Yuzuru Hanyu: 2016-17 Season

[nekun]

2014 Sochi Olympics, Short Program: Parisienne Walkways

Commentary: Rudy Cerne for ZDF

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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 50 seconds.

1,71m tall, light as a feather, here he is. Quadruple toeloop. Hoh.

The required flying camel spin. 6 rotations are required but you can of course easily do more- as he showed.

And next is the sitting 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.] 19 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. Pluschenko, 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 laid 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.

thanks for trans too liga

somehow I want to know how the world reacted esp GS when the 100pt has been broken, coz back in the day it was so rare right? and on top of that Hanyu broke it in the right time, Olympic. if I was the one who skated after Yuzu, maybe I would ran away and never coming back :lol:

name other skater who can break 100pt with one quad in the sort, I say no one

 

[Fayruza]

Fayruza you're on a roll! Thanks, I love you so much <3

Goodnight

Thanks - keep posting, I wanna stuff to read in the morning!
(I read 'You're a troll' first and was about to take offence)

 

[liha]

Maybe it takes more time for the first time.

The second one is wow.

Righht, the first one was my definite choice until I saw the second one and instantly fell in love :luv17: I just feel like it is deserving of a good caption... And I'm horrible at making captions up.

And thank you for another one Fayruza!!!

 

[Rissa]

Europe, Africa, Western Asia has the most people? No wonder the thread is always sleeping when it's prime time for me

Could be... Or our Eastern friends missed the poll because I'm posting it when I'm in my prime time... But then again, I thought than because GS is an English-language website, fans from native English-speaking countries would dominate.

On the other hand, there are over 80 fans taking part in the Yuzuru fan thread, no wonder it moves so fast!

 

[gladiolusc]

Thanks - keep posting, I wanna stuff to read in the morning!
(I read 'You're a troll' first and was about to take offence)

Tsk, tsk, such a troll!

Haha yes madam, I'll go look for things to translate

 

[AppleEmperor]

OK, one more - and then I go to bed...

Sochi Olympic Games
Individual event
SP
Россия (Rossia) Channel 1.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=05ynAN09eCo

(The skater who’s about to skate) is phenomenal. His star has really, genuinely ascended this season. He’s only 19 years old, he trains in Canada, in Toronto, and at the moment, mind you, he’s the one holding first place in the world ranking, not Patrick Chan. He’s had no major super-success in his career – he won the Bronze medal at the 2012 World Championship, last year, he was only fourth, but this year he pulled himself together and what he showed us at the GPF and the SP – that was incredible! He won the SP during the Team Event here at the Olympics. Let’s watch him – he’s a phenomenal boy with phenomenal skating skills. He’s tiny (what the commentator says, effectively – he’s of tiny height), but it doesn’t interfere with perception of him.
Well done!
An impeccable quad!
Toeloop. He jumps 4T on its own, not in combination and yet gets these incredible scores just short of 100 points.
That’s very difficult – off a counter, a step on one foot, he does a 3A. I’ll tell you what, not every skater from the top 10 will be able to land it successfully even during their practices.
3+3 in the second half of the program! I want to draw your attention to the fact that his axel is also in the second half, so he’s going to get a phenomenal technical score.
Yeah, bravo! And the audience understand very well how good the skate was!
You know, he’s very young, this Japanese boy, and during this Olympic quadrennial we thought, Daisuke Takahashi is undoubtedly (the leader), many Japanese skaters are top-class skaters – Tatsuki Machida, for instance, the one who skated the FS at the Team Event. But this skater stands out among them. I don’t want to compare him to Patrick Chan since they are not alike, but both get superior second mark. I don’t know… it’s more natural to take it with a more detached perception – the way Belousova and Prototopov say it “I don’t pay attention to points, I just can tell whether I like it or not”. From the point of liking it… Hanyu is more exciting. There’s something intangible in his manner of skating
I always think that he feels his music phenomenally well and he lets it sing through his body and his arms, he immerses himself in his music and you can see it.
Well, you can see the result. He’s had a lot of difficult situations in his life already. Brian Orser coaches him. And the most terrifying was… well, I’ll tell you about it a bit later, the tragedy of 2011, now let’s watch the slo-mo. 4T.
Just look at how high he jumps! Do you see the way he opens up – very cleanly. The landing – from his toepick to the edge, the foot made no waves, didn’t vibrate when he landed it. That was a top-quality jump.
There it is – a counter and 3A. It’s very difficult, since you have to turn your shoulders, stop your rotation and then enter the jump. Lutz – very clean, from the outside edge, toe-loop.. there’s a continuous movement, which means the positive GOE for everything. They seem like little details, but they mean many positive GOE added to his technical score, so his score will be sky-high.
Yes, this boy has had to go through a lot because when that famous earthquake of 2011 hit, he was at the skating rink, and during his practice the ice started to shake and split, the walls started to crumble, and he remember that he ran out of the skating rink and took off his skates. He behaved like a professional skater – he was barefoot, there was a snowstorm, he waited barefoot, while in his skating rink the roof came crashing down…
Bravo, bravo!
Look, as far as I can understand it, it’s the first time in the history!
It’s a world record! It’s a record!
101!!! 54 TES, and deservedly so, will you agree, Artur?
Deservedly, because he executes his elements so cleanly and so easily and musically. Phenomenal!
4T – GOE 2.86. nearly perfect.
And that without the second quad. That is, only with one quad…

Thank you Fayruza, our dear translation-overlord

And congrats to liha for getting your avatar to work!! :gclap:

 

[KatGrace1925]

Lots of new Yuzu face club members!

