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Mirai Aileen Nagasu (長洲 未来, Nagasu Mirai, born April 16, 1993) is an American figure skater. She is a 2018 Olympic Games team event bronze medalist, three-time Four Continents medalist (silver in 2016, bronze in 2011 and 2017), the 2007 JGP Final champion, a two-time World Junior medalist (silver in 2007, bronze in 2008), and a seven-time U.S. national medalist (gold in 2008, silver in ...
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- Who Is Mirai Nagasu?
- Early Life
- Olympics 2010
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- Triple Axel
- Olympics 2018
- 'Dancing with The Stars'
Mirai Nagasu is a decorated national and international figure skater who made history at the 2018 Winter Olympics in PyeongChang, South Korea when she became the first American woman to land a triple axel. Her strong performance during her free skate competition put her in second place and helped the U.S. earn a bronze medal at the team competition...
Nagasu was born on April 16, 1993, in Arcadia, California to Japanese immigrant parents who became owners of a local sushi restaurant. Her name Mirai means "future" in Japanese. Nagasu began skating at the age of five. After competing at the junior level and entering the World Junior Championships in 2007 and 2008, (winning silver and bronze medals...
At the age of 16, Nagasu competed at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver and finished in fourth place in the ladies' event.
In 2015 Nagasu began taking international business courses at the University of Colorado, Colorado Springs, where she also trains at the nearby U.S. Olympic Center headquarters. To make ends meet, Nagasu cleared ice for the NHL's Colorado Avalanche during the 2015-2016 season, tweeting in February 2018: "Gotta pay for skating somehow!"
“This is definitely history, or herstory, whatever way you want to put it,” Nagasu said after her performance at the Games in South Korea, adding she "knew in my heart that this day would come." Nagasu's triple axel was a first for an American woman at an Olympics, although she did land the jump at the U.S. International Figure Skating Classic in S...
Nagasu's road to the 2018 Winter Olympics was a bumpy one filled with doubt. When she got passed over to compete at the Sochi Games in 2014, she considered quitting the sport altogether. However, in the end, she used the rejection to motivate her to make the team in 2018. And with that, Nagasu accomplished not only triple axel history in South Kore...
In April 2018, Nagasu was announced as a contestant on the upcoming Dancing with the Stars: Athletes, alongside fellow 2018 Olympic skater Adam Rippon and Harding, the only other American woman to land the triple axel. Nagasu had raised eyebrows with her comments after a disappointing performance in the women's individual skating final at the 2018 ...
Feb 12, 2018 · Mirai Nagasu became the first American woman to land a triple axel jump at the Olympics in 2018. She also joined Midori Ito and Mao Asada as the only women ever to achieve this feat in international competition.
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Feb 12, 2018 · U.S. figure skater Mirai Nagasu made history at the 2018 Winter Olympics on Sunday night when she became the first American woman to land the challenging triple axel jump in Olympic competition ...
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Mirai Nagasu opens her routine to “Miss Saigon” with a powerful triple axel, becoming the first American woman to do so at an Olympics. Olympic Games Paris 2024
Feb 12, 2018 · Mirai Nagasu after her performance in the team figure skating competition at the 2018 Winter Olympics in South Korea. She helped lift the United States to a bronze medal.
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