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From Aera 2024 Shin/Gi photobooks

 

 

 

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Machine translated:
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When asked, "Who are the skaters stronger than you?"—that legendary Alexei Yagudin. Among many skaters' names mentioned, the only ones Yagudin said were "neck and neck" with him were Kurt Browning and Evgeni Plushenko, just barely.
And the only one he acknowledged as "stronger than me" was #HanyuYuzuru!

 

 

[AxelLover]

Just rewatched some parts of Echoes of Life from last year. I still don't understand how he can maintain his jumps with such an unbelievable quality, years after his retirement, with many inuries on his back. Especially that 3A of his is something that none of the skaters who just performed at the Olympics can even dream of (no disrespect).

[Dominique]

On 2/15/2026 at 11:52 AM, Ulrinis said:

What a joy to see two true admirers of Yuzu on the Olympic podium! What with all the obvious attempts to make him forgotten. It’s strange how I didn’t hear a word about Yuzu’s 4A on German TV (but they also didn’t remember that it was Adam who brought back the backflip years ago and not IM). Interestingly the German livestream commentator assumed a problem with the ice in one corner during the last group’s FP - while four years ago they were all convinced it was the pressure that made Yuzu pop a jump in Roncap. And again: Four years ago Yuzu had the quality and was in a condition to win the Olympics and I’m convinced he is right now but I fully understand why he doesn’t compete directly (but somehow from afar). 😉

The German commentator has mentioned that he is best friends with a certain agent. But I won't comment on that here.