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 John Nicks, 81, Sasha Cohen's longtime coach, and Frank Carroll, 71, who guides teenager Mirai Nagasu, teach at rinks 50 miles apart in Southern California. ...
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Former national skating champion Mirai Nagasu reaches critical point
Mirai Nagasu is not easy on herself, even if she swears most of what she says is not meant in a "self-deprecatory way" but comes from a sarcastic sense of humor that leaves her words open to misinterpretation.For all that, her answers remain blunt. Asked to describe herself, Nagasu replied, "Talented but lazy."It is the tension between those characteristics that Nagasu feels has kept her from building on the promise she showed two years ago, winning the senior women's national figure skating title at age 14."Everything was so easy for me," she said, eating lunch during the break between recent late morning and early afternoon practices at the Toyota Sports Center in E...
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Sharpened skater
Young Mirai Nagasu had better be on her toes at this week's US Championships, because the competition could be stiff. (Rick Bowmer/Associated Press) By John ...
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Nagasu returns from 'dark side'
There are times when Mirai Nagasu isn't sure whether her skating talent is a gift or a curse. The Arcadia resident has ridden it to rare heights, winning the 2008 U.S. title at just 14. And it has carried too often to what Nagasu calls the "dark side." Either way she feels chained to the sport, a teenager, still only 16, gifted, yet vulnerable and fragile. Her identity and self-image are tied to how successfully she navigates a slippery and unforgiving sheet of ice. "There are always moments that I think about leaving skating," Nagasu said. "But I'm not very smart and I'm not very pretty and there's nothing else that stands out about me besides my skating. It's like lov...
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