Shizuka Arakawa
Shizuka Arakawa
Shizuka Arakawais a Japanese figure skater. She is the 2006 Olympic Champion and the 2004 World Champion. Arakawa is the first Japanese skater to win an Olympic gold medal in figure skating and the second Japanese skater to win any Olympic medal in figure skating, after Midori Ito, who won silver in 1992. She is also the second Japanese woman to win a gold medal at the Winter Olympics, following skier Tae Satoya. She was the only Japanese medalist at...
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I'm satisfied with the way I skated today. I didn't make any major mistakes, I planned to do a triple lutz, triple loop but didn't have the confidence to pull it off.
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I had made mistakes in the short program earlier this season, but I finally didn't make any. I'm satisfied more with my performance than my position. It was my best short program this season and hopefully my performance in the free skate will help take me to the Olympics.
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I was a little nervous today, but there was not any major mistake tonight. It was ok.
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I cannot believe it. I made a mistake in the program, but I could skate with pleasure. I think I will realize I have won a gold in the next two or three days.
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I'm surprised right now. I can't find the words for it. I couldn't think at all during the medal ceremony, with the gold medal around my neck.
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I'm surprised right now and can't find the words to express what I'm feeling.
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I'm really happy to have received something so fantastic. I want to look at it (in a mirror).
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I'm quite comfortable with my skating now and I think I made the right decision over the music changes. I want to perform the way people might say they want to watch it again.
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I?m just surprised right now. I can?t find the words for it.
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I'm just so surprised about all of this that I'm speechless. I never expected that I would be the first one to win a medal for Japan, so I didn't feel that pressure. But I'm very happy that I am the one who won it.
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I hope this will be an inspiration for the future generation of skaters.
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It'll make me happy if I skate in ice show events, and hopefully I'd like to be a skater making people want to come and watch as long as possible.
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To win I need to do a triple-triple jump. But I've got to be good overall. I don't see the triple-triple combination alone as the winning factor.
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As I was third in the short program, I was hoping to win a medal. But I forced myself not to think about it.