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  1. meoima
    I am sure my ice rink still has plenty of METAL medals to share the burden. Lmao
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    Figure skating needs stars (well all sports need stars, but team sport less so a bit). The only way ISU can develop strong interest in some countries are making stars out of them. Which is why we see they're working on it with junior grand prix, streaming through YouTube and do interviews with young promising skaters to attract viewers. However, it depends on each culture to see if the stars can be made. You want to attract American casual views? Americans need to develop strong ladies. They only need like half of the dozen ladies that Russia has right now.
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    Now I wouldn't be against individual medals for elements, they should have jump competition in which skaters perform solo jumps from single rotation to quad for like 10 times in a row and the guy who gets the highest average score will get the gold. - Gold for the best lutz technique - Gold for the best axel and so on... gold for the best sit spin, best layback spin... lol i wouldn't mind. They will have to make a lot of medals though.
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    Yuzuru is like... he does too well and his quality is too good so even though many people in the skating world do not like him, they could not say anything against him much aside from attacking his "inconsistency" lol. Then you know reputation and rumors matter quite often among the judges. I have seen a husband of a judge at Skate Canada complained this right after Yuzuru's legendary performance at GPF 2015 when he set WR like: "Hanyu got too many 10s! He did not deserve that much." Guess what, that person once taught Javier skating skills for a while. His wife JUDGED at Skate Canada and several other competitions. He even said, "Asada never has a true 3A, she never landed a clean 3A in her career." <--- which is wrong because for sure Mao did land a plentiful of clean 3A in her long career but I guess some politiking did the job (and I am not even Mao's fan). Needless to say, he hates me a lot and I once asked him something about technique on facebook he did not reply me at all.
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    Well Patrick represents the majority of North American male skaters. If you look at most US skaters who do not jump quads, you can see Patrick there. Patrick is just the best example. But many North American men skate like him. And of course, Jason Brown.
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    Actually that would be Patrick with 2 quads but he shall retire soon, or Shoma if his technique is not that horrible and cheated, or Jason Brown if he can jump at least one quad. Or Javi because Europe really need a presenter. But overall Patrick at his prime is the best candidate. By the end 2012, many specialists already bet their money on Yuzuru because they knew great technique when they saw it. There are some top specialists which I shall not name them are actually Yuzuru's fans. But it seems the judges are not on the same side with tech specialists. As we know, judges have higher politic conflicts.
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    They're very funny to attack Boyang and ignore the fact it's their own balletic skater who should be the example. sigh... what saddens me most is that FS world is so small and no one dare speak up the truth.
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    Yes, no one has ever land 4A in competition, and the only guy who can land 4A in competition is Yuzuru and they're making 4A much less than before. It's like ISU and Co are telling Yuzuru to retire cause "We need no male to do 4A, thank you for your service."
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    Yes, they said something like the current men only focus on quads so they want to emphasis on artistry... they think too many quads are killing men skating. Which makes me laugh a lot. It's the bad judging that kills the skating, not quads.
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    Khoai did say this in GS sometimes before. Now both are banned on GS. Apparently his coach is old friend with the current ISU Vice president and they talked about the huge scores going up and up through emails. Since 2 years ago they already talked about how to reduce the scores. And there are a large part inside ISU hate the progressive movement so...
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    They will, it has been in the talk since 2015 when Yuzuru broke 300 barrier. Actually ISU vice president mentioned the same thing in an email to my friend's coach. We thought they're just playing something in the ground but they're truly bringing it.
  12. meoima
    Taking away 30s actually has nothing to do with upgrading the artistic side of the sport. It's more like shorter time for each program, easier for broadcasters. They live on tivi license.
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    Men skating is considered gay-ish and feminine in most macho-culture. And American culture is in general very macho. It's hilarious for USFA or ISU to think that they could "make skating great in America again" by pushing American men. American macho culture will never care about male skating. They totally don't care who Evan Lysacek was, even their reporters forgot he's the OGM. Because in this "art" sport, ladies sell more (aside from Yuzuru and Plushenko). One example, look at Tessa and Scott new website. Tessa has some sponsors for herself while Scott only have shared sponsors with Tessa. Or another example, Marin Honda is actually mentioned by Japanese media more than Shoma Uno. Skating was big in America during 90s because they had many strong ladies who won left and right like Tonya Harding, Nancy Kerringan, Michelle Kwan, Tara Lipninski, Sasa Cohen... This is figure skating, in most cases, ladies matter more. If USFA and ISU want to make skating in America big again, they should invest in the ladies.
