for this season she will not put in another type of quad. She is practicing everyday but since there are not many comps happening trying out new things is risky.
the intention is to keep her SP and FS for next season.
she said she did a difficult thing like the cartwheel in SP because she wants to get good points. So if she did it [the SP] cleanly she might get past “the 2nd half of 80 points” [she means 85]
in order to earn a good result absolutely at the olympic games she wants to spend all her time while thinking everything is for the sake of the olympics
An article published by Nikkansports mentions that Rika was accepted to Waseda University on the 21st, 6 days before she won her second senior national title! congrats Rika!
Chinese Pairs skater Sui Wenjing sat down for a discussion/interview with Olympic Gold Medalist in sailing, Xu Lijia. I did a loose translation of the 10 minute rapid-fire q&a in the beginning segment, so this is a detailed translation of the long discussion starting at 11:10.
If you’d like to listen, there’s a dropbox link someone sent me of it (since you need to download an app to listen) and someone also uploaded on bilibili.
Shoma in the Pokémon Center’s 20th Anniversary e-mook:
During summer vacations, I always went to go see the Pokémon movies with my little brother and bought the movies when they came out in VHS/DVD. [T/N: In Japan, Pokémon movies are always released in July around the start of summer break for schoolchildren.] I had different impressions of each film, but the one that stuck out the most for me was “Pocket Monsters Advanced Generation the Movie: Mew and the Wave Hero, Lucario” (“Pokémon: Lucario and the Mystery of Mew”). I remember reading the books based on the anime and getting yelled at by my mother for playing the games too much (lol). Since I lived near a Pokémon Center, I would go there on game release days. I have a lot of personal, joyful memories associated with Pokémon.
Pokémon Experience | Played the Pocket Monsters games from Generation I (Red, Green, Blue, Pikachu) to Generation VI (X/Y, Omega Ruby/Alpha Sapphire)
Favorite Pokémon: Hitokage/Charmander | I watched the anime when I was little, and I particularly liked its wild personality when it evolved into Lizardon/Charizard. Think it’s interesting that there is a personality change with the evolution.
Thank you for all your support during NHK Trophy. I’m really happy to have qualified for the Grand Prix Final again this season. But, with my current competitive content, I’m still very far away from the kind of performance I want to reach and the performance to meet everyone’s expectations. With the time remaining until the Grand Prix Final, I will improve on the areas where I can improve and do my best to deliver a great performance for everyone.
p.s. To ensure I’m in my best possible condition, I will go get vaccinated despite my dislike of it.
