Timothy LeDuc

**Timothy LeDuc** (an haife shi a watan Mayu 4, 1990) ɗan wasan skater na Amurka ne mai ritaya. Tare da abokin aikinsu na kankara, Ashley Cain, su ne zakaran kasa na Amurka sau biyu (2019, 2022), 2018 Four Continents, wanda ya lashe lambar yabo ta Grand Prix sau biyu. Su ne 'yan wasan tseren leƙen asiri na farko a fili da suka sami nasarar lashe kambun nau'i-nau'i a gasar cin kofin Amurka kuma ɗan wasa na farko a fili wanda ba na binary ya cancanci shiga gasar Olympics ta lokacin sanyi.

## Rayuwa ta sirri
An haifi Timothy LeDuc ranar 4 ga Mayu, 1990, a Cedar Rapids, Iowa . Lokacin da suka fara fitowa a matsayin ɗan luwaɗi sa’ad da suke shekara 18, ’yan’uwa Kiristoci sun yi ƙoƙari su daidaita su ta hanyar jiyya, wanda LeDuc ya ƙi. Bayan sun fito a matsayin ba binary, daga baya danginsu sun zo yarda da sunan su; LeDuc ya ce, "Yanzu iyayena suna tafiya tare da ni a cikin zanga-zangar Trans Pride da kuma cikin jerin girman kai ." 

LeDuc ya zama mai sha'awar wasan ƙwallon ƙafa bayan kallon wasannin Olympics na 2002 kuma ya fara ɗaukar darussan wasan tsere ta hanyar shirin Koyi don Skate.  LeDuc ita ce dan wasan tseren leƙen asiri na ɗan luwaɗi na farko da ya fara lashe kambun nau'i-nau'i a Gasar Cin Kofin Amurka.  LeDuc ba binary ba ne, kuma ya fara amfani da su/su karin magana a cikin 2021.  

## Sana'a

### Gudun kankara guda ɗaya
LeDuc sun fara koyan wasan kankara tun suna ɗan shekara 12 kuma sun fara darussa na sirri bayan shekaru biyu.  Sun sanya matsayi na 7 a rukunin maza na novice a gasar cin kofin Amurka ta 2008 . 

### Abokan hulɗa na farko
Yin gasa cikin nau'i-nau'i masu novice, LeDuc ya sanya na goma tare da Lauren Gifford a Gasar Cin Kofin Amurka ta 2010 .

Tare da Cassie Andrews, sun ci lambar ƙaramin tagulla a Gasar Cin Kofin Amurka ta 2011 kuma sun ƙare a matsayi na tara a Gasar Kananan Yara na Duniya na 2011 a Gangneung, Koriya ta Kudu. Tafiya zuwa babban matakin a kakar wasa ta gaba, sun sanya na goma sha ɗaya a Gasar Cin Kofin Amurka ta 2012 .

LeDuc ya haɗu tare da DeeDee Leng a cikin Yuni 2012.  Bayan sun sanya matsayi na tara a Gasar Cin Kofin Amurka ta 2013, an tura su gasar cin kofin kalubale na kasa da kasa, inda suka kare a matsayi na biyar. A kakar wasa ta gaba, biyun sun sanya matsayi na shida a gasar cin kofin duniya ta Nice na 2013 da na bakwai a gasar cin kofin Amurka ta 2014 . Bayan haɗin gwiwar su ya ƙare a cikin 2014, LeDuc ya yi wasa tare da 'yar'uwarsu har tsawon shekaru biyu a cikin nunin kankara na Willy Bietak akan jiragen ruwa na Royal Caribbean.  Bayan kammala kwangilar su a watan Maris 2016, sun yanke shawarar komawa gasa. 

Bayan shawara daga Mitch Moyer na Amurka Figure Skating, LeDuc yayi kokari tare da Ashley Cain a watan Mayu 2016.   A ranar 23 ga Mayu, 2016, sun tabbatar da aniyarsu ta yin takara tare.   Mahaifinta, Peter Cain ne ya horar da ma'auratan a Euless, Texas . 

