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I don't know if any of you read Discworld, but lately I feel like Yuzu could use one of these: https://discworld.com/products/all-badges/i-still-atent-dead-badge/

and who could blame him

Actually, Tessa and Scott are the most decorated skaters in the world: 5 Olympic medals (3 Gold) in 3 Olympics, world record holders, 3x World champs, etc etc etc. Yuzu is the most decorated singles skater though, I believe. Definitely the most decorated currently competing.

Camden and Karen (I think? Not sure) promoting public health measures Just noticing how the mask draws attention to his gorgeous eyebrows...

About World's tix: I'm going to wait until I know if there'll be a season, first.

Oh my dear satellites, the last few pages of the forum are delivering the salt the way only we can! Cheers to all of you for the wit with which you have done so

He probably just did the video quickly without thinking too hard about it. I'm sure he's got other things to do

It's that harsh overhead light. It's kind of him to go along with this.

Reading that quote from Ari reveals something really important - he's basing his idea of these awards on something he doesn't understand. Ovechkin was famous before he got the MVP because hockey is BIG here. The awards didn't make it big - hockey got like that the hard way, by earning it's audience through playing the sport extremely well. AND by having games broadcast so that anyone with a TV can watch. Ari wants figure skaters to have Ovechkin-level fame? Then he should convince the ISU to have more and better televised competitions and to invest their money in developing good skaters, the world over. The glitz and the glam and the chanting crowds in Vegas don't come for free.

As far as the Awards show specifically goes, this is the most likely reason. When in doubt, follow the money, after all. The other reasons probably factor in more in things like scoring issues and so on.

@lynnidolz that 'evil genius thing' is exactly how outrage marketing works. They do something annoying or outrageous and it gets people talking. @sweetwater But Nekomasamune is cute! He deserves more traffic than ISU.

In all fairness, Nationals happened in the middle of a blizzard that made driving unsafe, but still, the numbers are very telling.

Hmm. Maybe, maybe not. I think it's a mistake to assume that the reason is because he's an Asian, specifically. That might be why, but it could also just be because he's not Russian or not American, which isn't the same thing. I mean, Nathan is also Asian. Yes, he's an American, but if the discrimination against Yuzu were only about race, then Nathan would also have the same trouble. I think it's mostly about not being from a country and/or skating federation that wields clout in the ISU. The two things are sort of similar, but not quite. In other words if the situation were reversed and a white guy were to be Japan's top skater, they'd still get no respect from the ISU.

Here's the graph for confirmed cases per million inhabitants. As you can see, Sweden has the highest number of any European country: https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.statista.com/chart/amp/21176/covid-19-infection-density-in-countries-most-total-cases/ And this topic is derailing the forum, so that's the last I'm going to say about it.

The thing is, it isn't going to. If the actual sport in all its greatness and beauty can't attract viewers, an awards show/Ari Zakarian vanity project ain't gonna do it no matter how they massage the bios. Anyway, at this point they're practicing 'outrage marketing' (it's a thing, trust me). They're deliberately trying to stir up the hornet's nest of angry fanyus by slighting Yuzu in order to draw attention. It's a sleazy, cheap trick. Ugh. Sweden's virus arc has not been good. I don't feel at all comfortable with the idea of having World's there even if it's a year away. Let's hope there's a vaccine by that time.

I feel the same. I'm waiting before I decide what to buy, this time.

What I wouldn't give for that Masquerade clear file!!!

Unfortunately, they're pretty typical of NBC Olympic sports coverage as a whole...it's all cringe-worthy and often inappropriate. It's like they can't find a single professional in the whole country.

Thanks for translating that. Somehow the image of microbaby Shun watching baby Romeo Yuzu and being inspired is just

I also found this image: https://www.gettyimages.ca/detail/news-photo/yuzuru-hanyu-of-japan-competes-in-the-mens-short-program-news-photo/1062290810?adppopup=true which I'm not sure anyone here has seen - at least I've never seen it published anywhere. Y'all should have a scroll through the Getty Images site there - it's a treasure trove of the many, many moods of Yuzu

oh dear...I hope none of the American skaters here for training end up getting harassed. Take this as a sign of the growing panic with which we here north of border view the uncontrolled spread of the virus in the US. It's sad that it comes to this: https://ca.yahoo.com/news/canadian-drivers-u-licence-plates-080000587.html

Tuna and cheese together, oh God . I know it's a thing, like in tuna melts, but I just... can't. As a steady diet, wow. Boys! My one photo to prove Yuzu the most beautiful would be this one: https://www.gettyimages.ca/detail/news-photo/yuzuru-hanyu-of-japan-performs-in-the-mens-free-skating-news-photo/1063209168 I just love that Origin Ina Bauer.

getting way off topic here, but some kinds of asthma you can outgrow. Mine used to be much worse - in my twenties, I wound up in urgent care needing immediate help - but now all I get is a bit wheezy and can often get by with very little medication, going years between attacks. I hope Yuzu's asthma is the kind you eventually outgrow.

Tuna quesadillas? I can't even imagine...