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For me, the issue is the colors. I realize they are the company colors, but they simply do not suit Yuzu's snowy complexion.

This was my reaction too. Has everyone realized that 4A is basically an all-or-nothing proposition? If it's at the start of the program, and Yuzu lands it, then everything is probably going to be golden. If it goes the other way, that's a hell of a fall to try and bounce back from and get up and do a whole program afterwards. Chances are the rest of the program would also suffer. And if it's towards the end of the program....words fail me. That would be the work of a true madman. It would be amazing, but like watching Yoda use the Force to lift Luke's X-wing from the swamp...I wouldn't be able to believe what I am seeing. So on that note, my gut hunch is that this is Yuzu gambling everything at once. However, past history has shown us that Yuzu never gambles unless he's reasonably sure of the outcome...so I think he made this announcement because he can now land 4A to his full satisfaction. But this is not going to be good at all for my own nerves...like seriously, Yuzu, what the heck...thanks for two weeks warning so I can book my defibrillator in advance, but still what the heck...

And to think some of the previous translations of his prior interviews made it sound like he was happy to be coachless, when in reality he was missing their input badly...

This interview is a gem! Yuzu said it right out: 'dance like no one's watching, because it's fun' .

I love that! He's really acting there. or it at least that's the way the commercial feels to me

It was a poor idea to go to Raf to begin with. Glad he's returned.

Me too. I think it's supposed too indicate the rank level? Which, mine is StSq4...yes, please, one level 4 StSq in every one of Yuzu's skates from now on, please, and properly scored, too.

Well I think in Nam's case, he was hardly able to train at all last year because of our lockdowns and that probably made his mental health a lot worse.

Well done Ghislain!

Welcome to the Planet, and yes.

....when it comes to sports that aren't English Premier League soccer, the Guardian is an utter rag... don't read unless you actually WANT your blood pressure raised

Vanessa has Canadian citizenship so she's entitled to skate for Canada, and I have no idea how she came to skate for France in the first place. Meaghan is retired, but she was Eric's partner when they won all the titles listed in the news article, so it would be customary and expected to mention that when talking about his titles. He's a pairs skater after all, not in singles.

Awww, someone gave him a birthday bus stop! His first? He seems quite excited about it.

Well. There's this: https://www.cbc.ca/sports/olympics/winter/figureskating/vanessa-james-unaware-of-abuse-allegations-former-partner-morgan-cipres-1.6220285?fbclid=IwAR2uKWOwFs_dq7lcF0aghqENzamz59_jPiKzjie4bUjb25PZHpGVGYv-Qjo Keeping silent because an investigation is ongoing, is valid. However, once the news hit the papers, how could she not know? Also, note the Meaghan Duhamel erasure in the paragraphs about Eric's achievements

Yes, I know what a cancer center is, I work in one. Princess Margaret = the Queen's sister The Princess Margaret = The Princess Margaret Hospital, Canada's foremost and largest cancer center. I work in Canada's 3rd largest cancer center. There is a sense of rivalry, indeed. Does Ghislain read the Planet? I have no idea, but he would probably get the joke about the two kinds of spoken French...

so true!

This is so nice of Ghislain and Stephane, and my sympathies to Caitlyn, and as someone who works at one of the cancer centers that has to wait in line behind PMH for funding, this makes me a bit jealous. The Princess Margaret gets all the good sponsors!

White Wall-kun is practically a fanyu, they way it's solidly behind Yuzu supporting him in all he does...

I have full confidence that he will do it and in spectacular fashion.

That's because "Super Slam" isn't something officially acknowledged or awarded by the ISU, it's a sports journalism/fan term. It's still a huge big fantastic and amazing thing to have achieved.

Isn't because the word for "jump" and "fly" can be the same?

I think the last line "Hanyu has contributed significantly to the choreo of his 2020/21 programs" was added.

Somewhat random bit of knowledge about the Kanji in Yuzu's name. Apparently the 羽 doesn't only means 'wings' but can also be used as a counter for cute animals and birds: https://www.tofugu.com/japanese/japanese-counter-wa/ which IMO just adds another layer of cute to Yuzu.

Love the shot of Yuzu chatting with Piper and Paul and how he towers over them. Yuzu seems to get on well with a lot of the ice dancers actually...

It's a great article but it truncates and paraphrases what Hanyu said in his CBC interview about how he feels he was born to skate. Even great articles aren't perfect.