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@FlyingCamel yeah, this pandemic has gone on long enough.

I applaud Yuzu's caution and the leadership he's showing in making this decision, and some of the things he's said about the pandemic have left me a little concerned for him. I hope he's not letting this situation prey on his mind too much. It's a scary time, especially for someone with asthma, but it will end eventually and in the meantime, it does no good to worry too much.

Well, that's news I wasn't expecting today, but I think he's doing the right thing. Also, when you look at it, he's giving up one competition that doesn't count for world standing points, and potentially the GPF, which we're not even sure will be held. It won't affect his standing in the rankings or him qualifying for World's etc. Even so, it must have been a very painful decision for him to make. This is the first fall in a decade where he's not competing.

Re Kose: Has there been official news, or just sponsor ads disappearing from event websites, like Worlds? I wouldn't want to jump to conclusions about their ongoing sponsorship when it might just be one of two events they're withdrawing from.

The times we live in.

Like a competition without the competition!

I wonder if Brezina is done, or coming back for another year. Was there a retirement announcement?

.... It will be interesting to see if he can do that music justice. So much looking forward to seeing what Kolyada's getting ready for us. I read that the FP was inspired by the life of Nureyev. Pretty ambitious subject to tackle.

So do we all.

HYK. Personally, I would have thought Etude or another watery one for Aquarius, but I'm not complaining.

I honestly can't say that I think this is the best idea Russia ever had: https://twitter.com/ifsmagazine/status/1298695131877515264?s=20 they must be doing better at controlling the coronavirus than we realize because this seems like a big risk

And even then, change will be a long time coming. There have been so many child sex abuse scandals in my lifetime, in so many different sectors of society, from religion to community organizations to schools to sports, that I'm now of the opinion that the problem is much broader and deeper than any one 'culture of impunity' and really speaks to a general issue of moral fibre and the lack thereof. To put it simply, there's a subset of humanity that thinks it's perfectly okay to victimize those who they hold power over, and that victimization can take many forms. Some forms - such as abusive training methods - are unique to a certain setting, but they all stem from that same basic evilness of "You're weaker than me so I can do whatever I want to you" . So how do we build a world that eliminates this idea from people's minds so completely it will never rise again? because that is how you end abuse.

Still not as unlikely as Adam managing the LGC step sequence...which I'd pay good money to see if he could even do it.

Oh, I missed that part. I thought the contest was open to anyone on Weibo, ie the whole platform, which is a much higher number.

I have to agree, I think Yuzu in general only takes sponsorships with companies he truly feels he can support.

I knew it would be someone like that... can't decide whether I hope he did it for his girlfriend to have the photo or whether he wanted it for himself. Either way that's a lot of competitive spirit!! Edited to add: apparently the guy in question has admitted to being a fanyu himself...pretty impressive. But I'm surprised that there were only 107 participants, I figured there'd be thousands.

All of this love and watering from Yuzu....we need a great big giant cactus bloom heart emoji to express our thanks properly in return. These little hearts: are just not enough!

Associated with the Planet, you mean? Not to my knowledge. We're from all over the world so not everyone has Line here.

I'm guessing it'll be only skaters who are already in Europe competing... anyone coming from this side of the Atlantic is still facing quarantine restrictions.

I imagine! This is a bit of a surprise from Brendan, IMO. I've seen him skate live 3 or 4 times, and while he definitely gets the job done, I never got the impression that he had ambitions of doing big, unusual jump combos like this. Maybe he's taking advantage of the pandemic time off from competitions to work on it and get some new skills under his belt before the Olympic year.

Nice looking 4S-3A from Brendan Kerry. At least, it looks like 4S to me...I'm not so good on catching all the rotations https://twitter.com/FSIgstories/status/1297914675980570631?s=20

Rika's turned into a real globetrotter. Kind of concerning in this time of pandemic, but I guess she's very determined to keep her training up.

Love that Yuzu is letting his science/engineering colours show in the Citizen clips. Let that STEM flag fly! A passionate, intelligent, artistic, athletic, conscientious, and kind man....no wonder he captures so many hearts...

Everyone knows the postdoc is more like the infinite sequel to the first trilogy...and my Japanese is coming along, it's probably good enough for taking measurements anyway. By the time Yuzu-sensei is at PhD level, I could probably manage.