Date: February 23rd, 2018 4:38 PM
Author: Olive Church Building
Afterwards, Nagasu offered some comments that may not sit too well with some in the skating community.
“It’s been a long three weeks,” she said. “We got here, we got to walk in the Opening Ceremonies, and I saved the team a bit. With Adam and the Shibutanis [in the team skate], we were about to lose our medals. Today I put my medal in my pocket – here she is – and I said, ‘Mirai, you’ve done your job already, and this is just icing.’ ”
Nagasu went on: “We went to the Team USA House on the lunar holiday and it took four hours just to get to the mountain. I also haven’t taken a warm shower. There are a lot of people on Team USA and somehow I keep trying to take a shower when all the hot water is gone. Also I’ve woken up so early.”
These aren’t the usual reasons given by an elite athlete after a disappointing performance.
Nagasu tried to stay buoyant, smiling through what must have been a trying day.
“I smiled in the middle of my program,” she said, “which is really rare for me. So I enjoyed myself and I thought of this as my audition for “Dancing with the Stars.”
A reporter followed up on that, asking if she saw it as an audition for a professional career.
“I would like to be on “Dancing with the Stars” because I want to be a star,” she said. “I made history here by landing the first triple axel by a U.S. lady and third at the Olympics and I think that’s a big deal.”
https://www.yahoo.com/sports/cold-showers-dancing-stars-mirai-nagasu-offers-bizarre-excuses-poor-performance-085020052.html
(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3901933&forum_id=2#35471864)