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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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thread for feb 14 press conf translations
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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 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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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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Rough translation of post gala interview with Yuzuru from the Japanese broadcast:
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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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"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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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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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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not bc you could win if you did 3 quads or many 3a. i want to keep giving performances that make ppl want to keep watching me. from now on, the rules may keep changing as they do every year, and things may happen, but i want to chase my ideal form fs that's like from that era
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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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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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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: confirming that he will no longer be competing
a: i don't intend to compete from now on. i think i was able to get all the results i strived for, and i no longer feel a desire to strive for that kind of evaluation. honestly i thought about retiring at pc
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that kind of skating is not so easy to find. it makes me happy that i am hanyu yuzuru.
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i will keep doing my best, including for those ppl who havent been able see me live, and those who thought they were glad to have watched my skating live. i will continue challenging the 4a. as a pro athlete from now on, i will continue chasing my ideal.
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a little peek at yuzuru's ongoing fanmeet from the jpn broadcast
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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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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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as ppl expect from me. so my true feelings are "please look forward to what's coming and please keep watching". i don't htink it's right to say "thank you" here bc it's not the end. i will keep going and doing my best, so i will be counting on you from now on as well
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a hotel close to where prologue will be held in yokohama next week 🤨
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so i will refrain from speaking specifically. but i was limited by competitions until now, and i want to create something that ppl who've never gone to see live skating will want to see too, something that will satisfy ppl who have cheered me on until now
fanyu since sochi translating JP→EN and attending live events for fun sometimes