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島田麻央しまだまお、GPで

18-year-old figure skater Mao Shimada won Skate Canada International (Kelowna, Nov 1) in her first-ever senior Grand Prix event with 235.44 points (SP 82.11, FS 153.33 incl. a triple axel), season world-best scores; she is the 4th Japanese woman to win on her GP debut after Rika Kihira, Rinka Watanabe and Ami Nakai, has now won 21 straight international events, and missed the Feb Milan-Cortina Olympics because of the age rule (Kyodo/Asahi, Chunichi, AP, Nov 2)

やさしい日本語

  1. の島田麻央しまだまおが、カナダでれたのでしました。

  2. （GP）にでしたのは、中井亜美なかいあみにて、のでです。

  3. 島田しまだは、でしています。

  4. のがあったので、のにはられませんでした。

In English

At Skate Canada International in Kelowna on Nov 1, 18-year-old Mao Shimada, a third-year high school student in Aichi, won the women's title in her very first senior Grand Prix event. She scored 235.44 points (short program 82.11, free skate 153.33, landing a triple axel), and her short, free and total were all the season's world-best scores. She is the fourth Japanese woman to win on her GP debut, after Rika Kihira, Rinka Watanabe and Ami Nakai. Saki Miyake was 4th. Shimada, a four-time world junior champion, has now won 21 international events in a row. She couldn't compete at February's Milan-Cortina Olympics because the skating union raised the senior age limit to 17, and she was 16 on the cutoff date (Kyodo via Asahi, Chunichi Sports, AP).

Phrases to steal

  • 優勝する

    to win (a championship / tournament)

    島田しまだがカナダのでしました。

  • 初出場

    first appearance / debut (in a competition)

    でするのは、すごいことです。

  • 〜連勝

    ~ wins in a row (winning streak)

    島田しまだはでしています。

Grammar

  • 〜に続いて

    following ~, after ~（中井（なかい）選手（せんしゅ）に続（つづ）いて4人目（よにんめ））

YOUR TURN

At lunch a coworker says, "島田麻央しまだまお、すごかったですね！" Agree, say you saw the news that she won in her first Grand Prix, that she's the 4th Japanese woman after Nakai, and that you heard she couldn't go to the Olympics because of the age rule. Use する, , 〜にて, and られなかったです.

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