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Oh, but, joking apart, can Yuzu even do LGC right now? That was pre-double ankle injury, and I have noticed he moves a bit more cautiously now.

I know it's not really funny, but this still made me laugh. Russia's been like that since Soviet times. It's really not a surprise.

The takeaway: working with Yuzu might be a bit hard on pianists but they don't care because he's inspiring.

If you turn out to be right, someone is going to have to stretcher me onto the plane home after Kelowna because I. Will. Die!!

I want it to be Masquerade, but realistically I think it will be HYK.

One more question: would this data set show whether there's any statistically significant bias difference between disciplines? I.e., is ice dance judging really more biased than all the others?

Sheesh! The number of countries with all or most judges tested showing bias! It might be quicker to list the unbiased ones, but at this point I'm wondering if, over time, a larger data set would just show that all the judges are biased to some degree. Also, as a Canadian, I'm profoundly irritated by the Canadian results here. For a country that has suffered unfairly from biased judging in the past, and was a big contributor to the supposedly less biased IJS, to have 9 out of 23 judges fail the bias test is a disappointment. We are a country that prides itself on fair play, for f**K's sake! On the other hand, this evidence pretty clearly shows that almost all feds have bias, so it would be hard to resist the temptation to pad your own country's scores a little. Here's the thing though: just because a skater benefits from bias, doesn't necessarily mean that skater is a terrible skater who doesn't deserve international titles. It just means they should be judged by a neutral party.

And Worlds, don't forget Worlds. Right now they only list La Presse as a media sponsor ( which is a newspaper), but surely they'll have someone broadcasting (right, ISU? Right?). Possibly CTV/ TSN, who I think have the rights for SCI too. Or maybe the French-language sports station, I can't remember the name at the moment. CBC seems like it's not going to fund figure skating coverage this year, but we'll see.

ISU streaming is exciting but I suspect that SA and SCI will be geoblocked in Canada. Hopefully all the overseas competitions will be available though ( NHK, CoR, etc).

At least the smile is beautiful.

Either way, it's a confusing garment.

It's great until you realize they made him wear a cardigan over a sports jacket. The logic, it is not there....

Textbook publishers are totally missing out here.

You're welcome and it's only high school physics. You can do a couple simple tests with a spinning top or some such object and try it for yourself. Yuzu's becoming a regular physics teaching aid. A textbook company should endorse him.

Now you've got the physicist in me thinking: 1. The more homogenous and solid a rotating object is, the easier it will turn. Therefore, compact muscle and bone, which can be controlled consciously, would offer less resistance than fat, which is a non-rigid and effectively inanimate mass. Think of a glob of jelly clinging to a spoon. If you jerk the spoon, the momentum you impart makes the spoon move quickly, but the jelly doesn't transfer momentum well so it moves slowly and falls off the spoon. Likewise with human fat. 2. The more muscle fibers, the more power. Therefore a more muscled body can generate greater speed and momentum. It also means Yuzu can resist the centripetal force of the rotations better, which is the force that pulls rotating object outwards. So he can hold a tighter, faster rotation for longer. 3. Higher mass means more power is needed to make the jump. But it also means that it generates more momentum once in motion. 4. The distribution of the mass matters and will affect rotational speed and (I'm guessing here) stability in the air (jump position). But I can think of ways in which it benefits as well as ways in which it detracts, so maybe it's a wash? In short, I think the benefits of having more muscle power outweigh the negatives of being heavier. But Yuzu must be carefully monitoring every aspect of this to make sure it works out.

I feel more like an envious sister wishing I was Ice-chan, though!

And we love him for it! Joking apart, I had thought he got stronger there but wasn't sure. It's nice he confirmed it.

No, it'll be 'Do Ya Think I'm Sexy?' and my eyes are not ready...

Come on now, the love between a boy and his ice is always pure! Although he does occasionally make me think we should let him and Ice-chan have their alone time....

Knit in the wee small hours of the morning, before new Yuzu videos get posted?

This bit: ' Really...Now I have chest muscles. They really concentrates in this place *touch chest*(Interviewer goes: hee)Then, what's that...and *touch upper arm* the muscles are here too (In:sugoii) Yuzu: uhmm... I can feel my body is changing' Aw. That's just kind of endearing. It's like he never thought he'd be a muscle-y guy and is just as surprised by them as the rest of us.

Oh, but I thought his one true love is Ice-chan? I mean, he did that hydroblade kiss and everything....

It's laughable, really. I hope my friends and family like lumpy handknits because I can only afford to make Christmas gifts this year. My dollars have been exclusively reserved for Yuzu viewing.

I can't help but wonder how many times he fell for his hand to end up like that. I mean we could all see it on video...it looked so painful.

Of course it would be an organizational nightmare, but on the other hand Finlandia Trophy has already organized a way for people to send virtual flowers via SMS this weekend. I'm sure sooner or later someone will try it with charitable donations. Maybe not for an ISU competition but perhaps things like Japan Open.