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GRAN PRIX FINAL - TURIN - ITALY 2019 - Yuzu's first practice

1 hour ago, WinForPooh said:

 

ISU and organisation for the competition might disappoint, but Yuzu never will, so you're going to have an amazing time.

 

 

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Well so we have Yuzu in Torino but none of his coaches. Maybe they'll come tomorrow?!

 

 

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"While he was waiting at the rinkside, he smiled looking at the venue. Maybe he was watching the Olympic symbol?"

 

"He looked at the Olympic symbol again."

 

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Looks so strange without his coaches ☹️

 

 

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Otonal Stsq, Origin Stsq, 3Lz, 4T lightly done, 4S, took of his jacket, 4Lo stepping out, 4Lo fall, 4Lo, 4S, 1Lz, 4Lz

 

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And did not jump the Lz in his first jump corner.

 

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He is going to skate Origin. Seems like he asked someone "Am I skating third?"

 

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Bec we can't get enough of that spread eagle 

 

 

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1 hour ago, sweetwater said:

Yuzu's comment on the possibility of doing 4Lz in the FS:
"I felt good. (t/n: while doing 4Lz) It depends on how strong I will be after finishing SP or how I feel (t/n; before FS?) since it will definitely change."

 

 

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According to Daily Sports, Ghislain was going to be at the rinkside but he could not make it until the official practice due to an accident. Yuzu said he thought that he did what he had to do today. He also said that he wanted to pay attention to many things and be sensible of everything until the end of this competition.

Source: https://www.daily.co.jp/general/2019/12/04/0012933176.shtml

 

Yuzu smiling being talked to by Shizuka

https://i.daily.jp/general/2019/12/04/Images/f_12933179.jpg

 

21 minutes ago, sweetwater said:

Re: Ghislain:

In the ariticle, they use the word "アクシデント" not "事故." The latter is used for something like a car accident, train accident etc., but the former is used for something not serious as the latter, like someone missed a train or flight delayed etc. So hopefully Ghislain is OK and will be there later. 

 

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Yuzu eating the ice first thing 😅

 

 

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Minute by minute log of Yuzu's OP 😁

 

 

15 hours ago, sweetwater said:

 

His comment on Palavela from an article by Sports Hochi (https://hochi.news/articles/20191205-OHT1T50037.html):

"I thought, "This is the place I have been watching," and could not help getting excited while I was warming up. (t/n: for the official practice) I really wanted to see (t/n: the arena) but tried hard to contain the desire and went there only when I took part in the practice session. It was so... how should I put it, it was like skating in my dream/yearning. That was what I was feeling." After the practice session, he took a picture with Shizuka including the rink in the background. After SP draw, he also took a photo of Turin 2006's logo displayed in a corridor of the building.

 

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13 hours ago, MagicFS said:

Some of my jump videos. I am uploading a quick video of the cool down, too. :) (The first video imbedded twice, and I couldn't delete the second one--sorry!)

 

 

13 hours ago, sallycinnamon said:

If anyone is interested I uploaded the run through and cool down on YT :tumblr_m9gct8HYvv1qzckow:

 

 

 

 

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This channel has several good videos from today's practice (super happy they're at GPF, they gave us those great close up fancams from Skate Canada!). 

 

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According to this, only one coach is allowed per skater and since there's no other TCC skaters Yuzu picked Ghislain. But Ghislain had some travel related troubles (?) and may not make it in time for SP.

 

Google translation: "There is no coaching team, and the production is also". According to Hanyu, this tournament had one coach ID per player, and was supposed to be accompanied by Brian Coach, not the Author Coach. However, Hanyu explains, “There is a little trouble (Brian Coach) is late to come”. “I don't know for a moment, I'll do what I do for the time being,” as to whether it will be in time for the boys' SP to be held on the 5th.

 

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7 hours ago, mokjakarma said:

Lurking on twitter waiting for some news on ghislain and then i see this

 

 

7 hours ago, Tabby said:

 

Omg, Yuzu has pooh wearing olympic gold medal for his lockscreen! Cuteness overload :13877886:

 

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Whose ready for epic Pooh rain?

 

 

 

 

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5 minutes ago, mercedes said:

So Nate is a tiger and Yuzu is a dragon?😜

 

 

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Gran Prix Final - Turin - Italy 2019 - Second day of practice and SP

 

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I think I am more nervous for practice than competition sometmes :13877886:

 

 

41 minutes ago, ralucutzagy said:

 

still alone ...

