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I feel like she's referring to Russian ladies when she talks about 'quads at 15' at the end, but she is right.

Everybody knows it's Yuzu. The ones who say otherwise are in denial and pretending.

I'm thinking the same. However, now that the Summer Games are in full swing, it seems much more likely that the Winter Games will go forward some way or other.

Hmm. So basically all the top teams will be at a disadvantage in the individual men's short.

I'm wondering if the intention is to force countries to put different skaters in the team event vs the individual? Otherwise, it's not very favorable for anyone in medal contention. Like, Boyang would also be affected by this. On the other hand, for a country like Canada (or Japan) that has way more contenders than qualifying spots, being able to put an extra guy in for the team event would work out nicely. I haven't checked what the rules are for the team entry, so if I'm off-base on this let me know...

He knows he's doing one, but Skate Canada decides which one they'll send him to. And that hasn't been decided yet.

So, what does everyone think of Keiji and Satoko trying out a bit of pairs for The Ice, doing R&J? It kind of highlights how few Japanese pair skaters there are, but I also think they look nice together.

It is, however, extremely remarkable that even the government-run Chinese state TV praise Yuzu and not only that, they praise him to the skies. It points to just how incredibly special Yuzu himself is.

Joking apart, when you're at a figure skating event, doesn't it feel like the audience does play a part in the performance? More than just as the passive receiver of the show? When Yuzu skates I can totally feel how the audience's energy is flowing to him and enveloping him. It's unlike any other sport or artistic event I can think of. It feels like the skater and the audience make the performance together, somehow.

Yes. Agreed. "The West" is not a monolith nor a homogeneity any more than "the East" or "Asia" is.

That's exactly what I was thinking, almost word for word. There's the silence of awe (the crowd), the silence of serenity (Yuzu), the silence of despair ( fill in the blank with whoever despair of ever matching Yuzu), the silence of emptiness like a desert, and the silence of fullness like a forest; all these things in one piece would be something else.

Oh, I came across that in the YT comments on his "Japan, Canada, and me" video for the Embassy of Japan. It the weirdest thing ever. The person kept insisting that Yuzu absolutely had to be a hallyu hafu because of his last name and because of where he was from in Japan. The poster was in effect making an argument that the entirety of Tohoku is part-Korean. Like wtf. So bizarre.

It would; but at the same time I'm wondering how much different it would actually be from watching Yuzu during a practice, for example. I suppose he'd have to do it from the artistic perspective of expressing every aspect of silence....which leads to the question: is a 3A or 4A silent? Can it be? I don't mean in the sense of 'does the athlete make a sound while doing it' but as an element of a program, do Axel jumps "speak", and if so, what do they say? In my opinion, 3A is an exclamation, so even visually, it is not 'silent' .

They survived. Can't say I blame him for being freaked out, though. The weather was pretty unsettled there for about a week.

Roman's latest:

Although these two are not overtly related issues, they both stem from the same place: a lack of will to correct the underlying problem

Forgot to post this yesterday. Welcome, @Lindt! Enjoy your stay.

0h right, it was SP we were talking about. Oh, definitely. No one should ever cut the brilliant 4'33" to a 2 minute length, like my God, everything important about the composition would disappear as if it were silence.

But he'd have to cut it to 4 minutes to fit the current rules for the free skate, and how would he ever be able to do that without wrecking the piece? I mean, John Cage wrote a masterpiece there, and every single part counts. Yuzu wouldn't want to leave out any crucial bars of the music... Your other two suggestions seem a bit like warhorses to me, even though they're not... I humbly submit for Yuzu's consideration: 5. Not Today, by BTS because any song that starts with the verse All the underdogs in the world A day may come when we lose But it is not today Today we fight! might as well have been custom written for Yuzu.

I think it's because it's only been performed 3 times, total. And people were not thinking about figure skating for the past year. It will be interesting to see how things go for H&E this coming year.

I gave most of my reactions to this controversy over in the Team USA thread, but since you asked:

Welcome back, @KatjaThera! You've been very missed! Glad to have your thoughtful perspectives back. Also, welcome to the Planet, @YuzuSkating_IsTheTruth! I hope you enjoy your stay. Sorry, I wanted to do this all as one big post, but the way the quote post function works on my phone is demented and won't let me lead a quote post with other text first, so see below for further discussion.

His own judging system that automatically disqualifies people from competing on the basis of depth of their edges and accuracy of their axel technique

I would give my eyeteeth to have the strength and flexibility to do a hydroblade...I can barely even get into the position on land