Asian Invasion

I don't know why there has been an emergence of these young asian female figure skaters the past 2 years. All very talented and all in their teens. Figure skating has not caused this much excitement in me since Michelle Kwan.

Mao Asada has just won the 2008 Worlds Figure Skating Championship in Sweden. She is only 17 years of age. She does a wonderful triple axel and a triple flip-triple toe loop combination. She represents Japan. (photo from usatoday.com)

Yu Na Kim is also 17 and she represents South Korea. She got the bronze in the 2008 and 2007 Worlds Figure Skating Championship. She holds the highest score for both the short and long program under the new ISU judging system. (pic from skatetoday.com)

Mirai Nagasu is only turning 15 this April. She is the reigning US ladies Champion. She is too young to go to the Worlds Championship. I have high hopes for this young lady. (pic from davecskatingphoto.com)

Caroline Zhang is also only 14 and turning 15 this May. She also represents the US. She is the 2007 Worlds Junior Champion and she got the silver for the same event in 2008. Also very talented. (pic from baltimoresun.com)