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I got Zebra Stephane, which is fine with me, I'll take any Stephane

This was something I thought of when I saw a picture of Yuzu with Alena Kostornia, who has a very pretty but slightly heavy face and was given an almost matronly makeup and hairdo... she is 15 and looked as old if not older than him!!! By the way, has this version of Yuzuru's message been posted? https://m.weibo.cn/status/4502059946626916#&video

I badmouthed Eteri because revenge is best served cold.

Reminds me of what I read about both Gogolev and Nam Nguyen leaving TCC, that it was parents who thought their kid was not getting the attention they needed. With both of them the jury is out on whether it was a mistake, but if Steven doesn't come good after puberty.... And all those years ago when Yuzu moved to TCC, there were discussions on whether he was being pushed (not by his parents, but by the JSF). Of course, now we know exactly whose idea it was and no one pushes him where he doesn't want to go

If that happens..... there won't be enough popcorn in the world. Especially as Tutberidze is overseas, isn't she? - and even if she came home tomorrow, would need to go into quarantine and not straight to her club to sort things out...

God, do they love him or what? I think this is what the western fans and skating authorities don't get (or don't want to), they expected Nathan and even Shoma to have the same draw power for fans, maybe not in Japan for Nathan but worldwide. And it's just not happening, and NA fans can't understand why.

Well, at least she's true to form...

Neither did Brian before Yuna. I mean, I suspect all of the 3A will be surpassed before Beijing, but it was really not a surprise that the Sambo rink got too small for the three of them as we jit half-way through the quad. Yuzu and Javi were a special case, rivals sharing a coach almost never works out in the end.

While it's a massive gamble for Trusova, it occurs to me that the timing... does echo our own hero in 2012. Half way through that quad, two years before Sochi, he switched coaches and reaction was dismay, doom and gloom. It's now 2020, two years before Beijing. Of course the cases are very different in other ways - Yuzu was the baby in his field, Namami was nothing like as Big A Name Coach as Eteri - but fora full year, everyone was predicting he was washed up nefore he started. I am NOT a fan of Trusova, she's one of the three skaters I actively dislike on the ice, but I can't believe anyone really thought that, with limited gold on offer and only one chance looming for OGM, the 3A wouldn't crack as one pulled ahead...

The Russian Tutberidze fans will go nuts if one or more leave... FS is gonna need a LOT of popcorn On the other hand, this will certainly take the heat off Evgenia, if she is sensible and lays low now.

Adorable!

The thing is, he gave a perfect spoken message just a couple of weeks ago: now, he lets his art do the talking.

Oh how wonderful... he's given us a LOT to water the drought with (Still not the slightest hint of where in the world - quite literally! - he is though...

You should be able to simply copy the URL for your tweet and then paste it into the reply box - it will open with the tweet automatically, and also ask if you want to just show the url (ignore that )

Oh yes, the joy of being Yuzu's fan: we can first worry because we don't know anything, and then he kindly gives us something to worry about....

We know he likes cats and bees, what other creatures could be on his "okay to release information" list? (I hold out hope for 4CC next year, because if Yuzu comes to Australia not only will I do everything I can to get there, but someone will ensure he meets and cuddles koalas - it's pretty mandatory for visitors - and Yuzu+koala is adorability overload the world needs....)

Being the Trollking, maybe he'll tease us with a hint or two about the new programs.... No I know he won't but a woman can dream!

Wakaba is adorable ... okay though, how long before the promised Yuzu? And yes, he can top 'I like cats'... 'I still like cats!'

Just a little one would do....

That would be lovely. I like this girl

Several sports stars (footballers, young and brawny and not exactly endowed with common sense for the most part) have been outed by the media here for breaking actual rules - they'll be fined by both the police and their clubsm whether it goes further is anyone's guess. We do tend to forget that our heroes, of any stripe, are not necessarily as bright as we'd like them to be. In the end, Evgenia's done it, can't undo it, doesn't appear to regret it. Whether or not she ends up suffering any loss of Japanese fans/income is in the hands of Japanese fans, and neither she nor anyone outside Japan will know until the world reopens... I'm going to leave it there now.

Her twitter fans are NOT helping - not content with dragging Yuzu, one of the most loved figures in Japan, they have now brought in Alina... The whole thing was ill-judged, I can only hope whatever ice she found proves worth it.

Like being asked which of these four perfect priceless diamonds do you want...