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Hochi says he'll probably get to PyeongChang in mid-February.

Sankei http://www.sankei.com/pyeongchang2018/news/180203/pye1802030003-n1.html and Mainichi @KatjaThera refferred to https://mainichi.jp/sportsspecial/articles/20180203/ddm/035/050/110000c I'm calm. It's less than a month since he has gotten back on the ice, so this is probably good for him. I'll miss him though. But we'll see him in about ten days and we'll probably get a glimpse of how he's coming back in the documentary too...

Nikkan reported it too. https://www.nikkansports.com/olympic/pyeongchang2018/figureskate/news/201802020000833.html

Same. But it's almost 5 in the morning here, so if it's confirmed other media will also start reporting it soon...

Then the NHK site might be showing the time according to where you live. IIRC, you are in somewhere in Europe and @SparkleSalad is in Australia, no? Isn't the time displayed on NHK site on your PC or mobile 7:30 pm in JST by any chance?

XXIII Olympic Winter Games PyeongChang 2018 (1) Dec. 2017 - Jan. 2018

No idea what’s happening but I think it’s from 7:30 pm because there’s a news show from 9 to 10 on weekdays and other sources (1, 2, 3) say it’s from 7:30. So unless there is an urgent news or something, it will be aired after a news show ends at 7:30.

According to my recorder, the program starts from 7:30 pm. (The website also says it’s from 7:30 pm now. I don’t know how it was written at first, but maybe they corrected it?)

7日放送のNHKスペシャルの担当者さんが番組について語っています。 これももうすぐですね。。。 http://www6.nhk.or.jp/nhkpr/post/original.html?i=13295

ご無沙汰しています。（ていうほど間空いてないか） オリンピックが目の前まで迫っているのに録画の整理とかいろいろ片付いていなくてずっと追われてます。 ソチの時は録って焼いて消して録って焼いて消しての日々でものすごく慌ただしかったので、今回は事前にちゃんと宿題を片付けてしっかり応援できるようにしたいです！ 内村さんのコメント、嬉しいですね！ 同じような怪我だなあと思って内村さんの方の記事も出るたび読んでいたので、内村さんもそんな感じで羽生君の経過を見守っていたのかなと思いました。 羽生くんが表紙のデジタルTVガイドでは、ノルディック複合の荻原次晴さんが「私が怪我から復帰した時は、新鮮な気持ちで試合に臨めていい成績を収められました。羽生選手もいい結果が出ると信じています」とコメントしていました。 家庭画報、昨日書店で見ましたが、インタビューも良かったですよ。 夏の間の取材でしたが、織田くんを見ていてピーク年齢に対する考えが変わったとか、振り付けや指導にも興味があるとか、どんな形にせよ今後長くスケートの世界で活躍する羽生君の姿が見られるかも、という希望を感じられる言葉がありました。 昨日はハードディスクとか録画用メディアとか重たい買い物が多かったので、家庭画報は一旦帰って本当に買うべきか検討することにしたのですが、今も「やっぱりインタビュー良かったな…」と考えてます @hamaguriさん Numberは羽生君がこれまでどんな風に逆境を超えてきたかを振り返る記事でした。 時期的に、どの選手に関しても今まで出ているコメントをまとめたり、OBやフィギュア好きの人がこれまでを振り返ってオリンピックへの展望を語るといった特集になっています。

Sorry if this has already been shared

Japanese Nationals 2017 Translation and transcription (2) Clip no. 12 Clip no. 17 Clip no. 18 Clip no. 23

Japanese Nationals 2017 Translation and transcription (1) Clip no.1 Clip no. 3 Clip no. 6 (program 1) Clip no.6 (program 2) Clip no. 7 (program 1) Clip no.7 (program 2)

Japanese Nationals 2017 As we know, Yuzuru Hanyu withdrew from Nationals due to the injury he suffered during an official practice at NHK Trophy. However, before/during/after Nationals, we received some updates on his condition along with the news about his withdrawal and Olympic team selection. Following is a list of news clips include such news. I will attach transcription and translation to some clips as I did in NHK posts. However, some of them are not full-translation/transcription. This time I translated/transcribed official announcements, comments directly from people who had contact with him during that period (e.g. Yoshiko Kobayashi of JSF, Nobunari Oda). Clip 23 is an exception. It does not include an official announcement or a comment from those who had contacted him, but it includes a comment from Takeshi Honda who had suffered the same injury during his competitive career. In the comment he refers to an advice he got from Brian Orser at that time and it lets us get a glimpse of how they cope with a forced break in their training. The clip also includes a footage of Yuzu looking ahead to PyeongChang right after Sochi. Note: In some of these clips you will find doctors and therapists commenting on his injury but none of them have actually seen his injury. They are just speaking from their experience.

