Mastyaeva

Now it's my turn to regret drinking while reading the forum.

He does it even without looking at her. Superpower of evil overlord control. I only can't imagine what kind of evil overlord can be dressed up like this. Lestat?

We just need to focus on Yuzu's face during some official ceremonies. This is not difficult (memelord). Then will enjoy what he wears in practices and competitions.

Her coach also said they would wait a couple of days to give Anna time to recover after the flight and unsuccessful skate. Then they will think about the treatment. Also, she said medical examination before the season didn't show any serious problems, but from the very beginning they had to reduce the intensity of the FP practices, because the pain in Anna's back appeared constantly (although everything was ok while training her SP). Her coach thinks, the result we saw was because of this necessity to reduce the training of the LP: Anna was ready only to do the first 4 jumps in her FP. Basically, she partly said it already in the K&C.

You was not alone doing it. Finally, it was me who said that I wished this performance to never end. And I'm not taking back my words.

Come on, Robin, only 4 exhibition numbers more?

No, no, no. It's ok, don't think like this. There can't be any connection. But it's such a difficult season. Yuzu needs all his fans and you too. Let's just watch it together and send him our positive energy.

I'm with you. I keep saying I need a time machine: first, to go to the future and check that everything will be ok, then to come back and enjoy the performance. Because I never watch it normally in the real time. I promise myself every time that I will enjoy the whole routine now, especially if I watch it live, in the arena, because it's now when I have a rare chance to see a real beauty, but it doesn't help. I always have only some smashed dispersing image of the performance I saw with my own eyes and need to rewatch it using the recordings.

The difference for me: Nathan jumps. Me: Difficult, solid. This boy does his job in a good way. Yuzu jumps. Me: *not thinking, just enjoying".

Also spins and charisma!

Well, he said that Yuzu was number one for him, but he needed time. https://youtu.be/Uy8MLBAT_yA Maybe you will be able to hear it there, he speaks English.

No way. He rooted for Yuzu openly before Sochi. It's ok.

Ok, guys, ISU is in real trouble now: even my mom is super angry about 4loop story and she is in charge of many hot pots and pans with boiling oil. They better behave.

All this sadly reminds me what TAT liked to say when she was an active coach: we have to be head and shoulders above all the time to make judges give us this victory.

Just read one more Russian interview. TAT this time. She was asked about Skate Canada. And in the part about Shoma she mentioned Yuzu In the beginning TAT tells that she is "irreversible in love" with Shoma Interviewer: Even though, his appearance is far from the ideal figure skater? (Pardon me, we have a convention about an ideal figure skater appearance? Did I miss a new ISU rule? ) TAT: And what? (Here some praises to Shoma's energy)... You are right, his appearance isn't ideal. If Yuzuru Hanyu is ideal in all respects, from Shoma you don't expect beauty and refinement... Poor Shoma: his height is still a problem (fortunately, not for judges). Well, I will be busy from tomorrow, so there is a small hope I will stop getting excited after any mention of Yuzu I see. or not

I can't. I saw him falling in Chopin live. I felt like my heart stoped for a second. I need to see him being the first and happy to recover.

Guilty pleasure (because of the silver ; I wish I could forget about the results and just enough).

He spreads around himself a special, overwhelming energy. The effect of a powerful presence. He is absorbed in himself, but at the same time he observes everyone and you just feel his determination. I felt it from the very top of the arena. I'm afraid to imagine how the athletes on the ice should have felt.

One more watch as a present after CoR (never enough). From SEIKO this time.

The parts about Yuzu from the Aliev's interview after CoR. https://rsport.ria.ru/interview/20171027/1127820701.html Okay, guys, this is my first translation experience. I'm not sure if everything is correct, but I tried to be as close to the text as possible (sometimes even to the detriment of the beauty of the translation). My interventions are marked in italics. J - journalist, A - Aliev In the beginning Aliev speaks about his injury (foot swelling, probably because of the new boots and also because of the 4luz training). J: Coming back to the Moscow’s grand prix - did you think about the withdrawal? A: No. Although this all went not according the plan: I was going to have the trial competition in Bratislava, but in the end it was the Grand prix. J: And this trial competition was on the same ice with Yuzuru Hanyu. How did it feel? A: Already before the competition I understood that I would have enough rating points and I would be in the same training group as he. I’ve heard a lot about how Hanyu is able to “kill” during practices (and here comes the photo of an angelic Yuzu with ribbons; perfect location, guys, the king of trolling would be proud of you). But before the beginning of the competition I tried to not pay attention to him, to concentrate on myself. Then in the short program I became the third and was near Hanyu and Nathan Chen at the press conference. For me this was honorable and valuable. J: Winnie the Pooh’s mania around Hanyu and in general, his magic of a man thousands and thousands of people are crazy about - did it shook (impressed?) you? A: To tell you the truth, I didn’t notice many things. But of course I was surprised there were so many people in practices. During the first practice, I come to ice and expect to see only technical specialists and judges - but there are so many people there! But I really tried to disconnect from all this. Even when they made ovations for him during jumps, I tried to not pay attention. J: And before, did Hanyu was your idol? A: Surely, he was. And now, after I have been near him during practice, for example, I felt that he has crazy (insane?) internal energy, which he knows to turn on when it's necessary. It seems the connection he has with his fans is also an energetic one (this is very accentuated in Russian). J: They often copy idols in the individual sports. Did you ever want to adopt something from him? A: I would like to adopt his freedom and ease with which he skates. It's as if he floats on the ice, his hands are thrown down (not sure what he tries to express; something like “free hands; without any inner tension”). But it doesn't look like sluggishness, on the contrary, it's sharpness (I almost died translating this line: Aliev really tried hard to find exact words to express his thoughts so he used quite rare expressions from literary (high-class) Russian). This is what I tried to do during practice: for example, to jump 3axel and to gently (freely? Sorry, the same word in Russian) flick my fingers while landing. It’s like jumping and feel cool (bizz?; the Russian word he uses, in fact, refers to the effect after using drugs). J: Did it work? A: Yes, it worked. But not always. You have to feel it properly. But you shouldn't create a copy of Hanyu, of course. Or someone else copy. You can only adopt some things. But when I was a child, I tried to watch over Alexei Yagudin and Evgeni Plushenko the same way (here the second photo comes). J: And what about to come to ice, for example, with the Soviet Winnie the Pooh, if not the Disney one, as Hanyu does? (Soviet one is different: https://im0-tub-ru.yandex.net/i?id=5aae5837ab72187d98b95d7a6e6670ef-l&n=13) A: Before I always came with a bag. “To have all my belongings with me”. But now I leave it in the cloakroom. I’m sure, nothing will happen with it.

Well, they basically did all the job. But I still will give it a try just to create a complete picture (still only Yuzu's parts, because it's quite a long interview).

Aliev's interview in Russian (just because there are two Yuzu's photos there ). https://rsport.ria.ru/interview/20171027/1127820701.html

Yes, they say it was Aliev, who said this. This time he seems to get some confidence (which is good). Ok, I have something like holidays now, so I can try to translate (although I'm sorry for my English)

Just saw Aliev's interview (in Russian) where he was asked several questions about Yuzu. His answers seem friendly and sincere. Did anybody already translate it (I always feel unsure because our threads move so quickly)?