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Not to make light of a serious situation, but it does make you wonder what's next.

If it turns out to be a case of accidental exposure, that's just tragic.

Pretty sure cocaine is illegal everywhere. However, the plant it comes from is used in its native countries to enhance endurance, so it could be considered a performance-enhancing drug for an athlete. Holy smoke, the French federation is having a rough season! I hope this is it now, nothing more to happen.

Came here to post this very thing. I'm a bit surprised but mostly I'm thinking 'good for Lee Barkell, he's building quite an interesting skating club'. So if Vincent is moving to Toronto, does that mean he's given up on university for the time being?

The problem with both LGC and H&L are the music rights though. They basically had to grovel before Hisashi to get to use the H&L music in the first place. And LGC is all tied up in the Prince estate, I'm astounded they were even able to use it once.

I agree, I think it's going to be the Olympics version of Ballade. But I voted for Vertigo, because it's high time that boy wore shiny pleather pants and a tight T-shirt on ice again of course for scientific purposes only and started off a program with sit-twizzles. More to the point, he could probably do that program extremely easily now, and considering that 4CC is only a month before World's, maybe he should cut himself a break and pick something a little less taxing as an Ex.

Yeah, this would be high season for competition prep. JNats and Rusnats are early but most nationals are in January and then we get 4CC, Euros and World's...no time to ease off really.

World's next year are in Europe so maybe there's a chance!

What kind of visa problems? Because the first thing that springs to mind is to try and see him in a country where it's easier for you to get a visa...

I called it, I thought this might happen. Now that it has, it seems so very fitting.

It's not 2020 for another 12 hours yet on my side of the world, but why not start early Happy New Year!!! May the best Yuzu win in 2020!! All GOLD All YEAR!

Actually, it looks like it's supposed to be a Happy New Year from Pooh! Yuzu's making Pooh 'talk'!

Me! 

Me too. I don't like that they said he cries when he loses though. He's more likely to cry when he wins! About the Ashita no Joe reference: I know Yuzu freaked people out when he said that, but come on, do you really think he meant it literally? I think he just meant that he's gone beyond what he ever thought he would do, and it's harder than expected, but he isn't giving up because he's determined to win.

My guess is the 4S.

At this point, I'm wishing that it was a proper criminal investigation and not just by a sports-related body. It does seem like a criminal matter now that these emails have come to light. A proper police investigation would be able to determine that for certain and if charges need to be laid.

Welcome to the Planet!!

I think I understand part of what you're trying to say. You seem to be saying that you think that Yuzuru, by pointing out the weak places in his skating during press conferences, is giving the judges ammunition to justify scoring him poorly. I can see why you'd think that way, but I don't agree with your opinion.

IMO a lot of the self-criticisms Yuzu makes are more like analyses of his performance. He might sound like he's beating himself up but I'm not convinced he means it in that way. It's "I did this, this, and this wrong", not "I'm such a terrible failure". Most of the time anyway.

Oh, you're so brave. I watched that once and could never bring myself to do it a second time. It upsets me so much seeing him get so injured and lying there on the ice gasping, trying to catch his breath. He was very brave to skate after that, but also it was a mad thing to do. On a related note, I'm really glad Skate Canada has introduced a new rule that allows a referee to stop a skate in the middle in order to examine a skater for concussion if they have a bad fall and hit their head, and decide whether or not to let the skater continue. It's about time, and I hope other feds follow suit.

Google probably wants to advertise to all the New Year's crowd anyway, so I bet it will stay up. We should try to spot the Yuzu billboard while watching the NYE Countdown from Times' Square on TV.

That's the most a mom can ask for, really.

But this is the important thing that all our non-FS-fan loved ones don't seem to grasp: we're all so happy in our madness.

Maybe if your son tried learning to do a superflexible Ina Bauer?

Yes! I feel this. When I watch him skate, I strongly feel that he is trying to communicate something important with all his might. All great artists do this.