Rena Inoue
Rena Inoue
Rena Inoueis a Japanese-born American pair skater. With partner John Baldwin, she is the 2004 and 2006 U.S. National Champion. Inoue previously competed for Japan as both a single skater and pair skater. Inoue and Baldwin are the first skaters to perform a throw triple axel in competition...
finally
I wanted to do something special, something no one else could do. We finally did it.
backward takes
It is more complicated because he takes off backward and I have to take off forward.
exactly felt worked
It felt fantastic, it worked out exactly how I pictured it.
fantastic felt
It felt fantastic, just what I wanted. It's a fantastic feeling.
until
You just keep working on it until you get it.
came definitely glad harder short stuff work
We're glad we came here. We got a lot of stuff out of this competition. We had some improvements in the short program. In the long, definitely the (U.S. championships) was a lot better, but we're just going to work harder when we get home.