Yuzuru Hanyu Photo: YUTAKA / Afro Sports
Yuzuru Hanyu (27 = ANA), who won the Winter Olympics (’14 Sochi, ’18 Pyeongchang) for the second consecutive time as a figure skating boy, held a press conference at a hotel in Tokyo on the 19th (Tuesday) and retired from the competition. He announced that he would continue to skate as a professional athlete.
Immediately after the press conference. Yuzuru Hanyu responded to our exclusive interview.
Yuzuru Hanyu “I was honest when I thought I wasn’t needed. Yuzuru Hanyu sometimes had a hard time wondering if I was told to retire early.”
Yuzuru Hanyu, who has been at the top of the world and fascinated the world, had such a feeling.
The loneliness of the king who just embraces the expectations that come to him and cannot show his suffering to others.
Even so, I was able to finish it because there was an important teaching of the believer.
Yuzuru Hanyu Photo by Annice Lyn/Getty Images
The Beijing Olympics, the last tournament of Yuzuru Hanyu.
After this performance, Yuzuru Hanyu will show the camera a face he never showed before.
A challenging quadruple axel. As a player, it was also a battle to challenge for the third consecutive Olympic title. The unprecedented quadruple axel was not successful, and the result was 4th. It wasn’t long before I saw his first look.
A message from my teacher, Shoichiro Tsuzuki, when I started figuring.
“I really spilled tears when I tried the quadruple axel. I did it really well.”
Yuzuru Hanyu Photo: Naoki Morita / Afro Sports
An expression that seems to cry at any moment. The truth of the way of life called Yuzuru Hanyu was there.
A person who taught me the colors of figures for eight years from the age of seven. The person who taught me that the practice that I repeat every day always leads to the skill.
Mr. Tsuzuki “When I was little, I was a mess, and I often quarreled with my brother (around me) and cried. Because I often see when I was little, I see it. Hasn’t changed. “
In a previous interview, Hanyu said, “I’ve been seen by various teachers, but Professor Shoichiro Tsuzuki is my teacher. The person who made me. The person who made my foundation. I’m proud of that. I want to slip while holding it. “
The artistry of figure skating can be expressed because it is an athlete who has trained his body and skills.
Mr. Tsuzuki taught me that too.
After that, I got two Olympic gold medals (2014 Sochi Olympics, 2018 Pyeongchang Olympics). Hanyu then sets the next goal on the quadruple axel.
No matter how steep it was, there was a word from Dr. Tsuzuki.
Yuzuru Hanyu “I once said that Mr. Tsuzuki said,’Axel is the king’s jump.’
Unfortunately, that didn’t come true at the Beijing Olympics, but it’s been eight days since the free performance.
Yuzuru Hanyu Photo: YUTAKA / Afro Sports
Yuzuru Hanyu stood on the skating rink.
The song I played at the venue was five years ago when I was 22 years old. Next is a program that I challenged at the age of 12 when I was a junior.
It looked like a ritual to confirm myself as a figure skater.
After one song, go to the next performance.
Hanyu continued to slide along the path that Yuzuru Hanyu followed.
Perhaps Hanyu was saying goodbye to himself as a player at this time.
9th song. The last song is “SEIMEI” which skated at the Pyeongchang Olympics.
“I skated as I wanted. I might be self-satisfied. I was able to do it myself. Even now, at the last Choreo step of the Pyeongchang Olympics, I will never forget that moment. I will never forget it. No. I’m glad I was able to show the step sequence with all my strength. “
Yuzuru Hanyu’s journey to follow himself ended in this way.
