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Kazuki with blond hair!

They're both skating well. I was worried that Zhenya wouldn't have the stamina for a program after being sick with COVID but she seems have gotten through it okay, which makes me feel relieved.

Does it actually say that in his ISU bio? Also, Roman's a bit unique in that he didn't enroll in university straight out of high school, just dove in to skating, coaching little kids, and YouTubing. Definitely not the Canadian norm anymore. University or college have almost become the default thing to do.

You have nerves and hair left? Mine deserted me after that GPF practice in Torino...you know the one...and now nothing he does can scare me any more

Where do you think I got the idea?

Plot twist: Yuzu lands Nessie at the Olympics and then decides he's not gonna quit skating until he masters 4F too....

I'm looking forward to that. I always thought he was a guy with way more talent than his training and results would imply, so it'll be nice to see what he can do this time.

Latest Romsky video, mainly a Q&A.

I haven't watched that before, and seeing it now gave me goosebumps. You can feel the electricity he gives off even through the screen.

Looks like a Samsung?

Dang. I want to drink that.

After canceling their own Nationals? Seems a bit contradictory to me, but I guess there's no harm in them making plans anyway

The unexpected side effects of Hanyuism!

What I meant was, will they withdraw the team, or won't they. Given that the COVID situation in Canada is far less serious than in Sweden, and they've still canceled all competitions, are they really going to send skaters to Worlds?

So in the same breath that they decided not to cancel FS Worlds, the ISU canceled the Synchro Worlds. They might as well have lit it up in neon lights that continuing to hold Worlds is about $$$$$$$$$$ and nothing more, because there's definitely no money in Synchro. And now they're basically gonna hold a knife to everyone's neck with the whole 'compete or lose spots at the Olympics' threat. Wonder what Skate Canada will do. They were already musing out loud about a potential withdrawal from Worlds, there around Christmas.

I'm glad he can stay positive and keep looking forward like that.

Ah, I see. I was trying to imagine him doing the full dance, at that tempo, rather than his usual speed, on ice.

well, at least the pandemic is bringing figure skating back to it's outdoors roots. Silver lining maybe.

I can't even begin to imagine how Yuzu would translate this to the ice, but I'm sure he'd make it look incredible.

Even when you haven't actually heard the piece yet. You can tell what the music's like by looking at him. The first time I saw Change was with the sound muted and it was obvious what kind of music it was anyway.

**ahem!** Excuse you, but they are not "trashbag pants" anymore. Because of the superlative job they've done in LMEY delineating every inch of Yuzu's amazing leg lines with gleaming reflections of the arena lights, this sublime garment is a 'trashbag' no longer! Hats off and a moment's acknowledgement for our new costume best friends, the Gleaming Pants of Ascension, or GPOA. Because how could a humble satellite fail to ascend to heaven, upon observing Yuzu's gorgeous gams swathed in slick black fabric that clings like sweet on sugar?

Yuzu really is an all-in performer. If he made movies, he'd be the kind of director who does his own screenwriting, cinematography and editing.

While I agree with you on this, my feeling is that whether or not Beijing Olympics happen is going to depend on only one thing, and that's the situation on the ground in China at two months out from the games. Which I think means that we'll know for sure at Christmas 2021 whether there'll be an Olympics in 2022.

I'm with Yuzu on the subject of competition. I want all his competitors to show up in top form, skate clean, and Yuzu to beat the pants eff 'em fair and square with an amazing skate of his own. That would be worth watching, and worth any money to get to watch. AS for Nathan being overscored - at this point, I don't see the value in continuing to discuss it. The guy does his best, he's not asking the judges to overscore him, they just do it anyway, and he's being meanly slagged for something not in his control. I do wish he'd put the same whole-hearted effort into his programs that Yuzu does, but if that's not Nathan's style, then I fail to see how internet criticism is going to make him change. However, directing all this criticism at the biased judges doing the overscoring is amply justified and should continue. This sport is (on paper, at least) supposed to be fair.

All of this musing on Yuzu's chances at Beijing, presumes that there actually will be a Beijing Olympics. i'm very much not so confident about that last part. This bleedin' pandemic, man...I don't trust it. Just because we have developed some vaccines, doesn't mean the virus won't still turn out to have a nasty sting in the tail farther down the road. At the moment I'me thinking it's 70% likely that Beijing will happen, and it could go either way from there. However, I have full and complete confidence in Yuzu's ability to be freaking AMAZING when it really, truly counts. If there is a Beijing, he'll surpass himself, of that I am certain.