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@Faithyu How appropriate to have seen the statue of Nike, as she is the goddess who can grant victory in competition. Hope that her powers can be channeled towards Yuzuru

@NattyTashi Hi, yes this unfortunate state of affairs seems to exist with regards to PCS scoring. There are many posters on the planet who are skaters themselves or are expert with regards to the judging/scoring system, especially the GOE, grade of execution score for various elements within any given programme. Some skaters get away with under or pre rotations for jumps, poor quality transitions, that sort of thing. Favourites and skaters from powerful federations i.e can influence financial funding to sporting bodies seem to gain higher scores for doing the same or even lesser quality elements If you ask about inflated vs low scoring in the general forum, pertaining to Yuzuru, I believe that you will receive a comprehensive run down of inflated scoring for some skaters versus poorly rewarded scores for Yuzuru. I'm not the best person to explain it but understand the issues when I've seen the skaters compete and the scores that were awarded in competition. It's like someone saying one ballerina X was not very good and another one Z is better for not very clear or consistent reasons, when even an amateur spectator can see that ballerina X performed beautifully and put artistry and emption into a performance but ballerina Z was technically same but had a wooden performance and was actually not very memorable. Ballerina Z has a better PR agency or came from a better known ballet school. This may not be a very good analogy, even though I love going to the Ballet. As I say, ask on the General Yuzu forum. Some people are IMO expert with regards to rules and scoring and will give good examples related to various competitions, you will be able to reference the performances looking at competition footage. Hope that helps a bit There has been a lot of credible discussion over the years that Yuzu for all his talent and hard work has never been a favourite, even when he gives almost perfect performance, he falls foul of negative judging bias.

@NattyTashiI genuinely wish Good luck to Nathan and his ambitions to attend Medical School. I hope he makes a success of this excellent and rewarding career. It will be quite a challenge and will require a great deal of commitment in terms of time and hard work. If he is serious about following this profession it will be years of Med School and then many years of work before becoming a senior Doctor. Although Nathan has stated in interviews that he is having a hiatus from Figure Skating to concentrate on his studies, finishing his primary degree, realistically it would be difficult to return to the world stage of competitive skating after a protracted break. With regards to the intensity of studying at Medical School, it would be difficult to incorporate competition level practice with Med School. He may wish to move on to this new chapter and not delay finishing his degree and then onto Grad school Not sure about the US curriculum, here in UK it is 6 years at University followed by 2 years foundation training, 2-3 years Core training, 5-6 years Speciality training( 4 years for General Practice ) plus very demanding Royal College post graduate exams, which only small percentage pass per attempt, so repeating attempts may be needed @EisEllehas stated that USFSA will be uber promoting their next top skater, most likely Ilia M and has correctly deduced that this athlete backed by a strong Federation will only serve to stamp out all other competitors Quite honestly, I don't know how some of the skaters can face this injustice day after day, at pretty much every competition they attend, even if they skate the performance of their careers. Yuzuru has my utmost admiration to be able to turn up and give his best, he is too good a person to have to endure this barely disguised discrimination. He will be rewarded eventually when all of his fans follow him to ice shows and stop buying ISU event tickets and consequently divert funds away from all skating disciplines. There will be karmic consequences for failing to take care of the jewel of figure skating. His fans will spend their money on Yuzu enterprises and if ISU goes extinct so be it The final irony IMHO, after having thrown candies to favourite competitors, the latest OGM winner has grabbed the Gold and headed off to follow their own path, having given little back to the ISU coffers Yuzuru is one of the few Olympic Gold medallists who continued to raise the profile of competitive figure skating, the fans bring in bushels of cash to ISU, which in turn encourages athletes into the sport, a true legacy. Every time he attends a competition he is giving the gift of himself, the fans adore him and throw money at ISU. Believe me compared to other sports, skating disciplines are not well funded, in return he receives no gratitude whatsoever and will back fire on them in the long term.

Hi there Yuzu and Potter fans. There is a lot of speculation about which house at Hogwarts Yuzuru might have been sorted into. Given that there is a Japanese school for Witchcraft and Wizardry, wouldn't he have attended Mahoutokoro? It is said to hidden in a volcano on the island of Iwa Jima. Students are well recognised for academic prowess and said to be excellent Quidditch players. Just a thought Mahoutokoro School information Location Minami Iwo Jima, Japan[1] Headmaster Unidentified Headmaster (c. 1990)[2] Permanent residents Mahoutokoro students and staff Affiliation Japanese Ministry of Magic International Confederation of Wizards Educational Office [Source] "Mahoutokoro's reputation rests not only on its impressive academic prowess, but also on its outstanding reputation for Quidditch..." — Mahoutokoro's impressive reputation[src] Mahoutokoro (Japanese: 魔マ法ホウ処トコロ),[3] Mahōtokoro)