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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.

Just leaving this here is case anyone hasn't seen it. We've all done so much hand-wringing over the GPF results but he himself sounds remarkably matter-of-fact and even sanguine about it: @holina for some reason, I could picture him as a surfer. I don't know why, maybe he just has that slightly off-beat character. And yes, the mental image is very

But is it anything new? People have said crap like that for ages...and if it weren't for his deep knee bend landings, Yuzu would not be able to save as many jumps as he does. @Figure_Frenzy I'm not a physiotherapist, but biomechanically, I think landing with stiff knees would actually cause you hip and back problems because more of the force of the jump gets transferred up your leg. A deep knee bend actually absorbs and distributes the shock.

I have to agree about body composition being a factor. One of my most spectacular learn-to-swim failures is my brother, who is a Nordic skier/rugby player/rock climber. From the start he would sink like a stone no matter what we tried because of his high muscle density and low body fat. He eventually learned to compensate by kicking more and adjusting his body position but it was a struggle. Yuzu's sinking point would definitely be his thighs - he's got so much muscle and bone with no floaty body fat at all. Swimming would be a lot of effort for him, is my guess.

I was really proud of myself for managing to read the whole thing in French! Not as out of practice as I thought.

The whole asthma-sports connection makes me laugh. Half my swim team had asthma - their doctors recommended they swim to improve it! (Humid environment = good for lungs, I guess). Yuzu's definitely not the first Olympian with asthma and he won't be the last. And yes, I have taught many adults how to swim and would be delighted to help Yuzu with that. That being said, swimming is big as an elementary school exercise in Japan. I'd be very surprised if he'd never had lessons at all, not even through his school. But I suspect Yuzu would prefer to build his stamina by doing runthroughs and laps around the rink.

I don't know but I'm leaning towards yes. The 3 months between JNats and Worlds is a long time and he hasn't had a full competitive season in 2 years, so maybe he'll be champing at the bit to go. That being said, going to 4CC may not be up to him - it might be a question of getting assigned there by JSF. So who knows, really? I don't think there are any other convenient competitions in January or February that he could go to if he wants to give a new layout a dry run.