“It was truly a fortunate and fun experience to have been able to compete in the world as “Yuzu” and “Shoma.” I’m truly grateful.” Yuzuru Hanyu about Shoma Uno’s retirement

Yuzuru Hanyu commented on the news of Shoma Uno’s retirement.

original source: Nikkansports

Shoma Uno announced his decision to retire from competitive sport and will be holding a retirement press conference on May 14th.

Yuzuru Hanyu also commented on the retirement announcement of his long-time competitor, Shoma Uno. Here’s a translation of his comments posted on Nikkansports.

“As someone who has been competing with and walking alongside Mr. Uno since elementary and juniors, I know how hard he has been working, and I assume he will continue to strive even in a slightly changed environment, so I choose not to say “Thank you for your hard work”.

I hope that you can envision a lot of happiness in the future and that many of those dreams will come true.

I will continue to enjoy the ideal skating of “Shoma Uno”.

Let’s have a casual conversation as ordinary men, just three years apart in age. Also, I’m really looking forward to another opportunity to have a time that only the two of us can enjoy, skating with serious intent on the rink and making it intensively passionately while laughing like usual.

It was truly a fortunate and fun experience to have been able to compete in the world as “Yuzu” and “Shoma”. I am truly grateful.

I hope that there will be many more “again” moments to look forward to.

Yuzuru Hanyu.”

Related topics: Shoma Uno, Yuzuru Hanyu