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Denis Ten

Almost a day has passed since hearing the news and I am still unable to fully process the tragedy.

Sending prayers for his family. :pray:
 
Oreo said:
I used to live in Peru. They would steal car mirrors, headlights, windshield wipers, anything and everything. You could go to an area of Lima and buy stolen replacements. Whenever you parked on the street you had to remove all these things and hide them somewhere and leave the glove box open so thugs would know there was nothing inside. It’s like that in a lot of countries.
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With the risk of thread drifting when did you used to live here. Sure there's a still a black market for car replacements but things havent been as extreme as you say since the 80s - early 90s.
 
I managed to keep it together until I got to my car at work. Then the crying started.

I realized driving home that I spent the past 4 years intensely keeping up with skating because I was in such a dark depression. Skating was my solace and a great distraction. For many skaters like Denis, I felt like I got to personally know a lot of them because they created something that touched me deep down at a time when I felt really alone. And the fact that he was always so personal and upfront on his social media also helped forge a connection with someone I've never met. I think that's why I felt such a crippling sadness reading this news this morning.

I rewatched his programs from 2015 4CC just now and recall staying up super late to watch live and freaking out when Denis managed to go clean at that competition. His step sequence in that free is perhaps one of the most musical and creative ever in IJS. That stationary choreography as he looks to the judges with a coy smile was just amazing. And his short... so powerful and dramatic.

I'm still in shock.
 
Today, the only feeling I have is this:

:ghug::ghug: :ghug: :ghug:

We are the skating family, and on these days, more than ever, we must be here for each other.
 
TontoK said:
Tragically and ironically, If memory serves, one of the knocks against the Almaty bid was that crime was a very large problem.
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I've been in Almaty city a couple of times during the past few years. It's a very calm city. Accidents like this are very seldom. Very seldom.
 
Every year I would tell myself the same joke:

Where in the world is Denis Ten?
Why, he's ice dancing with Carmen Santiago.

And then lo and behold, he would show up and skate a program that always always had its dazzling moments (of course, some were more dazzling than others).

The man developed into a skater with the more-than-complete package. And that is (alas!) a rare thing, even at the highest level of the sport.

I'm just stunned and shocked and saddened at the stupidity of it. Over a mirror. Car mirrors.

It's a sick and sad world.

Rest easy D10. Put your tired feet up. And watch skating with the angels.
 
Many condolences from Ireland to Denis's family. This is just awful news and a community like the skating community will always feel these things deeply.

Codladh sámh Denis, sleep well. And thank you.
 
Sorry, if it was here already.
Denis won a script competition organized by director and producer Timur Bekmambetov ("Wanted"). Film "Blind love" about love between deaf girl and mute boy in the screenlife format (like "Unfriended") will be produced by Bekmambetov's company and dedicated to Denis' memory.
http://info.sibnet.ru/article/539338/
 
Just tragic. Only 25.
I always appreciated his artistry and the gentleness of his skating.

Such a loss. HORRIBLE.
 
likevelvet said:
I can't stop thinking about how positive and optimistic he was, and how much he was going to do. He had plans to pursue music and remain an advocate for figure skating in Kazakhstan long after he would have retired from competition. He will really be deeply missed.
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he was such a person who everyone loved.:sad21::sad21:

woke up today & I still feel like ******:cry::cry:
cant focus on work or anything really...
 
Maxim kovtun has a few words to say about Denis in his instastory.. times like this I really wish I am a polyglot so I can understand.
But it drives home the fact of how much Denis is loved in the skating community, and how he has friends from so many different nations. He was truly a citizen of the world. I really admire that about him.
 
It feels so bad.
Still can't get the tragedy, can't believe it. I should begin the day, its pretty late already, but I can't.
 
OniBan said:
Maxim kovtun has a few words to say about Denis in his instastory.. times like this I really wish I am a polyglot so I can understand.
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From his Instastories: "My wholehearted condolences to Denis close ones and his friends. I hope those bastards will be found and they will bear the whole responsibility for this. Rest in peace."
 
I was quite shocked when I found out the news yesterday, but now I have started crying off/on again. It only seems to get sadder the more that I think about it :( For him to be betrayed twice in his final moments- first by vandalism, then the physical attack -is heartbreaking. I can't imagine what he must have felt yesterday. Poor, sweet Denis :sad21:
 
Any death is tragic. (well, maybe "most") Illness, accidents, they are all terrible misfortunes. But to have a life of such a talented and gentle ambassador of the sport, of the world so brutally, cruelly ripped away by a couple of scumbags is just too much to accept :cry::sad4::no:
 
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