Great Olympic moments

When I think of the greatest Olympic moments, the female figure skating in2006 Winter Olympics crosses my mind because that was one of the most glorious unforgettable Olympic moments to Japan – Shizuka Arakawa, a Japanese figure skater, won the Olympics and brought a Gold medal to the country as the first Olympic champion of figure skating.

How she won the Olympics was dramatic. After the short program, she was in the third place behind tow competitors from America and Russia, Sasha Cohen and Irina Slutskaya. Less than a point separated the top three skaters. Although Cohen and Slutskaya were the heavy favorites for the gold medal, both fell during the long program. However, Arakawa skated a clean free-skate program with no falls and earned the highest 191.34 points. Finally, she became a gold medalist with a round of applause by the audiences. Arakawa's Olympic win was the first in the event for a Japanese skater. Her gold medal gave Japan its first and only medal of the 2006 Winter Olympics.

It is often said that Asian athletes are inferior to Western athletes in the field of sports, but this glorious event achieved by a Japanese skater proved that the belief was wrong. As I am Japanese, I’m proud of her achievement and this is the biggest reason why 2006 Winter Olympics is one of the greatest Olympic moments to me.