by Jack Gallagher
Brian Boitano explained the joy of the experience: “I really like working with elite skaters and giving them little secrets that make a big difference.”
SAN JOSE, California ― Former Olympic champion Brian Boitano came away from his recent five-day intensive training camp with skaters from the Kinoshita Group thoroughly impressed.
The American, who won the gold at the 1988 Calgary Games, was clearly stunned by the group that he worked with in Kyoto, which included two-time world junior champion Mao Shimada, plus world competitors Mone Chiba and Hana Yoshida.
“They were the most talented group of skaters I have ever seen in one ice rink,” Boitano declared on the phone in an exclusive interview with Ice Time during the week of April 21-27. “All of them were so good. They were all the way from 12 years old until 24. Even the pairs skaters, like Sumitada Moriguchi, were jumping at a single skater level. It was amazing.”
Boitano detailed for Ice Time just how his trip to Kansai came about.
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