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Hey, at least POTO made the video! Meanwhile Zig is off in the corner crying because he's the only one left out entirely. (Can't say I blame Yuzu for accidentally replacing the bits of 2014 that involved POTO with Seimei. It probably wasn't his favorite part of his career, except for the GPF win.)

I guess I'm one of the thin ones with yellow flowers?

Well, it didn't take long for the social media posts to start heating up. Auto-translate is not very good between Russian and English, so I'm not sure exactly what Eteri's saying here, but it looks like something about trust and giving part of yourself to your athletes?

"...we recommend you give it a go from the comforts of your home." looks at the high kick from Etude So the Olympic Channel just wants us all to get injured?

Yuzu! So good to wake up to fresh content. Especially if it involves LGC/Origin hair at some point. Poor Zigeunerweisen. I think that's the only competitive program he left out, unless I just missed it? @SitTwizzle I briefly wondered if he was going to reveal a new program at the end, too. I didn't think he would, but the man is certainly full of surprises.

I saw that. I can't find anything reputable backing it up though, and Ashley just posted a birthday message to Tim on Twitter saying "here's to many more years spent by your side" so I'm guessing it's not true. USFSA hasn't said a word about it, and you know they'd say something.

I miss him Also, thank you Jordan for watering the cacti.

Congratulations!

Ugh, no, I thought maybe all the fan backlash this season would have made them rethink the awards in the future. Apparently not.

I think so - the current standings are for the beginning of the 20-21 season. Anyway, it’ll be true soon enough, he’s nearly untouchable this season due to the lead he has, so barring something extremely strange happening, he’ll still be ranked number one at the end of the season!

World standings and season standings are different. The current world standings are as of season 20-21.

Wait, Nathan was at the top of the standings at season’s end, so I think we’re calling that record a little prematurely. Now that we’re in a new season, Yuzu is back in the top spot. But he should be nearly impossible to catch this season with the lead he has, so by the end of the season he really will be the oldest to ever be ranked first at season’s end at age 26.

There's a bottom to this rabbit hole?

Oh no... Sounds like she didn’t know about Charlie’s retirement? They were so much fun to watch at SCI. Hopefully things work out for her.

Honestly, your avatar side-eying the soap opera is perfect. @rockstaryuzu Everyone always gets a little crazy during a normal off-season. We're all going completely mad this time, I think...

Like, say, a 23-year-old with a new 4T? Liza is proof that it's possible for some, if they have good technique. She hasn't landed it in competition, but the practice videos looked great.

Well, that's not healthy. I'm so over this attitude that puberty is a monster that has to be held off at any cost in ladies' figure skating. It's horrible for the skaters, it sets them up for lifelong medical problems.

Well, this one's easy for me. PC Chopin is the reason I'm here. I watched figure skating every four years at the Olympics, except for Sochi. (I was too busy with school and I didn't watch it!) So I watched the men's short program, and was completely captivated by Yuzu's skate. By the time the free skate happened, I was pretty much totally converted. I'd never seen anyone move like that before, ever... and, well, here we are.

4 - I do love LGC/Origin hair.

Not sure where to put this, here or in the COVID-19 thread? Jason Brown and Gracie Gold are hosting a fundraiser on April 17 for COVID-19 PPE and training, with videos submitted by a lot of skaters. https://www.americares.org/events/blades-for-the-brave/

Stretching, yoga, and cardio when I can, but work (and a general dislike of off-ice training) is making it hard right now. If I can't skate, at least hopefully I won't be completely out of shape when the rink finally reopens.

Hmm... let's see what the most Yuzu-like thing I've ever done is. As I'm not GOAT-level in anything, I think it's kind of a stretch to find something. Maybe it's how my report card always said "needs improvement" in the place where they graded how well I paid attention in class as a kid? Given that Yuzu apparently always tried to play baseball with the flyers at his rink instead of practicing, I'm guessing he wasn't the greatest at staying on task either. Well, the last time I made hot chocolate, I did make a rather horrifyingly sweet concoction of hot chocolate with far too many toppings. There is that.

I believe he’s said before that he, like all athletes, tries to eat healthy, but does occasionally have a less healthy snack. There’s too much footage of him eating the bars of Ghana chocolate on set for him to have a chocolate allergy. He is allergic to alcohol, however. Edit: plus the GPF “flowers.” Based on how excited he looked when he realized what they were made from, I’m guessing he really likes chocolate...

He was born in Moscow, right? Yes!

Never mind, old (but cute!) news. The self-isolation is apparently getting to me.