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Post skate interview with Yuzuru **rough translation
"Well honestly, I wonder… I think I left everything out there, is my honest feeling. I jumped an axel that was clearly better compared to the last competition. Ofc I think I could’ve done a little more but, but… " (cont)
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Nobu said on livestream that he messaged Yuzuru after the FS "Since you cried when you saw Shizuka and Shuzo, you'll cry when you see me too." Yuzuru replied "No, Nobu-kun will probably be crying and I'll be laughing at you," so Nobu feels that he's probably doing well.
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thread for feb 14 press conf translations
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Rough translation of post gala interview with Yuzuru from the Japanese broadcast:
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thread for july 19 press conference translations. will be translating live and very emotional so i won't catch everything and might make some mistakes but i'll do my best
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"I gave it my utmost effort. I worked so hard I don’t think I could’ve gone above that. It might be unrewarded efforts, but there were many things that haven’t gone well since the short. If anything, things only went badly this time, but I gave it my utmost effort." (end)
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Life is not all about being rewarded. But the unrewarded present is the unrewarded present, and there is happiness in that. There are many unfair things, but I want to do my best to face forward and keep walking.
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Yuzuru's two runthroughs today were to Phantom of the Opera. Asked about the song choice, he said "Bc it's not a comp or anything" and smiled. "But after all, I have some very important memories of POTO in China." twitter.com/figure365/stat…
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a little peek at yuzuru's ongoing fanmeet from the jpn broadcast
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"This is probably the day that I’ve received love from the most people in my life. I want to accept that love and do my best from now on. Happy Valentine’s!" twitter.com/TeamJapan/stat…
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"And, of course I think it’s important not to make mistakes and that’s what is necessary to win, but even with the two mistakes I was able to tell the story in Ten to chi to." (cont)
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Well honestly, I wonder… I think I left everything out there, is my honest feeling. I jumped an axel that was clearly better compared to the last competition. Ofc I think I could’ve done a little more but, but… I think that was my everything." (cont)
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Q: rather than defending as a champion, you challenged as a champion. thoughts?
A: challenge... there's nothing special about my position, or that it was bc i am the champion. everyone challenges things in their daily lives, no matter how small. i think that's what living is.
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when i first started aiming for 4a, it was with that axel. when i tried to climb over that wall, the person at the top of that wall was my 9 yo self. i grabbed his hand and he pulled me up. i thought 'oh, that's what hanyu yuzuru's axel is.' i don't know how that will be as
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Yuzuru's message for young athletes in Team Japan: Not winning even if you enter international competitions, not being rewarded despite working hard, not getting results, environmental [factors], for example getting injured - (1/?) twitter.com/TeamJapan/stat…
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some personal takeaways from the press rodeo today before i sleep: he looks a lot better than he did right after the fs. media companies only had that footage to work from so they kept airing and re-airing snippets while he was living his best life eating chocolate and gaming
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the media attention couldve been diff if i hadn't won sochi. but ppl paid attention to pw and then in pc, i skated seimei, and ppl thought 'wow hanyu's skating is good.' now i think i am an ogm, that i am a 2x ogm. from now on i want to be conscious of the fact that i am a 2x ogm
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Q: thoughts about all the gifts, his chinese fans, and is this his last time on olys ice
A: i don't know if this wll be my last olys (laughs) i thought again that olys are special. i stood up despite getting injured on this stage, there is no other place like that for fs
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participate in competitions. in order to chase my ideal shape of fs, i realized i don't need to be in competitions, and i might only be able to do certain things outside of comps
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wait im kinda dying at this press conf being held on valentines day right around dinner time in japan
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how is anyone supposed to enjoy and love watching this sport when the corruption runs so deep. wakaba and kaori should have finished 1-2 (yes, in that order) and we should be celebrating them. all i feel is angry and sick to my stomach and numb. #figureskatingisdead
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a hotel close to where prologue will be held in yokohama next week 🤨
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(abt hyk at oly gala) Well, I put so much into it that I can't even begin to say it all. But having everyone watch, because everyone watched, I was able to skate up until now. I think meaning is born from my skating because people are watching it, so I rly want to thank everyone.
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that kind of skating is not so easy to find. it makes me happy that i am hanyu yuzuru.
fanyu since sochi translating JP→EN and attending live events for fun sometimes