Narumi TAKAHASHI & Mervin TRAN SP at 2008 Jr. Worlds

[UtubeHyperboleGuy]

Since when were midgets allowed to skate? I'd spin her like a spinning top.

[BABEEJOD]

YAY!!! I love my brother and am so proud of him =D

[rammer1963]

And I taught him how to do a 3 turn, a rocker, a bracket...he can also jump the boards...Miss ya buddy

[rammer1963]

And I taught him how to do a 3turn, a rocker, a bracket...he can also jump the boards...Miss ya buddy

[yurdiko]

GO Narumi~~

Go Mervin~~

[narumiro]

she is so qute!!!!  I love her!!!

[AnyoneElse22]

What a terrible fall!

[tripleflip2008]

If he's not, how can he represent Japan then?

[aNiMeDgUrL]

@tripleflip2008 he was born in canada, but found narumi through a coach who recommended him to narumi. for the 2014 sochi olympics, he may have to give up his canadian citizenship to compete for japan w narumi

[bibiskating]

Where is Mervin Tran from? Where do they train?

[tripleflip2008]

I'm curious as well. They are training in Canada, must be Japanese Canadians?

[mann55]

mervin tran is from canada and also skates out of saskatuwan canada for singles.... so i am more confused than you are

[aNiMeDgUrL]

@tripleflip2008 he's lived in canada, and narumi moved to canada to train with mervin in 2007.

[skateMOIvo]

He's from Regina, saskatchewan and stopped singles so he can focus more on learning pairs. Now he trains in montreal with his partner. He's not a japanese canadian, he's a chinese/vietnamese/cambodian canadian. However, he's able to represent Japan because only one of the skaters in a pair needs the citizenship of the country that is being represented. Also, he realizes the confusion that he's causing with his presence in the skating world and he apologizes for that.

[jasluvtian]

@skateMOIvo Tran is a vietnamese last name. The chinese equivalent is Chan. However Mervin Tran is full viet. Some sources say he is vietnamese/cambodian which i think maybe his mom is cambodian and his dad definately has to be vietnamese.