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I'm really surprised that THIS twitter post from our good old Olympic Channel does not have at least 2489023572305789 responds in the comment section yet

It's so lovely to see, how this year's Junior GP series turns into a Yuzu tribute contest Imagine the head to head race between Sasha Plushenko and Vadim Voronov in a few years... Who can do the better pistol, Y-spiral, hydroblading, IB, biellmann, glove throw...

The ISU Jump Auction - The History Plushy 2010: What's wrong with you guys?! Where are the quads?! Patrick 2010: I do two 4T's in my free and one in the short. Is that okay? Reynolds 2010: I bid two quads in the short. Mroz 2011: I can offer a 4Lz. Javi 2012: I bid three quads in the free. Reynolds 2013: Five quads in one competition. Javi 2014: I bid five quads with better GOE. Boyang 2015: I go for six quads in one competition and 4Lz in combo with positive GOE. Shoma 2016: I bid a quad Flip. Yuzu 2016: Quad Loop everyone. Nathan 2017: Five quads in a free program. Yuzu 2017: Three quads in the second half. Nathan 2018: Okay, I bid six quads in the free, folks. Patrick 2018: Sorry, I bow out, guys. ISU 2018: Things start to escalate. We have to change the rules... Yuzu 2018: 4T+3A sequence in the second half. Javi 2019: Yeah, I think it's time to say bye bye. Shoma 2019: I bid 3A+4T combo! Not in competition yet, but I go for it. Yuzu 2019: Well, then I go for the 4A and now seriously. Shoma 2019: Oh, and I work on a quint. Yuzu 2019: You know what? I'll go for all six types of quads. Think about a quint, too, if you don't stop provoking me. Sigh. TBC

I think, Yuzu would absolutely enjoy to troll the whole skating world with a once-in-a-lifetime-wtf-performance, whenever and whatever that would be. No program reveal, many misleading hints from TCC instead, maybe he would even ask the referee to mute his practice run-through for the ultimate surprise effect... and of course he would take care of exquisite choreo and skating quality, so that the judges had no choice but to give him top scores for something... they would NEVER forget I can see that sweet grin on his face already...

I don't think that any performance or music choice of any other skater could top Yuzu with Rasputin anyway. That would be just too hilarious. If I had to skate after him... gosh I would probably get deductions for recurring laugh attacks. I tell you: the commentators and even the judges would totally lose their sh*t There are three other songs of Rasputin troll level that would make me cry from laughing (and they are all from the 70s lol): Moscow Bicycle Race Rama Lama Ding Dong

Sorry, my last post was a bit unclear The 3A is around 1:17 in this video. It has a short twizzle exit, too, but the long twizzle I was talking about, starts a bit later at 1:29. Yuzu skates to the other end of the rink, before he enters it. I think there should be enough time and room to build the necessary momentum. The current version is decent, but I always felt that it could be more impactful and memorable, if he completely pulled through there until 1:34 (at COR the twizzle stopped around 1:32). EDIT: Gomen for the timestemp escalation In general I agree with @LadyLou that the section between the 3A and the combo needs some fine tuning. The rest of the program is gorgeous and I LOVE it. The sit spin, the step sequence and the combo spin at the end are perhaps my all-time-favorite 60 seconds of figure skating.

The twizzle after the 3A in Otonal. I think it can be a real program highlight, if Yuzu accelerates more with the music and holds it about two seconds longer, so that the twizzle finishes right on the note (as he did beautifully in Notte Stellata): Otonal SP (COR 2018) - Twizzle Maybe it's physically too demanding before the big quad combo, but if there's anyone in the skating world, who can do it - it's Yuzu.

This summer we had: 1. Yuzu in fishnet top dancing and flirting with Anna 2. Masquerade Yuzu in red AND black leather top plus glove throw and everything 3. Yuzu switching his oreo top to a simple T-shirt and exposing his back to the crowd 4. Veeeery tight FaOI training gear 5. Evangelion top exposing his muscular arm and shoulder 6. Boss Yuzu in suit with gelled hair advertising Citizen watches 7. Now the clavicle reveal... ... something's in the air...

My opinion about recycling: It's still way better to keep the music and change the choreo than changing the music and keeping the choreo.