#### 2016-17 kakar

Kayinu/LeDuc sun sami jerin ayyuka na Kalubale guda uku a cikin kakar 2016–2017. Bayan sanya na hudu a 2016 Nebelhorn Trophy da 2016 Finlandia Trophy, an ba su lambar yabo ta tagulla a 2016 Golden Spin na Zagreb, inda suka haɓaka karkatar su daga sau biyu zuwa sau uku. Kayinu ya ce, "Mun fara juya shi kwanaki kafin mu tafi wannan gasar."  A Gasar Skating Hoto na Amurka na 2017, sun sanya na uku. Sun sanya matsayi na tara a Gasar Cin Kofin Nahiyoyi Hudu na 2017 .

#### 2017-18 kakar
Kayinu/LeDuc ya fara kakar 2017-2018 tare da kammala matsayi na hudu a 2017 Lombardia Trophy a tsakiyar Satumba. Sun sanya na bakwai a 2017 Nebelhorn Trophy a ƙarshen Satumba. A taronsu na Grand Prix na farko, gasar cin kofin kasar Sin ta 2017, sun sanya matsayi na shida. Sun sanya na uku a Gasar Skating Hoto na Amurka na 2018 . Sun sanya na biyu a Gasar Cin Kofin Hoto na Nahiyoyi Hudu na 2018 kuma sun sami lambar yabo ta farko a babban Gasar ISU. 

#### 2018-19 kakar
A 2018 US International Figure Skating Classic, Kayinu/LeDuc ya sanya gabaɗaya gabaɗaya tare da maki na 173.05. Sun sanya farko gabaɗaya a 2018 Ondrej Nepela Trophy ], tare da maki na 181.56. A taronsu na farko na Grand Prix na kakar, 2018 Skate America, sun sanya na uku gabaɗaya tare da maki 175.05. A gasar cin kofin Rostelecom ta 2018, Kayinu/LeDuc ya sanya na shida da maki 170.29.

Bayan Grand Prix, Kayinu/LeDuc ya fafata a wani taron kalubale na uku, Golden Spin na Zagreb . Na biyu bayan ɗan gajeren shirin, su biyun sun sanya na biyar a cikin skate kyauta bayan faɗuwar biyu. Faɗuwar ta biyu ta haɗa da jefar da Kayinu a kai yayin da yake fitowa daga ɗagawa, da alama an buga shi a sume a takaice, kafin ya tashi ya kammala shirin. Daga baya aka kai ta asibiti. An samu cece-kuce tsakanin masu sharhi kan cewa alkalin wasan bai dakatar da wasan ba.   Daga baya aka gano Kayinu yana da maƙarƙashiya.

A Gasar Cin Kofin Amurka ta 2019, Kayinu/LeDuc sun sami taken farko na biyu na Amurka bayan sun sanya na biyu a cikin gajeren shirin kuma na farko a cikin skate kyauta. Da yake magana bayan haka, LeDuc ya yaba da farfadowar Kayinu, yana mai cewa "kamar gina katanga ne, bulo daya a lokaci guda. Yana da ban sha'awa sosai a gare ni na kalli yadda ta tura ta wannan kuma ta ba ni ƙarfi. Kullum muna ƙoƙari mu ci gaba a matsayin ƙungiya, kuma a wannan kakar, mun ɗauki shi sosai, kuma muna son haɓaka shi."  A matsayin zakara na kasa, an ba Kayinu/LeDuc damar yin gasa a Gasar Cin Kofin Nahiyoyi Hudu na 2019 a farkon Fabrairu kuma a matsayin tawaga ta Amurka tilo a Gasar Cin Kofin Duniya na 2019 a Saitama, Japan .

Kayinu/LeDuc ya gama na huɗu a Gasar Cin Kofin Nahiyoyi huɗu, mafi girman matsayi ga ƙungiyar Amurka, bayan ya gama na huɗu a duka sassan biyu. Kayinu ya yi fama a cikin zaman horo tun da farko kuma ya ji bushewa, amma ta murmure kuma ta ce ta gamsu da yadda suka yi. 

A Gasar Cin Kofin Duniya, na farko, Kayinu/LeDuc, ya zama na tara. LeDuc ya bayyana kakar wasa a matsayin "wasan motsa jiki", idan aka yi la'akari da batutuwan da suka ji rauni, yayin da Kayinu ya nuna jin dadinsa da samun matsayi na biyu na Amurka a gasar cin kofin duniya na shekara mai zuwa.   Kayinu/LeDuc sun kammala kakar wasan su a matsayin wani ɓangare na ƙungiyar da ta lashe lambar zinare a Amurka a Gasar Ƙwallon Ƙasa ta Duniya ta 2019 . 

