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	Shizuka Arakawa - Geoworldonline.com
		Shizuka Arakawa is a Japanese figure skater who won the gold medal at the 2006 Winter Olympics in the Ladies Singles.
		Shizuka Arakawa is a Japanese figure skater who won the gold medal at the 2006 Winter Olympics in the Ladies Singles event in Turin, Italy on February 23, 2006.
		Arakawa gate-crashed what was expected to be a Russian sweep (of men's figure skating, pair skating and ice dancing) at the ice skating rink at Palavela when she surged to victory after the free skate.
	www.geoworldonline.com /Profiles/personsDetail.php?pID=577 (1556 words)

	NBCOlympics.com - Athletes - Shizuka Arakawa (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		In the free skate, Arakawa showed her typically strong jumps along with improved presentation skills, and even earned a mark of 6.0 for technical merit (2004 was the last time that the old 6.0 scoring system was in place).
		Arakawa placed third at her Grand Prix events in China and France this fall (in both cases, she was second in the free skate) but narrowly missed earning a return trip to the Grand Prix Final.
		Arakawa started skating when she was 5 because she "wanted to wear the pretty costumes." She landed her first triple jump, a Salchow, at age 8.
	www.nbcolympics.com /athletes/5072356/detail.html (820 words)

	mceskating.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Arakawa made her acting debut in June by playing a prosecutor in the Japanese TV drama "Shichinin no onna bengoshi" (Seven female lawyers).
		Arakawa was locked in the closest Olympic women's finals competition in recent memory.
		Most remarkable during Arakawa's path to her Olympic gold medal, was she also graduated from the prestigious Waseda University in Tokyo.
	www.michaelcollinsenterprises.com /bioshizuka.shtml (524 words)

	Japanese figure skater Shizuka Arakawa wins Olympic gold
		Japanese figure skater Shizuka Arakawa amazed favourites Sasha Cohen and Irina Slutskaya by winning Olympic gold as she climbed from third to first on a night her main opponents failed to impress at the Palavela skating rink.
		Shizuka Arakawa ‘s total of 191.34 left her a massive 7.98 points clear of her rivals and earned the Japanese side their first medal of the Turin Games.
		Shizuka Arakawa said the gold medal had proved she was right sticking with the sport, after her 2004 performance had left her on the verge of retiring from skating.
	www.girlstalksports.com /Winter-Sports/Skating/Japanese-figure-skater-Shizuka-Arakawa-wins-Olympic-gold-20060224743 (426 words)

	A Night of Nerves Is Settled on a Turn of Elegance - New York Times
		Shizuka Arakawa of Japan won the figure skating gold medal with a strong performance in her long program.
		It was only Japan's Shizuka Arakawa who did not struggle, despite being counted on to win her country's first medal at these Olympics, and she gently plucked the gold from their grasp Thursday night.
		Arakawa also did not have to battle perhaps her toughest competitor, Mao Asada, who is Japan's top skater but, at 15, was a few months too young to compete in the Olympics.
	www.nytimes.com /2006/02/24/sports/olympics/24skate.html?ex=1298437200&en=7eccc04dddd31e3c&ei=5090&partner=rssuserland&emc=rss (1231 words)

	SENDAI New
		ARAKAWA Shizuka, in front of a Yamahoko (float) ready to participate in the Sendai Aoba Matsuri Festival parade in May. The festival has a long history, beginning with the Sendai Matsuri Festival that began in 1655.
		She succeeded in performing a triple jump for the first time when she was in elementary school and won three consecutive All Japan Junior Championship Tournament titles from 1994, earning a reputation as a child prodigy.
		ARAKAWA Shizuka talks about her in a polite, gentle and intellectual manner.
	www.city.sendai.jp /soumu/kouhou/s-new-e3/report_2.html (370 words)

	BBC SPORT \| Other Sport... \| Winter Olympics \| Arakawa wins figure skating gold
		Arakawa's total of 191.34 left her a huge 7.98 points clear of her more illustrious rivals and earned the Japanese team their first medal of the Turin Games.
		It was a stunning return to form for Arakawa, who could only finish ninth at last year's world championship when defending the title she won in 2004.
		Arakawa said the gold medal had vindicated her decision to stick with the sport, with her 2004 form leaving her on the verge of giving up.
	news.bbc.co.uk /sport1/hi/other_sports/winter_sports/4738110.stm (442 words)

	NOEL KINGSLEY - Shizuka Arakawa... Balance
		Shizuka Arakawa I was lucky enough last night to see Shizuka Arakawa win the Gold in the Olympics Women's Figure Skating, pushing America's Sasha Cohen into second place.
		I was lucky enough last night to see Shizuka Arakawa win the Gold in the Olympics Women's Figure Skating, pushing America's Sasha Cohen into second place.
		Shizuka Arakawa was probably born with skates on so it all comes naturally.
	www.noelkingsley.com /blog/archives/2006/02/shizuka_arakawa.html (305 words)

