American ice skater who became a Japanese Olympic medalist

<p>Meet Tim Koleto, an American-born ice dancer who naturalized and took the silver medal for team Japan in Beijing in 2022 with his partner Misato Komatsubara. He sits down to talk to us about the sport of ice dancing, going to the Olympics, and what it&#39;s like to compete for Japan as a naturalized citizen.</p><p><br></p><p>--</p><p>0:00 Intro</p><p>0:50 First experience on ice</p><p>4:43 Difference ice sports</p><p>7:09 Interest in ice dancing</p><p>7:53 Beginning competition</p><p>13:43 Switching to pairs</p><p>16:10 The mechanics of skating</p><p>25:30 Finding a partner</p><p>28:44 You can compete for other countries?</p><p>33:38 Competing for Japan?</p><p>37:12 Working with Misato</p><p>42:02 Competing with team Japan</p><p>47:53 Marriage to partner</p><p>50:47 Going to the Olympics</p><p>58:07 Strategy for competing to judges</p><p>1:03:53 Silver medal performance</p><p>1:15:12 Delayed medal ceremony</p><p>1:18:54 Retiring from competition</p><p>1:26:01 Final words</p><p><br></p><p>--</p><p>Follow Tim: </p><p>https://www.instagram.com/timkoleto</p><p>https://www.tiktok.com/@timkoleto</p><p>https://x.com/timkoleto</p><p>https://www.twitch.tv/timkoleto</p><p><br></p><p>Follow us:</p><p>https://unpacking.jp/</p><p>https://www.instagram.com/unpacking_japan</p><p>https://www.tiktok.com/@unpackingjapan</p><p>https://www.facebook.com/unpackingjapan</p><p>https://www.youtube.com/@unpackingjapanshorts</p><p>https://www.x.com/unpacking_japan</p><p>https://creators.spotify.com/pod/profile/unpackingjapan</p><p><br></p><p>Subscribe for more in-depth discussions about life in Japan! </p><p><br></p><p>Interested in working at a global e-commerce company in Osaka? Our parent company ZenGroup is hiring! To learn more, check out https://careers.zen.group/en/</p>