Gambatte, Ai-sama!
Daisuke Takahashi was finally able to beat Patrick Chan (in an exhibition, but who's counting?), so I'm thinking the stars are aligning for Ai Miyazato to get her 1st win of 2012 at the LPGA Lotte Championship today after twice being unable to hold off...
Gambatte, Ai-sama!
Daisuke Takahashi was finally able to beat Patrick Chan (in an exhibition, but who's counting?), so I'm thinking the stars are aligning for Ai Miyazato to get her 1st win of 2012 at the LPGA Lotte Championship today after twice being unable to hold off...
Daisuke Takahashi, Mao Asada Win Japanese Nationals
His free skate certainly wasn't pretty, but Daisuke Takahashi retained just enough of his 10-point lead from the short program to hold onto the gold medal at Japanese nationals and hold off Takahiko Kozuka and Sendai native Yuzuru Hanyu.Instead of maki...
Daisuke Takahashi Breaks 95 in Short Program at Japanese Nationals
Unlike in golf, breaking 95 is a very rare achievement in figure skating when it comes to the score for your short program. Well, that's what Daisuke Takahashi just did at the Japanese nationals:He wasn't satisfied with his step sequence, he...
CME Group Titleholders Preview, Predictions, Pairings
I've been dealing with the worst cold of my life--and probably the most intense and lingering illness of my adult life, period--the last 13 days, so I've been unable to write about Catriona Matthews's great win in Guadalajara, Asako Fujimoto's defeat o...
CME Group Titleholders Preview, Predictions, Pairings
I've been dealing with the worst cold of my life--and probably the most intense and lingering illness of my adult life, period--the last 13 days, so I've been unable to write about Catriona Matthews's great win in Guadalajara, Asako Fujimoto's defeat o...
Skate Canada Saturday: Patrick Chan Makes It 2 in a Row
Heading out to the gala practice now, so no time to do anything but congratulate Patrick Chan on his 2nd-straight Skate Canada victory and embed some youtube clips from the leaders:Here's the winner:Here's our guy Daisuke, who had a real opportunity to...
Skate Canada Friday: Daisuke Takahashi Skates Near-Perfect Short Program
20-year-old Javier Fernandez of Spain thrilled the crowd at Skate Canada yesterday evening when he landed a quad and a slew of triples early and charmed his way through the rest of his short program, threatening to preempt the long-expected showdown be...
Skate Canada Friday: Daisuke Takahashi Skates Near-Perfect Short Program
20-year-old Javier Fernandez of Spain thrilled the crowd at Skate Canada yesterday evening when he landed a quad and a slew of triples early and charmed his way through the rest of his short program, threatening to preempt the long-expected showdown be...
Look for Us on TV at Skate Canada Tonight!
We're here in Mississauga and hanging out at our Holiday Inn Express for a little while after watching a 14-year-old from Russia take the lead in the ladies short program at Skate Canada. The girls want to go swimming, but we're forcing them to w...
Getting Psyched for Skate Canada
The Constructivist family's heading on a field trip to Ontario for Skate Canada in a couple of days. Of course the main attraction for us is Daisuke Takahashi, a true artist of the ice. Check out the various styles he's a master of (or in the process...
How ’bout That Patrick Chan?
Total domination is too lukewarm a phrase to convey Patrick Chan's obliteration of his competition in the ISU World Figure Skating Championships this week in Moscow. We're a loyal Daisuke Takahashi family here in the Constructivist household, but even...
