Yanaka Muramoto (Kana = 27) and Daisuke Takahashi (34 = Tomokandai KFSC) first appearance overcame the injury 5 hours before the performance. 2nd place out of 5 groups with 67.83 points. During the morning’s official practice, the two fell, and although Muramoto injured his left knee, he was 3.91 points behind the leader. Takahashi, the men’s bronze medalist at the 2010 Vancouver Olympics, changed. In 2018, he teamed up this season with Muramoto, who was ranked 15th at the Pyeongchang Olympics. The second race of the competition after the NHK Cup in November. He broke the barrier again for the 2010 Beijing Olympics.

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Takahashi, who has won the men’s single five times, has returned to Japan as a dancer on ice. Tomato from Muramoto’s hand, put your feet together and breathe, heart and move. With a yellow shirt, black pants, and suspender, a single-leg multi-turn twill is available and a rotation lift that lifts Muramoto is also a hit. They both got the highest rating level 4, and when the performance ended, they hugged each other with a sensation of sensation while moistening their eyes.

I was not impressed by Takahashi, who returned to Japan. Rather, he was pale five hours ago. Official practice from before 11:00 am. While checking the steps of the fins, both feet struck and Takahashi’s buttock fell on Muramoto’s left knee. “All my weight went on to Yanaka-chan … No, I didn’t feel like living,” Takahashi said. I could only see the collapsed Muramoto.

Muramoto also said: “I couldn’t stand up for the first time. I borrowed Takahashi’s shoulder and left the link. Touched by a doctor. I only knew that the ligament was not torn, so I took emergency measures with ice. Five hours After the injury, he decided to make a final decision on whether or not to participate in the five-minute practice just before the performance.

Fortunately, the swelling is small. After drinking pain relievers, Muramoto removed the bandage around his left knee and climbed onto the ice. “It was okay to put my weight on my left leg.” Adrenaline also came out. When I decided to participate, I couldn’t help the expression that the injured left knee rotates, bends and stretches the shaft. I also timed the fin pitch, which should be scary, and when I noticed it, I hugged myself with tears after 2 minutes and 49 seconds.

Since the pair’s formation in January of this year, Takahashi has been shot by leader Muramoto. When Muramoto thanked Muramoto for saying, “For the first time, he said, ‘Let’s do our best’ before the performance. I trusted him with all my might. He was a man.” It’s great. “He deepened his draws and added 3.68 points out of 64.15 points in the NHK Cup in November, which was his debut game.

After the game, I was relieved until we could both laugh, but the pain is likely to occur the next day. For the 27 freelancer, Muramoto said: “What will happen tomorrow, but I want to be in a situation where I can slip because it is all Japan,” added Takahashi, “I want to prepare with all my strength.” It was a day when I walked through one of the many walls into the dreamy Beijing Olympics.[Atsushi Kinoshita]