ティモシー・コレトさんのインスタグラム写真 - (ティモシー・コレトInstagram)「皆様、重要なお知らせがあります！今日帰化を許可されました。日本国籍を取得出来た事をとても光栄に思っています。最初から今まで、辛い時も、幸せな時も自分達を応援して頂き、ありがとうございます。感謝の気持ちでいっぱいです。家族と先生たちとスポンサー様にも大きな感謝の気持ちを伝えたいです。自分の感情を言い表す適当な言葉が思い浮かびません。日本での練習に関しては、有川先生とキャシー先生とスポンサー様、連盟スタッフの皆様がいなかったらなんにも出来ませんでした。ありがとうございます。美里ちゃん💫、いつもありがとうございます🙏🏻 日本人選手としての生活で、頑張らなければいけないことが沢山あります。頑張ります。日本語に関しても、頑張ります。どうもありがとうございます。これからも宜しくお願い致します🙇🏻‍♂️ I'd wondered for years what this moment might feel like. What emotion might eclipse the rest? Joy? Relief? In a particularly rare moment, I find myself at a bit of a loss for words. For many years, the issue of nationality has been a constant worry in the back of my mind, at practices, competitions, silent moments looking out an airplane window, during a busy night out with our friends (God I miss those). A pressure always permeated my progression through the years, a deep fear that the underlying narrative of my career in sports would be determined by difficulties outside my control. A terrifying premonition that maybe I was good enough but came up just short of my goal because of my nationality. I am so honored and humbled to announce that as of today I am officially a Japanese citizen. I am also Olympic eligible for the first time since beginning my Ice Dance journey. I want to thank my beautiful wife and the brightest star in my sky, Misato, for all these years together. There's no one else I'd rather be on this journey with. I want to thank our coaches, from those that brought us together, to our fantastic and supportive coaching team in Montreal, to Rie and Cathy, who have held us together in moments when we thought everything might fall apart. Without the blessing and guidance of our IAM coaching team and the overwhelming support of Rie and Cathy and our sponsors here in Japan, we never would've been able to make our dreams come true. I cannot thank you enough. I will do my best to qualify for the Olympics and bring the best results possible back to my family, friends, coaches, and my country. Thank you so much.」11月19日 14時46分