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Yuzuru Hanyu: 2016-17 Season

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That's right
- interview at 12yo (?) to win gold at Sochi (there is also another gif set that i could not find now)
- interview at 15yo where his goal to make it to Sochi and gold at Pyeongchang




That is a great article showing his winning mentality as a skater, athlete and a person.
"For his own growth, for figure skating as a sport, his desire/greed never fades, and this is his true strength as a skater. And it can also be said that this is why he makes us feel that for him there are infinite possibilities."

This is a man who set his goals and go all out to achieve them. He can achieve anything he sets his mind to.

His fetus self :rofl:
I find it admirable that he has been able to stick to these goals since he was so young... I don't think i could have that kid of determination and strength...
 
I hope, if yuna is presenting medals, that she looks happier while doing so. You cannot help but notice in those photos with yuzu that she does not look happy there, a direct contrast to his sunny self. Only 3 weeks or so now!!!
 
I hope, if yuna is presenting medals, that she looks happier while doing so. You cannot help but notice in those photos with yuzu that she does not look happy there, a direct contrast to his sunny self. Only 3 weeks or so now!!!

Yuzuru naturally has a sunny face and smile that radiates light to every corner of the arena lol. And Yuna has a resting not impressed face. :laugh: It's not her fault!
 
I know yuna has a resting "unhappy" face, ( I have one too, lol, and people always tell me to smile..).... but if he smiled at me I would sure be smiling back!!! I guess what I want to see is her smiling when she hands out medals, lol!
 
I hope, if yuna is presenting medals, that she looks happier while doing so. You cannot help but notice in those photos with yuzu that she does not look happy there, a direct contrast to his sunny self. Only 3 weeks or so now!!!

Well, he just won OGM while she missed it, so there's that. Anyway, I watched korean Nats and she presented there in the medal ceremony and watched ladies FS too but she wasn't highly smiley and/or elated, I doubt much will change for 4CC.
 
I know yuna has a resting "unhappy" face, ( I have one too, lol, and people always tell me to smile..).... but if he smiled at me I would sure be smiling back!!! I guess what I want to see is her smiling when she hands out medals, lol!

If he smiled at me, I wouldn't just look happy, I'd have a stupid grin on my face for the rest of the week, haha.

But then again, he's not exactly Yuna's type is he? :laugh: I remember she said her type was a "manly-looking guy." I can dream, though.

(Yuzuru and his style is very manly to me I swear I'm not biased but the rest of the world hasn't figured that out yet.)
 
There weren't very many moments in Yuna's skating career where she was overly emotional or cheery, either. She looked emotional after Vancouver FS (it mostly looked like a huge unloading of pressure) and looked happy after seeing her scores but showed little emotion after the SP. She barely smiled after winning Worlds 2009 and looked utterly bored after Worlds 2013 :laugh:

Shizuka was the "cool beauty" but Yuna was basically an ice queen :love:
 
I've fangirled over all of these, but then when you realize that Yuna and Javi actually danced together like this these Yuzu/Yuna pictures are terribly unsatisfying [emoji23]
I know, just annoying lol! Those pictures with Yuna and Javier are too adorable. If it was Yuzuru then I'd already have fraimed it by now. This was the only time they met a competition, except for Worlds'13... I don't know what Yuzu thought there, because she was his idol when he was in his junior years :)
 
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I watched Korean nats too and noticed, her, um, lack of outward enthusiasm!

Lol same here. People should not expect too much from her. There are also stones left unturned with her and Orser. If anything, I expect her and Yuzu to be awkward rather than anything. Regardless, as long as he is on the top of the podium, I couldn't care less about who will hand out the medal (just make sure it is not ugly plastic like in GPF, korea!) :biggrin:
 
wait really?!?!! :eeking: I've never heard him mention her even when he's asked about his favorite skaters (Weir, Plushy, etc.)

His skating idol is plushenko and weir. But he mentioned his admiration towards many skaters, like takahashi, mao, kwan etc for example. About Yuna, the one time I remember he mentioned her was during GPF 2009 when he was asked about what he was most excited about there and he (and kanako) said seeing KYN performance. The other time is David Wilson mentioning this (not Yuzu himself) during one of his interview, that Yuzu crave for that domination that Yuna has circa 2006-2010 etc. But I don't think she is like, his "idol" in a sense like Plush and weir are.
 
There weren't very many moments in Yuna's skating career where she was overly emotional or cheery, either. She looked emotional after Vancouver FS (it mostly looked like a huge unloading of pressure) and looked happy after seeing her scores but showed little emotion after the SP. She barely smiled after winning Worlds 2009 and looked utterly bored after Worlds 2013 [emoji23]

Shizuka was the "cool beauty" but Yuna was basically an ice queen :love:
Cheery not really emotional yes. She jumped out of her skin after receiving the monstrous SP world record score at Worlds 2009, she was that overjoyed (one of my fav k&c reactions ever). She cried during the national anthem at the same event. She also cried on the Oly podium. She cried A LOT on the podium at Worlds 2011, and finally she cried backstage in Sochi too. She can be very emotional in one moments, and also unimpressed in the other.
 
His skating idol is plushenko and weir. But he mentioned his admiration towards many skaters, like takahashi, mao, kwan etc for example. About Yuna, the one time I remember he mentioned her was during GPF 2009 when he was asked about what he was most excited about there and he (and kanako) said seeing KYN performance. The other time is David Wilson mentioning this (not Yuzu himself) during one of his interview, that Yuzu crave for that domination that Yuna has circa 2006-2010 etc. But I don't think she is like, his "idol" in a sense like Plush and weir are.

Oh that's so sweet :luv17: There are a few things in Yuzu's skating that remind me of Yuna, particularly the spread eagle into the axel, and the fact that they are known for being one of the first to combine musicality and tech at the current level. But I think Yuzu is probably the closest thing to Yuna circa 2006-2010 that we have now :scratch2: especially when you take into account how they are loved not only in their country but the world.
 
Oh that's so sweet :luv17: There are a few things in Yuzu's skating that remind me of Yuna, particularly the spread eagle into the axel, and the fact that they are known for being one of the first to combine musicality and tech at the current level. But I think Yuzu is probably the closest thing to Yuna circa 2006-2010 that we have now :scratch2: especially when you take into account how they are loved not only in their country but the world.

Yuna did spread eagle-axel? I am pretty sure she is more known for Inabauer-axel? :biggrin: To be frank, Yuzuru is in that "no one can beat me when I am clean" position only recently, after he won NHK 2015 and broke WR there. Before that, I am not sure judges would put a clean Yuzu ahead of clean Patrick (see TEB 2013 SP for example, or even the 2015 SC but it is in Canada so maybe it didn't count lol). But yes to the loved by the world part. Wherever he skates people root and cheer for him :love:
 
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