Author Topic: Shizuka Arakawa - Olympic Gold Medalist (Read 12235 times)

Mr.T · « **on:** February 23, 2006, 11:19:23 PM »

Japan got its first gold just some minuits ago!!! Shizuka Arakawa won the females' figure skating and had the best run with no doubt.

Congratulations Japan!!!

JFC · « **Reply #1 on:** February 24, 2006, 01:55:28 AM »

And to think, she almost quit skating competitively.
http://today.reuters.co.uk/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=topNews&storyID=2006-02-24T003136Z_01_L24539898_RTRUKOC_0_UK-OLYMPICS-FIGURE-SKATING-ARAKAWA.xml&archived=False
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060223/sp_nm/olympics_figure_skating_dc;_ylt=A86.I1s6Pf5DGEYAQgyQFs0F;_ylu=X3oDMTBjMHVqMTQ4BHNlYwN5bnN1YmNhdA--

Congradulations to Shizuka!!!

HiME · « **Reply #2 on:** February 24, 2006, 02:10:24 AM »

I saw her on the females' figure skating, she was awesome... She deserves her medal.

Congratulations !!!

TheQuickening · « **Reply #3 on:** February 24, 2006, 02:54:34 AM »

Pretty damn cute, I must say. Way to go Arakawa-san!!!

JFC · « **Reply #4 on:** February 24, 2006, 04:44:13 AM »

Some articles on Arakawa's win. Links to even more articles and pics included in these two pages.
http://mdn.mainichi-msn.co.jp/photospecials/graph/0602turinday14/
http://mdn.mainichi-msn.co.jp/national/news/20060224p2a00m0sp016000c.html
http://mdn.mainichi-msn.co.jp/national/news/20060224p2a00m0sp014000c.html

karen830 · « **Reply #5 on:** February 24, 2006, 04:58:46 AM »

just finish watching it...it was the best perf of the night!!! she brought japans first medal in the Olympic

kuno_thunder · « **Reply #6 on:** February 24, 2006, 05:22:23 AM »

Atta girl, Shizuoka san!! Omedetou!!

Ping · « **Reply #7 on:** February 24, 2006, 06:20:32 AM »

Wooo!

daigong · « **Reply #8 on:** February 24, 2006, 08:57:40 AM »

Whoa! She's really cute!! Oh, the endorsements are gonna flood in! Gotta find some more hot pix!

THUNDERDUCK · « **Reply #9 on:** February 24, 2006, 10:57:20 AM »

Yippee!

Thimas X · « **Reply #10 on:** February 24, 2006, 11:43:09 AM »

Congrats to her! She landed all her jumps and she deserves this.

She is pretty cute, but Sasha is the cutest!!!

Yesterday the skating announcers mentioned the gold medal winner would get to be on the Wheaties box or something...iono...I wonder if Arakawa will be on it.

Saburo · « **Reply #11 on:** February 24, 2006, 07:36:07 PM »

Is there a site (English or Japanese) that has good video highlights of the figure skating?

Flyp · « **Reply #12 on:** February 24, 2006, 08:08:13 PM »

Congrats for Shizuka! She skated a beautiful, clean program and deserved that gold, FFOOOO~!! Quite an exciting moment. SHI-ZU-KA!

Ping · « **Reply #13 on:** February 24, 2006, 08:53:48 PM »

Quote from: Saburo

Is there a site (English or Japanese) that has good video highlights of the figure skating?

Go to http://nbcolympics.com and they have all the highlights, including full programs of the top skaters. Just check it out in their video section and search for figure skating on the left navigation bar of the video window.

ctz · « **Reply #14 on:** February 24, 2006, 08:56:27 PM »

She's from Sendai! Yay. Gongratulations!

Lunatic · « **Reply #15 on:** February 25, 2006, 07:59:47 AM »

Yeah she did it! After waiting so long I'm so happy to see Shizuka on the top of the podium.

daigong · « **Reply #16 on:** February 25, 2006, 09:49:27 AM »

Quote from: Saburo

Is there a site (English or Japanese) that has good video highlights of the figure skating?

You'd might want to try this site.

Quote from: Tom Green

I heard that there was funding problems for the Japanese winter Olympic
Figure Skating team. Here is a video of one of the girl's Practicing.

http://www.filecabi.net/video/japaneseolympicsteam.html

So good that the Japanese budget withstood the hard times.

Here she is doing a flying camel spin during her performance in the women's figure skating final at the Winter Olympic Games in Turin, Italy.

I don't see any camel though.

JFC · « **Reply #17 on:** February 25, 2006, 07:49:11 PM »

Quote from: daigong

Here she is doing a flying camel spin during her performance in the women's figure skating final at the Winter Olympic Games in Turin, Italy.

I don't see any camel though.

"Camel though"? or Camel Toe?

Quote from: daigong

Nope, don't see any of either.

THUNDERDUCK · « **Reply #18 on:** February 25, 2006, 08:10:46 PM »

http://www.shizuka-arakawa.com , she has an official web page.

Mr.T · « **Reply #19 on:** February 25, 2006, 10:08:51 PM »

Quote from: daigong

Quote from: Saburo
Is there a site (English or Japanese) that has good video highlights of the figure skating?

You'd might want to try this site.

Quote from: Tom Green
I heard that there was funding problems for the Japanese winter Olympic
Figure Skating team. Here is a video of one of the girl's Practicing.

http://www.filecabi.net/video/japaneseolympicsteam.html

So good that the Japanese budget withstood the hard times.

Here she is doing a flying camel spin during her performance in the women's figure skating final at the Winter Olympic Games in Turin, Italy.

I don't see any camel though.

Nice to see some pics from her gold run!

Author Topic: Shizuka Arakawa - Olympic Gold Medalist (Read 12235 times)

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