Saturday, February 15, 2014

2014.2.15

Good news from Sochi Olympic.
Figure skater Mr. Yuzuru Hanyu (羽生結弦), 19 years old, got the gold medal.  Congratulations!!
This is the first record in Japanese Men's Figure Skating and in Asian Figure Skating history.  And this is the first gold medal for Japan in this Sochi Olympic. 
He is from Sendai, Miyagi (宮城県仙台市), where was damaged by the 3.11 Great Earthquakes and Tsunami.   The first women's figure skating gold medalist of Japan, Ms. Shizuka Arakawa (荒川静香) who got it at the Torino is also from Miyagi.  Mr. Hanyu became the first skater who marked over 100 points (101.45) at the Short Program.
In this Olympic Japanese teenagers had very good records.  At Half Pipe, Mr. Ayumu Hirano (平野歩夢), 15 years old got the silver medal, and Mr. Taku Hiraoka (平岡卓), 18 years old got the bronze medal.  Congratulations!!

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