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KING KAZU. Kazuyoshi Miura (#11) scores a goal during a J-League
soccer match against Matsumoto Yamaga, in Yokohama, near Tokyo, in
this February 26, 2017 file photo. One of the longest careers in soccer
has been extended after 50-year-old striker Miura renewed his contract
with second-division J-League club Yokohama FC. Miura, who will turn
51 on February 26, is entering his 33rd season this year. (Yohei Fukai/
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YOKOHAMA,
Japan
(AP) — One of the longest
careers in soccer has been
extended after 50-year-old
striker Kazuyoshi Miura
renewed his contract with
second-division J-League
club Yokohama FC.
Miura, who will turn 51
on February 26, is entering
his 33rd season this year.
Miura played in 12
league games last year and
scored one goal, breaking
his own record as the
J-League’s oldest scorer.
Miura joined Yokohama
FC in 2005 and became the
oldest player to appear in a
professional match at the
age of 50 years and seven
days last March, catching
global media attention by
surpassing England legend
Stanley Matthews’ longevi-
ty record.
Nicknamed “King Kazu,”
Nathan Chen dazzles with five
quad jumps to win U.S. nationals
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tee considered his body of work when
deciding the three male skaters for the
Olympics in South Korea — Chen, Vincent
Zhou, and Adam Rippon.
“I’m very happy with tonight. I laid out a
five-quad program, which I haven’t been
able to do all season,” Chen said.
“Obviously I made a mistake on the axel
and I’ll have to address that at some point
back home. Ultimately, I’m very happy
with tonight and I think I really did my job
here.”
Zhou, another prodigious jumper, placed
third.
Crowd-pleasing Ross Miner skated a
near-flawless routine to a Queen medley
and had the SAP Center rocking and
clapping along. He pumped his right fist
after a double axel that made for a clean,
lighthearted program. The 26-year-old
Miner earned a standing ovation and
beamed while putting his hand to his heart
in appreciation. He scored 185.60 for a
274.51 total. He knew he had that
performance in him when it mattered
most. But Rippon ended up making the
Olympic team over Miner.
“I had one of the most fun nights I’ve
ever had on the ice,” Miner said. “That’s
what I do in training at home and it was
such a good feeling to put it out there at the
big game and show what I’m capable of.
That’s what I do all the time.”
Zhou, a 17-year-old rising star skating
in his hometown to “Moulin Rouge!”
attempted five quads and completed four
in his technically difficult program — one
quad was in combination with a triple —
for a score of 273.83.
The 2017 silver medallist at nationals,
Zhou calmed himself moments before he
began by shutting his eyes, then opening
them with a deep breath. He skated with
ease and confidence to nail his first four
quadruple jumps before falling on his quad
toe loop in the second half of his
performance. Some of his jumps looked
slightly under-rotated, and he lacked the
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finesse and pizzazz of someone like Jason
Brown or Rippon.
Rippon, second out of the short program
and chasing his first Olympics at age 28,
fell on his quad lutz but recovered. He then
popped his planned triple salchow and
triple lutz into singles for fourth place with
a score of 268.34.
He has worked tirelessly on his fitness in
the past year following a foot injury,
seeking to pull off the big jumps like the
youngsters. Skating a year to the day since
breaking his left foot while gearing up to
defend his 2016 national title.
“For what I did today I take full
responsibility,” Rippon said. “... On the
first quad lutz I kind of felt like I was losing
my right foot a little bit. And I let that
feeling get the best of me toward the end,
and just kind of felt like it was gone.”
Brown, a 2014 team bronze medallist at
the Sochi Olympics, finished sixth. He
went into Saturday third after a 93.23 in
the short program and finished at 253.68.
Brown shortened his quad toe loop
rotation to start his free skate and fell
before coming back strong with some
entertaining, graceful footwork.
Opening ceremonies for the Pyeong-
Chang Olympics take place February 9
and the games continue through February
25. To learn more, visit <www.olympic.org/
pyeongchang-2018>.
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My Turn: Prince Gomolvilas
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And all the while, he’s been a
hardworking playwright who started
writing The Brothers Paranormal in 2011
and kept the project alive with readings
and rewrites.
Theatre Diaspora has the honor to
workshop this award-winning Thai-
American playwright’s newest original
work during the entire week before the
opening show on January 19. Prince
Gomolvilas is also offering a free play-
writing workshop on January 20 from
11:00am to 1:00pm at Portland State
University’s Lincoln Hall, located at 1620
S.W. Park Avenue in Portland. Please join
the community in welcoming Prince
Gomolvilas, the only Thai-American play-
wright we know who works in professional
theatre today, to Portland this month.
To buy tickets to the show, or to register for
the free workshop, visit <www.brownpaper
tickets.com> or <www.theatrediaspora.org>.
