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Yuzuru Hanyu: 2016-17 Season

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kiches said:
Actually he did 4T3T in Chopin 2.0.

He really only started attempting 4S3T at Worlds in Boston and then more regularly this season. It's a shame that he couldn't get a handle on the combination in both programs in the same competition, he either hit it in the SP or in he FS but never both at once, because when he lands it it's a thing of beauty. I don't know if he would've repeated LGC had he skated it clean, my hunch was he would've done an entirely new program that was similar to Chopin, but maybe with a different piece of music by Chopin. Maybe he'll always have a bit of a hot-cold relationship with the salchow, but I also thought that once he landed the combo he would continue to land it regularly. That sort of happened with the free but he sort of lost that with the SP after GPF. It's frustrating I'm sure, he's clearly capable of the combo in the SP. In all the practice footage from GPF onward he pretty much had clean SP runthrough in all competitions at practice. Maybe it's as Tracy speculates, he gets too caught up in the SP performance and messes up. I know a lot of fans wanted him to ditch the combo, but I was staunch supporter of him keeping his layouts as-is this season so I'm a bit sad the combo likely won't make it into Chopin 3.0.
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Makoto Okazaki, an ISU technical specialist, talked about the entry way to the 4S-3T combo in his SP in this article. (Translated by me) I believe Takeshi Honda also mentioned this somewhere (sorry no source). I am no expert so I am not even sure if I understood correctly what he is saying, but I can tell everyone knows that Hanyu-senshu is a stubborn guy when it comes to fs. Who knows he might bring back that combo:)

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https://headlines.yahoo.co.jp/hl?a=20170421-00000078-spnannex-spo

Eyes of Makoto Okazaki
WTT the first day at Yoyogi, Tokyo

As for 4loop, the difficulty that lies in loop jump itself affected him there. For this jump, you cannot get almost any help from your free leg. Right before Hanyu took off, his edge was not running properly and he missed the timing (of taking off). The reason for the edge being not proper is not clear. It could be either due to some extra tension of his body or the problem of the ice. If it were other kinds of jump, his free leg could have given him speed/momentum, so it would not have resulted in a single jump.

He made an error in his 4 salchow because he entered into the jump with less easy entry course and hence failed to add the second jump. This season he has kept this entry and I believe there would have been other ways he could take in order to nail that combination. His philosophy of not stepping down to easier paths should be respected, but I feel he could have given more thoughts on winning.

On the other hand, Uno seemed to have gained confidence by winning the silver medal at the worlds. His musicality and ways to time his movements have improved and it enhanced his program. That was why he gained the top score in PCS component.
 
Interspectator said:
S:But that was only because I had a lead from the short. Although the total difference was 2.28, there was an even bigger difference in the free (8.75 points), and since there was that big of a difference even when I did a good performance, I thought, “I still got a long way”.
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It's good to hear Shoma's opinion because people tend to forget about SP when they talk about the close result in the competition.
 
Reading the Ice Jewels interview, it shows how Yuzu's ideas about figure skating are both idealistic and practical. He constantly needs to choose between the two so he observes and studies hard. His comments about how judges score PCS was interesting.
All this makes me think there's a chance that for his LP he'll bring back Seimei. I'd personally like a new LP, but Seimei is a good program too.
 
So, Hanyu-senshu is already in Kansai area:luv17:

From conejo_0205’s tweet

https://twitter.com/conejo_0205/status/871236427282956290

車で御参りだったので、近くのコインパーキングに止めて裏から入る方になったんだけど、皆さんの絵馬を眺めていたら宮司さんにシーってされて、それから本殿を指差されたので中を覗いたら… 薄暗い本殿の奥で椅子に座ってご祈祷を受ける羽生結弦さんがいらっしゃいました。

Since I went there by car, I parked it at a meter parking lot nearby and went into the shrine (Yuzuruha Shrine). As I was looking at people’s emas (prayer borads), the priest asked me to be quiet and pointed inside the main building of the shrine. And there I saw Yuzu Hanyu-san sitting in a chair, in the middle of a purification ceremony.
 
Mii9000 said:
So, Hanyu-senshu is already in Kansai area:luv17:

From conejo_0205’s tweet

https://twitter.com/conejo_0205/status/871236427282956290

車で御参りだったので、近くのコインパーキングに止めて裏から入る方になったんだけど、皆さんの絵馬を眺めていたら宮司さんにシーってされて、それから本殿を指差されたので中を覗いたら… 薄暗い本殿の奥で椅子に座ってご祈祷を受ける羽生結弦さんがいらっしゃいました。

Since I went there by car, I parked it at a meter parking lot nearby and went into the shrine (Yuzuruha Shrine). As I was looking at people’s emas (prayer borads), the priest asked me to be quiet and pointed inside the main building of the shrine. And there I saw Yuzu Hanyu-san sitting in a chair, in the middle of a purification ceremony.
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looks like there's a new 'ema' too! https://twitter.com/orange1range/status/871243549118943232
 
orange1range’s tweet
https://twitter.com/orange1range/status/871243549118943232

Hanyu-senshu’s 1st ema
I wish to go into competitions with my 100%.
I wish to be a guiding beacon even if it means just a little

His second ema
I hope everyone's support will be rewarded and their wishes are realized.

(I'm not sure if my translation for the 2nd ema conveys what he meant:noshake: I hope someone else will come up with a better translation.)
 
Mii9000 said:
You found that tweet, too:) Do you think he is going to stay around there till Faoi Kobe? It sounds like it was for a TV shooting, right? I guess he has been very busy:rolleye:
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Most of the time in Japan he seems to be doing promotional stuff. :biggrin:
 
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Mii9000 said:
orange1range’s tweet
https://twitter.com/orange1range/status/871243549118943232

Hanyu-senshu’s 1st ema
I wish to go into competitions with my 100%.
I wish to be a guiding beacon even if it means just a little

His second ema
I hope everyone's support will be rewarded and their wishes are realized.

(I'm not sure if my translation for the 2nd ema conveys what he meant:noshake: I hope someone else will come up with a better translation.)
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The sentences are short and he uses easy words here, but very difficult to translate :drama: If I remember correctly, he always has one Ema for himself and one for the fans, which is nice :) Glad to know he is in Kobe already. I feel like he has been working for the media and doing his assignment for school at the hotel these days (just my guess).
 
I've been able to convert my mother to a figure skate fan. I guess you don't need to ask whose programs did the trick ;)

She wrote his name down on a piece of paper and still reads from it when she asks for more videos from Yuzuru Hanyu :laugh:
 
Tulipstar said:
I've been able to convert my mother to a figure skate fan. I guess you don't need to ask whose programs did the trick ;)

She wrote his name down on a piece of paper and still reads from it when she asks for more videos from Yuzuru Hanyu :laugh:
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That's so cute and sweet :luv17:
 
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