July 4, 20233 yr On 7/3/2023 at 12:57 AM, Anni said: Yuzu-Nobu talk with English subtitles (part 1) [NEWS] Many thanks to our translators. Part 2 and 3
July 5, 20233 yr I was wondering about the following for quite some time now: At all the FaOI shows, Yuzu skates one individual program, while the other skaters perform two (apart from the opening and finale, of course) - can anyone tell me why ?
July 8, 20233 yr On 7/5/2023 at 5:23 PM, Beatrice said: I was wondering about the following for quite some time now: At all the FaOI shows, Yuzu skates one individual program, while the other skaters perform two (apart from the opening and finale, of course) - can anyone tell me why ? I have also asked myself that.
July 9, 20233 yr On 7/5/2023 at 8:23 AM, Beatrice said: I was wondering about the following for quite some time now: At all the FaOI shows, Yuzu skates one individual program, while the other skaters perform two (apart from the opening and finale, of course) - can anyone tell me why ? 17 hours ago, Anni said: I have also asked myself that. I believe Yuzu started doing only one program at FaoI summer of 2017. This is just speculation but another fan and I had talked about this once. After Sochi he won the Sochi Olympics he skated in a lot of ice shows that summer - his way of “giving back” for the support he received. As some of you know he started the following season not in his best condition having to skip Finlandia Trophy, and then of course Cup of China happened at his first competition. Then 2015 FaoI he was still doing 2 programs but 2015/2016 season he suffered a lisfranc ligament injury and had to sit out FaoI and we didn’t see him after Worlds until Media Day in Septembe (which usually happened around August). Any way, our speculation was that after seasons with injury and suboptimal season starting condition Yuzu started doing only one program per show in 2017, and it was the summer before Olympic season which is important for all skaters to make sure they remain healthy. He’s Olympic champ so he probably has some sway with Makabe given how much of the show rides on him (they operated with loss in 2016 when he had to skip). Back in the day FaoI sometimes even did 2 shows in a single day which is pretty tough for any skater. The only other skater this half of the tour that didn’t skate 2 programs (that I noticed) was Kaori. I haven’t finished watching the first half of the tour yet so I’m not sure if this holds but I think any skater or pair part of the main cast (booked for all shows on tour) usually skates 2 programs per show - with exception of Yuzu. Some of the other skaters will also skate 2 programs and usually an exhibition program of their choice and an artist collaboration. I think Papadakis and Cizeron this year got to skate 2 of their own programs and didn’t do a collab.
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