Recent content by Tak

Apologies for rather tardy and longish posting. In the early 1990s, it was possible to mingle with skaters, some of whom were quite open and gracious to converse with us, general skating fans. Evgenia Shishkova was quite proficient in English, which was rare in those days for Russian skater, and...

This Junior Worlds established new world record (10) for 3A attempts in Women's Long program. Previous record was 7 at 2021 Skate Canada. Since there was one 3A+3T attempt (by von Felten) in the SP, the total 3A attempt at 11 is tied with 21 Skate Canada (4 in SP, 7 in LP) as the most 3A...

I saw Mao skate at the Japan Inter-high school championship, a month ago. She did fall on 4T there, but everything else was beautifully done. Really reminded me of Midori Ito at her prime, 1988-90. She seems to have exceeded that level here!

I only have 2 words for this - THANK GOD!

I may be in the minority, but I prefer classical music to the sleep inducing stuff so many couples are using now. P/C could pull that off, but that doesn't mean everybody can. It's one of the reasons Im losing interest in ice dance.

On 22nd January, Inter-High Championships were concluded with LP. The final rank of Women was as follows: (Rank, Name, Total, LP Score, Jump Content) 1. Mao Shimada 214.98 143.16 (3A +2.40, 4T Fall, 3Lz+3T, 3S+3T, 3F+2A+2A, 3lo, 3Lz) Full SO 2. Ami Nakai 190.63 120.71 (2A 2fted, 3lo,3Lz Eu 3S...

Inter-High School Figure Skating Competition started yesterday. For the Women SP, there were two groups with 45 skaters in each group, total of 90 skaters. The Women's SP top 14 result was as follows: I went and saw part of today's group B (since Dentist appointment limited my time availability...

I sympathize with you - I really do. Im in a similar situation and I hate it. We couldnt see the GPS while it was happening because none of the links worked for us. We only got to see most of the GPS a couple of MONTHS after it was over. The TV company never shows it live or near live for...

After listening to the Karin Miyazaki K&C converations several times, I would like to correct my translation with apologies, Since the mike picked up only fragments of the conversation, I misunderstood, partially. Kensuke Nakaniwa (looking at off camera screen): They are going to assess ! on...

I was also confirmed Bobek fan during 90s. The most memorable Bobek strategy was at 1995 Birmingham Worlds. Nicole did not do any triple+triple jumps during any official practices till the 6 minute warm-up for the long program. I almost fell off the chair when I realized she was landing...

Nobunari Oda “Thank you” posting full translation. This was the best Nationals ever! I had so much fun! Thank you so much for your encouragements! What made this Nationals so special was the fact that since it was held in my hometown, my family and my supporters were able to share the same...

Thank you for the Karin Miyazaki Junior Nationals SP youtube link. Please note that Novices do not have SPs in their program. Since she was doing "Amelie", which became her FP here, this "Gypsy Dance" must have been cobbled together in 6 weeks or so, after Novice Nationals. This is one of the...

(Edited to correct counting error) The triple Axel count for this Nationals: SP: Mao Shimada (Ami Nakai went for it but mistimed it as 2A<<, so not counted) FP: Ami Nakai (2), Mayuko Oka, Rinka Watanabe (nailed it), Hana Yoshida, Mao Shimada Total of seven 3A attempts is a tied nationals record...

Thank the Gods!

Japan used multi-year process for Torino 2006 Olympics and almost managed to keep the eventual Gold medalist from competing there. That year the top scorer was Miki Ando, Fumie 2nd and Shizuka Arakawa barely third. This was due to 04-05 Season being considered along with 05-06 season. Since this...