Gangwon 2024 | Winter Youth Olympic Games
Shimada Mao exclusive: “I was just trying to breathe”
Japan’s rising figure skating star Shimada Mao shares with us how she dealt with the high pressure moments during the Gangwon 2024 Youth Olympics. "The crowd was so loud. There were huge cheers when Shin Jia performed and I had to skate under that," said the gold medal winner. “It was much, much more intense than I ever imagined."
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