TOKYO (AP)—Olympic bronze medalist Joannie Rochette of Canada will return tothe ice in Japan this week end with the brand new module profitable reverence to her latemother.
Rochette is in Tokyo to take partial in the Stars upon Ice debate along with worldchampions Daisuke Takahashi as well as Mao Asada of Japan, as well as compatriot KurtBrowning.
Rochette, who won her bronze in Vancouver 4 days after her 55-year-oldmother, Therese, died of the heart attack, will be skating to the Evanescence song“My Immortal.”
“I regularly liked this song,” Rochette pronounced Thursday. “I wanted to dosomething for my mother this year upon debate as well as this strain is for her.”
The 24-year-old Rochette sat out the World Figure Skating Championships inTurin, Italy, last month, saying she wasn’t rebuilt emotionally or physicallyto compete.
Rochette’s inspirational performance at the Olympics placed her third behindSouth Korea’s Kim Yu-na as well as Asada. She afterwards carried the Canadian dwindle at theclosing ceremony.
She pronounced the Stars upon Ice debate will help her cope with her loss.
“To correlate with alternative skaters is regularly fun for the singles skater,”Rochette said. “It has been difficult lately though to be behind upon the ice is good forme. we enjoy performing as well as just want to skate for the adore of it.”
As for rival skating, Rochette pronounced she will take the little time off toconsider her future.
“I will go home after this, take the vacation as well as afterwards get behind upon the iceand see how we feel,” Rochette said. “After the break we will be able to make adecision, though for right away we don’t know.”
Other skaters taki! ng parti al in the event include Jeffery Buttle, Turin goldmedalist Shizuka Arakawa as well as junior universe hold up Kanako Murakami.
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