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There was an interview recently between Massimiliano and skater Nikolaj Memola shared on Youtube:

 

 

 

A Japanese translation is available here (you can use auto-translation). Nikolaj talked a bit about Yuzu and also shared his perspective about current figure skating : 

https://pianetahanyu.altervista.org/salotto-biancoより「ニコライ・メモラ：羽生結弦のgiftはスポ/

 

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From Salotto Bianco: "Nicolai Memora: Yuzuru Hanyu's GIFT shows us what sport is"

 

Dario Puppo (D) Italian Europa League commentator

Massimiliano Ambesi (M) Italian Eurosport commentator/journalist

Nikolai Memora (N) Men's figure skater (2025 European Championships Silver Medal)

 

M: When we met in the summer, you told me you were going to win a medal at the Euros. I honestly wondered if that was even possible, because you hadn't fully recovered from your ankle injury at the time. But you did it.

 

N: I recovered from the injury faster than the diagnosis. The diagnosis was six months. My talus was completely broken and two major ligaments were damaged. Nobody expected that I would be able to return to competition in September. In the Challenger in September, I was able to jump a triple axel and all kinds of triple jumps. At that time, I felt that I needed to recover my body a little more, but the feeling was not bad. The first time I stepped on the ice after the injury, the feeling was very positive. So I told my mother and choreographer Barbara that my goal is a medal at the Euros. It is important to perform well in important ISU competitions in the pre-Olympic season.

 

(Omitted)

 

I started studying law at a university. I love this material, but unfortunately in Italy it is difficult to combine university and sports. For example, in the United States, some people play sports just to get into university. Many people play American football or swim just to get a scholarship to study at a university. But that is not the case in Italy. At the moment, the law departments of Italian correspondence universities are not at the level of traditional universities. It is not easy to take university exams by yourself, because we spend all day at the rink. But my life is not all about figure skating. I study when I get home and I am very proud of this. It is not easy to combine two things at a high level, but it is important for me. You never know what will happen in life (my ankle injury made me think a lot) and your career will end someday, so I don't want to be someone who is only good at sports.

 

Last year I couldn't take my exams because they clashed with competitions and next season I'll be away to concentrate on the Olympics so studying will be even harder, but going to university is one of my main goals.

 

It's important to have rivals to improve. For me, having competitors in front of and behind me helps me maintain my rhythm. At the European Championships, Daniel had three quads in his free skate, Matteo was training two types of quads, and Frangipani had stable salchows and toe loops. This situation worked well for me, and I was able to win the silver medal.

 

First, we need to grow technically.

 

Unless the current rules, which determine the winner by the number of quadruple jumps and whoever lands them, are changed, and unless artistic aspects are given more weight in the judging process. Especially unless objectivity in the assessment of artistic merit improves.

 

There are guidelines for the grading criteria. For example, my PCS (for the Euros) for the free skating increased by 0.50 points for each item compared to the short program. That's because I was in the first group for the short program and the last group for the free skating.


Some people may say that's not true, but if you run a calculator, it's clear. A skater who skates in the first group cannot be given the PCS of a skater who skates in the last group.

 

Technically, once you reach a certain age, it becomes harder to improve. Quadruple jumps are learned at a young age, and once you have learned them, you just need to maintain the body movement, control, timing, and rotation efficiency. So at a certain point, technical development becomes maintenance of what you have learned. But artistry can continue to improve. And it is definitely harder to learn high-level jumps. For example, there are many skaters who can jump quadruple lutz and quadruple toe loop, but very few skaters can jump quadruple jumps like Hanyu did.

 

Going back to the topic of rivals, rivalry helps me improve my technical side. The artistic side takes more time and maturity, which I don't have yet. I'm still young, 21, so I have plenty of time to grow artistically.

