By Colton Wood
DETROIT – Mirai Nagasu sat tall in a chair in front of three cameras and two LED stage lights, which brought out the features of her face and brightened the white jacket she donned.
Instead of lacing up her skates for the 13th-consecutive year at the U.S. Figure Skating Championships, Nagasu, the first American woman to land a triple Axel in Olympic competition, was behind a desk, holding a microphone.
Nagasu had hip surgery in September; her body isn’t fully healed yet to allow her to get back to competitive figure skating.