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Anyone know who's lifting her? And yes, she's very brave... couldn't pay me to do that!

If the Gala is the same day as the free skate, then if he's being sensible he should pick Swanyu as it's the least demanding of his Exes, physically speaking. Doing Chopin in that case would a be a big flex.

My favorite is the LGC slide photo. It's his facial expression that makes it perfect - the face of a man absorbed in the ecstasy of performance...perfect!

I didn't realize quite how powerful the White Legend music was until this video made it obvious. I agree, Yuzu could do so much more with that program now. That being said, watching all these StepSeq side by side makes it really obvious how much Yuzu loves the Otonal one. He just flies through it with absolute gusto.

So after watching that, I'm thinking that I'd love to see him do Etude now. I think with his current maturity as an artist, he'd be able to give it so much more expression and beauty than before

We actually don't know what the case is here because all we know is that traces were found in one of her samples. How the cocaine got there still has not been uncovered. In the short term, cocaine raises the user's alertness, attention, and energy levels. I can think of sports where those would be considered advantages. I'm not saying that's the case here, just that I could envision a situation where an athlete might be tempted.

That's amazing. He's so perfectly on the note. Yes please!

Depends on the type of doping. Nordic skiing has had several blood-doping scandals that started with the guilty parties being caught redhanded in the act, but in general you are correct.

Anyway, if he decides to go with stroking exercises, I hope the organizers give him a mic so he can turn it into a little mini lecture on how to skate properly...

That would be poetic justice indeed.

Interesting. That's not what I read. Hisashi is apparently infamous for not letting people use his music and Yuzu had to go through quite a process to be granted a rare exception, is the story I read. It was a translated interview from somebody's tumblr so it may or may not have been correct. In any case, I would be extremely surprised if full length H&L showed up at 4CC as the Ex.

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.