New theme!!!! Beautiful!!!!! Thank you, admins for hard work Think I've seen a few of them on page 2388. The default avatar is beautiful too

News of their arrival in Niigata aired by NST (includes a bit of Zhenya's performance in FaOI Niigata) Zhenya and the Mayor of Niigata city

It’s great for fans too, to have an opportunity to see skaters from such countries. It’s also nice to be able to see up-and-coming skaters from where figure skating is more popular. 4CC gave me the chance to see these two skaters for the first time several years ago (I wondered whether I should post these in 4CC threads or here... or maybe these have already been shared there) Kevin Reynolds climbs six spots for seventh overall at ISU 4 Continents https://skatecanada.ca/2018/01/kevin-reynolds-climbs-six-spots-for-seventh-overall-at-isu-4-continents/ Kevin’s comment after FS given to Fuji Elladj Balde at 4CC

Well, it does look tough to deal with, though sometimes he can help someone he wants to help by using it.

Anyway, I think it's a great feat. Staying on top for more than 4 years while dealing with injuries, illness, accidents, and fame.

3. Not like in other ISU championships, in 4CC all the participating countries are allowed to send 3 skaters/couples/pairs for each category every year.

Wow I love this.

Yuzu statues have already arrived at Kumamoto Source: https://kumamotofukkofes.com/?p=132 According to the source, the city of Kumamoto and the skating federation of Kumamoto city will hold a festival called "Kumamoto Fukko Fes" (My translation: Recovery of Kumamoto festival) and exhibit the bench in the festival. They say, "Come and see the bench!" They also say that they are very grateful for Yuzu knowing how he cares about the recovery of Kumamoto and that they wish him good luck in PyeongChang and will be cheering for him in Kumamoto.

Preview of NHK documentary Warning: the footage of NHK official practice from 0:11-0:16 ETA: Better quality video Warning: the footage from 00:15-00:19

!!!!!!!!! Thank you for sharing!!!!! AAAAAAA Hi Yuzu! How are you doing!!!??? Seems like this is the source of photo: http://www.city.kumamoto.jp/common/UploadFileDsp.aspx?c_id=5&id=18209&sub_id=1&flid=126295 Along with the autograph, seems like a Yuzu-shaped object (something like this?) is coming to Kumamoto. I often wait for someone better especially when the content of the text is important. It's also difficult to correct a mistake in English once I made it...

Sorry it's very long I can agree with you on how to interpret the original question and how Iron Klaus translated it in his/her tweet. However, the reason why I posted my own translation of the original question was to make it clear that no one actually stated that Yuzu was inferior to Nathan or Tatsuki in that question as a fact. My stress was on the bolded part. I don’t know if the person who asked the question was Iron Klaus himself/herself, but I don’t think the person is thinking Yuzu is inferior to Nathan or Tatsuki. Midori Terada is known for liking Yuzu (she often praises Yuzu in her tweets and was very sympathetic toward him when he injured himself at NHK. Her tweet after NHK was shared and liked by many fans), so I think the person asked the question knew that she would not criticize Yuzu just because he hasn’t learned ballet. So if I would revise my translation listening to your opinion as a native English speaker, I would alter “do you feel there's anything you miss in him” into “do you feel anything is lacking in him”, but I wouldn’t rephrase it into something like “do you think he is inferior to Nathan and Tatsuki” because if the person wanted to be direct and use the negative word, he/she could have done it. Also, the person is using Nathan and Tatsuki just as examples. He/She is not asking for a direct comparison. What I meant in my second post was that when sharing information which includes something negative (like bad news regarding injury, harsh criticism from someone, etc.), it's better to be careful, because otherwise, the information could cause unneeded trouble. This is what I'm saying to myself too. About balletic Nathan vs. Yuzu, I probably feel quite different from some fans in the US, because, in Japan, Nathan is being introduced mainly as a strong contender equipped with various types of quads. For me, that Nathan has learned ballet is just a fact. It doesn’t affect how I see his performance. Yuzu’s lack of experience in ballet doesn’t affect how I see his performance either. By the way, Tetsuya Kumakawa also made a favorable comment on Yuzu in the past. Source Translation of Yuzu-related part by yuzusorbet I don’t quite understand what he means in the part he talks about “plié”, but I always find it’s intriguing (especially the part about the awareness).