～外国特派員協会での会見を生中継&アーカイブス～
Yuzuru Hanyu
Sochi Olympic Figure Skating Men’s Single Champion and Gold Medalist &
World Figure Skating Champion for 2014
Thursday, April 24, 2014, 15:45 - 16:30
羽生結弦
ソチ五輪金メダリスト、世界フィギュア2014チャンピオン
４月２４日（木）１５：４５－１６：３０
会見後記
ソチ五輪金メダリストの羽生結弦氏は４月２４日午後、日本外国特派員協会で記者会見し、冒頭の挨拶では、「今シーズンは３つの金メダルを取ることができ嬉しく思っている。来シーズン、また平昌オリンピックに向けて精進していきたい。応援、サポートに感謝している」と述べた。東日本大震災の被災者に向けては、「メダルが希望や一つのものを目指して皆が向いていた象徴のようなものになっていたら嬉しい」と述べた。また練習では４回転ループを決めていること、ルッツジャンプに取り組んでいることを明かし、さらにトロントについての記者の質問に「トロントは練習環境が良く、素晴らしいコーチ、スケーターと一緒に練習することができ、トロントに行かなければ金メダルは取れなかったのではないか。」と答えた。会見半ばでは、食事に興味がなくご飯を多く食べられるほうではないこと、試合直前の動作は十字を切っているのではなく、肩や股関節を平らに平行にすること、軸を真っ直ぐに保つ意識を持つためにやっていること、自身がいちスポーツ選手として特別ではないことなどに触れ、最後に「フィギュアスケートは対人競技ではなく、どれだけ自分をコントロールして１００％、１２０％の演技をできるかどうかが一番大切でライバル」と述べた。その後ゲストブックにサインし、特派員協会から自身が好きな「プーさん」をプレゼントされ会場を後にした。
He made history and drove the nation wild with excitement by becoming the first male Japanese figure skater to win an Olympic gold.
Yuzuru Hanyu, the perfectly poised teenager with all the right moves and a heart string-pulling story – a native of Sendai who was skating at his local rink when the 3/11 earthquake struck – has become Japan's favorite son, brother and boyfriend. On the latter, so much so that a female fan - with a particularly piercing voice – drew ire from his supporters after she screamed "Yuzuru, AISHITERU (I love you)!" in the quiet moment just before his short programme at the World Championship tournament in Saitama last month. The usually faultless Hanyu did have a fall during that performance, and many attributed it to a loss of concentration from the ill-timed cheer. Ever gracious and polite, Hanyu himself has brushed aside such a link.
Just 16 when the earthquake shattered his hometown three years ago, Hanyu has said he wasn't sure whether he was going to be able to continue normal life, let alone the rigours of competitive skating. His rink was damaged and closed down, and the future looked bleak. This is when many benefactors – including senior skaters like Turin Olympics gold medalist Shizuka Arakawa, but also plain local folks – raised funds and organized ice shows so that he could continue training, first in Yokohama and then in Toronto, under Canadian coach Brian Orser.
The rest is history, as they say. Coach Orser himself is a victim of the "Canadian Curse" of male figure skaters which Hanyu dealt to rival Patrick Chan in Sochi, after the Canadian looked close to the gold medal after Hanyu had two early falls in his free skate. Hanyu pulled through in the end with his artistic points, and dedicated his victory to the people of Tohoku and everyone who helped him first to survive, and then to win.
Come and meet the young man whose fans call themselves, "Yuzurists".
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