She had gone through a lot before the Olympics. She had to completely change her strategy due to the drastic changes of the technical judging benchmarks. She even changed her coach a few month before the game just to master some high point techniques. Shizuka does deserve a gold.
W O W Awesome...beautiful..incredible..and having changed her program and still performing like this..she is what the OLYMPICS is all about..a true athlete blending artistry in so smoothly..I LOVE HER!!
Thanks for this video, it's the best (image, sound, length). And apart from the competition and all, Arakawa Shizuka's beauty that night was (and still is) stunning.
She was SO WELL PREPARED for this night. When I saw her landing 3lutz-3toeloop-2loop 3,4years ago at Lalique(Titanic Program) I knew she would one day become a HISTORY. A world champ on 2004, and now a Olympic Gold Medalist. Not just the elegance, but her basic skating skill is so beautiful. I can't even feel or see a friction between the ice and blades.
thanks for this. Arakawa was so awesome and beautiful. She desrved the win. She has everything: her basic skating skills are great, beautiful poise and line, effortless speed and power and great jumps and spins.
Do you mind posting it on file hosts like rapidshare, megaupload, sendspace...? I'd rather have the avi or wmv version because you can't seek with the youtubed .flv version.
Good Job. I've watched many different versions that have been posted of this performance and this is my favorite. Overall clarity, headroom/leadroom, sound, etc. Just great. I even like these commentators better than the others; I like how they sound and what they say. And I like how you edited in the results that Irina made. I was just about to watch Irina's performance to see her scores again but you made it nice and easy. Thanks a bunch. ;)
Splendid performances, Ive seen ever.
RINKU621 1 year ago
She is gorgeous!!! Love her outfit too!
mlc2005 2 years ago 4
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this sucked.. any of the free skates of any world championship of the naughties could have beaten this.
koolaidnhemlock 2 years ago
I love this performance!!!!!!!!!
Gia241 2 years ago 33
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She had gone through a lot before the Olympics. She had to completely change her strategy due to the drastic changes of the technical judging benchmarks. She even changed her coach a few month before the game just to master some high point techniques. Shizuka does deserve a gold.
sasori390 2 years ago
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sasori390 2 years ago
静香さん、本当に何度見ても素敵です～♪
chia1123 3 years ago 38
ty for finally posting a functioning, good quality video of this!
Mbookfreak 4 years ago 35
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shes good...but wats with sooo many back camels and doughnuts.....she derserved to win though...:)
anahilenkamartinez 4 years ago
yea, but all of those combo spins were worth so many points. but she makes them look absolutely gorgeous :-)
gcucolo11 4 years ago 46
Thats uh, her trademark. Like when Sasha had her i combo spin! anahilenkamartinez!
waddleduckie1 4 years ago
no no, her trademark is her ina bour! lol, but yea she has some of the nicest spins
gcucolo11 3 years ago 25
This is really the best quality version, thx for posting!
molly2222 4 years ago 26
she's like a swan, so graceful and elegant. I weigh a ton and yet she made me feel as tho I can skate too.
joan05250 4 years ago 24
W O W Awesome...beautiful..incredible..and having changed her program and still performing like this..she is what the OLYMPICS is all about..a true athlete blending artistry in so smoothly..I LOVE HER!!
ithinkformyself 4 years ago 18
Thanks for this video, it's the best (image, sound, length). And apart from the competition and all, Arakawa Shizuka's beauty that night was (and still is) stunning.
VictorJ 4 years ago 17
she's so lovely..to me the presentation of ladies for all the olympics.
janevive89 4 years ago 8
MASTERPIECE!!
huigomi 4 years ago 9
She was SO WELL PREPARED for this night. When I saw her landing 3lutz-3toeloop-2loop 3,4years ago at Lalique(Titanic Program) I knew she would one day become a HISTORY. A world champ on 2004, and now a Olympic Gold Medalist. Not just the elegance, but her basic skating skill is so beautiful. I can't even feel or see a friction between the ice and blades.
ryotatateishi 5 years ago 8
No she wasn't ready to retire... DAMN, the most memorable moment in 2006! Awesome skating, graceful, a true olympic champion.
ryotatateishi 5 years ago 6
retire after 2004? No way she was ready. This was the best performance in the ladies events no question. She is so elegant
coppertop1 5 years ago
beautiful performance...thanks for posting this...its good quality audio and video
axonhillock 5 years ago 8
thanks for this. Arakawa was so awesome and beautiful. She desrved the win. She has everything: her basic skating skills are great, beautiful poise and line, effortless speed and power and great jumps and spins.
coppertop1 5 years ago 7
Do you mind posting it on file hosts like rapidshare, megaupload, sendspace...? I'd rather have the avi or wmv version because you can't seek with the youtubed .flv version.
indicatoto101 5 years ago
Thanks for the better quality version.
indicatoto101 5 years ago 5
DreamsInWhite,
Good Job. I've watched many different versions that have been posted of this performance and this is my favorite. Overall clarity, headroom/leadroom, sound, etc. Just great. I even like these commentators better than the others; I like how they sound and what they say. And I like how you edited in the results that Irina made. I was just about to watch Irina's performance to see her scores again but you made it nice and easy. Thanks a bunch. ;)
Jadesabre14 5 years ago 5