Oct 30, 2018
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Shoma Uno | Skate America 2016 (Figure Skating ADDICT Magazine)
German commentary on Shoma in SA 2016 FS - The start of Sigi’s love for Shoma’s skating
So I found this on the German Eiskunstlaufblog (btw they have a forum now) and MaiKatze shared the German commentary of SA 2016 FS with Sigi Heinrich from Eurosport.
Sadly there is no video with Sigi’s voice available, but I am glad I got this transcription!
Translated by me, original commentary transcription by MaiKatze! (my comments in italic)
Sigi Heinrich:
Start > “Dear audience, now I think, we all get excited about a lively little man from Nagoya in Japan. Shoma Uno. He did a world premiere, he landed the 4F. He tried the 4F a couple of times at the Lombardia Trophy in Bergamo. It did not work there. Here in the SP it went well. He will show the 4F in the beginning. All quadruple jumps have been tried somehwere from athlethes. We will certainly experience one time where all possible quadruple jumps, except for the 4A, will be shown in one program.”
“Music, an Argetinian Tango from the composer Astor Piazolla.”
4Flip > “Boah, even better than in the SP. A lot better.”
4Toeloop > “My dear , the 4T was not worse (than the 4F)! Yuzuru Hanyu will definetly watch this.”
Fall > “Ooohh...what a shame. Otherwise it would have been a flawless super program. But it is a super program either way.”
End of the program > “This was fantastic, absolutely fantastic! I am not a person who runs easily out of words but it was so amazing, what Shoma Uno showed here! The goosebumps start from the tip of the finger and go through the whole body. Shoma Uno from Japan.”
“Touching and a beautiful program. I am not sure, but I think in the end we heard the voice of Milva at para para loco from Astor Piazolla. A super program, everything was there, the 4F, the 4T in the end, a little wobble in the Salchow - good! We will keep quiet about this (I think he means the wobble) and if any fan of the Argentinian Tango sees this, he have to get his heart racing because of the interpretation from Shoma Uno.”
“He will win Skate America, there is no question. I wonder if we will see a personal best. Personal best is 190.32 points. I can tell you that my enthusiasm has no limit. It is limitless about what we have seen from Shoma Uno. 1,59 m full of energy, power and elegance. Technically very good, amazing skating skills.”
“The Japanese have another solid skater and then there is also Yuzuru Hanyu. I think the 7th place that he placed last year (means season) at last World Championships should lay in the past. He will get into the medal ranks, he can fight for the medals with such a program. Beautiful. He is 19 years old (Shoma was still 18 at that time). His trainer is Machiko Yamada. He was 3rd in the GPF last year in Barcelona. He won the TEB 2015. There the competition stopped after the SP because of the attacks in France. Nevertheless. In Milwaukee, Wisconsin at Skate America he was in 2nd place. This time he will win. He will get high PCS.”
Scoring > “190.19 points! Just a little less than his Personal Best. Total score 279.34, also a little less than his PB. TES 100 points for Shoma Uno. He shrugs it off. This is how he is. Nice. You get excited for figure skating in the next years, when you know there is a Shoma Uno. He will bring us joy.“
The end > “If you look at Shoma you want to give him a soother, but his program is really mature!”
...and this is when Sigi Heinrich fell in love with Shoma Uno...
I think it is truly funny that Sigi predicts Shoma on the podium for Worlds 2017. If Sigi gets excited he tends to say Shoma’s name numerous times....
Also I died of laughter at the last part of the commentary XD.
For more commentary from Sigi Heinrich you can follow those posts I created here:
Commentary from Worlds 2017 SP: https://myjunkisyuzuruhanyu.tumblr.com/post/160383780618/so-here-as-i-promised-the-german-commentary-for
Commentary from Worlds 2017 LP: https://myjunkisyuzuruhanyu.tumblr.com/post/161362052053/shoma-uno-fs-worlds2017-with-german-commentary
Commentary from Worlds 2017 Gala: https://myjunkisyuzuruhanyu.tumblr.com/post/159125679818/german-commentator-sigi-just-loves-shoma
Just a friendly reminder, I am no pro in translation, so I beg your pardon for any mistakes.
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