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Have you guys watched Satoko's new interview yet? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1InohI5uOPE&feature=youtu.be I had no idea her english was this good :luv17:
What an amazing interview! Her English skills are amazing
Have you guys watched Satoko's new interview yet? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1InohI5uOPE&feature=youtu.be I had no idea her english was this good :luv17:
She went to school in the US for a few years when she was younger.What an amazing interview! Her English skills are amazing
I've been curious for a while about whether there was a Japanese coaching "hierarchy" or different "tiers" like fans of the Russian ladies commonly discuss. For example, a lot of people speculated that Stanislava Konstantinova got more opportunities than someone else might have, possibly because her coach has the only promising male Russian skater in Kolyada.
Are there any parallels like that with the Japanese ladies?
After all, Mie Hamada is clearly the powerhouse in terms of coaching and her ladies seem to have developed fantastic skating skills—Satoko, Marin (when she was still there), now Rika and Yuna. And she's coaching Shoma who is definitely the #2 man and will be a contender for a while. Kaori and Mai have the same coach and for a while it seemed like Mai was going to dominate—with the 4CC victory and 5th place worlds debut, but now it seems Kaori is pushing ahead. Is there a rush from Japanese girls to join these coaches?
Alyona Kostornaya liked this post about Satoko on instagram, how cute https://twitter.com/tinyqueen_fan/status/1062639906806095872 :luv17:
Her family lived in Texas, where she started skating. She was originally a clockwise skater (like me!) and when she returned to Japan, had to switch direction (rinks are too crowded, everyone is forced to skate counterclockwise), which is why she can still spin both ways. I could not imagine being force to switch, especially for jumps...
the last CS which is Golden Spin start 5 December which is ~2 and half weeks before nats. Alpen Trophy just ended and is 5 weeks before nats, Tallin Trophy is a month before so its not super close...^ I'm thinking it's because they're too close to Nationals?
Yuna opened a crowdfunfing for her training expenses https://mobile.twitter.com/figureskatingm1/status/1063054699148922880
Is she still on fed B list funding?
Marin must pay a lot of her money for her training in US. Good thing that she has sponsors.
News on Yura's injury https://mobile.twitter.com/figureskatingm1/status/1063076737397870593
Those who bashed her because she has two GPs while she's not doing well so far and have low tech difficulty, now you know that the girl has a serious injury and probably won't skate for a long time because she will have surgery.
Yuna S. was able to reach her funding goal in 1 day. The kindness of fans for this very deserving skater gave me warm and fuzzy feelings
What was the amount she needed? Cannot find the gofundme
Satoko loses weight quickly , that’s why she needs to increase protein intake to build muscle. If she has better weight and muscles in her legs, her jumps will get more explosive and higher. I hope they keep doing this process.
Satoko height is now 5 feet and 1 inch
She looks taller
It also depends how she uses that weight/muscles too - it can affect her flexibility and timing so yes and no. She is a lovely skater; reminds me a bit of Lu Chen or Yuka Sato or even kwan in respect to lyricism. But Sato had more powerful jumps. I kind of wonder how Kwan would do now? her jumps in respect to power a kind of like Miyahara's.
The bandwagon is right know with Rika but if Rika skates poorly Miyahara will be there to pick up the gold. She is the Japanese stalwart, rock. linchpin,foundation....