Really... how the heck could this happened ... I mean, he has 3 coaches ... no 1 or 2 ... but 3 ... sigh

 

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Duracell bunny Yuzu!!! God have mercy on us! :10636614::13877886:

 

 

 

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A practice memo:
"Otonal Stsq, 4T+3TRippon 3minutes after starting the practice, 4Lo, fiddled with Pooh, took off his jacket, checked the Lz entry twice, SE into 4S, SE into 4S, 4T+3TRippon, twizzle into 3A fall, twizzle into 3A, 4Lz, 2T+1eu+1S, SE into 1S to check S"

 

 

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I forgot practices were just a bit over 30 mins today. So fast

 

 

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I should be getting back to work 😅

 

 

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Max collected several of the footage of Yuzu's 4Lz

 

 

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Fancams of his RT today! 

 

 

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Yuzu saying “Olympic” like he did on Sochi podium. :tumblr_inline_n18qr5lPWB1qid2nw:

 

 

 

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54 minutes ago, SparkleSalad said:

I hate that FS fans are so far apart. I need to go down the pub and yell and cry with you guys.

Judge 6 gave him 8s in components...

 

 

 

 

51 minutes ago, ralucutzagy said:

 

This is the most devastating thing I saw since CoC collision ... hits me harder then his injuries ... I don't know why ...

 

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44 minutes ago, sweetwater said:

Very rough translation:
"My conditioning went well but I could not show the result (of conditioning) in the real thing. Salchow and Axel were both very good. I was feeling the music very well. Now I want to think about how I should get through the FS. I feel kuyashii so much but it is no use saying kuyashii."

 

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Skating order in the free skating:
Yuzu is 5th and Nathan is 6th. 

 

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7 hours ago, MagicFS said:

Back from the skating rink... After 30 minutes of raging all the way back to the Airbnb... How is it possible for Yuzu and Nate to have the same PCS?! I had just told my friend we were going to cheer for Yuzu's scores no matter what they were--to avoid terrible misunderstandings (how could we ever be disappointed with his beautiful skating!), when I saw that 47, same as Nate's score, and I just gaped there completely motionless and definitely no cheering the way I was supposed to... How?! There are no steps leading into any of Nathan's jumps. The axel is telegraphed pretty badly. Half of his program is just crossing the rink in preparation for a jump. In what world is anything about that program on the same level as Otonal? I am not even getting into skating skills and performance or the way Nate's steps and spins are scored. Shame on you, ISU!

 

That being said, I am sure Yuzu can find the motivation to move on and figure out a way to beat everyone, no matter how the rules of the game change. Is it worth it? I have no idea if it is to him, or what choice he'll make. It's up to him. I just feel so bad that we can never pay him back for all the beauty he's brought into our lives, for all the happy tears, the triumphs, the emotions, the magic. The love of the fans is never enough... He wants the medals and the world records.

 

Yuzu deserves more, world, ISU, corrupt judges! He deserves better!

 

Otonal was gorgeous today. Yuzu was gorgeous today. Here is a video of him during the warm-up:

And here is a 4t-3t from today's practice:

It's the one without rippon. There were a few with rippon, but he decided to drop it by the end of the practice--i have no idea why... Or what was wrong with his rippon 3t attempts. They looked fine to me...

 

6 hours ago, Henni147 said:

I wasn't able to post anything since the SP, but this pic makes me feel so much better. This is sportsmanship at its best.

 

https://mobile.twitter.com/GeumNa/status/1202716791501230080

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/ELDoiRRUUAAPQdN?format=jpg&name=900x900

 

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Yuzu drawing all the quad energy from Nathan in that handshake

 

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4 hours ago, makebelieveup said:

btw, I realized they gave him the combo instead of invalidating it. Do you know why? Is it because he made a little round at the end? Otherwise, his score would have been 92. I wish he had snuck an -eu 3Sal haha in the combo

 

also, please cleanse the youtube comment section 

 

 

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Luca interviewing Yuzu is what I just needed to get back on track :tumblr_inline_n18qr5lPWB1qid2nw:

 

 

 

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Looks like he is doing imagery training listening to Origin through ear-phones.