 

[Hannah555]

Thank you, Fayruza, for your hard work. It's so interesting to see comments about him from different countries.

 

[Hannah555]

Meanwhile... I can't choose between these.

I love your ava choice! It's better than the other to my opinion.

 

[NordEsque]

Hi sorry, does anyone have a link for Yuzuru's FS at Grand Prix Final with CBC commentary? Would really appreciate it

 

[AppleEmperor]

Hi sorry, does anyone have a link for Yuzuru's FS at Grand Prix Final with CBC commentary? Would really appreciate it

here it's on dailymotion!
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x3hzqa0

 

[NordEsque]

here it's on dailymotion!
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x3hzqa0

Thank you

Feel awful though, I meant the 2013 GPF sorry. Still thank you though it was nice to see Seimei again. I can't seem to find any videos of any skates from there with CBC commentary (from gpf13), didn't they commentate it? Seems a bit strange...

 

[AppleEmperor]

Thank you

Feel awful though, I meant the 2013 GPF sorry. Still thank you though it was nice to see Seimei again. I can't seem to find any videos of any skates from there with CBC commentary (from gpf13), didn't they commentate it? Seems a bit strange...

haha it's okay. here's one on youku

http://v.youku.com/v_show/id_XNjQ5MzMzOTAw.html?f=20493648

 

[NordEsque]

haha it's okay. here's one on youku

http://v.youku.com/v_show/id_XNjQ5MzMzOTAw.html?f=20493648

THANK YOU I can't believe it :shocked: I've struggled SO MUCH trying to find it

Thank you again, you have really saved my not-so-great day :agree:

 

[AppleEmperor]

THANK YOU I can't believe it :shocked: I've struggled SO MUCH trying to find it

Thank you again, you have really saved my not-so-great day :agree:

It's no problem. I'm glad I was a help
Now if only my Chinese was proficient enough to do stuff like translation. I love love love the Chinese commentary, but I'm afraid I still don't understand some of the uncommon vocabulary they use including certain tech. element names. :sad4:

 

[Maria Victoria]

I meant the 2013 GPF sorry. Still thank you though it was nice to see Seimei again. I can't seem to find any videos of any skates from there with CBC commentary (from gpf13), didn't they commentate it? Seems a bit strange...

Here's another link on YouTube: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=KSbWLZ9ZxKQ. Must say I can't blame you for not finding it.

Thanks to all those who posted translations and updates on Yuzuru. Indebted to you all.

 

[YuzusHydroblade]

Welcome to all the new members of the Yuzu Face Ava Club!! I'm sad that i missed the discussions for the song titles haha...

Edit: i just watched the long interview after 4cc and i'm confused, is it me or he was specific that he ios aiming for a clean free program for world's? I swear i heard him say that...

 

[shayla]

Verbatim translation of Yuzuru’s interview (from 5’30”) ------------------------------------------
PART 1
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(What’s your feeling now?)
Well, it’s the same pattern again [probably he is referring to another silver medal], but I feel it has been another luxurious [fruitful] experience. For, first of all, the result was a proper… well, I cannot say it was ‘proper’ per se, but the fact is that I managed to win a medal. In addition, I think I gained something [out of this]; a certain feeling of achievement. Furthermore, the feeling of frustration, which has given me more appetite for training. So, all in all, I appreciate that I have been given great experience, again.
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(What’s your strategy for the World, given the appearance of another rival?)
Sure, of course, I have been thinking that Nathan is great, and Mr. Uno has also (reportedly) landed a (4)Lo, although I have yet to watch it; I have already seen him landing (4Lo) in practice. So, I feel they are very promising, and at the same time, well… I am thankful to them. [Perhaps, he thanks them as they give Yuzuru further impetus.]
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(So, from now on, one mistake will be fatal; what will you do?)
Well, ‘my performance’ equals ‘a performance with no mistake’, for me. In addition, it’s not merely ‘no mistake’ but ‘a performance with complete quality with no mistake’ is my performance in my understanding. If I may say, I believe that no one can beat me if I executed such a performance. To ensure that this self-confidence should not turn into over-confidence, I think I will have to engage with further training with more precision.
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(Have you prepared for the changes of elements during performance like this time?)
No, I hadn’t prepared for it, no, it was the first time. It was improvisation. ------------------

 

[LeeJiHye19]

Sorry I have been busy just wanna know if there is new update about YUZU? is he going to add another quad in his LP?

 

[gladiolusc]

Sorry I have been busy just wanna know if there is new update about YUZU? is he going to add another quad in his LP?

He didn't say anything concrete like that Most he said in 4CC press con was now he sees the possibility for him to do 5, blah blah.