American Mirai Nagasu jump started her season by winning the Nebelhorn Trophy
American Mirai Nagasu jump started her season by winning the Nebelhorn Trophy in Oberstdorf, Germany. The event is a “Senior B” international competition, which many figure skaters use as a pre-season warm-up.
Nagasu won her first senior ISU event in dominant fashion, with a nearly 20-point victory over Elene Gedevanishvili of Georgia in second. Sweden’s Joshi Helgesson won the bronze medal.
The 2008 U.S. champion debuted her new tango short program, landing a triple Lutz-double toe combination and a triple loop. In the free skate, Nagasu fell on her hopening triple loop-double loop combination, but rebounded to land four triples.
Of concern for Nagasu post-Nebelhorn is the entry edge deduction she received on two of her three triple Lutz jumps and several under-rotation deductions, receiving only 70-percent of the base value for those jumps.
While it appears Nagasu has some cleaning up to do before Skate Canada, a win in Oberstdorf is a good confidence boost and no one is expected to be perfect in September, but rather advised not to be.