cross-posted at Dai-chan's 2009-2010 SeasonLuv Letter to Daisuke TakahashiThe Full Metal ArchivistMy first experience of watching Dai-chan live at Skate Canada was something I will always remember, and I want to experience it again. I had heard of his ...
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I hope everyone reads Happy Fan's fantastic essay on Olympic gold medalist figure skater Yu Na Kim. It provides a great window into the difficulties and pressures of not only training to become a world-class athlete, but to have the hopes and dreams o...
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Daisuke Takahashi became the 1st Japanese men's skater to win an Olympic medal last night--a bronze, behind Evgeni Plushenko and Evan Lysacek. And he did it his way. He could have played it safe like Lysacek and not put a quad into his free skate--an...
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Meet your 2009 Japanese national figure skating champions, Daisuke Takahashi and Mao Asada!That was the closest Dai-chan's come to landing a quad in competition since his knee surgery, but even though he had shaky landings on a couple of other jumps, h...
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Nice QSMS present from Daisuke Takahashi to the Full Metal Archivist:A season-best performance in the short program at Japanese nationals! (We still love his Skate Canada performance--nothing like being there.)Dai-chan, all the FMA wants for her birth...
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Sure, we're dealing with head lice and what seems to be H1N1 here in the Constructivist household the last couple of weeks, but you want to know what's really gotten us down lately? No, it's not Tiger's inability to win from the final pairing yet agai...
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OMG! LOL! Mao Asada's fans rule!At least Ryo Ishikawa makes 2 appearances here....[Update 1 (6:36 am): Not exactly an inspired performance by Mao-chan in Moscow this weekend:But check out the little girl shouting "Mao-chan, gambatte!" ("go for it, M...
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