How beautiful, deedee1!
I am going to J-Nats this weekend.
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I know not all of his fans on this GS Forum can be there, of course, but I want to believe you all being by my side at the arena and rooting for him with me. :yes: And Dai sure needs support and big cheers from you all, as usual and probably more than ever!
Deedee1, I am very happy that you are able to go, and I can't wait to hear from you what it was like. I will be there in spirit, and will be up at 4AM here in the U.S. cheering Dai on through my computer screen He is and will always be my favorite skater, and he has my support no matter what. It makes me very happy that he has so many loyal supporters on this site and across the world.
Thank you deedee for your thoughts and report. Reading along it made me feel like I was sitting right beside you watching Dai in that arena. Lovely!
This was such an emotionally draining Nationals! If I feel that way, I can't imagine what the skaters must feel like! I'm a rather new skating fan (since 2010 Olympics) -- is this what the Olympic season is always like?!?! So many emotions and so much heartbreak </3
Hochi Newspaper has reported that Dai is training in Moscow and will arrive in Sochi on
February 9th.
http://translate.google.com/transla...ch?q=hochi+newspaper&rlz=1T4ADRA_enUS410US411
髙橋大輔を応援して下さっている皆様へ
いつも髙橋大輔を応援して下さり有難うございます。
今シーズンのショートプログラム使用曲「ヴァイオリンのためのソナチネ」が、佐村河内守氏の単独の作曲ではないという報道がございました。
髙橋ならびに我々関係者は本件を存じておりませんでした。
今後も本ショートプログラムの変更は致しません。
今はオリンピック直前の大切な時期ですので、やるべきことに真摯に取り組み、本番を迎えたいと思います。
髙橋大輔マネジメント
ユニバーサルスポーツマーケティング
2014年02月05日
また、フィギュアスケート男子日本代表の高橋大輔選手がソチ五輪で、佐村河内さんが作ったとされた曲を使用することを挙げ、
「このままでは彼と私のうそを強化する材料になってしまう。高橋選手が何も知らず、偽りの曲で演技したと世界中から非難が殺到するかもしれない」
との懸念を感じたという、「高橋選手にはこの事実を知った上で堂々とオリンピックで戦ってほしいと思った」として、記者会見を開いた理由を説明した。
Dai at Torino 2006: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O1l46bYCoLQ
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8yMxXxaSqHU
Dai at Vancouver 2010: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=USNnvN4ikH0
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KdvFS0EZ4mY
May the Angel of Sochi ice rink be with Daisuke tomorrow!
Thank you so much for posting this - I really needed to see these again. 2010, especially made me so happy. Oh, I have so many emotions right now. Just watching him then and seeing how far he's come, and knowing everything that he has been through these last four years, but he made it back, and this is his last shot. This is his dream. I want it for him so badly. Just knowing that we are about to see his last competition... :no: The Olympics are making me an emotional wreck
Truly, all I want is for Daisuke to skate his very best. I want him to skate with all the passion he had in La Strada, and make the audience fall in love with him, an audience of billions of people who almost never watch skating. If he wins, it will be a bonus. I just want him to go out there and skate his heart out - give it all he's got. As his fans, we will never forget him, but even if he doesn't win, I want him to skate with so much passion and spark that the rest of the world will remember as well. And I know he is capable. He can dazzle us.
Daisuke, go skate your heart out. You are absolutely astonishing; show it to the rest of the world. You have and will always have my support, and no matter what, you are the best in my eyes.
Forever and always, Daisuke <3 We love you