Sometimes you have to throw the game plan out the window.
After Mao Asada's disastrous outing at the Rostelecom Cup in Moscow over the weekend, it is pretty obvious that something is going to have to be done fast if she is to have any chance at medaling in the upcoming Vancouver Olympics.
Coming off a 36-point thrashing at the hands of world champion Kim Yu Na at the Trophee Bompard in Paris the week before, it didn't seem possible that matters could get worse for Mao in Russia, but they did.
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