Fay

It’s ugly, that’s true. And childish.

In fact, I’ve a hunch it’s not a very cheap coat either...

I know who I’ll blame if he ends up choosing any of those...

Well, given how exciting this off season is proving to be, we might find the wait not too long.

Yeah, and then they tell us we have to wait until the open practices at TCC...

He says he’s rested, and is getting ready for the new season and studying.

The Planet would have eaten their fingernails right to the their bones...

I love Brian and his team the more for being able to keep up faces and lie. It must have been an exhausting experience. I heard that Tracy broke down in tears after the Olympics were over for them - is that true?

Yeah, lots of athletes and their coaches are very economical with the truth. By not revealing the truth and behaving in a confident manner, Yuzu and Brian piled up pressure on their rivals. Thank goodness for Javi playing along.

He had to be lying.

What a load of missed opportunities...

Not that I’d think he’s such a difficult skater to choreograph for...

Never heard of it!

Yep. Bear through first few seconds of it - she hears her husband/lover leaving, she runs back to grab a basket of sandwiches, she hears the door close on her, she waves her hand...

Actually, Zhenya’s team last year gave an explanation to her free, saying at the start she was saying goodbye to her loved one, and packing sandwiches for him. So sandwiches became a staple for miming in the Russian forums.

Miracles do happen!

5Lip, you mean?

Actually, it’ll be hilarious to see a guy do all that! Positively looking forward to it!

Let’s get some pantomime again! Skipping ropes, flying kites, making sandwiches...

If they made a documentary about Medvedeva’s trials and tribulations this season, there’s no way they would have missed out on Yuzu’s epic story. Since they couldn’t film it in TCC, it’ll be enacted by someone else. Bring it on, I can do with some laughter right now.

Sorry, being Russian here, I demand to know: what exactly do people think Yuzuru and Plushenko were speaking about while Plushenko was being interviewed?

Yay, three months since Yuzu became a two time Olympic Champion!

I’m trying to remember if the season after the last Olympics was this exciting. Yeah, there was the Ilyinikh/Katsalapov breakup, but other than that?

No particular accent - just ordinary standard Russian accent.

Brian could have helped