 

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OP says he was doing imagery Axel training until the very last moment before he got off the ice

 

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Yuzu leaving practices

He looks so determined and demon-possessed from the back... But so disarmingly cute from the front 😅

 

 

25 minutes ago, katonice said:

Challenge the unknown indeed. It's so apt for today

 

 

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bszALRP81sc

I thought I would do a transcript as it was a really pleasant, gracious press conference. Great sportsmanship among all of them!

 

Host: Good evening again, ladies and gentlemen. Thank you for coming here, thank you to the skaters for amazing short (programs) tonight. Let's start with Nathan. What do you think of your performance today?

 

Nathan: I'm pretty satisfied, I'm happy with the scores, of course, I am glad I was able to land all the jumps, and it's a really awesome opportunity to be able to compete with Yuzu, and of course, Kevin. Every time I have this opportunity, it definitely pushes me and makes things a lot more exciting. But beyond that, there are things that I can always improve on. I will have to go back and watch what happened and just go from there. Again, happy to be here.

 

Host: Yuzuru, the same question to you, after an amazing fight between you guys, what do you think about your performance?

 

Yuzu (his original words): Um...um...um... I don't know. I really respect to him (Nathan) because um... he has wonderful jumps and wonderful access for the jumps, and then you know like um... he can play...like you know like... with the music. It's like really...um... it's like really feeling good when I am watching him. And then, you know, of course Kevin has like music sense too, so feeling like really happy to see it. But, you know, I really want to, I really want to um... watch him program, him performance today, because I know he was really good today, so yeah, I am looking forward to see it. Heheheheheheh. 

 

Host: So Kevin, after this amazing performance you put on the ice, how did you manage to keep the concentration at the beginning with this music problem at the very beginning?

 

Kevin: So first I just want to congratulate every skater today, and I was so lonely when the music didn't start, but I think the job of skaters is to be focused on what we need to do, so when the music starts again, I was in the program. 

 

Host: I think we have many questions for our skaters, let's start with the questions with the audience, if you can introduce yourself and then make the question.

 

Q1: Congratulations, it's great to see the three of you in the same podium. When, Nathan, you were saying it's always a great opportunity to skate with Yuzu, and Yuzu, you said basically the same. Can you tell me why it's so nice to be skating on the same ice together and compete against one another? Can I ask the question to both of you?

 

Nathan: Um, I mean, Yuzu is like the GOAT, he's the greatest of all time really, one of the best ever to step on the ice, so to have this opportunity to be able to share the ice with a guy like that, someone that I have looked up to for a long time, someone that I watched growing up through the junior ranks, when I was like, a baby. It's really cool to be able to see him now. You know, it's really cool to even be able to see him in person, so of course having the opportunity to finally be able to compete against him, and you know, have someone who's constantly in the distance that I am trying to catch, is really cool.

 

Yuzu: Sorry, I am speaking Japanese, heheheh. Translator: He always likes to compete against very good skaters, so he was very excited to be in this competition against Nathan. Before he skated today, he watched just the points that Nathan got, and so he was, he knew that he had to make a good performance, so he wanted to skate his best, he wanted to do a great performance into a good competition against him, but that didn't happen this time, so he wants to make this a good experience going into the Free Skate, and he has a new good goal to set for the Free Skate now. So, he wants to make this a good experience for him. 

 

Q2: Question to Yuzuru. We have seen here that you are all alone in the Kiss & Cry, can you talk about what happened? Why your coached are not here, and how difficult is it, maybe, to be without a coach?

 

Yuzu: (He answered in Japanese) Translator: He doesn't feel any difficulty that his coach isn't here with him, but simply this time, he could not get accreditation for more than one coach, because Brian was busy a week earlier, he asked a different coach to come with him, but there was some difficulty coming into the country, so he (the coach) is coming in a little bit later, but he knows that they are competing with him, within him, so it didn't really bother his skating today.

 

Q3 (in Japanese): Translator: So the question is, how he thought during his performance today and what he wants to do in his Free Skate the day after tomorrow.

 

Yuzu: Translator: To tell the truth, this program was performed by Johnny Weir in Turin and he got second place at the Olympics, so he (Yuzu) wanted to do a good performance as well, so to be honest, he feel a little bit disappointed, and also the number of points between him and Nathan is a little bit big, so it would be pretty hard to come back, but he just wants to think about what he should do in the Free Skate, take one step at a time, and make a good performance in the Free Skate, that's it. 

