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On 6/21/2017 at 4:24 AM, kaeryth said:

One of my favourite mascots have nothing to do with Yuzu (that I know of. hehehe)

 

    

(C) ana-cooljapan [broken link]

 

Isn't she the cutest? Sora-yan is the mascot for Osaka International Airport.

 

According to Sora-yan’s official profile, she lives in Osaka International’s La Sora Deck terrace and entertainment complex, and her job is to bring smiles to the facility’s visitors. Sora-yan has an interest in fashion, with a collection of snappy silk scarves of the type flight attendants in Japan wear, and enjoys going for walks in and around the airport.

 

This one is so cute!

I will post some mascot photos I took in Japan later.

I like Zhenya's blades. Love the colours

It's nice to see Anna and Zhenya together. They always seemed to get along well before.

On 7/13/2018 at 7:34 AM, Winnie_20 said:

I became a fan a few years ago, and been trying to watch the major competitions since. I clung to the television last month during the European championships. IIRC the whole event was streamed live on eurovisionsports tv. 

 

Last yea, vcq17 introduced a bunch of us to the wonders of men's rhythmic gymnastics, however, and that is just my favorite. If I'm really bored, I'll go to youtube and watch some of that. The topic is here. 

 

Thanks for pointing that out. I've read the topic and thought it was really cool.

Had no idea it was such a big thing in Japan.

I have a question: is there also such a thing as warhorses in this sport?

 Winnie_20 referred to this topic in the Rhythmic Gymnastics thread

I had no idea it was such a big thing in Japan. I hope it will become bigger internationally as well.

I read some of the manga as well (never finished because it was too expensive to buy), so I am looking forward to finishing the story finally

The Animation is really good and judging by the mobile phones in the anime, it's set in present times, not the eighties.

On 7/5/2018 at 7:31 PM, Winnie_20 said:

I guess they all saw Trusova’s scores and suddenly realized they *really* need to step up their game. ;-)

 

Unfortunately I probably won’t be able to see the JGPs live this year. Maybe I should block a couple of weeks in October for solid straight JGP catching-up... 

Haha, that will take lots of time, even if you only pick one discipline. I did the same thing with the latter competitions lasy year as I was visiting Challengers at that time and couldn't watch live. 

On 7/9/2018 at 4:14 PM, sweetwater said:

Zijun will choreograph Jin-Seo's program/programs for this season?

Wow; Zijun is going to choreograph? That's awesome!

Alina comes across as a very nice person. I'm always worried about her since she is so tough on herself.

On 7/12/2018 at 11:47 PM, Sammie said:

I watch it whenever I can. But this Chopin one I like a lot. Maybe cus of Yuzu. But everything on point. 

Thanks for introducing me to her!

As I said, I know little about the sport, but apparently she won Olympic gold twice

So Anastasia Tarakanova moved to Plushenko.

Good for her, I think, since there was just so much competition with Eteri.

I do hope Plushenko will give her his full attention and helps her gain success.

I only just started getting interested in the sport and know little about it. The ribbon is my favourite so far.

From what I gather, the reigning queens are Russian twins Dina Averina and Arina Averina.

This is Dina with the ribbon:

Is there anyone else who watches this?

Can't wait for the movie

28 minutes ago, Yatagarasu said:

The hell?!

 

 

Didn't see that coming!

Here is a nice Shcherbakova program:

She's grown a lot lately.

On 7/4/2018 at 11:33 PM, LadyLou said:

Alena Kostornaia?

Yes, she's only still 14, iirc to turn senior she had to be 15 by 1st July, she misses the requisite by less than two months

Imo she's one of those rare skaters for whom age limits don't apply, she's already so refined, I can't wait to see how much better she can get! Hopefully skating gods will spare her major injuries and growth issues

(one reason why I'm happy Rika is already going senior, despite not winning any medal in JGPF or JWC, is that she has a whole season to get a bit of space all for herself and built her reputation before the debut of Eteri's stronger jr girls. Knock on wood that she'll overcome her nerves issues and shine) 

Alena said something about wanting to compete with the seniors already. She did once at Russian Nationals, which is hardly the easiest competition, and got third place there. I think she would be well ready and a major threat next season. Both she and Alexandra have this fearless attitude that I find admirable.

I also agree with you about Rika Kihira. Let her grow a bit and win some medals before having to compete with the wonderkids again. Same goes for Sofia and Daria. They now both got a senior GP spot (Daria even two), which will be harder next season.

I'm also looking forward to see what Nana Araki can do.

9 hours ago, Winnie_20 said:

Wow!!!

I had no idea so many youngsters are trying 3A or quads.

JGP is going to be such a delight to watch!

Yeah, there's a real big amount of them trying and landing these jumps. 

I'm also looking forward to the JGP a lot 

Interview with Plushenko, in which he mentions a lot of the Russian ladies as well:

Alysa Liu 3A-3T

Zhenya and Jason are so much fun together!

On 6/20/2018 at 2:34 PM, Anzi said:

ごんばわ，私は安子です。私は中國の留学生，私がアメリカに留学する。As I started to focus on Hanyu two months ago, I decided to learn Japanese. I believe the best way to understand a specific social culture is to learn its linguistic context. THAT"S WHY I AM HERE~ Nice to meet you guys!!!!

Nice to meet you as well :). Are you learning by yourself or in a course?

Yuzu is in Aljona Savchenko's Instagram My Story today

Interview with Zhenya about the World Cup.

New gala vid from Zhenya:

2 hours ago, katonice said:

Nastya! 

 

For a second, I thought she was holding a tarantula (it's the combination of the nail polish and the bird)