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Takahiko Kozuka, just days after the twenty-seventh birthday, announced the 'imminent retirement from competition, which will become & agrave; Official at the end of the month.
Tuesday 15 March 2016 3 minutes reading time
The Japanese skater, struggling for at least three years with physical problems of various sorts, said he would open a new chapter in his life not concealing the 'intention to abandon the world of skating. Convolato wedding a few days ago with the famous television Yukari Oshima face, will start & agrave ;, in fact, to work in the spring for Toyota Motor Corporation, company & agrave; so that & egrave; It has been on the payroll for a long time as an athlete prominent.
Born in Nagoya and started skating from pap & agrave; Tsuguhiko, Takahiko Kozuka & egrave; was the third Japanese skater in history to win a world title juniors. In the major category, you & egrave; had the satisfaction to impose itself in four stages of the Grand Prix and in the 2010-2011 season, by far the best of his career, he won the national championship, closing the World Championships in Moscow behind Patrick Chan. Moreover, for Japan it is negotiable memorize options a world-especially since moved from Tokyo to Russia because of the tsunami that struck & igrave; the northern part of the island of Honshu in early March.
Although it remained at the top of the discipline for a decade, has seen its performance decline in recent seasons lacking among other things the qualifiers for the Olympic Games of 2014. It remains, in any case, the satisfaction of being the game in the previous Olympics held in Vancouver in 2010. during his career, he took part in seven editions of the world Championships and thirteen of the Japanese national Championships, where he filed seven podiums.
The 'last appearance on the ice, a propitious occasion to give the' farewell to the fans and, in general, all''ambiente, & egrave; scheduled for next April 17, the date on which will be held & agrave; final round of the Stars On Ice tour.
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