 

Q4: Kevin, we have seen all season that you and Silvia Fontana have had very emotional Kiss & Cry's, today was no different, what did she say to you before and after the short program?

 

Kevin: She told me when we were about to be here tonight, she told me to skate free with my heart like I can do, and after she just told me she was proud of me and proud of what we did this summer in the beginning of the season.

 

Q5: This is a question to Kevin and Nathan. Kevin, they made a mistake in your music, how did the crowd support you, how helpful was it to your emotions? and for Nathan, is there any reason you changed your costume in the short?

 

Kevin: So when the music didn't start, I feel lonely and I just try to concentrate to the maximum I can. I think the pressure disappeared, I wasn't stressed at all, the little bit of pressure had disappeared. When the music start, I was totally like 'I need to do it, so let's go'. 

 

Nathan: I saw Vera before I came here and she was gracious enough to really really quickly get a new costume done for me. We played around with a couple of different designs and I have been talking to her, so this may or may not be the final costume, we will see as the season goes on, but yeah, I really like her costumes, and the costume that she did last year for my long program was really really comfortable, and I haven't really been in a costume that comfortable before, so I wanted something that is similar to that, that was simple, that was relatively easy at this point of time, so that's why I chose this costume, mostly out of comfort. The other costumes are a little thick, a little heavy, a little restricting, and I didn't feel that I was able to get into my jumps very easily because I was so stuck. So her costumes, at least I felt free and I think that's what's important. 

 

Q5: Question for Yuzuru. Your programs here are tribute to Johnny Weir and Evgeni Plushenko. I was wondering if you have in mind, some music for the years to come, if you do, will they be tributes to skaters or not?

 

Yuzu: (I was surprised he didn't chose to answer this in Japanese! and he was laughing all the way through his answers :D) Hahaha, I don't know. Um... I was really looking forward to skating in here with both programs, it's like really special for me, and then Evgeni Plushenko didn't use Nijinsky in here, but he got gold medal in here. That was really good moment for me, because I was really young, like a children... child... like I was dreaming Olympic in here, so it's like feeling like in a dream to skate in here, so yeah, I actually felt really good to skate, of course I got mistake in here, but yeah, feeling really good in here. Um... I don't know who the other skaters for the tribute... umm... I don't know, I just feel like I think they are hero and idol in the whole world, and I want to skate like him, like Evgeni Plushenko has like really great performance each time; Johnny Weir has really good posture and good flow for everything, and I want to skate like these skaters.

 

Q6: (in Japanese) Translator: The question was that usually at press conferences like this he (Yuzu) has a more soft facial expression, but it seems like he has a stronger expression today, so is it something that still continuing from the short program he just did, or what is he feeling right now regarding that?  

 

Yuzu: (in Japanese... I heard 'kuyashii') Translator: He's not really thinking regarding expression, but he is a little disappointed, but he is looking forward already to the Free Skate. He's already thinking about what he can do to make the Free Skate better, and he's also learning from Nathan and Kevin who's sitting next to him regarding what he can do for his skating, so there is a lot to learn from them, so he's just thinking next, to the Free Skate already. 

 

Q7: (in Japanese) The question is regarding that he's already thinking the Free Skate. Is he going to try the 4Lz in the Free Skate? and also because it's his birthday, is he thinking (of anything) special skating on that day?

 

Yuzu: Translator: Regarding his birthday, there is not much comment, he just wants to have a smile on his face at the end of the day; and regarding the 4Lz, he wants to try if he can.

 

Q8: Question for Yuzuru. We were told in previous interview that it would be interesting for him to try to get some training with Russian coach. Will you looking forward for some training camps, for example?

 

Yuzu: (laughs) I don't know, if I can, I don't know. I actually ??? (learn a lot from?) the junior Russian girls and senior Russian girls too. If I can, I want to go, like some day, for the learning, but I don't know (laughs). I can't say anything without any coaches from the Cricket Club today, so (laughs) just kidding. I just really want to learn from the Russian girls, yeah, that's all. 

 

Host: That's the end of the press conference. I thank Yuzuru, Nathan and Kevin. See you tomorrow. 

 

 

 

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