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sad, miura popped the 4s

Yuzu posted on Instagram! He looks great! Why does he look like a teenager? Yuzu's Instagram post: https://www.instagram.com/p/DUlM59DD1TH/?igsh=NTc4MTIwNjQ2YQ%3D%3D

Source It's obvious who Ubutan's great idol is.

yes it's cool to see some familiar faces. i guess the men really have longer careers than the women

Right? Went to take a peak into this Olympic and bring back nice memories seeing some familiar faces. However it's almost 4am here. Only Yuzu can make me be 100% zombie. I have to stop here and be half zombie tomorrow (well later).

ty, i literally haven't watched skating since 2022!! time flies

haven't been following the sport for a while but I recall Junhwan left during Covid time and chose to stay in Korea thereafter

I'm watching the men's SP now! Oh I guess Cha is not with Brian now #outoftheloop

Let's chat here! https://planethanyu.com/topic/4811-2025-2026-competitions-isu-events-and-olympics-milan/

So, as I was saying, WTF, ice dance?!

copying to this thread since we need to keep Olympuc chat seperate from Yuzu chat

I wasn't the one who started the Olympic discussion in this thread, but sure. Find further Olympic discussion here: https://planethanyu.com/forum/115-2024-2025-isu-events/

Exactly@rockstaryuzu Even as a French person, I think Shock and Bates were well highlighted (given the coaches' reactions...). I really struggle to support LBF and GC (even though they're excellent dancers) : they both have scandals! (I've read articles about it.) Also, if you have Netflix, there's a documentary I watched (dubbed in French) : Ice Dancing : The Brilliance of Gold, featuring 3 couples: PG and PP / MC and EB / LBF and GC... YES@ZuCritter Good idea for a special 2026 Olympic Games space.

May I humbly suggest that an Olympics thread may be in order? Just to keep the angst out of this one, where I think many of us come for an angst-free place to celebrate Yuzu and his accomplishments.

Regarding the Olympics today: What. The. . were those rhythm dance scores?!Are we seeing another Salt Lake 2002 judging scandal in the making?! seriously, this is why no one watches skating any more!!!

Hello everyone. It's that time of the year when we all miss Yuzu a little more than usual. This is the first winter Olympics without Yuzu since 2014, and it feels more than a decade ago when I fell in love with a new superstar in Sochi... I can't believe it's been 4 years since Beijing! It was his last olympics but I had hope that he would comeback for a season or two, because he said in the press conference that he didn't rule out the next Olympics... Although we don't get to see him compete ever again, I am glad he is still skating in ice shows. I just wanted to rant about how much more I miss him during these winter Olympics.. the media hype around his airport arrival, the Twitter frenzy around his practices, the prayer circles on Twitter.. most of all I miss the fans and their energy during this time. Although we have Ilia, and I do like him, the fan community around him doesn't feel quite the same.. I will forever miss the days as a Yuzu fan especially during the golden era of 2014 ~ 2019. The year before Corona was still so entertaining for us, because he was doing all the grand prix events. I feel Corona kind of ruined the momentum of Yuzu's competitive career and it was sad to see his last competition end that way.. without the crowd and pooh bears. Figure skating will never be the same in my heart after 2019.

Concur, it was rather telling whilst watching the conclusion of the team event that the commentators, on the coverage that I'd been watching, had up until the Men's FS, been informative and truthful about the strengths of the various skaters and where they could improve and what they were doing well. The female commentator was very impressed by Shun's programme, she even speculated that Shun might get a higher score with the PCS, the male commentator ( 1980 Olys Men's single gold medallist ) answered a very flat "no" and did not elaborate, with a slightly defeated flat tone as if he already knew that the score would not be higher than Ilia and did not wish to say anything undiplomatic, characteristic of my home country's polite and understated style, but it tells you everything really.

Like others have said in this forum I've had mixed feelings about watching the Olympics this year and after watching the team event I'm reminded why I both love and loathe this sport... While I miss Yuzu I'm happy he's retired and moved on. Shun though skated lights out in the team event, he was SO GOOD and I'm so proud of him! It came down to the wire between Japan and the USA and honestly Japan should've won. Ilia was very bobbly and his program was very stilted, still seemed nervous. Him getting 200 versus Shun's 194 was insane. I figured they were going to give it to the US but Shun getting a while 6 points lower than Ilia was too much of a gap. It's a shame because I am getting a bit warmer on Ilia, he seems more mature than in the past. Unfortunately the terrible judging, plus the media circus reinforcing the whole QuadGod thing (not to mention his FP includes his own voiceover) makes me just cringe... I'm rooting for Yuma and Shun in the individual but not optimistic on their gold chances

It's the 9th here, so the time to celebrate Yuzu winning 4CC in 2020 and thereby becoming the one and only male skater to achieve the Career Grand Slam (something that will not be matched for many years, of ever)

*machine translation, inaccuracies exist* 2026.02.08 Source: https://www.asahi.com/articles/ASV1Z5T2JV1ZOXIE025M.html (paid article) “I was his earliest fan-chaser” - Sato Shun Following Yuzuru Hanyu’s path, and heading toward his next dream. There is a scene that male figure skater Shun Sato (Aim Service, Meiji University ) will never forget. JP text: