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Yeah I think unless it's Yuzuru himself saying so, there is no way other people can know for sure about Yuzuru's feelings. Maybe the expressions in Italian have different meanings. I am not sure. But really, Yuzuru and TCC surely are aware of the scoring issues. I have no doubt about that. We can only hope that Yuzuru will recover fast and pray for his health.

Yeah as a fan I of course respect his decision. Knowing him all these years... oh well I’d say I am not worried yet cause we’re still a month before Nationals. My sanity is still here with me at least.

Ok so I found the article that mentioned 4lz. Practically Orser only said “Yuzuru might want to to it(4lz)” so it’s nothing new. Just “maybe” so I am not worried yet. Maybe they will take it out. https://twitter.com/yuzuporuko/status/931626699577376768?s=17

do you have links for other tweets that mention the 4lz? Thanks.

Yeah. I think at the beginning of the season, Brian and Yuzuru (as well as team CC) had this kind of worry about Yuzuru's peaking pattern. And Yuzuru even told the media something about his peak and that was along the line with raising the "average". So they really addressed the peaking issue and want Yuzuru to peak right at the Olympic but it's not that easy when his body condition keeps going up so soon. And there's always up then down and up again. So It's not unreasonable for Brian to say that. And I think people are making Yuzuru's injury worse than it is. The doctor said 10 days completely rest, and around 3-4 weeks until he is back to normal. we have 3 months before Olympics, not 3 weeks. Yuzuru will be fine.

I sprained my ankle the same several years ago, it was hurtful for a while but not something dangerous. I think with good treatment, after 10 days he will be fine.

Kolyada was the only one that made audience at CoR puzzled around like they could not comprehend how he scored that much after what they saw. Russian fed is desperate for a top man. I can get why judges are going wild with PCS and GOE though. The current system will be thrown out of the windows soon anyway. Why not giving out big scores while they can.

None of them got personal best PCS with mistakes...

I have to say, watching live, Carolina does have amazing body carriage. She has really good phrasing in each of her body movement. Should I give her higher PCS than other ladies if she's clean? Yes. But I am not sure how she gets huge PCS when she makes mistakes.

People sent him asks and feedbacks but he doesn’t seem to get those. Sadly so. The more scary is that he is the reporter for FS, one among well known ones. Ughhh

Nah I am sure had NHK this time were the Olympic, he would have skated. He WD mainly because his aim is the Olympic, and he should not sacrifice 2 competitions he has won several times for the competition he wants the most.

I guess Plushenko did want to give a note to Japanese fans... after all he gains more from ice shows in Japan. Practical move. But as long as Yuzuru feels good with that, there is nothing for me to complain.

Actually, Yuzuru has become much more mature over the years. His pattern remains the same, but the way he accepts his situation has improved. He accepted to WD from NHK, it's HUGE. Yuzuru in 2014 would never do that. But Yuzuru in 2017 agreed to do that. He has grown. All these changes will be useful for the Olympics. The media is already writing him off already if you read FS articles nowadays. Ask Phil Hersh or Jackie Wong. Of course, they will pay attention to him, but he will not be the only guy who gets the only hype. Other guys will get that too. I have seen Kwan messed up her Olympic, I also saw Plushenko messed up his first Olympic too. So yes... The Olympic hype is like nothing else. Olympic pressure makes you do something uncharacteristic the most, if you're a psychiatric nurse you know that.

I think at this point international judges don't care much about the Japan Nationals. They have 2 contenders, that's all judges know. International judges did not care when Yagudin never won Russian Nationals anyway. International judges did not care when Adelina won Russian nationals as well, Yulia won European that season. One more thing, had Yulia skated clean at the individual event, they might have chosen Yulia. US National will be hyped as their PR machine will focus on it so much like every year. So yeap, Nathan will get A LOT of hype and attention. And with Yuzuru sit out of GP, in Japan Shoma will get a lot of hype and attention for GPF and Olympic as well. Skaters who go under the radar actually still have very good chances for the Olympic. I don't rule out that we will see Yuzuru as gold, Patrick as silver and Javi as bronze at the Olympic. Uncle podium can happen. Anway, Yuzuru has Olympic team event to lash out his pressure. I am sure he will want to participate in that. Kohei Uchimura made mistakes at the qualification event before the finals at Rio when he did well enough to keep his title. PS: among all these guys, Yuzuru has got used to pressure in the last 4 years, I think when it comes to the highest pressure, he has more experience than all.

No, it will all depend on Yuzuru. Yuna won Vancouver not because she won the first half of that season, she won because she skated her best there. By that time she was already the WC and GPF champion several times. She needed no more reputation. She got huge score ala 150 due to her first half of the season, yes. But even without the momentum of that season, her performances at Vancouver deserve to win that night alone. As I said, the first half of the season does not need to mean a lot to Yuzuru's situation currently. He is no longer the kid who won no big before GPF 2013. To 19 years old Yuzuru, proving himself was important, winning GPF 2013 was important to elevate his PCS and GOE. And even with that, he was not the clear favorite at Sochi, it was Patrick. Had Patrick skated cleanly the SP, it would be Patrick to lead the SP, then the LP. Yuzuru at Sochi was just the 2nd favorite. Patrick definitely would have won if he did not mess up that badly. If you look at GOE for Patrick, you see that judges favored Patrick more. In fact, Patrick's strategy at Sochi was correct, he just did not carry out that strategy so well. The current Yuzuru does not need to prove himself like what Yuzuru in GPF 2013 needed anymore. His PCS and GOE, his reputation have been established. All he needs is to concentrate on himself and skate cleanly as much as he can. His current BV is already insane and the second highest BV. Plushenko is right that Yuzuru should just focus on himself.

It is not about whether you won WC the year before Olympic or not, it is the human mentality. When you win the biggest events right before the Olympic, you suffer the hype and the expectation from the media and your whole country if you're the star. Usually, the reigning WCs or the GPF winners get a lot of hype before Olympic. Everyone expected them to do well at the Olympics, the attention can be over the top. In my opinion, that kind of attention and hype were not ideal. Evan was the reigning WC and GPF was an exception as the risk of a high BV layout plays a huge part as well. Evan did not jump quad at Vancouver, so the chance to mess up was very low. So overall the hype and attention on Evan were low... overall the less hype the better. Attention and hype can be a double-edged sword. Too much pressure is very harmful. Yuzuru clearly felt that at Boston. And the Russian commentators at GPF 2015 nailed it so well, the God mentality (the pressure to repeat WR) is not easy to handle. People praised Yuna for her Vancouver performance, but not many people remember how she bombed totally at WC 2010 one month after that. People praised Yuna for skating clean at WS 2013 and Sochi (tight landings whatever) but in my opinion, avoiding GP was one of the reasons. At Sochi, even though under pressure as the reigning WC and Olympic champion, Yuna did not bear the highest expectation. She came back from injury so people who bet on her were not overwhelming, and Mao won all the events before that, so it somewhat calmed Yuna down too. I think as Yuzuru does not have to suffer the hype of GP series anymore, he will have more time to calm his mentality down and analyze what should be analyzed. Yes they will still pay attention to him as the reigning WC and Olympic Champion, but less hype from GP series is still somehow useful. Yuzuru will be fine.

My friend said she said he would rest or so. Anyway I don’t think he will be reckless as it’s only 3 months away from the Olympics.

This video is about GOE isn't it? Thanks https://twitter.com/anipooh1/status/930705757766602752

