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Ah, that interview is so scary!! He sounds so exhausted and worn out. Please rest Yuzu, I hope he at least took some days off for the holidays...

Crazy idea, but I wonder if he's tried 4A with rippon? It seems to work well for the Russian girls and getting an extra little boost on their quads. Plus a 4A rippon would just be insanely cool. Has he ever done 3A with rippon?

Wow, it's crazy that he's never landed it but still almost took it to worlds. I wonder if he thought the pressure might make him anime-protagonist whip it out at the last moment? I completely agree! I hope he hasn't convinced himself that he's fine training alone and doesn't need assistance... Sure he probably can self-train better than the vast majority of skaters, but I feel like having a coach's assistance would be immensely helpful. I hope he can go back to Canada soon.

I wouldn't be too surprised if this was the case. I know Trusova initially started trying to learn 3A before realizing it was easier to learn quads instead, and I've heard other skaters of all levels talk about how doubles/triples/quads are easier than single/double/triple axels.

Unrelated to previous conversations, but wasn't Yuzu's step sequence for LMEY downgraded to a 3? Has anyone figured out why yet?

I'm pretty sure Yuzu mentioned in some interview in the past few days that he plans to quarantine. Not sure which interview though or if he mentioned how long he'd be in quarantine.

I'd just like to point out how insanely impressive it is that Yuzu did as well as he did yesterday. Yuzu was one of the oldest men's skaters there with one of the longest careers, has had multiple major injuries, spent the past year-ish coaching himself, performed an insanely complex and difficult program with multiple ultra-c elements, and finished 4th in the long program and 3rd overall while on the verges of an asthma attack. That's insane!! Any one of those would be impressive, but what other skater could do all of that while also having trouble breathing! Sure, Yuzu didn't win yesterday. But my god that doesn't make him any less impressive.

Lmao that interviewer just flat out asked him rather than playing around it, even he thought that was funny. I'm glad to see how much confidence he has in his general skating improvement. It's amazing that he's (presumably) sacrificing training for non-4A things and still doing so well in competition. As much as I want to watch him skate forever and still think he's incredibly competitive for gold in any competition he's in, part of me hopes he lands it cleanly and can retire to rest his body.... god knows he's gonna have chronic pain and health issues for the rest of his life, and as someone with (non-sport but still joint and muscle related) chronic pain, I know how absolutely exhausting that is.

I feel like they realize that figure skating is a sport where athletes have a generally short "lifespan", and they're trying to find a way to replace him with someone else before he retires naturally?? They're trying to hold on to the money but instead just pushing it further away.

Is there an archive somewhere showing all of the white wall videos? I feel like I missed a few. How many did he do?

Sad, but really the best decision. I was getting nervous thinking about him going to any competitions. Even if there's not been any really conclusive links between COVID and asthma (at least not that I've seen), I hate the idea of him getting sick and suffering from even more lung problems. Very smart of him to recognize how some fans will go to see him regardless of health risk. Hopefully we'll see him in next year's GP... yuzu please don't leave us yet

I saw your posts on reddit and loved your pins!! I just donated to kickstarter, I can't wait to see how they turn out

Whenever I hear my alarm songs they immediately fill me with irrational rage and hatred haha, I couldn't ruin a Yuzu song like that!

Which Yuzu skate do you guys rewatch the most? I always find myself rewatching 2017 Worlds Hope & Legacy for obvious reasons (specifically I like this video because it cuts out the cheering and stuff so it's just him and the music ) and 2018 PC Seimei for its power, history, and that part after the last jump where Yuzu breaks character and is just smiling while he skates.

Yuzu's moveslots were full, he had to forget 2A to learn 3A. Yuzu is a pokemon confirmed!

Ahh, it's crazy to watch that and think that kid stumbling on singles would one day be the GOAT of men's figure skating. I wonder if the next decade's figure skating champion's parents are uploading videos like this to facebook or anything right now...

Honestly Yuzu's entries and exits are probably the single most stand-out thing to me about his skating style. It's what first attracted me to him as a skater in the first place. I hate when skaters take forever to set up a jump - it always feels jarring in the context of the music and totally ruins the immersion and flow of the rest of the program. Of course, I understand that jumps are an immense athletic effort and require some sort of set up, but the way Yuzu does them makes them feel more like part of the choreography and expression of the music rather than just something shoehorned in there.

Funny you should post that! I just finished watching this video from the 2018 Olympics where he talks about how awesome and difficult Yuzu's jumps are and how he deserves higher GOE.

We've lost something precious today: our ignorance. Unrelated, but is there anyway to view the little descriptions of each result without just taking the test over and over? I know you can see what all the possible results are and what percentage of people got them by scrolling down, but I'm curious on what each result's description is.

I got THAT Olympic practice (aka the one where he just did singles plus one (1) 3A). Very fitting because I saw a video of that practice and thought it was amusing before I even became a Yuzu fan! On the other hand, because of this quiz I have in my google search history "yuzuru hanyu sp*rm tweet" and now I want to die.

The first one is so beautiful aha, such a good recovery.

Absolute pandemonium. Hundreds of people screaming, probably a few crying. Gifsets for days. Everyone clamoring for the highest quality fancam of it. If he does something really spicy like throw the shirt into the audience, it either gets A) ripped apart, B) sold on ebay for thousands of dollars, or C) cherished as a family heirloom for generations.

Man that video is such a wild ride. We got: - Alex Shibutani ripping off his long black pants to reveal... more long black pants - Yuzu in a tutu and hairbow (?) - Meryl Davis absolutely popping off + her hair looks fantastic - Yuzu doing a round off then almost running over Alex, who is sliding across the ice on his belly - Yuzu doing a split, flailing around a little, then sitting up crosslegged on the ice - Yuzu dancing in weird black/grey shorts while Meryl is spinning around, plus bonus Yuzu cantilever - Meryl beating Yuzu in the dance contest, and Yuzu responding by angrily taking off his shirt and throwing it to the ground? While Meryl pushes him around? 2012 was truly a different time

Wow, the difference in position from taking off Yuzu to the first in the air Yuzu is huge. He really jumps upwards so far and quickly.

I feel like they're keeping 4A BV low in the same way that the International Gymnastics Federation set the value of Simone Biles' new moves low to dissuade her and other gymnasts from doing them for "safety reasons." The words of Simone, "Am I in a league of my own? Yes. But that doesn’t mean you can’t credit me for what I’m doing," apply heavily to Yuzu too