Daisuke Takahashi to Return to Competition
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Just when I didn't think I could love Team Japan any more, Dai gives the ultimate "hold my beer". 
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There's room for both for me. And Yuzu of course. I used to call Shoma baby Dai but lately he feels like he's coming into his own for me. Love them all!!!
:hap85::hap85::hap85::hap85:There's room for both for me. And Yuzu of course. I used to call Shoma baby Dai but lately he feels like he's coming into his own for me. Love them all!!!
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We'll see at NHK, I guess....
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There will be a press conference this evening, so there may be some more details shared then.
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Oh, my, oh, my, oh, my... !
I can barely contain myself. When I saw the title of the thread, my jaw dropped, and then - when my jaw was back in place - I'm afraid I gave a little shriek.
I don't know if I should dance around or weep for joy. I scarcely dare believe it - but I want it to happen so badly!
Welcome back, Dai!
I can barely contain myself. When I saw the title of the thread, my jaw dropped, and then - when my jaw was back in place - I'm afraid I gave a little shriek.
I don't know if I should dance around or weep for joy. I scarcely dare believe it - but I want it to happen so badly!
Welcome back, Dai!
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Not necessarily. The Japanese fans are super prepared with flags and banners. Even flags for other countries for skaters they support. The most Japanese flags go up when it's for the skater that doesn't have a lot of personalized banners. So when Keiji skated, most of the arena flags were Japanese flags, while Shoma and Yuzu got a ton of personalized flags. I think the Japanese audience will love all their skaters.
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Maybe there is going to be a new seniors or golden timers skating level. Then Plushy, Buttle, Eldridge, Abbott, Elvis, Browning and Lambiel can come back too. With the move to more and more quads this is a bit of surprise if true. I honestly would just like to see hims skate shows; I don't want to see a half baked comeback or fade out ala Fumie Suguri. Maybe Maria Butyrskaya will come back too while we are at it to challenge Kostner and the youngins. Could Lipinskaya and Sotnikova be far behind?
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If he is working on getting his jumps back, then going to Mishin - even if only temporarily - makes perfect sense.
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Hey, I have the utterly appealing mental picture of their fans digging out their hoarded Dai banners, packing them with their Shoma ones, and waving each in turn all the way though the competition
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http://d1sk.com/en/ Official statement from Dai's site in English.
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exactly.. this is how i see figure skating : the more skaters i love, the happier i am
let them all shine !
People can be fans of more than one skater. I don't see any problem here. It'll only get intense when the two skaters's scores are close at competitions. After all, only one will win. But we can still appreciate all the beautiful skating, no matter what the results are.
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I guess what makes this so exciting is that until the skater is dead and six feet under you just never know. It seems exciting and at the same time is I go what are the odds... but who knows. What an off season - Osmond, Shib sibs, Nagasu, Wagner, S and M, Weaver and Poje, B and all taking breaks - but many of us guess we will never see many of them competitively again - probably more than half. Then the return of Gracie and Dai I really hope they come back only if they are competitive. I know do it for themselves but I hate seeing skaters shadow of themselves.
