Laughing (and showing Shoma) how he saved his 3Lz

 

hace 26 minutos , Moria Polonius said:

 

I've always wished that after Pyeongchang he'd be able to skate just for the love of skating, without looking at placements or points. I love that there's Nessie out there and now that he's actually satisfied and fulfilled he can go in search for her without worrying too much about winning or losing. 

 

Before the Olympics I worried about him. Not just about the injury, but about what it meant. Winning in Pyeongchang seemed too important to him. When he said something along the lines of the Olympic victory being the moment that would give all his life meaning, I thought "Wait, so if you don't win Olympics your life will have been meaningless?" (And if I remember correctly, he confirmed thinking that in one of his post-win interviews.) Hanging the meaning of your entire life on just one specific moment which, objectively, has better odds of not happening than happening... Man, I thought it was downright unhealthy. I remember how Patrick looked when he got his silver, and I was so afraid Yuzu might end up looking like that too. Only for him it would have been worse. 

 

So, I'm ashamed to say, I was relieved when Javi messed up, and when Shoma fell. When Yuzu won, I wasn't as much happy, as just enormously, unbelieveably relieved for Yuzu, because the alternative would have been devastating. 

 

In his post-win interviews he basically said he hyped himself up and clutched to the thought of "I must win this". In his situation, the prospect of skating with injury, any other person would have gone through some redefinition of their values, allowed themselves a thought "well, I might not win, and if I don't, it won't diminish me". It looks like Yuzu didn't go through this. I find this sort of mindset abolutely terryfing. He pulled off this win on the force of conviction, on faith, more than anything else.

 

I guess this intentsity, that single-mindednes, insane focus on his ultimate goal and just not being satisfied with less is what enabled him to pull off this miracle and truly become historical. I don't quite understand it and I find it scary but I suppose that's what legends are made of.

 

 

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Okay, I think I really need some sleep.

I think your analysis is right... I had the same worry and that's exactly the reason why I kept insisting I'd have been proud of him no matter the color of his medal. I was so scared that he'd look as devastated as in Boston if he got Silver.. I'd have been genuinely proud of him too if he had gotten 2nd or 3rd place because that'd have been worthy of praise and a very impressive achievement due to his condition. But the fact that he managed to get the OGM was an almost superhuman feat, he's beyond incredible and admirable

1 minute ago, kaeryth said:

Laughing (and showing Shoma) how he saved his 3Lz

 

I think he knows his body and mental state and how to handle all this pretty good now, and  his performance and gold medal at olympics could give him enough confidence to win another WC, not this year but sometime in the next two seasons. Maybe he is like a wine, the older the better and he can show that he still can do it better than all the young "quad kings" 

2 minutes ago, GoldMedalist said:

I think he knows his body and mental state and how to handle all this pretty good now, and  his performance and gold medal at olympics could give him enough confidence to win another WC, not this year but sometime in the next two seasons. Maybe he is like a wine, the older the better and he can show that he still can do it better than all the young "quad kings" 

 

Definitely SS are like wine. He's at least not peaked yet in that department. Boy, were those practices just beauuuuutiful to watch. The boy is heaven.

2 minutes ago, GoldMedalist said:

IMnthink he knows his body and mental state and how to handle all this pretty good now, and  his performance and gold medal at olympics could give him enough confidence to win another WC, not this year but sometime in the next two seasons. Maybe he is like a wine, the older the better and he can show that he still can do it better than all the young "quad kings" 

 

I would not mind him trying to win In montreal In 2020....

37 minutes ago, kaeryth said:

Laughing (and showing Shoma) how he saved his 3Lz

 

An article in Japanese about Nessie, has this been posted?

 

http://www.sanspo.com/pyeongchang2018/news/20180218/pye18021811390036-n1.html

Okay, bringing this back from the deep end because I believe the news covered the friend in this clip?

 

 

 

6 minutes ago, Forcefield said:

Okay, bringing this back from the deep end because I believe the news covered the friend in this clip?

 

 

 

 

Oh... it's time for tears again...

 

5 minutes ago, Sammie said:

 

Thank you Yuzu.  

So he's not skipping the gala.... Ideally, I'd love to see him perform Hana Ni Nare, with the pink and blue costume and the matching OGM hanging around his neck 

(he'd better Not do jumps though, please!!)

14 minutes ago, kaeryth said:

 

Oh... it's time for tears again...

 

Again? How did you stop them in the first place?

Why am I searching for last minute flights to Korea. 

2 minutes ago, SparkleSalad said:

Why am I searching for last minute flights to Korea.