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Post by Admin on Jul 1, 2018 18:41:06 GMT
Japanese figure skater Daisuke Takahashi is coming out of a four-year retirement, according to the Olympic medalist and world champion’s website. “First and foremost, I would like to announce my return to the competition from beginning of the new season,” the statement read. “In 2017 Japan Figure Skating Championships, I had the privilege to be present at the site from media’s standpoint and I was really moved by each skater’s respective positions thus motivations, which made me realize that I want to fight and skate again in such tensed environment.”  Takahashi, 32, last competed at the Sochi Olympics, taking sixth, four years after becoming both the first Japanese male Olympic figure skating medalist (bronze) and world champion. He returns at an advanced age. For perspective, the last time a 32-year-old competed in Olympic singles skating was 1998. “It took me nearly 4 years from then, but now I would like to face fully with figure skating, and for me to catch up on my skating from the old days, I realized that returning to the competition is the answer,” Takahashi said on his website. “Being away for 4 years, I understand that it will be beyond my imagination of how difficult it may be for me to get back in the game. But I would like to push and train myself even harder in order for me to achieve the feeling of giving all I’ve got and that is the one thing that I couldn’t accomplish before my retirement. Needless to say but I am really excited and looking forward to skating as a competitor again in front of all the people who have been supporting me for all these years. Wish me luck.” |
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Post by Admin on Jul 3, 2018 18:44:09 GMT
 Takahashi won two other world championships silver medals and finished eighth or better at every worlds and Olympics at which he skated from 2006 through Sochi.  He helped usher in the current deep crop of Japanese men’s skaters, including Olympic champion Yuzuru Hanyu and silver medalist Shoma Uno. |
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Post by Admin on Jul 5, 2018 18:29:40 GMT
 “I asked him for advice and he has helped me many times,” Hanyu said in a statement when Takahashi retired, according to Agence France-Presse. “As a skater … he will always be someone I look up to.” The fourth son of a hairdresser and an architect, Takahashi opted not to follow his brothers into karate and began figure skating instead. He would become one of the beloved athletes in the sport, adored in Japan as a five-time national champion. Fans were brought to tears when it was announced in the arena at the 2013 Japanese Championships that he was placed on the three-man Olympic team despite finishing fifth at that event. |
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Post by Admin on Sept 26, 2019 19:53:36 GMT
 Japan's figure skating star Daisuke Takahashi is no longer single... on the ice. The former world champion and Olympic bronze medallist will form a new partnership in ice dance with three-time Japanese champion Kana Muramoto. http://instagram.com/p/B23360upRkZ Their new partnership will begin from January 2020, with Marina Zuewa as their coach. Takahashi first announced his retirement from skating in 2014, before returning to place second in the 2018 Japanese championships, behind Shoma Uno. "From 2020, a new challenge will begin for me, as a couple with Yanaka Muramoto," the 33-year-old said via a Skating Japan press release. "I will do my best to reach the top. "First of all, I will perform for the last time in the men's singles at the All Japan Championship, which I will aim to win. I look forward to your continued support in the future." |
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Post by Admin on Sept 28, 2019 20:17:23 GMT
Daisuke Takahashi, the 2010 World figure skating champion who ended a four-year retirement last year, will switch from singles skating to ice dancing next year.
Takahashi, 33, will couple with Japanese ice dance Olympian Kana Muramoto and train under renowned Michigan-based coach Marina Zoueva, according to Japanese media. He will officially move after competing in singles one more time at the Japanese Championships later this season.
“There will be many hurdles that we will come across,” was posted on Muramoto’s social media, “but with our shared passion to perform and skate, we believe we can overcome any challenges together as a team.”
Takahashi said he wasn’t yet aiming for the 2022 Olympics, according to his website. But he could become the first skater to compete at the Games in singles and dance as medal sports, according to the OlyMADMen.
Last season, Takahashi unretired and finished second at Japanese Nationals, then declined a world championships spot to allow a younger skater to take his place.
He last competed internationally at the 2014 Sochi Olympics, taking sixth, four years after becoming both the first Japanese male Olympic figure skating medalist (bronze) and world champion.
Takahashi won two other world championships silver medals and finished eighth or better at every worlds and Olympics at which he skated from 2006 through Sochi.
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