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...
forced hoping short third win
As I was third in the short program, I was hoping to win a medal. But I forced myself not to think about it.
alone good win winning
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.
expecting finding gold hard medal
I wasn't expecting this. I'm finding it hard to find words. I couldn't think at all with that gold medal around my neck.
gold happy next realize three won
I think I will realize that I have won gold in the next two or three days. Many times I've thought about quitting. I'm happy I have continued.
words
I'm so surprised. I can't find the words for it.
believe felt
Right now I still can't believe this has happened. I'm speechless. Over all I felt very good.
best earlier finally free help hopefully mistakes performance program satisfied season short skate
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.
balance decided felt losing second
I felt I was losing my balance so I decided not to do the second one.
coming home importance meet parents share time value watch winning
I feel the importance and value of winning more and more. Unfortunately, I couldn't find time to meet with my parents who were here to watch my performance. Hopefully, I'll share time with them after coming back home to Japan.
certain surprising word
It's surprising right now. I can't find a certain word for it.
events happy hopefully ice people skate skater watch
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.
forward looking rethink sending skaters younger
I thought we'd be sending some younger skaters to Turin. I'll need to rethink things now that I've made it and am looking forward to the challenge.
felt
Overall, I felt very good. I'm just very surprised.
basically feeling highlight last skating strong
I got a strong feeling while I was skating here that this was going to be one last highlight for my skating career. I had basically the same feeling at the world championships two years ago.