The best era for women figure skating is over.
After Kim Yoona announced her retirement in , on April 10, the famous Japanese figure skater Asada Maho also announced his retirement decision.
26-year-old Asada Maho announced his retirement on his blog. Regarding the reason for retirement, she wrote: "After last year's Japanese figure skating championship, I lost my goal and the motivation to continue working as a player."
At the same time, Asada Maho also said: "Although I made such a decision, I have no regrets about my figure skating career."
According to Xinhua News Agency , the mainstream Japanese media quickly reported and interviewed it on the street, and many of the Japanese people interviewed expressed surprise and regret.
However, when it comes to Asada Maho, another name that has to be mentioned is her eternal opponent - Kim Yoona, who retired 3 years ago.
They were both born in 1990 and started competing in various arenas ten years ago. The two of them have also jointly dedicated the best "Golden Cat Era" to us.
Let’s first look at the two’s brilliant achievements in figure skating:
Kim Yoona is the first female singles Grand Slam winner in figure skating history to combine the Winter Olympics, World Championships, Grand Prix, Finals, Four Continents and World Youth Championships, and the first female singles player to have not received a podium in all competitions in his career.
She has won the 2006, 2007 and 2009 figure skating finals, the 2009 figure skating World Championships and the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics championship, and has also set a record of the 11 times for the International Skating Union women's single skating and was listed in the Guinness World Record.
Asada Maho is the first female solo skater in Asia to win the championship in the World Figure Skating Championships three times. In 2010, Asada Maho won the runner-up at the Vancouver Olympics and completed three Axel triple-week jumps in the competition to break the Guinness World Record. In 2014, Asada Maho won the Saitama Figure Skating World Championships.
The PK between the two Olympic cycles from 2007 to 2014 was the peak of the "Golden Cat Era".
2007 World Championships, Asada Maho free skating set a world record, and Kim Yoon-ah's short program set a world record. In the final total score, Maruho Asada was second and Maruho Kim was third;
2008 World Championships Asada Maruho came to the top to become the new world champion, and Maruho Kim was third;
2009 World Championships, Maruho Kim won the championship, Maruho Asada was fourth;
2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics, Maruho Kim set a record for the highest score for the 11th time with a total score of 228.56 points. Although Maruho Asada completed three Axel triple-jumps to break the Guinness world record, he was helpless to be runner-up; after
, the competition between Maruho Asada and Maruho Kim was still the best story of figure skating for women. When Kim Yoona dances on the ice in the background music of "Les Miserables" and "Arabian Nights", Asada Maho jumps in the classical sense of "Chardas Dance" and "Moscow's Sad Bell"...
You have to sigh that the more beautiful this project is, they are.
With the retirement after winning the silver medal in the 2014 Sochi Olympics, Kim Yoona, one of the protagonists of the "Golden Cat Age", faded out of the arena. Now, Asada Maho has also retreated, and there is no "Golden Cat" in women's figure skating anymore, and they can finally talk about the past off the court.
