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Kana Muramoto and Daisuke Takahashi 🇯🇵 announced their retirement from competitive skating.
source: twitter.com/wfs_jp/status/…
We want to thank you for so many memorable moments on and off the ice and you will be missed!
#MuramotoTakahashi #FigureSkating twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
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Kana Muramoto and Daisuke Takahashi 🇯🇵 have announced their retirement from competitive skating. They will hold a press conference tomorrow (2 May) in Japan.
#KanaMuramoto #DaisukeTakahashi #MuramotoTakahashi #村元哉中 #高橋大輔 #かなだい #フィギュアスケート #FigureSkating
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Good vibes only in the mixed zone:
#MuramotoTakahashi 🇯🇵
#4ContsFigure
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They have no idea yet wether they will stick around for another season but are looking forward to performing in shows after the season ended.
#MuramotoTakahashi 🇯🇵
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K: “We’ve been working really hard towards this 4 Continents and we don’t want this to pull us down. We will of course keep working hard towards Worlds, that being held in 🇯🇵 will of course be a very special competiton for us.”
#MuramotoTakahashi 🇯🇵
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K: “I was the one who fell in the RD. So I know what it feels like to make a mistake. So I went to him right away to tell that it was okay. I saw though that his mind was somewhere else, so I let him be!”
#MuramotoTakahashi 🇯🇵
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#MuramotoTakahashi 🇯🇵 160.24:
D: “I am feeling okay, thanks. I have no idea what happend. I actually felt good, it wasn’t the altitude. Not my day I guess. I was somewhere else somehow.”
#4ContsFigure
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Oh no, what happend during the steps..? #MuramotoTakahashi 🇯🇵 64.59:
K: “We came here well prepared and had worked really hard. But it’s a slippery sport. We performed from our ❤️ and for the audience & maybe I wanted it too much! We feel good about the rest of the program!”
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Team 🇯🇵 selections for Worlds 2023:
Men:
#ShomaUno
#KazukiTomono
#SotaYamamoto
Women:
#KaoriSakamoto
#MaiMihara
#RinkaWatanabe
Ice Dance:
#MuramotoTakahashi
Pairs:
#MiuraKihara
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#MuramotoTakahashi (村 元 哉 中 / 高 橋 大 輔) 186.61:
D: The mistake in the end was my fault. I try to be happy (about winning 🥇)but the mistake really gnawed at me. I went into the lift too fast and I didn’t have enough power when I made my step, so my body moved forward.
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Japanese Nationals Dance results:
#全日本フィギュア 🇯🇵
🥇 #MuramotoTakahashi 186.61
🥈 #KomatsubaraKomatsubara 175.10
🥉 #TakahashiJudd 130.26
#KinoshitaTamura 128.69
#KikuchiIkeda 103.78
#YajimaMatsui 96.44
bit.ly/23JPNChat
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On next goals:
T: “In the RD we almost showed everything we wanted to achieve, we only need to brush up some small details. For the free program, we need to work on our stamina to make it safe to the end.”
#MuramotoTakahashi 🇯🇵
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#MuramotoTakahashi 🇯🇵 about their performance at #NHKTrophy in mixed zone:
M: “In front of the Japanese audience, we got into the character.”
T: “In the second half I felt (the exhaustion) in my legs, so I wasn't able to put a lot of expressions into my program.”
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#MuramotoTakahashi 🇯🇵 178.78 - technically not as perfect as yesterday but they surely touched every ❤️ in the arena today! 👏🏻
#NHKTrophy #GPFigure
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“Competiton is the best practice, as our coach told us. You learn when to be agressive and when to save energy, so the previous competiton helped!”
#MuramotoTakahashi 🇯🇵
#NHKTrophy #GPFigure
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“For the Free Skate we want to forget about today, change our mindset and put a lot of care into the details of our elements.
We worked on many things and changed some elements, we want to reach a high score and fight.”
#MuramotoTakahashi 🇯🇵
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#MuramotoTakahashi 🇯🇵 75.10 “The lift didn't work out during six-minute-training and I was worried about that, but we could pull it off during the performance.”
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#MuramotoTakahashi 🇯🇵 75.10 - great score after a very energetic performance. Huge improvement from Skate America! 👏🏻
#NHKTrophy #GPFigure
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Our next competiton is next week at the #DenisTenMemorial. We mainly want to gain experience there. Of course it’s also special to perform in the honour of Denis.”
#MuramotoTakahashi 🇯🇵
#GPFigure #SkateAmerica
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Our coach Marina has the vision that the program re-tells the story of Daisuke becoming an Ice Dancer. We personally want to leave it open for the spectators what they feel when watching us.
#MuramotoTakahashi 🇯🇵
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#MuramotoTakahashi 🇯🇵: “Like yesterday we are fine with our performance, we know what we need to work on. It was great putting the programs out there. Daisuke did Phantom of the Opera as a singles skater in 2008 and we wanted to do it again.”
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Sunday Ice Dance practice at #SkateAmerica:
#MuramotoTakahashi 🇯🇵
Good luck for your Free Dance today!💪🏻
#GPFigure #SkateAmerica
