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Mie Hamada has burnt through four very promising skaters some of them who were junior world champions, some of them who had ultra-c elements, none of them who got the senior results they could have had based on potential.
It happened with Marin Honda, 2016 junior world champ who never even made it to senior big comps.
It happened to Mana Kawabe, bronze national medalist, sent to Beijing Olympics and Worlds that year, who had bad skates and never really recovered.
It happened this quad to Hana Yoshida who after winning bronze at 2023 GPF finished 27th at this season's Nationals
It happened to Rika Kihira who injured herself during her second senior season due to overtraining and never recovered. And she was one of a kind skater that should have challenged for the title in Beijing.
Mao Shimada comes hot into seniors being undefeated internationally. Domestically, since her junior debut, the only competitions she ever lost have been Senior Nationals where only three skaters managed to place ahead of her : Mai Mihara, Mone Chiba and Kaori Sakamoto. She's a one of a kind skater with perfect posture and lines, good skating skills, best spins in the field and very solid jumps. She even has a 3A and a quad toe.
Mao Shimada comes into senior injured and sick and exhausted. She's been injured since summer. She's been sick at junior worlds. She's been beaten a couple of times in the free skate. She has a tendency to UR her 3A and her lutz. Her quad is inconsistent at best.
She still has four years to go until French Alps 2030.
Triple Axels in the Women's Short Program » 2025 Japanese Nationals
Ami Nakai 3A +2.06 GOE
Mao Shimada 3A +1.71 GOE
Mayuko Oka 3A +1.14 GOE
Rinka Watanabe 3A +0.11 GOE
島田 麻央 Mao Shimada (JPN)
2026 Summer Cup Short Program (81.81)
Mao Shimada (JPN): Jazz Medley | 2025 Junior Grand Prix Final, SP
Mao Shimada competes at her fourth consecutive Junior Grand Prix Final. She now leads the short program with a season's best 73.45.
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Kinoshita Cup, Japan (9/4 - 9/6) Challenger Series
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