AMAZIAN OF THE WEEK! Mao Asada Gets Her Day
Ice Queens: First Loser Kim Yu-Na and Winner Mao Asada at the 2010 World Figure Skating Championship in Turin, Italy
Name: Mao Asada
Age: 19
Hails from: Japan
Occupation: Figure skater
Known for: Playing second-fiddle to Queen Yu-Na at this year’s Winter Olympics; looking woefully sad on the medal podium while collecting her silver; inspiring some crazy nationalism between Japan and Korea; being the first woman to land two triple-axels in the same program back in 2006; finally getting redemption a month after the Olympics at the World Championships by beating Yu-Na, who fell on a triple salchow during her free skate.
So the rivalry between Yu-Na and Mao? Yeah, it’s ON. Like Ali-Frazier, but with sequins and spangles and a shit-ton of makeup.
Meanwhile, you gotta love the headlines from some of the Korean news outlets, which aren’t reporting Mao’s triumph so much as Yu-Na’s failure. From the Korea Times: “Yu-Na Fails to Defend Title.” And from Chosun Ilbo: “Kim Yu-Na Loses World Title in Turin.”
Ouch!
[SF Chronicle: Japan's Asada tops rival Kim to capture world skating title]
Filed under: 2010 Figure Skating World Championships, 2010 Olympics, 2010 Winter Olympics, Amazians, Bitchfights, Figure Skating, Ice Queens, Ice Skating, Japan vs. Korea, Kim Yu-na, Mao Asada, Nationalism, Queen Yu-na, Rivalries
your caption — ‘first loser’ — has me laughing aloud
as to ‘shit-ton’ of makeup, i’ll have to take your word for it — all i know is that you two don’t need makeup
Kim Yu-Na already won gold at the Olympics. If that’s not good enough for Koreans, then perhaps they need to relearn the meaning of sportsmanship.
Slightly OT, and I like ogling cameltoe and wedgies as much as the next guy, but when will they let female skaters wear pants?
@Simon…If you ever lived in Korea, you would know that anytime a Korean person does anything on the international scale, there is NO room for error. It can be a little scary, actually.
Just think Jen, you just had your hardass family to deal with. Can’t imagine the pressure of an entire hardass country. That alone makes these women beyond extraordinary.