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I love that they have Johnny Weir playing a pairs skater. I don't love that this article doesn't even mention the skaters who are in this, just the actors. Actors, who cares? We're all going to be watching for the skating anyway.

I know, right? I'm always torn between wishing I had that much fitness myself, and admiring what he has going on. @Geo1 So to sum up, as far as Tourism Kelowna is concerned, Yuzu is welcome back any time. I picture all the nice old ladies working in the tourist information center doing this if he ever shows up again.

I thought he was alluding to the fact that the next Olys are in China, but it could also be interpreted the way you have. hard to know, I don't follow Max usually so have no idea what his attitudes are. ...and I see I'm late to the discussion as usual

It's still early days...so far the only news is that an investigation has been launched. Might not be enough for NBC to jump on yet. But yes, it would seem more consequential of a story than Hersh's gossip hunting

Well, I have a comment to make. I'm Brian's longtime fan. Since he was a skater. I've always watched what he's done and followed any news there was about him. One thing that's been a recurring theme in his life, is that he is always sincere in his intentions and he always does the best he can. Whether an observer would agree that what he does is the correct course of action or not, Brian's heart is now, always was, and probably always will be, in the right place. It hurts incredibly to see him get attacked like this (and I'm just a fan who never met him, not someone who works with him every day.). It hurts even more knowing that Yuzu trusts him, likes him, and respects him, as is evident by all their interactions that we've been able to see, and that Yuzu is probably hurt by seeing his fans viciously attack his coach for things that are a) often insignificant and b), frankly, not the fans' business to begin with. Yuzu's coaches are clearly precious and important people to him. Why can't we fans respect that? None of us would attack his parents that way. No more should we be heaping abuse on his coaches, then, especially over a situation none of them could help.

Why, why, why did you use this turn of phrase? My brain went some really strange places on that one. Joking apart, at least in a Speedo we'd get to see just how big those thigh muscles really are. In a spirit of academic inquiry, I mean.

A blanket ban seems just as unfair as allowing Russia to continue compete when they clearly think anti-doping is a joke. Sports with a low frequency of positive doping test results should get case-by-case consideration. It would be really odd to have no Russian skaters competing at Worlds, for example. It would totally change the field. Although, no Russian competitors might mean no Russian judges either.

If you want to try convincing him to wear one - be my guest!

One can only hope! I absolutely hate that technique. It looks bad. I have no words. I thought the same. Truly, I've thought that since her growth spurt after PC and her blow up at Worlds '18, Alina's been skating on borrowed time, and the chief reason Eteri let her is because she didn't want to give truth to the rumours that Evgenia's departure had already fueled - that the girls are discarded after puberty hits them. Does anyone think the WADA ban is going to affect figure skating very much? I really can't see it, it's not a sport where doping is a thing, but I'd love to hear what others think.

So that the age-guessing software can get it right for once?

Not even Yuzu could make speedos look good. Actual Olympic swimmers don't even look good in them.

but then it would be an entirely different sport, one that was actually fair. I agree though. If there were some kind of official appeals or review process, or a way to challenge the call, things would seem a little less David (the skaters) vs Goliath (the judges).

man, that made me miss Seimei all over again. I hope Yuzu revisits it someday.

Yeah, and some where in the avalanche of press after ACI '19, there is buried this little nugget of info that Brian did in fact speak to someone about the incompetent judging that happened at ACI. Which makes me wonder all the more about what certain judges were thinking while scoring Yuzu at GPF. the judging is the suckiest aspect of this sport, bar none. By the way, in case everyone's forgotten: Yuzu's official spokespeople are supposed to be JSF, not TCC.

No BV assigned to quints, so it's a waste of a jumping pass. I feel pretty certain one will show up in an ice show next summer, but that's just my own hunch, nothing more.

He answered that question this past weekend. He basically said "Maybe someday, after I get 4A, I might train it then if my flip feels good enough. I would like to do a program with all 6 quads in it one time." So he's not ruling it out, but he's got other fish to fry right now.

I feel dumb now for not remembering that.

Has he? How'd I miss it? Geez.

But has Shoma ever done 4Lo or 4Lz? I thought his quads were toe, sal, and flip only.

Of course they are. Tit for tat in return for Evgenia's defection, probably.

Frankly, I'm starting to get the feeling that Russians would LOVE to poach Yuzu away from TCC. @Umebachi I read that news about Dr. Nakamura and it just filled me with sadness. The worst part of the current situation in that area of the world is how any attempts to make things better for the people there are immediately torn down and destroyed by the various terrorist factions in the region.

Thank you for putting my thoughts into words! It makes me extremely angry the way people are ready to jump down Brian's throat over each bump in the road. It's like there's a portion of fanyus that just don't want to believe a Western coach like Brian could ever possibly be trusted to care for an Asian skater at all, and their reactions border on hysteria. I wonder if Brian had to go through all this with Yuna's fans too. If so, I don't know how he keeps on putting up with it.

I'm very disappointed, but not at all surprised, that NBC contacted Brian and tried to dig into this situation. They were obviously looking for some dirt to fling around and personally I think they should have left well enough alone. It is interesting that Brian says JSF submitted Ghislain's name before Brian knew about it. That could have happened for many reasons, with the simplest explanation being a straight-up misunderstanding between JSF and Yuzu. I don't think we should read any more into it, but I do find it to be another example of how little JSF thinks of Yuzu, that they couldn't do something like this correctly. And there's also the possibility that Yuzu simply realized Brian was busy and didn't want to bother him. I could totally see Yuzu doing that out of general politeness.

Asthma does three things: it makes the muscles lining the respiratory tract spasm, constricting the airways, the tissues of the airways swell, and it makes the body produce more mucus. So 3 different things happen to close off the airways, so as a result it becomes harder to breathe, and the lungs get less oxygen. So for an asthmatic athlete, they're already at a disadvantage before they even begin because their body can't always draw in enough air to keep their performance up. Edited: sorry, I just realized two others have answered already. Anyway, allow me to contribute something from my own personal experience as an asthmatic athlete: you go for months between attacks where your breathing is completely normal, so at those times you can train normally. But an attack can hit you out of nowhere and leave you coughing, wheezing and gasping. And when you're having an attack, it feels like you're trying to breathe through a plastic straw. Breathing out is almost as hard as breathing in. And your whole upper body has to get involved so your chest and back heave trying to breathe in. If his attacks are anything like mine, he'd be in a lot of discomfort when they happen, but perfectly fine when they don't.