U.S. figure skater Mirai Nagasu became the first American woman to land a triple axel at the Olympics, but her parents weren’t able to watch it live.
Kiyoto and Ikuko Nagasu run Kiyosuzu, a Japanese restaurant in Arcadia, Calif. Both were too busy with the evening dinner rush to watch their daughter take her turn in the team skate.
“It was so busy at the restaurant so we are waiting to go home and watch (on DVR),” Ikuko told Martin Rogers of USA TODAY Sports. “We are very happy because we heard it went well.”
The restaurant is quite popular locally, and Kiyoto is known as an innovative chef. However, they’ll be closing down the place for the final week of the Games so that they can watch their daughter’s performance during the women’s individual in person.
“The business is important, but it is special to be able to watch Mirai,” Ikuko said. “We will shut the restaurant, go quickly, and come back quickly.”
As the Nagasus undoubtedly know by now, the team skate performance went fantastically, eliciting great reactions from all who witnessed it. All eyes will be on Mirai during the individual program.
