke her foot and her arm, but still got silver in the Olympics?
- analiseover 10 yearsYep! It was so sad but at least she swam/nope sorry, skated through the pain!
- analiseover 10 yearsKIM YUNA all the way!!!!! I'm Korean, so obviously I love her!!!
- nikukyuover 10 yearsSorry coolnicki477 I'm on team Mao Asada. But I like Kim Yuna too!
- turtlenicoleover 10 yearsthat's okay... we all have different opinions:)
nandabover 10 yearswow the best- analiseover 10 yearsniceeeee
night_songover 10 years..... wow just wow
asma234over 10 yearsIn the first picture .The woman looks horrified.Just saying.Oh and I don't figure skate,but I'm on a hockey team.- analiseover 10 yearsOOH, hockey is awesome!
- spinnypeepsover 10 yearsMaybe she's just surprised with awe?
- I AM SICKover 10 yearsWOW
- peacheslarueover 10 yearsI hope u feel better!