 

M: I've had difficulty understanding the judging guidelines for years now. It's true that the rules are designed to reward technical aspects much more than artistic ones, but the real problem is the artistic aspect. The judges are not marking according to the criteria in the guidelines. I could go on and on about this, but Nikolai seems to understand the crux of the problem perfectly. I'm sure your plans were delayed due to your injuries and the accident you had on your way back from China. You probably have a game plan for Milan-Cortina and how many quadruple jumps you want to include before the Olympics. Can you tell us about your current progress?

 

N: Just work backwards. I started training seriously again in September. My condition started to improve around the beginning of December, and I missed a quadruple jump at the Nationals, but it wasn't bad. And then the Europeans. So, I'm in the condition I was in at the beginning of the season. If I hadn't been injured and everything had gone well, I would have been in Grand Prix condition by now. My goal at the beginning of the season was to get two quads in the short program and three in the free program.

 

I haven't mastered the free skating with three quads yet. I simply can't concentrate on the third quad, and if I put two of the same quads in, one of them has to be a combination. And I chose to put the combination in the second half to increase my base score.

 

(To decide what type and how many quads to include in your program) I take a pencil and paper and think about the jump combinations the old-fashioned way (this is something that people often forget, but it's very important).

 

In the short program at last year's World Championships, I got 93.90 points, even though I did one quad, a triple axel, a triple lutz/triple toe loop, all level 4, and the GOE of the spins was not very high. This score earned me the top spot in the short program at this year's European Championships (the top short program at the European Championships was Adam Siao Him Fa, with 93.12 points). Even though Adam did two quads. It's true that Adam has just returned from injury, and we have to take into account that the quality of his jumps is not yet at his usual level. However, Nika Egadze, who came in second, also got 91 points with two quads. So, in terms of probability, unless you are sure that you can land a quad without any problems like Malinin or Yuzuru, two quads in the short program is still a mystery. Also, I just changed my shoes today. So I only did a triple axel today and no quads.

 

I want to start trying the 4F in the short program. I want to see what effect it has on the program, and above all the impression it gives. I don't want to go for a walk to the supermarket, that is, I don't want to run from one end of the ice rink to the other for a jump. I think it is necessary to maintain a bit of decorum. Endless crossovers is just... (laughs)

 

M: (Applause)

 

D: (laughing)

 

N: I mean just jumps, nothing between them. I think it's true that it's okay to reduce the transitions before the quads in the first half of the program. But the so-called quad fest is nonsense, because it changes the very essence of the sport.

 

(Dario can't stop laughing)

 

N: I'm in good shape now. I haven't had any injuries since the Nationals and I'm in clean shape. I'm happy because health is the most important thing. I'm doing the right training.

 

In the first half of the season, I had a lot of injuries and problems and couldn't keep practicing. So I was taking three steps forward and three steps back and I wasn't improving as much as I wanted. Now I'm doing well, so I hope it continues like this until the end of the season.

 

 

I took out the part where he praised Yuzu's Gift on D+ : 

 

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[NEWS]

machine translation:

Yuzuru Hanyu, newsevery's special messenger, will appear alongside Kyogen actor Mansai Nomura on next month's nottestellata ice show - the first ever collaboration between a figure skater and a Kyogen actor. We caught up with Yuzuru Hanyu and kyogen master Mansai Nomura behind the scenes!

Scheduled to air on February 26 (Excluding some areas)

After airing, it will be posted on the official YouTube page of  日テレNEWSNNN. 

 

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On 2/16/2025 at 10:35 AM, fuzz_ball_21 said:

 

 

 

"I think the genuine flame of life exists there, in the full stretch of my hand, in the intense concentration, and in truly giving my all. I think that's something essential to the art and sport fusion that is Ice Story,"

 

.....great, now I have tears in my eyes and not 100% sure why.

 

And maybe a bit random:

but I'm really in love with Utai and Goliath :10636614::7938863:

 

 

12 hours ago, fuzz_ball_21 said:

 

 

[NEWS]

 

These two are the best combo😁👍.

Shuzo recently interviewed Yuzu, is there an eng sub video of it? Sadly, can't find it🫤.

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