Shizuka Arakawa, World Championships -04 (Free Skate)

Shizuka Arakawa skates to music from Puccini's "Turandot" during the 2004 World Championships. She won the gold and this is just beautiful. I'm sorry about the bad video quality...

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[jasonrocb]

her jumping skill was much better than yuna or mao. i never thought she's that good. awesome skater.

[buchananbji]

Wow!! This was way better than her Olympic performance. Just got done watching the 2009 Worlds short programs. The Asian women are very dominant and strong and artistic. The US field which use to be dominant is struggling after Michelle and Sasha but I'm loving what I'm seeing w/ current ice queens, Mao Adada & Kim Yu Na!

Oh I remember the days of Midori Ito too. Yeah..I'm old(er). LOL but Midori is still the best of the best and everyone loved her no matter what country you were from.

[kourobou]

How speedy she skates! I love her skating skill more than jumping skill. She can get top speed only to have 2,3 crosses. Skating skill is what skater is. Even though she retired ,she keeps her skating skill(she also keeps jumping skill, I admire that) and I want to see her because of her skating skills.

[clare0809]

2004＞＞＞＞＞＞＞＞＞＞＞2009

すごいとしかいいようがない。。

特に最初の３ルッツ-３トウループー２ループは完璧！

イナバウアーはいうにおよばず、イーグルも綺麗だし、スケーティ­ングもソフトで、

何よりこの曲の世界観を素晴らしく表現してる。

「だれもが納得する」世界女王の演技。

[ja3399]

Shizuka came back, after a disappointing year, to Torino. There, in practice, she was doing effortless triple-triples. But in the long program she held back, likely because her federation wanted her to get any kind of medal for Japan. Other top girls here made mistakes. Shizuka skated well with no major mistakes, and she won the gold medal anyway. She was skating so well through all the practices, but her federation did not trust her abilities. A memorable, deserving Olympic champion.

[keikomoon17]

Mao maybe considered better than her due to Mao having much more championship medals than her but I love watching her more than Mao. Her movements are so fluid and graceful while Mao is too technical. Mao does every move right but Shizuka does every move with feminine softness and grace.

[AudaciousSicilian]

Simply gorgeous. Anyone insulting her (very slim!) size is probably jealous that they could never be even half as graceful as she is no matter what their size.

[mossgreen2006]

Speechless. Wonderful performance.

SO powerful and overwhelming.

Every time I watch this, I'm deeply moved.

[octopussy1234]

I agree with erikamaki91. I cant think of a free skate at the world championships I like better than this one. The music is very passionate and hard to do justice, but she interpreted it perfectly!

[monamonao]

I like this performence than Olynmpic

[erikamaki91]

this is seriously the most amazing performance i've ever seen. the music, her jumps, lines, grace...not to mention no mistakes at all. i haven't seen any performances after this that have impressed me this much