Shun Sato

[DizzyFrenchie]

Magill posted this on Yuzuru Hanyu's Fan Fest and allowed/asked me to repost it there. The bow-and-arrow pendant offered by Yuzuru Hanyu was an answer to a plush launched on the ice by Baby Shun at 2009 All-Japan Nationals, and Baby Shun was already a fan:

https://x.com/yuzurujenn/status/2020747282015203467?ref_url=

https://x.com/yuzurujenn/status/2020743833420804542?ref_url=

Here's the original Tweet by TV Asahi by the way:
https://x.com/asahi_winter/status/2020436846459941008


The article is worth reading, we can see Baby Shun with a poodle, long before Shoma Uno or Alexandra Trusova, what an trend setter!
https://www.asahi.com/articles/ASV1Z5T2JV1ZOXIE025M.html

 

[DizzyFrenchie]

NHK reminds us that Shun Sato set a new Personal Best, alas the media is geoblocked to Japan:
https://x.com/nhk_sports/status/2020620496044535950


https://www.web.nhk/olympics/video/detail.html?mediaObjectId=VQDMGCIUGO


Figure Hochi has some words from Shun Sato:
https://x.com/figure_hochi/status/2020659802376966391


https://hochi.news/articles/20260209-OHT1T51075.html?page=1

 

[DizzyFrenchie]

Yoshiko Kobayashi, whose photo with Yuzuru Hanyu at the Sochi 2014 score announcement had become viral, is with Team Japan again, and seems very motivational, I hope that she can uplift Shun Sato:
https://x.com/starfishh127/status/2020856749570335052?ref_url=

 

[Moon322]

Shun and Team Japan is are the team gold medalists in my heart. Like so many people I also think Japan should have won yesterday.
Shun did his best and skated his very best! It's amazing how well he did considering it was his first skate on Olympic ice.

 

[DizzyFrenchie]

SPCom reports an article by Oki san on Ninomiya Sports about Shun Sato at the Team Event:

https://x.com/SPCOM_JP/status/2020842440580829250

It's a free article!

火の鳥が、佐藤駿を“高み”へと導いた ～フィギュアスケート団体戦～ | SPORTS COMMUNICATIONS(スポーツコミュニケーションズ)

ミラノ・コルティナ五輪フィギュアスケート日本代表の佐藤駿（エームサービス／明治大学）は、団体戦の男子フリース

www.ninomiyasports.com

 

[DizzyFrenchie]

Photographer Nobuaki Tanaka posted this group photo of Team Japan at the Team Event:

https://x.com/tanaka_nobu_ph/status/2020990192304480261

 

[DizzyFrenchie]

Yoshiko Kobayashi, whose photo with Yuzuru Hanyu at the Sochi 2014 score announcement had become viral, is with Team Japan again, and seems very motivational, I hope that she can uplift Shun Sato:
https://x.com/starfishh127/status/2020856749570335052?ref_url=

This motivational speech inspired an article on Sugolac's blog, illustrated by a photo from the 2014 Team Event:

https://x.com/sulogac/status/2020812212210647105

 

[DizzyFrenchie]

Shun Sato is scheduled to skate first in the last group, starting at 10:05pm.
I wish him an excellent skate!

 

[freedomlover]

................ I think this might be it for him. He still has the free skate, but oh well.

 

[DizzyFrenchie]

With how overscored are some, even with a perfectly clean program he's not allowed to win, while deserving a win.
I wonder if the blade sharpening was as he needed.

 

[DizzyFrenchie]

(I have also posted this on Kao Miura's Fan Fest.)

The Meiji University Figure Skating team reported on Kao Miura's and Shun Sato's Short Program:

https://x.com/meisupo_figure/status/2021353223693750356

 

[DizzyFrenchie]

The Japanese Olympic account also posted on them, highlighting the legacy from Yuzuru Hanyu:

https://x.com/gorin/status/2021184875194204558

 

[deedee1]

 

[freedomlover]

Shun wins bronze in a shocking event. His personal best would have won the event. but BRONZE!! After that short.

 

[DizzyFrenchie]

I'm sooo, so happy for Shun Sato, I was really not expecting that he would be allowed a medal!

 

[freedomlover]

Same! I had given up!

 

[Narunde]

Congrats Shun!!!!

 

[reneerose]

Congratulations Shun Sato!

 

[Nafetaks]

 

[dorispulaski]

I am just so happy Shun skated so well and got a bronze medal.