Takahashi to Retire

Japanese champion and 2010 Olympic bronze medalist Daisuke Takahashi has announced his retirement from competitive figure skating. He's one of the most famous athletes in Japan.

Despite two recent scandals—one involving alleged sexual harassment by a Japanese sports official and the other involving a dispute over who wrote the music he skated to in Sochi—the 28-year-old is in the books as one of the more talented skaters to hit the ice in the new century. One Olympic medal, one World championship and five Japanese championships...not a bad haul!

He is a tremendous skater. Hope he goes on to a great future off the ice.