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    Simply because they don't teach the judges how to score properly.
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    Stephen has to grow up first. We shall see how he will handle his body once he grows up. His "4lz" is UR and his Lutz has questionable edge. His 4S is PR and UR sometimes and doesn't get called. Really good for his age. But he needs time.
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    I would say it's not that Yuzuru decided without telling Brian. Because Brian didn't tell the media Yuzuru would do this or that. Brian simply said Yuzuru tested out something (which is normal for top skaters, even Kwan tried 3A in practice years ago) and that the final decision is Yuzuru's only. So Brian doesn't tell the media Yuzuru's plan. And Yuzuru also doesn't tell the media his whole plan yet.
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    Yeah I am banned from GS so I didn't know about that. Apparently I have no doubt about 4lz. But 4A is a different story. From Ambesi, we already knew Yuzuru did land the 4A in practice anyway. It's just I am quite surprised that Orser mentioned both 4Lz and 4A to a Japanese magazine. However, reading the original quotes from Yude, I can see that it's just some testing out. We have known all skaters train crazy things in practice so it's not something of a big deal.
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    My friend said actually Orser told Japanese media, in BBmock or so. So this Russian part is also just a translation. Anyway, "testing out" just means "trying it out". So there is no reason to panic. Yes of course he has to train all those jumps in practice. Most skaters are training like that. It's not a big deal. It's only a big deal if he decides to put them in the layout which I highly doubt it.
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    I don't know if this is legit or not. ---- Brian Orser: "Hanyu tested 4A, 4Lz, not so much 4F, but the decision on content for the Olympic Games has not yet been made". Coach of the Japanese figure skater Yudzuru Khanyu Brian Orser told about his jumping over his pupil in the Olympic season. "Yuzuru tested a quadruple lutz, a quadruple axel, but not so much a quad flip. We have two more weeks before we decide on the layout, we need to think about what content to perform at the Olympics. So far, nothing has been confirmed, but everything depends on Yuzuru himself. We must approach the decision smartly and strategically, "Orser said. ________________________________________________________________ Брайан Орсер: «Ханю тестировал 4A, 4Lz, не так сильно 4F, но решение о контенте на Олимпийские Игры пока не принято» Тренер японского фигуриста Юдзуру Ханю Брайан Орсер рассказал, над какими прыжками работает его ученик в олимпийском сезоне. «Юдзуру тестировал четверной лутц, четверной аксель, но не так сильно четверной флип. У нас есть еще две недели, прежде чем мы примем решение о макете, мы должны подумать, какой контент исполнять на Олимпийских играх. Пока ничего не подтверждено, но все зависит от самого Юдзуру. Мы должны подойти к решению умно и стратегически», — сказал Орсер. from https://www.facebook.com/groups/inskate/permalink/809678689206337/
  20. meoima
    It has been there for a while. It was translated into my language as well. And most people (if not all) jumped in to defend him. Sadly yes it was originally from a Japanese site, not Korean. The truth is there are some anti Yuzuru in Japan too. But the love for him is overwhelming. You don't have to worry much about that. I have noticed from 4CC that Korean fans quite like Yuzuru. It's ok
  21. meoima
    It's very beautiful
  22. meoima
    The day before the SP at WC, there was a post in Russian VK forum that a volunteer saw Yuzuru having trouble with breathing and he had to skip practice that day. So... I am glad he still won. The rest is history.
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    I think they're paid by ANA, his main sponsor.
  24. meoima
    Butt spin is the spin that I dislike the most, and it pains me so much when I see ladies do it lol... It's the spin I think should be banned. But of course I am not the one who set the rules.
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    Oh I pretty much like what is happening in that forum right now. When most of Yuzuru's fans are not there, they still get a heap of negative comments towards the cheated jumps from various people who ARE NOT Yuzuru's fans. I am so glad they can not blame Yuzuru's fans anymore, cause we are not there. It's just natural, when someone does not do it as hard as the other people and get same or even higher rewards, of course the rest will get angry over time. Now even Jackie Wong, the one who is pretty much lenient with the tech, starts calling out the UR and wrong edge, and even though not directly calling out the bad technique, he does try to imply that purer technique should be appreciated more, even though we clearly know why he said what he said. Are all of them Yuzuru's fans? Lol no... It's good to not getting involved in the mess.
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