GPF 2013, aside from Meryl/Charlie who were ice dancers thus ice dancers rarely bomb (like they almost never bomb), all GPF winners (Mao, Yuzuru, Aliona/Robin) bombed at the Olympic Sochi several months later. Only Yuzuru won as even though he bombed, Patrick bombed even worse. Mao ended up off podium as other ladies all skated cleanly, Aliona/Bruno got bronze because there were other teams skated cleanly. All the scores before Olympic are just illusion. It does not matter how many WR you have before the Olympic, even if you're inconsistent as hell, if you skate light-out at the Olympic and you're in the last group after the SP, the chance is that you will medal. Ask Adelina, she knows that very well. Or Carolina, if Olympic that year were not in Russia but any other European countries, Carolina might have won. Or a lesser degree, ask Sarah Hughes, or Shizuka (who were inconsistent the same). Mao won everything in season 2013-2014 except the Olympic, she had the best momentum going into Sochi, and she fell badly right at the Olympic. So yes, momentum before Olympic is important, but it is not the decisive factor. Adelina placed 5th at GPF 2013, and she ended up winning Olympic. Yuna and Carolina were NOT at GPF 2013, they ended up skating cleanly at Olympic and won medals. Controversy aside, these 3 skaters were the one who either injured/WD or did badly in the first half of the season. But in the end, they ended up on the podium at the highest event. Plushy did not appear at GPF before both Olympic 2006 and Olympic 2010, and he did well in both. Denis Ten never got into GPF and yet he medaled at WC and Olympic. My conclusion is: The first half of the season can be thrown away out of the window. At the beginning of this season I was afraid if Yuzuru won GPF this time again, it would put too much pressure and attention on his shoulders. I had no doubt he had high chance of winning GPF again as it's his peaking pattern (he often peaked in December). The injury at NHK was unfortunate but at this moment I realize it is still a positive note from this. So, on a brighter side, Yuzuru accidentally escapes the hyping circle of both Japanese media and the International figure skating media. The current Yuzuru does not need more pressure and hype, he is no longer the Yuzuru in 2013 when he did not win any big event yet, the current Yuzuru has 12 WR, 4 GPF titles, 2 WC titles and 1 Olympic Gold and he will have more. He does not need to win GPF before Olympic to maintain his momentum. They will keep giving candies to everyone, so Yuzuru who already has all the highest scores he can get, he cannot do anything with what the judges are doing with others. What Yuzuru needs is a cool head, some silence to stay away from the hype and the media, to analyze what he wants and what he can do. If he wants to bring 4lz to the Olympic, that means his body is ready and he believes he can handle it. if he decides he will bring 4lo only, that means his body recovers to that point and he decides to go with what he has right now. Nevertheless, Olympic is where ALL THE HYPE, ALL THE PRESSURE WILL CRASH DOWN ON YOU the most. Only Yuzuru understands the effect of pressure on himself. And Plushenko understands pressure too, he knew what it was with his first Olympic after all. Plushenko bombed his first Olympic as well as many other men. I think Plushenko did not joke when he said 4T and 4S were enough. But of course, Yuzuru will not do as Plushenko said. I don't rule out that Yuzuru will bring 4lz to Olympics. Anyway, a small note about Plushenko. It pains me to say this as I was his fan before. But I don't really believe in his honesty. I think when he gave interviews to NBC about Yuzuru's chance at the Olympics, he already knew he would come to Japan for an event with P&G and give compliments to Yuzuru. But honestly, I don't care. Plushenko's honesty does not matter to me anymore. As long as Yuzuru finds Plushenko's words as an inspiration and appreciate that, it's good. If Yuzuru finds it good, then I am happy for him.

So he will stay in Japan for 10 days then go back to Toronto, or he will go back to Toronto in 3 weeks I wonder? Not that I want to ask about his detailed plan. I just hope he will go back to Toronto and stay away from the media (protective mode on).

I feel very bad for their sponsor honestly, the event was canceled, they could not get any refund, they wanted some arrangement and they got no answer. So of course after like 20 years, they had to call it off. Enough was enough.

Yes main reason was that French Fed lost their major sponsor because after Teb 2014 was canceled due to the fear of terrorism, the sponsor called them numerous time to request an explanation about the situation and they DID NOT bother to reply their longtime sponsor.

Many young Asian kids today look older than me... Khoai often sends me photos of very mature looking kids and tell me "Guess how old he/she is?". Like many of them are under 18 but they look 28 or so... I am like: Ok... if i don't know their real ages I might have thought they're as old as me. Yuzuru looks very young for his age. But he has mature aura whenever he does a serious interview.

Among Asians, there are people who look older than their age. I think Yuzuru looks young for his age, he can pass as a 17 year old boy. And as an Asian who also look young for my age, I can confirm that.

lol lol lol