I caught a cold yesterday. No tea, no medicine, no warm bed could help really. Now I'm watching 10 minutes of Yuzu posing with a chocolate dispenser, revealing his collarbones and I feel like a newborn puppy. Fever gone, energy back. Awesome.

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Nah, that old pink Ghana costume wouldn't do justice to Pink Panther. I'm sure that Yuzu would do everything in his might to top Aljona's super skinny and dazzling costume from 2014

He just has to do a practice session with the usual routines. Zipping of his jacket, doing some nice stroking with deep edges, long gliding... and it's perfect. If he can do it in a filled arena with thousands of fancams following him, he can do it everywhere. PS: If he doesn't have any problems to wear this pink monstrosity for Ghana, a short skating session in his favorite training gear shouldn't be a problem either. That's my guess at least.

UA has the ultimate chance to create the most attracting ad in television history, but they prefer to sleep.

It would be so lol, if Yuzu decided to wear 'Freddie-cartoon style' in a future competition but with Pooh-san on the shirt (and full of sparkles of course)

I agree that recycling both LGC and Origin would break with the inward/outward pattern of the past seasons. I really love LGC, it's one of my all-time favorite programs and I would give my salary to see a clean version of it. On the other hand the copyright issues would probably lead to more deletion waves on YT and other platforms and how sad this would be: Yuzuru Hanyu skates the greatest performance of all time... and it's blocked. EDIT: Thank you for the information about Teo Torriatte! Didn't know about the charity album 11/12 yet. That would 100% fit the tribute series of his past EX programs and since it's Queen, I don't think that Japanese lyrics should be a problem. I would really appreciate this song as a new EX.

I thought a bit about Yuzu's costume choices for the next season. If he decided to recycle Origin (which seems very likely), I really wonder how you can improve the version from last season... for me it's just perfect as it is If his SP is Otonal again, I would like to see a costume that reminds me more of autumn than winter this time. I could imagine a top inspired by golden Japanese gingko and colorful Canadian maple leaves. The structure of this gingko tree here looks a bit like the crystals on the backside of the current costume, aye?

I really like the quote and the picture selection with the two medals in the background Maybe it would look even better, if the text was positioned as a block to Yuzu's right?

I listened to some old Queen songs yesterday and found "Teo Torriatte (Let us cling together)" with Japanese lyrics: 手を取り合って　このまま行こう (Let's go hand in hand) 愛する人よ (my beloved) 静かな宵に (In a quiet evening) 光を灯し (Light the light) 愛しき教えを抱き (Embracing loving teachings) When I read the line "light the light", I just had to think of Yuzu and the Olympic torch... Now the funny thing is: The American rock band Melee did a cover version of this song in 2010 and released it on the album "The Masquerade"

You can only stop Yuzuru Hanyu from skating, if you heat up all ice rinks in the Milky Way and turn them into swimming pools.

I think it would be smart to come up with a quote from Yuzu, where he said something like: 'A solid technique is the foundation of artistry. It's impossible to separate them.' 1. It's true 2. not offensive and 3. it throws shade on the ISU

I'm really curious, how many skaters are out there, who could deliver Yuzu's full list of senior music pieces from Zigeunerweisen to Masquerade... My bet: 1. Everyone, who might shine with Chopin Ballade No. 1, would terribly fail with Seimei. Those, who could rock LGC, wouldn't have a clue what to do with H&L (and so on). 2. Yuzu could make something great of every program from any other skater, if he had to (as we could see in multiple practice sessions already). PS: I prefer a polished, high quality recycling over an unfinished, sloppy new program anytime.

This is a bit OT, but one of my most important lessons at school This is what Yuzu does, too. Observe top skaters carefully and project their skills (stage 1). Then he incorporates those skills and makes them his own (stage 2) and finally he recomposes them to something new (stage 3). I agree with you that he has even reached some kind of transcendent stage now. It's the fusion of figure skating history and the unique signature of Yuzuru Hanyu.

Yep. I could probably enjoy her, Vincent, Nathan and other skaters much more, if they received fair scores. They are all very talented athletes and it's not their fault. But I just cannot ignore the scoreboard, no matter how hard I try.

I bet my money that she will get higher GOE than Boyang, Kolyada and Yuzu for their fully rotated ones.