	News \| TimesDaily.com \| TimesDaily \| Florence, AL (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Shizuka Arakawa (è’å· éé¦ Arakawa Shizuka, born December 29, 1981) is a Japanese figure skater who won the gold medal at the 2006 Winter Olympics in the Ladies Singles event in Turin, Italy on February 23 2006, and the 2004 World Figure Skating Championship.
		Arakawa's victory came in the first Winter Olympics to utilize a new judging system that has scrapped the traditional 6.0 mark for a cumulative points system that supposedly favors complete skaters over phenomenal jumpers.
		Arakawa said the Olympic gold medal had vindicated her decision to stick with the sport, with her 2004 from leaving her on the verge of giving up.
	www.timesdaily.com /apps/pbcs.dll/section?category=NEWS&template=wiki&text=Shizuka_Arakawa (2080 words)

	Kansas City Star \| 02/24/2006 \| Medal speaks for itself (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Arakawa was born in Sendai, Japan, and her residence is listed as Miyagi.
		Thursday, she wore a dress that was dark blue and light blue, and at 5 feet 6, she’s one of the taller skaters and is quite elegant on the ice.
		Arakawa and fourth-place finisher Fumie Suguri, 25, are not likely to be back for the next Olympics, but Asada might be the top skater in the world then.
	www.kansascity.com /mld/kansascity/sports/13947581.htm (675 words)

	Shizuka Arakawa News (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Figure skater Shizuka Arakawa, the women's gold medalist at the 2006 Turin Olympics, and Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters manager Trey Hillman have been selected as the top Japanese and foreign sports figures for...
		Shizuka Arakawa victory: opinions on the athlete and women.
		Shizuka Arakawa took the gold medal at the Turin Winter Olympics, and Japan now has five skaters in the...
	www.topix.net /skating/shizuka-arakawa (674 words)

	USATODAY.com - Japan's Arakawa wins women's skating title; Cohen, Kwan fall short (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Arakawa skated a technically bold program packed with difficult jumps to overtake Cohen, who was poised to win her first world title entering the free skate.
		Shizuka Arakawa left no doubt with her strong performance in the long program.
		Arakawa, ranked third in Japan, came to this event as an outsider after finishing eighth in last year's worlds.
	www.usatoday.com /sports/olympics/winter/2004-03-27-womens-skating_x.htm (752 words)

	Shizuka Arakawa - Figure Skating News
		For Japan's Shizuka Arakawa, the 2002-2003 season was a long one.
		Arakawa is also the only Japanese skater to win the junior title for three consecutive years from 1996 through 1998.
		Arakawa landed her first triple, a salchow, when she was eight, but her favorite jump is the toe loop.
	www.goldenskate.com /articles/2003/083003.shtml (573 words)

	INTERNATIONAL OLYMPIC COMMITTEE - ATHLETES
		At the age of five, Shizuka Arakawa went to skating school.
		In 1998 in Nagano, Shizuka Arakawa participated for the first time in the Olympic Games, at the tender age of 16.
		In spite of this, Shizuka Arakawa was successful in other championships, such as the Four Continents and NHK Trophy.
	www.olympic.org /uk/athletes/profiles/bio_uk.asp?heros=96540 (369 words)

	ABC News: Leaders Tumble, and Arakawa Wins Gold (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Shizuka Arakawa, of Japan, skates with her gold medal after winning the Women's Free Skate in Turin, Italy during the Turin 2006 Winter Olympic Games on Thursday, Feb. 23, 2006.
		After the three were separated by a mere.71 points in the short program, Arakawa won the first figure skating gold ever for Japan by nearly eight points.
		Emotionless for most of her four-minute routine, Arakawa broke into a smile that only got bigger when the scores were flashed.
	abcnews.go.com /Sports/wireStory?id=1655388 (369 words)

	'Showbiz' Shizuka Arakawa's jet-setting lifestyle puts pinch on family - MSN-Mainichi Daily News (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		"Showbiz" Shizuka Arakawa, Japan's only medalist in the Turin Winter Olympics this year, is now making gold from center stage to match the medal she picked up on the ice, but her incredible success she's enjoying is putting a strain on her family, according to Josei Jishin (8/1).
		Arakawa had been heavily into ice skating since she was a little girl, but now the 24-year-old Olympic champion is flourishing, the parents who supported her throughout her career are feeling a little left out, the women's weekly says.
		Arakawa has joined the Champions on Ice pro skating tour in the U.S., which kept her booked as she traveled around from June 24.
	mdn.mainichi-msn.co.jp /waiwai/face/archive/news/2006/20060721p2g00m0dm011000c.html (769 words)

	SignOnSanDiego.com > Sports -- Japan's Arakawa win's ladies title
		Shizuka Arakawa of Japan performs during the Ladies Free Skating at the World Figure Skating Championships in Dortmund, western Germany, Saturday.
		Arakawa skated a technically bold program packed with difficult jumps to overtake Cohen, who was poised to win her first world title going into the free skate.
		Arakawa won by executing seven triple jumps, including a combination none of her rivals attempted.
	www.signonsandiego.com /sports/20040327-0809-fig-worldchampionships.html (162 words)

