2014 Sochi Olympics, Individual Event, Short Program: Parisienne Walkways
Commentary: Rudi Cerne for ZDF
https://youtu.be/MeNflywRG-Y
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... and that's what he will prove right in the beginning of the free skate, Katrin, one of the few who jump two quads in the free. He starts right away with a quadruple toeloop.
So, we are in the short program, seven elements are required in the span of two minutes and fifty seconds.
1,71m tall, light as a feather, here he is. Quadruple toeloop. Hoh.
The required flying camel spin. Six rotations are required but you can of course easily do more- as he showed.
And next is the seated spin which is usually launched forward but he launches it backward which just goes to show that he doesn't miss any opportunity to make it more difficult.
He has good transistions- which are summarized in the components.
And the approach to the next jumping pass. That is the triple axel. You can easily distinguish it as it is launched forward. From a turn! Excellent!
Now he is approaching his last jumping pass, a combination: triple lutz, triple toeloop. If he can get that one... [yuzu jumps]... then he can really go for it. That's what you see right now. Like a tornado! The step sequence and at the end, the combination spin.
Simply ins*ne what this young man is charming onto the ice here! [Charming, as in performing magic.] Nineteen years old, Yuzuru Hanyu from Sendai! His best placements in world championships until now- one 3rd place and last year 4th place. But now, with this performance here, he has made a huge step towards protest. Plushenko, as mentioned, is not participating anymore.
And now we are waiting for the scores. There is nothing to complain about, I have seen no flaw. The slow motion will prove that to us.
Well, with this he has mightily lain the ground. The world champion Partick Chan from Canada will skate later. There's quite a few skaters who are yet to skate. Eleven in total.
And you already know this young man here, it is Brian Orser. [LOL] Silver Medalist from Sarajevo Olympics 1984. Only one person exceeded him- back then there were still compulsory figures- Scott Hamilton from the USA. He also trains in Toronto with Brian Orser.
Look at this. Reaches far back, four rotations, straight as a candle in the air, his wrists tight at his chest, barely any air resistance and he lands light as a feather, as if it was a double.
Out of the turn, the triple axel, launched from the toe pick, crossed legs, and here as well, barely any instability while landing- just once there is a short correction(?) but that does not reduce his speed.
Triple lutz, triple toeloop, it's a piece of a cake for him- as if he had an afterburner in him. [LOL] And thus Brian Orser is delighted, who, by the way, back in the day was one of the few that could execute the triple axel without error. That was thirty years ago, however.
Now we are waiting for the score. She is a the team leader. It's a privilege to be seated there on the bank, as it is for all figure skating nations.
101.45... 101.45, that is an excellent score and of course means the lead for Yuzuru Hanyu.
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The beginning is cut off so I'm not quite sure what he was talking about in the beginning. Katrin is the announcer's name.
I tried!! It was a good excuse to procrastinate.
She'll be a lot more gushy around autumn 2015.
. And Linda posted that he's in a band already. It's called the Yuzurites
basically the story of his career. I'm always glad to see commentators talking about his transitions too! Thank you so much liha for the translation!
you're close!
