justmeonline:

the reason I love Shoma Uno so much is because everyone else in the sport is a top athlete in everything they do, down to the way they think. They train in big rinks with coaches who used to win the big titles themselves when they were younger. They complete their interviews and photoshoots and press conferences with the same confidence and poise that they display on the ice.

And then there’s Shoma.

Still in the same corner of Japan he was born in, in the same rink and with the same coach he had when he started skating at age 5. Spending his nights gaming and then missing buses to olympic events because he overslept. Profoundly uncomfortable with any kind of public attention. 

Shoma “yeah I skate sometimes in my free time… oh wait was that the Olympics I just came second at? oh well that happens sometimes, now can you turn that camera off I’d like to sleep” Uno.

What a man.