Beijing, 2 Feb (Xinhua) -- Japanese figure skaters Miri Komatsubara and Hison Komatsubara recently practiced for the first time at the Capital Gymnasium. After the training, komatsubara said excitedly: "This is the most beautiful ice we have encountered in our competitive career." ”
Interior view of the Metropolitan Gymnasium taken on January 12. Xinhua News Agency (Photo by Wang Yang)
During the training, the two mainly confirmed the playback of rhythmic dance music, the combination of footwork, dance posture and music, and lifting. Under the projection of brilliant lights, accompanied by beautiful music, the two danced on the ice, as if they were in a dream. The Komatsubara group kept sighing after training, competing on such a beautiful ice surface, full of confidence and strength, and must do their best to win the Winter Olympic medals.
Miri Komatsubara and Mazumi Komatsubara are "husband and wife", and they won the championship with their rhythmic dance advantage in the just-concluded all-day figure skating championships.
Komatsubara, whose real name is Tim, was originally an American, and in 2015 he met and tried to partner with Miri Komatsubara during a tournament in Milan. In the continuous training, the two sparked love on the ice. As fellow athletes, they handle the relationship between the ice and the ice very well. Tim believes that the ice dance couple group is an advantage, and when the "love story" is used as a free dance, the competition will be more natural and smooth. "Ice nourishes us, and the results are getting better and better." The two married in 2017, and in 2020 Tim became a Japanese citizen and changed his name to "KomatsubaraZun".
On December 25, 2021, during the Ice Dance Competition of the All-Day Figure Skating Championships, Miri Komatsubara (front right) put on a garland for Komatsubara. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Zhang Xiaoyu
Japanese ice dance has always lagged behind the world level, and at the Beijing Winter Olympics, there will be world-class ice dancers. In this regard, Komatsubara said that it is lucky to be on the stage of the Winter Olympics, and will do its best to play to its greatest advantages, regardless of success or failure, keeping in mind Yusei's admonition to himself that "there will always be light in the heart, never give up."
Editors: Ding Wenxian, Huang Xuguo, Ji Jiadong