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I think, in reality, his English is far better than how he seems in interviews. He talks to his coaches and the other skaters at TCC. I just think he prefers to speak Japanese because he can express more fully how he feels and what he thinks. So much is really not directly translatable to English.

I posted this to my Facebook page for all of those people I know who are clueless as to why I am such a Fanyu. It'd be cool to put a story about how donations to Tohoku Disaster Relief | Japan NPO Center were stunningly high for Yuzu's birthday. He's more than an elite athlete. So much more.

Thanks for posting this.

I'd be thrilled to be 1/10th as fit, but that would require me to actually work out regularly. I also would have needed to start that two decades ago. He's worked hard for all of that and we can admire away...

But it's in Italian! I, for one, do not speak Italian.

Grayson Long - the 10 yr old who trains at TCC - is in this, or at least in four episodes.

Plushenko should have checked himself in a mirror before going with this costume....and, also, Yuzu has more muscle mass in one knee than I have in my entire body.

Academic inquiry, indeed.

Only the French think they look good in speedos. I've seen a couple of pictures of Yuzu in shorts and his thighs are almost freakishly muscular (not an insult). Even his knee caps have muscles.

The judges could hold off on their total score and use instant replay before finalizing. They do sometimes have a tentative judgement - why not apply that to every element? Even if it added, say, five minutes to the K+C, it would be worth it. Part of the problem (beyond the bias and stupid calls) is that they have to make such quick decisions - the four minute format hardly gives them time to accurately judge things like transitions and flow...