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Of course they work hard to get where they are. However, they don't have the character and integrity, honesty and general overall goodness Yuzu does, so to my mind he's head and shoulders above them. Plus, I just hate basketball in general (and NFL football, and soccer. I can tolerate baseball and enjoy hockey but most of the major league sports leave me cold). So I'm not inclined to be impressed by the sport's athletes. IMO rugby has far better role models and is way more entertaining to watch.

All LeBron ever did was bounce some balls. Any fool can do that. Let's see him do a 3A going up for a dunk and then we'll talk.

Early and often is always the best way to vote.

Well, Shoma and Jason have to come first sometimes...by 0.06 of a point...

They gave him cat ears! LOL!

Some wishful thinking there, making Yuzu front and center. Also, did Daisuke qualify for Nats? I've lost track.

No, the swan prince was actually a glorious Phoenix in disguise, arising triumphantly from the ashes of his own destruction time and time again.

Very nice.

After today, there's this: 173. For the way he elevates the whole competition when he's in it, and the way competitions kind of suck without him. Yuzu, skating itself absolutely needs you; when you're not around everyone goes splat and then some get overscored...

If it wasn't for Yuzu, I wouldn't have the full .pdf of the 2018 ISU Special Regulations and Technical Rules downloaded to my phone right now...nor would I have just done a full-scale system restore on my laptop and replaced my burnt out digital cable box today. All in the name of being able to watch problem- free livestreams and/or broadcasts...of a competition Yuzu isn't even in!

I hope by 'greeted', you don't mean 'fell', @4Nessie.... because that really hurts. And I hope you enjoyed the skating. It's not always easy the first time!

Whoever runs that Olympic account is a full-fledged fanyu, no question.

The truth of this was only reinforced yesterday with the GPF men's SP results.

Just adding my voice to the general chorus: Happy Birthday, Yuzuru! We're all so glad that you're here and still sharing your skating with us. Here's to you!

Of all different sizes and shapes. I've volunteered at a charity gift-wrapping booth before...wrapping soft lumpy things is not easy...

My hat's off to the volunteers who had to wrap all those...

Enjoy the competition anyway! There'll still be lots of good stuff to see!

How lovely! What a great charity.

The waggy finger is indeed a thing of beauty. Which brings me to 151. His beauty. Yes it's shallow of me, but have you seen his lips, skin, eyes, bone structure, hair, hands, etc?

Oh, that's so creepy! Poor Yuzu. It's hard for me to understand why someone would get so carried away with hate that they'd do that; it's only a sport after all.

145. For starting a trend for hydroblades and high kicks after axel landings this season. Suddenly everyone's doing it.

Sure. What I was wondering was if it was more than just someone being mean, I guess....like is throwing a towel at someone meant to be a particular message ( like the booing) or was it just general meanness.

Could someone explain what it was supposed to mean? To my Western eyes, it doesn't look like anything. Is it as bad as, say, ice hockey fans dumping a beer over a player's head that they don't like?

Canada is a country of immigrants, most of them coming from countries where English is not the first language spoken. Yuzu's experience is common here. It's difficult to overcome the language barrier, and it goes both ways - the people he met here at first probably wanted to help but couldn't speak Japanese either. The part that really strikes me though, is Yuzu winning big competitions less than a year after the Tohoku Earthquake. He had to overcome real, incredibly huge hardships to get to that point. It makes his PC gold look small in comparison.