rockstaryuzu

Zhulin is such a clown.

All of that actually puts the Olympics into question, TBH.

anyway, one thing is certain: even if these events take place, none of them are likely to have full audiences allowed, which means any tickets going will be in very short supply so trying to get them is going to be a bloodbath.

What are the odds Yuzu would go there? If I recall, it's not that big an event.

I personally think CoC is going to be the hot ticket this year, especially if it's being held in the same arena as for the Olys, because people will want that warm up event. Yuma and Nathan might both pick it, unless that's against the rules - I can't remember right now. In any case, Nathan would be silly not to, if it's being held in Beijing. however, if it's in some other random place, Nathan might not bother. *** On another note, did anyone else take note of what Yuzu said about his skating (beyond 4A)? He said "I'm still improving". In fact, he said it twice. He was at pains to make sure that point got across. He's not r******g anytime soon, not until he's good and ready. And I can't help but feel that he was trying to send a message to JSF and the ISU, which is that they'd be fools to write him off just yet.

I was actually thinking last night about how ironic it would be if Yuzu went to Beijing because he hadn't landed 4A yet, got the 4A, and won the 3rd gold in the process, more or less unintentionally. And how much it would be like something that would happen to Yuzu. As for Nathan, I don't want to make any predictions about how he'll skate in Beijing, but I do think that what we saw in the free skate here at Stockholm is the best he's capable of - and he only accessed that level of his skating because he felt his back was against the wall after the SP. This is a pattern we saw at PyeongChang, too. IMO Nathan is still and will remain beatable for Yuzu, because I don't think Nathan really knows how to pull his own strings the same way Yuzu does. Once again, it comes down to the mental game. If Nathan's not feeling desperate, he isn't going to be able to pull out that highest level of his skating at all. Whereas Yuzu brings the goods every time.

If Yuzu kills us all with 4A at ACI, we really be dyin', though. There are not enough ambulances in the GTA to cope with a mass fanyu extinction event.

Not going to.lie, originally the reason I started going to comps was because I wanted to witness the 4A with my own eyes. I've since learned the meaning of 😨fear. Fear of wild Yuzu set loose.

Ain't that the truth!

For the sake of all our sanity, not to mention our poor hearts that can't handle such a shock, I am now half-hoping that ACI takes place without spectators because dying of a heart attack ringside is really not how I want to go...

So does Yuzu (and the rest of Team Japan) have to quarantine when they get back to Japan? If so, WTT is out of the question for them, no? It'll have to be a whole different team.

That's amazing stuff! Your post would fit right in over here: If you'd like to, please feel free to add your story there!

I didn't even realize Jordan was recording all that. A bunch of us satellites were standing just behind and to one side of where he was there.

Wow, uncle Alexei is older than I thought. Goes to show the benefits of skating for a small but proud federation.

He really fell hard for Yuzu when he fell, didn't he? He deserves honorary satellite status, honestly.

Pleased to see Yuzu getting more accolades. Lovely of Waseda to recognize his achievements with a medal.

May it be so! Imagine the fun of watching that.

For once they're doing something useful.

Nope, it's geoblocked for me.

I thought they were just being lazy and reposting USFS stuff.

Don't give the Chaos Lord those Ideas.

How fit would Yuzu have to be, to do the 4A at the end of his free skate? I mean, think about how fit he is already...where on earth could he possibly improve to get the extra stamina needed to hit a quad axel at that point of exhaustion? Although if he did do it, no one would ever, ever, ever be able argue against his G.O.A.T. status ever again.

Wouldn't 'one official' mean a judge or technical officer or something like that? Or a chef de mission for the whole team? not a coach. Also, I really, really REALLY can't see Mishin doing that.

Team Tutberidze already blatantly bragging about how they get to circumvent even the loosey-goosey COVID protocols the ISU has limply extended for Worlds: original article https://www.sport-express.ru/figure-skating/chempionat-mira/news/trenerskiy-shtab-tutberidze-poedet-na-chempionat-mira-v-polnom-sostave-1768493/ translation: What a circus.

For the sake of his wife and child, I ardently hope that Keegan gets through Worlds safely. The more I read, the less I like what's happening.