So results are in, and with 196.30 Mao-chan took home the silver medal at the Four Continents Championships. She opened with a HUGE triple axel that we haven't seen since Vancouver, and skated strongly with a much changed program. More lyrical and more pre-Tatiana Mao, it never failed to make me smile. It was the first time that Mao skated the revised program since Nationals so there were bits where she was rough, but overall it was good enough to remind young skaters Mirai Nagasu and Rachel Flatt (USA), who came in at 3rd and 4th respectively, that her talent has not tarnished one bit. It's a shame for GPF champion Alissa Csizny (USA) for not making the podium after making big errors both in the short and free skate. Congratulations are in order for 4CC champion Miki Ando, who won the title with 201.34!! It looks like we may just have, a repeat of the Japanese showdown back in 2007 when Ando snatched Asada's crown at Tokyo by a point. Arms up ladies, it's going to a bloody Odyssey this March. Tokyo here we come!!!
