2013 Worlds - March 11-17 - London, Ontario

Hi ilica and fosse. Just checking in. I am at work but on my lunch break so I am watching
some of the ladies. I missed Yuna's skate. 69 is a great score for her being away for 2 seasons.

Dai in HD https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bL7q8TOZe4I

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Maybe it shows how important in the FS world, the name of your coach is. Or from what country are you from.

As figure skating fan, One of most amazing things to me is Daisuke went Olympic with Utako coach and won a medal.
That was miracle.

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Not that I am a big fan or something, just strange and gives you something to think about...

Gracie Gold missed her combo jump, still she got a good score. She usually is a LP skater. At her Nationals she skated like a jump clinic she hit everything. I like her but she is only 17 and she needs to develop artistically but she is talented for sure.

Poor Elena terrible score. She looks so frail. I thing she lost some weight.

I am going to watch Dai's video in HD then it is back to work for me.

I will have to find out the results of the Ladies when I get home. Enjoy!

See you later, Shyla.

Yeah, the ice seems to me too slippy even solid. very hard to control.
Sorry to Russian duo.

Hi guys.
I just woke up to catch up Japanese girls, though it seems I missed Akiko......

Kanako did a great job. She is so cute, isn't she?

Go Mao!!!

Ahhhhhhhhhh for the loop.

Probably that 3A is UR, too........

This video includes a short interview of Dai-chan just after SP.

https://youtu.be/_-js6EUMEZ4
3:03
I felt ashamed not to be able to land a quad. It's not "ashamed", I was irritated why I couldn't make it even though I practiced that much. But after I focused on how I express, then I felt clear. I'm OK as the skating itself was good. I'll have a good rest today and do my best tomorrow and the day after tomorrow.

Ganbare Dai-chan!!

Ganbare Mao!

A rather surprising score for Carolina....
Nice to see Alena gets back her energy.

I'm going back to bed. See you later.

Thank you miyu for the video and translation! Sleep well!

Yep, Carolina's score...

Hi there :-)

Wasn't that an interesting event? :-))

I am so happy for Kanako. miyu, you are absolutely right, she is sooo cute! I love her smile and laugh :-)))

Interesting that Yuna Kim did so well straight away .... however, I believe that if Carolina had had a flawless skate, she would have been first now :-) I am sure she knows that ...

Very interesting to see and fun to watch was Ms Osmond :-))) What a surprise!!!

I am sorry for Akikosan and Maochan ... and for the Georgian lady ... what happened to her? I have never seen her skate that way for a long time ... she must be so disappointed ...

All a lovely night :-)

Gudrun.

Need to go back to bed....
It seems Dai-chan is attending today's early afternoon practice. How diligent he is...

According to the twits from some rascals who are watching his practice, Dai-chan finally landed 4T successfully!

WOW, it seems he is attempting 4Lz a few times!!! (two foot + UR)

Hi Guys:

I am at the practice rink right now watching Dai zooming right by me. Man, he is beautiful. He does not need any costume. Right now, Dennis is skating to the music. Dai is practicing around the rink. Oh, beautiful 3 t from Dai.

Gorgeous 3-3. So light in the air.
Now Kevin's turn to skate to the music and then Dai will come after that.
Yes, wonderful 3a 2t from Dai.

Wow, Kevin made such a progress in expression. I am impressed.
Yeh, Dai's turn.
No attempt on 4t next ripple double footed. Great 3a. Step sequence 3A 2t 2t.one more triple. 3zl,3t combo. some more triple, last jump and the ending spin. Sorry about the messy sentence.


I am loosing half of my mind with Dai skating 2 feet away.

Talk to you soon.

Genki!!! Thank you!!!

Genki wrote:

I am loosing half of my mind with Dai skating 2 feet away.

I can imagine

miyu wrote:

According to the twits from some rascals who are watching his practice, Dai-chan finally landed 4T successfully!

miyu wrote:

WOW, it seems he is attempting 4Lz a few times!!! (two foot + UR)

WOW!!! Thank you miyu!

Hi Genki how are you doing in London? Great news about Dai's practice today.

I would lose my whole mind and faint dead away if I was that close to Dai. lol

We could hear all of you rascals cheering for Dai yesterday!

Here is Kanako's lovely SP.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y5PW_XheB8g

Thank you to Genki for reporting,
and thank you to all rascals for cheering him last night.
According to his interview(thanks miyu for video), those cheering really helped him.

GO, Daisuke!! GO, Rascals!!

Meryl and Charlie got almost perfect PCS.

Hi Fosse. Meryl and Charlie were incredible. They have set a new World Record in SD
which beats the old World Record set by them by at least 1 point.

Hi!

Thank you everyone, for all the infos!

And thank you Genki, for the great report. It must be challenging to watch him so close and to report at the same time.

I had a long day at work now I have to catch up with Ice Dance. I can't wait to see Meryl & Charlie! Happy for them.

There are many news articles that are short and simple but I just want to share this one. Sorry that it's a day old.

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http://www.tokyo-np.co.jp/article/sports/news/CK2013031402000231.html

The condition of his quads was not rising even when he got in London. The game time almost came he was losing all his spirits. “Something fell down in me.”

It was when he got in the arena that he recovered his will to fight. “I wanted to treasure this moment to skate so that the fans who came to cheer me and those who support me would feel happy about it.” Bringing the same condition he had in practice right to the first quad, it went underrotated, two-footed. Even this completely failed jump could not find any way to pull down his heart that got over its distress.

“Not to fix it up, but to make my performance something people would say 'it was great to watch'” he skated, after that first jump, along with the tone of the piano of “Moonlight Sonata” and showed himself assimilated with the delicate early part and the raging climax.

The program has replaced right after the Nationals at the end of the last year. To make it seep into his body he had a camp in Connecticut, US until right before the competition. His coach Ms. Nagamitsu says, “he doubled his normal practice time. I was amazed that one can practice this much.” There was not enough time to fine-tune his jumps, but on the other hand he could shape his body up to “the best in this season”.

His movements sharpened, he draws in the audience the way only he could. “To me, the quality of perfection was pretty good.” The performance was satisfying to him more than what the score would tell.

Added Hanyu’s placement, the second best of his teammates to his own, Japan got the number ‘13’ bellow the highest limit line to get 3 spots for Sochi. Facing to the free skating, Japan’s ace who has lead his team for quite some time said, determined; “I’ve got no other way but to rise. I shake myself up."

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D1sk D1sk

miyu wrote:

According to the twits from some rascals who are watching his practice, Dai-chan finally landed 4T successfully!

Yes, right in from of me!!! I was such a proud aunt!!!

Hello there! Rascals are here, ready for Dai's practice in 45 minutes! Go Dai!!!
As Genki said already, Daisuke really looked great yesterday. He looked so confident compared to the previous days... as if her was relieved that the short had passed and he was happy with the result. It is obvious that he feels confident in his free program, so let's keep our fingers crossed.
Oh yes, and he also oozed sexiness

Yuzu and Mura on the ice now!

Don't forget, it's Dai's Birthday tomorrow!!!