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This is why, if he ever joins a Stars On Ice tour (seems unlikely though), I'll be paying almost any price for a ticket. It's unlikely I'd ever be able to get to one of the Japanese shows he does so I wait in hopes he'll do one in North America some day. Although I'm quite happy to work my way to seeing competitions too.

It's very funny for us watching, but it's pretty clear from Roman's face here that he was really confused and embarrassed while the whole thing was happening. Poor kid! But that's The Waist for you...

Just finished watching the English subbed version of Javi's part in "Another Story", and it got me right in the feels.... I knew it would but I still am all , , and ...

Hey guys, does anyone know where I can watch 4CC? It doesn't look like there's even a thread for it over in Space Battles... /// Nevermind, it seems I'm a few days early. Thought it was this weekend.

Jeffrey's A-spin looks more like a variation of a sit-spin or camel spin because he crosses the arm holding the leg up across his body, so I'm questioning if it really is an A-spin. And Sandhu is just crazy flexible there. It looks like his head was between his knees. I don't know if anyone else does it that way.

I bet! Probably to the point of some nearly losing an eye...

Roman's A spin is definitely the best one I've seen. His leg position is better than most and he rotates very quickly so it takes away from the, er, butt factor and it just looks elegant.

Love how Jun uses all the distraction over Yuzu's fall to his advantage to win the race...LOL. they raise them competitive at TCC...

Note how even in a play competition, our Overlord must be first...

Skate Canada is pretty well sending the full team to 4CC; https://skatecanada.ca/2019/01/eighteen-skaters-headed-to-2019-isu-four-continents-figure-skating-championships/

Also, as regards Yuzu's popularity, my writing group's editor summed it up this way when I showed her his videos: "Oh, he's adorable!"

I think you hit the nail on the head with this paragraph. Yuzuru is the first athlete, and Figure Skating is the first sport, I've followed online, but I've been a part of other online fandoms ( I was a Bronzer during it's heyday, if anyone here is familiar with Buffy The Vampire Slayer fandom, and I follow anime and manga sites that are rife with otaku), and well, Yuzu fandom is like that. It's a special thing people have to seek out on their own if they're interested. I mean, anyone can follow Real Madrid or the Toronto Maple Leafs (although why would you?, in the case of the Leafs) just by popping down to the local pub or flicking on the TV, but if you want to see Yuzuru you have to work for it. Thus people have a sense of pride and, dare I say, responsibility, towards being a fan that leads to them being more active and vocal in their online support of him. That being said, I hope McMorris is also getting his share of support. Not to diminish Yuzu's achievement, but McMorris crashed into a tree at full speed and nearly ended up dead. To go from that to the Olympic podium only ten months later, when the fact he's even walking is some kind of miracle, is just, like, whoa!, dude. I'm awestruck.

First Olympic Channel, now Laureus Sport. Hanyu addiction is spreading.

Well he should...but only in front of fans...so we can appreciate his beautiful moves... His crossrolls kill me dead.

I feel like they set a really good example of the way everybody should be with their rivals in life. Imagine going to workplace where this was the prevailing attitude, for example.

Dammit, Javi! If I weep anymore, I'll have icicles in my eyelashes... it's so cold here today. Hope Yuzu bundles up!

@LadyLou re your comments to me re scores:

The only way it makes sense is if the original tweet and retweet were meant sarcastically. Given how ridiculous some of the scores were (all 10's for performance? One judge giving everything +5 GOE?), a sarcasm post is a strong possibility. I mean, no one could possibly take those scores seriously.

Yeah, realized it after, so I followed the links to make sure. It does seem like a weird thing for her to do though. As far as I know, there's no reason for enmity between them.

I don't know who that person is, ( Nevermind, I clicked through and it does look like the real Miki Ando account did the retweet. But still though...) Some real jerk is trying to stir up drama. Same when they dub over Brian and Tracy. I wish they'd sub instead.

And once again, those boys have us all in a puddle of tears...tbh it's probably a good thing Javi retired, I don't know how many more tugs my heartstrings can take!

Yes, I'm just saying that most kiddies who dream like that would consider winning once to be enough out of reach already. Only Yuzu would think of doing it twice.

You know, most little kids who do sports dream of going to the Olympics, and some who are very good might daydream about winning a medal. Only little baby Yuzuru 'Extra' Hanyu would dream of winning gold at the Olympics twice.

Or maybe it's helped him maximize the use of the training time he has... supposing he has less total time to train available to him, he probably works for maximum efficiency and tried to get the most out of every second he's on the ice.

Fabu. Just what we all wanted... Yeah no. Vera Wang can do better, those costumes are just...