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Daisuke Takahashi, during a press conference at oragnizzata Kurashiki, city & agrave; twenty-eight years ago that gave him birth, announced the official retirement from racing competitions.
Tuesday 14 October 2014 6 minutes reading time
News & egrave; all''improvviso junta since, in late April, during an awards ceremony which took place at the "Kansai University," the 'icon of skating Japanese had announced plans to wait a year before making a final decision on his future.
Go to & ograve; remembered as nell''ultimo period of his career has had to deal with a variety of physical problems, which have irreparably compromised the results. Moreover, in March, just because of the chronic worries to one knee, he was forced to relinquish the World Cup at home, event custom-designed to round off a high-profile career.
"I took the decision to retire permanently," said Takahashi, "to concentrate on the next goals of my life. For the truth & agrave ;, it comes to a sudden decision for me because & egrave, I originally planned to wait a year and then evaluate if returning to racing or quit. Nevertheless, in the early part of this period, when I thought about what decision to take, I felt uncomfortable and I realized that the best option was to complete withdrawal. Life & egrave; still long and there are projects and possibilities & agrave; interesting that require time and passion. At the moment, I do not know what to do & ograve ;, but it was essential to take this step in order to look ahead "
The competitive side of the discipline loses cos & igrave; one of the figures pi & ugrave; representative of the last three decades and one of the interpreters of reference of the story.
Takahashi & agrave passer; down in history as the forerunner dell''et & agrave; dell''oro skating male Japanese. In 2002, at Hamar in Norway became the first Japanese skater to win a World Junior Championship in 2010 & egrave; was the first to get on the podium olimipcio and distance of a few setttimana the first world champion to be crowned champion. Moreover, in 2012, & egrave; was the first to win success in the final of the Grand Prix. On balance, in a career with few precedents & egrave; only missed the Olympic title.
From the day of its debut, which took place in the stage of Grand Prix in Gelsenkirchen (the 'then bofrost Cup), he played forty-eight first-level competitions (Grand Prix, World Championships, Four Continents, Olympics, World Team Trophy), winning fourteen wins and twenty-nine podiums. In board stand out: * 8 wins in qualifcazione stages of the Grand Prix (the 'last arrived last November in Tokyo) * 1 statement in the final Grand Prix (Sochi, December 2012); * 2 ​​successes of the Four Continents Championships (Goyang City City Taipiei 2008 and 2011); * 1 senior World title (Turin 2010) and a world junior title (Hamar 2002) * 2 top spots in the men's World Team Trophy (2012, 2013) * 1 Olympic bronze individual (Vancouver 2010) * 3 total medals in the World Championships (2007, 2010, 2012) * 4 total medals in the Four Continents Championships (2005, 2008, 2011, 2012) * 5 podiums in the final of the Grand Prix (2005 , 2006, 2007, 2011, 2012) * 5 wins and 8 podiums in the Japanese National Championships
In addition, you & egrave; imposed in two edition of the Universiade (2005 Innsbruck and 2007, Turin).
The Olympic Games in Sochi, concluded in sixth place, will be remembered as the 'last competition held.
Within a few months, the Japanese movement has perci & ograve; had to give up Nobunari Oda, Akiko Suzuki, Miki Ando and Daisuke Takakashi, without forgetting that the continuation of the racing career of Mao Asada is in serious doubt. In fact, it & egrave; now in the midst of a new era.
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