What a beautiful performance! It's so easy to forget that it was actually a competition. Daisuke is not just a wonderful dancer but also a great actor on ice. No skater can bring a drama on ice and draw the audience into it like he does. He's a true artist!
His way of fighting with a 4F attempt, really made this competition more worthy than it was supposed to be. I love this program, I love the music, I love Fellini! Thank you Italy! The depth in this program is partly Italian as well as Japanese. I'd say, Samurai spirit meets Italian artistry. I'm sure almost nobody will disagree to Dai's victory! He is one of the greatest. I admire all that he is!
Congratulations, Daisuke! No need to wait for the score, we knew that you got the gold medal. Your performance was outstanding so far! Your challenge for 4F failed but let me feel proud. I just enjoyed your beautiful program, almost forgetting the competition. Thank you for splendid performance, Daisuke! Thank you for fantastic choreography, Mr.Camerlengo!
BRAVO indeed! Wow. He really does remind me of Stefan Lambiel. He is so expressive, he feels the music with every fiber of his being. The quad-flip was amazing, even if it wasn't perfect. For me a great FP is over too quickly, and this was over in a flash! I hope we see him skate for many years to come, what a joy to watch. Congratulations on gold!
Daisuke was exhausted after the olympics, but wanted to come back to Torino (he was there 4 yrs ago and placed 8th at the OP) to share his La Strada performance with people in Italy. If Nino Rota was still alive, he would have been very happy with Dai's performance tonight. Amazingly beautiful performance!
Oh I miss this program! It was perfect, all from jumps to clothes! And no one could have preformed it like Daisuke! I just love how he invites the audience and the judges with his beautiful smile! So sad that his skate broke in the free program this year on Worlds (Though Patrick Chan really was a worthy winner!) LOVE
@continue888 You are very right. I am British and I really love Italian audiences as they cheer great skating whatever nationality. I remember them cheering Shizuka's wonderful performance and you can hear them here, and also the commentators here give Daisuke Alot of praise and they are right!!!
I really believe he is just the best today even more than the Olympic God and silver Medal Winners. He is just beautiful to watch. If he could get the Quad completed during any program, he would beat anybody!!!
IF there was 2010 Academy Awards in the field of Figure skating (Men's), then... Best Actor Award: Daisuke Takahashi Best Short Program Award: Eye Best Free Program Award: La Strada Best Host Country Award: ITALIA!
@ruqpeiwo I totally agree. He really FEELS every beat of the music in the step sequences. CONCGRATULATIONS. I think the commentators said "molto musicale" . And, although it wasn' perfect I LOVED the quad filp!
I wish he hadn't fallen in Vancouver. Because if he hadn't, he would have won. His program was BETTER than Evan's without the fall and much better than Evgeni's. And if he had won, WITH the quad, there wouldn't have been anything to bitch about. Evan wouldn't have cared either way, he was obviously damn tickled with the idea of silver and winning gold had been the icing on the cake. And Evgeni would have had to find another reason to complain because he didn't win because Takahashi had the quad. Errrgh so bitter.