Kayinu / LeDuc ya fara kakar wasa a 2019 CS US Classic, inda suka ci zinare, inda suka ci nasara a gasar zinare ta duniya Evgenia Tarasova / Vladimir Morozov . An ɗauke su ɗaya daga cikin waɗanda aka fi so don lambar zinare a aikinsu na farko na Grand Prix na shekara, 2019 Skate America .  Sun sanya na uku a cikin gajeren shirin bayan Kayinu ya fadi a kan jefa Lutz sau uku.  A cikin skate ɗin kyauta, sun yi jifa na biyu na Lutz, da kuma yunkurin tsalle-tsalle na gefe-da-gefe da kuma zubar da ciki, wanda ya jefa su zuwa matsayi na biyar gaba ɗaya.  A Grand Prix na biyu, 2019 Internationaux de France, Kayinu ya sake fadi a kan jefa Lutz a cikin gajeren shirin, ya sanya su na hudu bayan wannan bangare.  A ƙarshe sun sami nasarar jefa Lutz a cikin skate na kyauta amma sun kasance a matsayi na huɗu gabaɗaya bayan Kayinu ya faɗi a gefe-da-gefe uku ƙoƙarin Salchow. 

Gasar a Gasar Cin Kofin Amurka ta 2020, Kayinu/LeDuc sun kasance na huɗu a cikin ɗan gajeren shirin bayan da ta yi ƙafar ƙafa biyu na jifa Lutz kuma kuskure ya haifar da ɓarna gaba ɗaya.  Yin gwagwarmaya tare da ingancin abubuwa a cikin skate kyauta, sun kasance a matsayi na hudu gabaɗaya, suna samun lambar yabo ta pewter. LeDuc ya ce, "Ba a cikin katunan mana a yau. 

Duk da matsayinsu na hudu a gasar zakarun kasar, an ba Kayinu/LeDuc damar shiga gasar cin kofin duniya a Montreal, amma an soke wadannan sakamakon cutar amai da gudawa . 

#### 2020-21 kakar
An sanya Kayinu / LeDuc don fara kakar wasa a 2020 Skate America, wanda, saboda sha'awar ISU don rage tafiye-tafiye na kasa da kasa yayin bala'in, horar da skaters kawai ya halarta a Amurka.  Sun sanya na huɗu a cikin ɗan gajeren shirin bayan dukansu sun yi watsi da tsalle-tsalle kuma Kayinu ya kafa ƙafa biyu ƙasar jefa Lutz.  Sun kasance na uku a cikin skate kyauta, amma sun kasance a matsayi na hudu gaba ɗaya. 

Gasar gaba a Gasar Cin Kofin Amurka ta 2021, wanda kuma aka gudanar a Las Vegas, sun sanya na hudu a cikin gajeren shirin bayan Kayinu-Gribble ya fadi a kan yunkurinta na tsalle-tsalle kuma ya sake hawa biyu da jefa Lutz saukowa.  Na biyu a cikin skate kyauta, sun tashi zuwa matsayin lambar tagulla gabaɗaya.  An nada su a matsayin farkon wadanda za su maye gurbin kungiyar ta duniya ta 2021 kuma daga baya aka kira su bayan janyewar wadanda suka samu lambar azurfa Calalang / Johnson .  Sun sanya matsayi na tara a gasar cin kofin duniya. 

#### 2021-22 kakar

Shirye-shiryen biyun na gasar Olympics ya sami cikas da Kayinu ya ba da kwangilar COVID-19 a ƙarshen lokacin rani, sakamakon hakan sun janye daga shirinsu na farko a gasar cin kofin Cranberry ta Skating Club na Boston . Madadin haka, sun fara fitowa ne a jerin Challenger a 2021 CS Autumn Classic International, inda suka ci lambar tagulla.  A taronsu na Challenger na biyu, 2021 CS Finlandia Trophy, sun ci lambar tagulla ta biyu, inda suka doke Calalang / Johnson da kyar.

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