	CNN.com - Arakawa wins historic skating gold - Feb 23, 2006
		TORINO, Italy -- Shizuka Arakawa glided into the record books when she captured Japan's first ever Olympic figure skating gold with victory in the women's event, knocking favorite Irina Slutskaya into third.
		At the end as the crowd cheered, Arakawa bowed her head with her hand on her chest, a far cry from the air punches that usually go with a spectacular performance.
		Arakawa's victory prevented Slutskaya's attempt to become the first Russian to win the discipline and also stopped her country's predicted sweep of all four figure skating titles.
	edition.cnn.com /2006/SPORT/02/23/olympics.skating (514 words)

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		"Arakawa is the first person to perform that combination [triple toe-triple toe-double toe] cleanly in competition, and only the second woman to have ever performed a triple-triple-double combination." -- Golden Skate on 2002 Four Continents
		"Arakawa skated a technically bold program packed with difficult jumps to overtake (Sasha) Cohen, who was poised to win her first world title entering the free skate.
		I don't mean to say that it happened only because I began coaching her.
	simplyshizuka.figuristka.org /quote/index.php?id=all (1015 words)

	++ the approved fanlisting for shizuka arakawa ++ (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Shizuka is a dynamic figure skater representing Japan.
		Disclaimer: This site is in no way affiliated with Shizuka Arakawa or anyone affiliated with her.
		I do not know Shizuka nor do I know how to contact her.
	fan.tahlmorra.net /shizuka (160 words)

	Gold Medal Win by Shizuka Arakawa at Torino Winter Olympics Signals Women's Equality in Japan - Associated Content
		For 24 year old Shizuka Arakawa there was no disapproving buzz from the Torino audience, no merely polite clapping as she took her place on the medal stand.
		Japan’s Shizuka Arakawa, who had dropped to ninth at the World Championship of Ladies’ Figure Skating last year, had wondered if her brightest moment was having won the title in 2004.
		And Shizuka determined to go that direction, that is to please people instead of simply pursuing points.
	www.associatedcontent.com /article/22830/gold_medal_win_by_shizuka_arakawa_at.html (665 words)

	Celebopedia - Shizuka Arakawa
		Shizuka Arakawa is a Japanese female figure skater famous for a second place finish at the 2003 Four Continents and the 2005 Grand Prix Finals.
		Shizuka competed in the Olympic Games in Nagano in 1998 at the age of 14.
		This site is not endorsed by Shizuka Arakawa or any organization Shizuka Arakawa is, was or will be associated with.
	www.celebopedia.com /shizuka-arakawa (199 words)

	Sports (Shizuka Arakawa) / Moment - Beautiful skating
		You actually get to see her facial expressions when she is doing spins and jumps, which is not something you would normally get to see.
		If you are a skating fan more than a Shizuka fan then this might not be for you, but if you are a Shizuka fan then this is really worth getting.
		Shizuka Arakawa Calendar 2007 (Try-X Ltd.) / Shizuka Arakawa
	www.cdjapan.co.jp /(mint,one_line)/detailview.html?KEY=PCBG-11882 (242 words)

	Yoshie Onda and Shizuka Arakawa - Sasha Fans Forum
		There was definitely improvement in Shizuka's skating after her time with Richard and I hope the partnership continues.
		I was just saying that IF Shizuka was going to work full-time with TT (I can't read the article and it may not be reliable, but IF), then I would wonder about the situation with her and Sasha - why they split, the REAL reason.
		I am surprised about why Shizuka left Richard in the first place...she was having a stellar season so far, and her artistry was improving tremendously.
	www.sashafans.com /forum/showthread.php?t=7337 (1178 words)

	Shizuka Arakawa (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		This is where you will find trivial information about Shizuka Arakawa.
		This is where you will find photos of Shizuka Arakawa.
		This is where you will find competition results of Shizuka Arakawa.
	www.pixieworld.net /indexsk8.php?sk8=shizarak (32 words)

	Champions on Ice: Skaters: Shizuka Arakawa
		We are thrilled that Shizuka has joined our tour!
		The current Olympic gold medalist and world champion took the skating world by surprise with her riveting performance and first place finish at the Olympic Winter Games in Torino this year.
		Shizuka became the first Japanese to ever win an Olympic gold medal in figure skating.
	www.championsonice.com /skaters/bio.php?useid=72 (68 words)

	Shizuka Arakawa -the 2006 Olympic Games(Turandot) · Stage6 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Shizuka Arakawa -the 2006 Olympic Games(Turandot) · Stage6
		Posted Sat Oct 28 04:49:56 +0000 2006 This is a wonderful quality production of Arakawa's gold medal performance at the 2006 Olympics in Turin.
		Her lovely quality and grace has made me a fan not only of Arakawa but also of figure skating.
	stage6.divx.com /members/62950/videos/1005320 (77 words)

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