Today, I watched a Japanese eighteen-year-old boy named Nobunari Oda's figure skating on the "Four Continents Figure Skating Championships." (Recorded one, though.)
I totally didn't know about him, and this was the first time that I watched him skating.
... I was really amazed by his hidden strength revealed on that program.
He fell down at the first jump on the beginning, and bumped into the fence. It took a little while for him to get up and concentrate again on the skating. Then, just after some seconds, he made beautiful jumps, so the commentator said "That's a fast recovery, I say." Therefore, I thought he was OK.
But then, after some movements, he stopped his performance. He was just moving with a desperate-looking..., and it seemed that he was on the verge of concede the competition.
I was watching this with the thought that "Oh... he may concede, and leave the rink any time now..."
It felt that long.
However, after that struggling, he started his performance again.
And even more, the performance clearly got stronger. (I was deeply moved by this strength, and was crying.)
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Knowing such a great spirit gave me a great power, so I should also quit running away and have to start my studies.
(He won the first praise. Amazing.)
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What a moving thing to watch. It is always inspiring to see people rise above hard moments.
Here are a few corrections for you, Saku.
You write: it took a little while for him to got up and concentrate back to the skating
It should be "get up"; the next phrase is a little odd; maybe "and concentrate again on the skating"
Later you write: ...and it seemed that he was on the verge of abstain the competition
Abstaining from a competition is when the person doesn't enter at all (I think) though this may be a technical term I didn't know.
Abandon the competition, maybe? Surrender? I am trying to think of what exactly the word should be...concede, perhaps? To concede the victory in a competiton would be to say "okay, I'm out of here, you win". Maybe that's it.
Also, "rink" not "link" (ah, spell check!)
And--you say he won the first praise. I'm sure he deserved a lot of praise, that is a lot of compliments on his courage and ability to go on--but did he also win the first prize??
Thanks for the interesting post, Saku.
Yes, I was really really surprised, but he won the first prize on this championship.
In another person's blog, it said,
"... but it can be said that because there is no big names (of the figure skaters) due to the coming Winter Olympics, he could win the first prize."
I think he is right.
(Anyway, here is the official result from the homepage of the championship.)
http://www.isufs.org/results/fc2006/CAT001RS.HTM
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