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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mario58almost 12 yearsWow cool
bearbearalmost 12 yearsi used to do ice skating!
nikukyualmost 12 yearsMirai is a Japanese name. It means'future'!
sherlockcutepupalmost 12 yearsknow-it-all.you are just like my friend Alexis.
mandm2000almost 12 yearsThat is awesome. Are you Japanese?- bearbearalmost 12 yearshow did you know? Are you Japanese?
peacheslaruealmost 12 yearsI know i am not nikukyu, but i happen to know that she is Japanese!
- mandm2000almost 12 yearsLIKE THIS IF YOU LIKE SOCCER!!!!!!!!
- nikukyualmost 12 yearsLike this if you like BADMINTON!!!!!!
frankiebabyalmost 12 yearsI love badminton- nikukyualmost 12 yearsYay!
- nikukyualmost 12 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!
- mandm2000almost 12 yearslike this if you like SWIMMING!!!!!!!!
spinnypeepsalmost 12 yearsLike this if you love fencing!
analisealmost 12 yearsSwimming is the best sport in existence. In fact, I love it so much I'm nationally ranked!- spinnypeepsalmost 12 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_mariealmost 12 yearsSame!!!
bibliophilealmost 12 yearsThat's soooo cool, because I'm also nationally ranked too:D...
turtlenicolealmost 12 yearsreally?! so am I:)
swimmer_girl02almost 12 yearsDon't forget me!!! Im also nationally ranked! In swimming, of course.- ikyra_mariealmost 12 yearsMe too!
- nikukyualmost 12 yearsWoooooow there's a lot of athletes in dogo! I'll be looking out for u guys at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics!
- analisealmost 12 yearsWhat country? CUZ I live in the us
- swimmer_girl02almost 12 yearsOMG i live in the us too! What state?
- analisealmost 12 yearsOh, the MR sector. Sorry, guys, its swimming code
- analisealmost 12 yearslong stretch. I guess u could call it MR.
- bibliophilealmost 12 yearsMe too... I'm all the way in Cali... how about you guys??
gap430almost 12 yearsso lucky! i'm by new york- analisealmost 12 yearsI live in long island, but i moved from queens. NEW YORK IS THA BEST
- analisealmost 12 yearsOMG ME TOO!
- bibliophilealmost 12 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...
- peacheslaruealmost 12 yearsOh! Im in Chicago!!!!!!!!!!
- analisealmost 12 yearsoooh, chicago! Thats awesome! GO BULLS!
- peacheslaruealmost 12 yearsAnd BLACKHAWKS!!!!!!!
- mandm2000almost 12 yearsI live in SoCal. What city do you live in?
- nikukyualmost 12 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:)
- frankiebabyalmost 12 yearsI want togotoJapan!
- bibliophilealmost 12 yearsI went to Japan before... the food in Japan taste really good...like udon... :-D
- nikukyualmost 12 yearsWoah analise and coolnicki477 u guys must be AMAZING at swimming! That's so cool! I wish I was notionally ranked at badminton!
- peacheslaruealmost 12 yearsIm not nationally ranked but you guys must feel SO Proud!! I Wish u guys the best of LUCK!!!
- bibliophilealmost 12 yearsThanks!!!! :D
- analisealmost 12 yearsThank you!
- mandm2000almost 12 yearsWOW how fun
- peacheslaruealmost 12 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!!!!!!!!!)
- analisealmost 12 yearsMe too, but leave out the volleyball and skating, add softball and tennis instead. Tho swimmings my #1
- swimmer_girl02almost 12 yearssame here, except the skating part. Skatings not me.
- turtlenicolealmost 12 yearsyou go girl!!!
- mandm2000almost 12 yearsI always want to play volleyball, but it always interferes with soccer practices and stuff
- nikukyualmost 12 yearsI never tried it, but I have done a little karate! HYYYYAA! (Chop Chop)
- analisealmost 12 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_girl02almost 12 yearsIm korean, and i do tkd too!
- peacheslaruealmost 12 yearsWhat belt r you!?
- analisealmost 12 yearsblack belt
- peacheslaruealmost 12 yearsAwesome! What degree!? Im in sixth grade and im only a brown belt! :'*)
- analisealmost 12 yearsFirst. My brothers in 3rd and hes almost ready for black
- peacheslaruealmost 12 yearsCool!
- peacheslaruealmost 12 yearsLOL!!! HYYYYYYAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
- turtlenicolealmost 12 yearslike this if you're team kim yuna!!
- spinnypeepsalmost 12 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 11 yearsYep! It was so sad but at least she swam/nope sorry, skated through the pain!
- analisealmost 12 yearsKIM YUNA all the way!!!!! I'm Korean, so obviously I love her!!!
- nikukyualmost 12 yearsSorry coolnicki477 I'm on team Mao Asada. But I like Kim Yuna too!
- turtlenicolealmost 12 yearsthat's okay... we all have different opinions:)
nandabalmost 12 yearswow the best- analisealmost 12 yearsniceeeee
night_songalmost 12 years..... wow just wow
asma234almost 12 yearsIn the first picture .The woman looks horrified.Just saying.Oh and I don't figure skate,but I'm on a hockey team.- analisealmost 12 yearsOOH, hockey is awesome!
- spinnypeepsalmost 12 yearsMaybe she's just surprised with awe?
- I AM SICKalmost 12 yearsWOW
- peacheslaruealmost 12 yearsI hope u feel better!
