It's not often in life that you get a second chance after squandering a golden opportunity.
For Daisuke Takahashi, the bronze medalist at the Vancouver Games, it comes this week at the world championships in Turin, Italy. Two years ago, in Goteborg, Sweden, the Okayama native was the No. 1-ranked skater on the planet and the favorite to win his first world title.
But problems with his boots and a lack of poise under pressure conspired to see Takahashi somehow not even make the podium (he finished fourth).