She is lively and very daring on ice. I have to say she is somewhat more masculine than her childhood friend Hanyu.If I interpret her words on twitter correctly she's inclined to continue. She doesn't know if it's just for one more season or the whole quad yet, but she will do her best. She has regrets and knows she can do better than that, still has energy left in her. Thank God, I'm so happy. There is more to Kanako than what the tech panel made us believe. Like I said, I'm not sure if that's correct, my japanese is rusty.
I like her gut, what a pity she was underscored in worlds.
If I interpret her words on twitter correctly she's inclined to continue. She doesn't know if it's just for one more season or the whole quad yet, but she will do her best. She has regrets and knows she can do better than that, still has energy left in her. Thank God, I'm so happy. There is more to Kanako than what the tech panel made us believe. Like I said, I'm not sure if that's correct, my japanese is rusty.
Still, she's 19, not turn 20 yet. She will be 23 in the next Olympic. And at this age she doesn't look like she is suffering from injuries.
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Re that, I heard Jonathan Breyer (an opera singer who is also a skating afficionado, go figure) even comment in The Skating Lesson that Kanako was sort of like T. Rex (perhaps referring to the way her arms are bent at the elbow) going into her jumps and then there is that "mule kick" (sigh).
Actually I have posted in another thread that I would love to have Kanako join Yuzuru with Brian Orser
. I read parents are now emailing him videos of their children skating and asking for his opinion.
Someone who can help her with the jumps. With Mao's looming retirement, ther JSF should now focus on Kanako. Kanako herself should do some soul-searching about her skating. To be the best you have to be committed heart, body, and soul, and Kanako need not look far (Mao and Yuzuru) to see that. Until the last two years, she has sort of kept pace with Yuzuru (both of them were world junior champions in 2010 and she made the Japanese national team and won her first (and only) GP title even before he did), but Yuzuru has now shot off to another level.
Re Mr. Orser, I think right now he's beating off potential students
I didn't see her as a hopeless case. My point of view is just another angle. The competition results is the end results. Skaters' life involves more than just a competition. Trainings, lessons, media frenzy, making the team, fan's expectations and keeping up with a new veterans are bigger parts in skating. Too many skaters stated in their interviews that they would love to quit skating so badly but couldn't due to their obligations to either their families or their countries. Whatever her decisions will be, I wish her best of luck and happiness.
