General Yuzuru Chat

[Geo1]

12 hours ago, ralucutzagy said:

lol... what? who said that??

 

Robin Cousins of BBC during the 2017 WC medal ceremony: "This is the one he's been waiting for because he's not had a performance like this since he won the Olympic gold medal."

 

Robin Cousins and his female co-commentator were also under the impression that Shoma Uno had beaten Yuzuru at the last Japanese Nationals. They did not know that Yuzuru had withdrawn from the Nationals due to catching flu.

 

Even Simon Reed, a big fan of Yuzuru's, seems to have black holes in his memory because immediately after Yuzu finished his SP at the GPF in Marseille, he said words to the effect of: "The last two years have been meagre pickings for him really, he's been runner-up to Fernandez, and although they're good friends, it must've been tough for him."

 

Really? What happened to winning the GPF three times in a row? What happened to the world record breaking performances at 2015 NHK Trophy and the 2015-16 GPF in Barcelona?

 

These are just examples of two commentators. I know that others have made comments which have made me shake my head. These are guys who are avid about skating and that do this for a living and yet their memories are short. I suspect that most judges do not follow skating as closely as we do or even as closely as these commentators do. As someone else mentioned in this thread, the skaters must seem like a blur to judges after watching them skate all day and evening. All they are looking for are clean skates.

 

I am personally very happy with his program choices, especially SEIMEI. Both Chopin and SEIMEI are programs worthy of the Olympics. Phil Hersh tweeted the following after Yuzu's world record FS performance at the 2015-16 GPF in Barcelona:

 

12 December 2015 – 12:59 PM

I have never seen anything in skating remotely close to what Yuzuru Hanyu has done in #GPFBarcelona & NHK. He just topped his records again.

 

12 December 2015 – 1:01 PM

One can only hope Yuzuru Hanyu can skate close to this level at 2018 Oly so the world will realize how extraordinary he is.

 

 it would be a real waste if Yuzuru did not perform these iconic programs at the Olympics so that the GENERAL PUBLIC and not just skating fans get to witness how extraordinary he really is.

[Yuzuextra]

1 hour ago, Pamyu said:

I bet the journalists and photographers shrink under that gaze!!!

 

Dear lord 

 

 

Phew i finally caught up with 40+ pages since yesterday!

Hopefully i'll wake up to some news about his EX tomorrow 

 

 

[Sombreuil]

It really irritates me when commentators don't do their homework properly- especially when they are ex skaters.  

[PomeloPooh]

Waiting for news from the second day. Everything's so quiet! I assume it's because that it's nighttime all across the Euroasia continent & most satellites are sleeping today?

[GreatLakesGal]

1 hour ago, Pamyu said:

I bet the journalists and photographers shrink under that gaze!!!

 

He looks so young here, so innocent. Not a hint of badass Yuzu. If he were an actor, he could play himself as a young adolescent and as a young man.

[GreatLakesGal]

17 minutes ago, Geo1 said:

I am personally very happy with his program choices, especially SEIMEI. Both Chopin and SEIMEI are programs worthy of the Olympics. Phil Hersh tweeted the following after Yuzu's world record FS performance at the 2015-16 GPF in Barcelona:

 

12 December 2015 – 12:59 PM

I have never seen anything in skating remotely close to what Yuzuru Hanyu has done in #GPFBarcelona & NHK. He just topped his records again.

 

12 December 2015 – 1:01 PM

One can only hope Yuzuru Hanyu can skate close to this level at 2018 Oly so the world will realize how extraordinary he is.

 

 it would be a real waste if Yuzuru did not perform these iconic programs at the Olympics so that the GENERAL PUBLIC and not just skating fans get to witness how extraordinary he really is.

 

I also recall Phil tweeting--I think it was after NHK--that if Hanyu had skated like that at the Olympics, people would be talking about his performance for decades.

[Pammi]

19 minutes ago, Geo1 said:

What happened to winning the GPF three times in a row?

Great post @Geo1 !! but I have to just add that Yuzu has in fact won GPF 4 times in a row 2013 - 2016

[lilsailor]

1 minute ago, Pamyu said:

Great post @Geo1 !! but I have to just add that Yuzu has in fact won GPF 4 times in a row 2013 - 2016

i think they were meaning it was during the GPF, he hadn't won his 4th yet, so it would've been 3x at the time of the commentary

oooo im SEIMEI now... 

[Pammi]

3 minutes ago, Pamyu said:

Great post @Geo1 !! but I have to just add that Yuzu has in fact won GPF 4 times in a row 2013 - 2016

 

1 minute ago, lilsailor said:

i think they were meaning it was during the GPF, he hadn't won his 4th yet, so it would've been 3x at the time of the commentary

oooo im SEIMEI now... 

oooooooooohhhhhhhhhhh I see! sorry @Geo1 and thanks @lilsailor 

[Elaine]

The media is so quiet that I don't think Yuzu had jumped 4lz in the op

[Geo1]

12 hours ago, ralucutzagy said:

 

 

I remember seeing a video of a local Sendai TV interview of Yuzuru following his bronze medal finish at the 2012 Worlds. During the interview, they displayed his 2012 Worlds brronze medal and his gold medal from the 2011 Rostelecom Cup and the male interviewer suggested that he should be satisfied with having accomplished this much. He also asked Yuzu what his forte was, what kind of skater he wanted to be – a jumper, a skater, a spinner, etc. – and Yuzu answered that he wanted to be good at  everything. The interviewer kind of chuckled and said that everyone wanted to be good at everything, but implied that this was not possible. How Yuzuru has proved him wrong!

[Lunna]

 

[obscurite]

from the FaOI photobook I think 

[liv]

4 hours ago, Elaine said:

 

I believe 4lz is on its way My faith on 4lz is firing

I hope so.

 

I realize he sees the benefits of skating clean a la medvedeva, buT her competitors arent doing harder jumps than she is....He is againstt people with harder jumps. I have faith in seimei and yuzu, but others are improving their skating quickly.REmember how yuzu quickly improved with jeffs choreography? Nathan is now with shae, you can bet his sp will be amazing. Having 4lz just in case is the smart thing.

[kiches]

7 minutes ago, obscurite said:

from the FaOI photobook I think 

Lol, that picture of someone about to put the cat ears on him.