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    At least no one can force an anna karenina or orange colored sky program on Zhenya anymore. I feel for skaters who have to skate to things they don’t like.
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    I think Olympic Gold is the most important factor of fame for both Yuna and Alina, but good looks definitely help with endorsements, especially in Asia. Beauty standard is a bit different across regions, maybe Japan prefers Gracie’s and Alina’s looks since they both got Shiseido offers and Gracie didn’t have superior results compared to, say, Zhenya, but Russia on the other hand may prefer Zhenya’s looks to Alina’s etc etc. Personally I think Marin is the most pretty Japanese ladies skater. She got the Kose commercial as a junior, which Satoko didn’t get even with better results. But Marin won’t get to Mao’s popularity level if she doesn’t have results. I wonder if the looks of a skater affects judges to some extent. I hope not. Imagine Yuzu in this
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    Haha Kaori looks like Snoopy here
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    Jack seems to have special connections with IMG skaters to get exclusive information?
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    Kaori memes
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    Xiaoyu is so elegant
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    Haha this seems fun
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    That’s a bit tight for Masaru. This reminds me of some US celebs
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    New Kose Blog by Oto!
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    It’s unbelievable how much she had to go through. This past year must be so hard for her given her mom’s health. Can you imagine if you were in her shoes? It must hurt so so much. After reading this, I just thought no wonder some people are successful; they have to fight through so much more pain than others. It must also be hard to break into the Russian skating circle as a new coach, since you are taking away other people’s benefits. I still think she doesn’t have enough resources to offer her students. A lot more coaches are better connected and can offer their students great opportunities both in and outside of skating.
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    She lost her dad before the Sochi Olympics, and her mom is diagnozed with cancer right before PyeongChang. Sigh. She is so strong.
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    I’m worried for Yuzu’s ankles as he plans to train all the quads. Why is he like this? Edge jumps are difficult but don’t get nearly as much base value sigh. (Figure skating is such an unfair sport in so many ways, no wonder it’s dying. Athletes are better off doing other sports. ) He mentioned the toe jumps have a better landing percentage. Besides the difficulty, edge jumps are also more easily affected by ice condition. Now that I think about it, when the temprature in the arena is too high, it usually affects him, like in Boston, and it happened here again in Saitama. I really admire Yuzu for traning the quad loop despite its low base value. But skaters who want to win should focus on traning quad Flip and Lutz first instead of the loop and sal. Raf is a great strategist in that sense. I wonder if Yuzu regretted not focusing on training the toe jumps years ago.
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