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7:30am being the 286 person out of 700!
Thats impressive.
. Maybe another 10 showed up after us before they actually opened the doors to let people in. It felt like the line in Helsinki to enter the arena for the men’s small medals to be honest (although they had two equally long lines), but this was only a Challenger event!Oh no, we were basically the end of the line
The Yuzu phenomena indeed! I was watching the live streams and the number of viewers would be like a couple of hundred with the dance and pairs practice. Then Yuzu comes on, just to practice mind you, and its was up to 7000. By the time of the men's FS, it was over 30,000 which dropped sharply right after Yuzu skated. I felt so bad for the last skater, I made sure to pay extra attention just on general principal.
And the number of Japanese flags in such a small venue! :eekn: The Japanese fans sure showed up in force.
. I do wish the media and other fans would stop generalizing the fans they see at these competitions as only Japanese, Yuzu has a lot of international fans and is really well loved, it wasn't only the Japanese fans that were lined up before 7:30 AM to get seats to see Yuzu practice. 
I think I get mistaken for Japanese when I'm at these events since I'm Asian American, an older Japanese woman started speaking to me in Japanese all of a sudden when I was looking at the printed schedule on the wall. I'm pretty sure she was talking about being tired or not getting sleep, so maybe she camped out - it was cute when she realized her mistake
In fact, after the SP one of the camera men from TBS came to interview a group of us non-Japanese fans, he had translations from Japanese to English ready on his phone so they came prepared
My friends went to the Worlds this year and they met a lot of non-Japanese fans and took pictures with some of them, they showed that to me and I was very happy :luv17:
Ahhh, I was thinking 'Japanese fans' less as being specifically Asians and more as 'fans of the Japanese skaters', i.e. Yuzu's fans, but I can see how I expressed the thought poorly.
. It really was amazing to see how many fans came specifically to see him.
. Lots of fans support skaters regardless of which country they represent, I just wish the western media would acknowledge that Yuzu has a lot of non-Japanese fans as well once in a while. I know the ISU members have spoken about the popularity of the sport and trying to revive it, but when you have a Challenger event that sells out in 30 minutes and people lining up and camping out at night to get into practice, it makes me wonder if they've taken note of this "Yuzu Phenomena". It really boggles my mind at times.
Every third attempt is successful! Holy moly... That would explain the problems with his right knee, with 4T and 3A. I hope, he can handle it in close future. There's not too much time left...
I imagine the photo session in Toronto this summer was something similar to this...
I'm wondering if he was trying to do one of the moves in Hip Hop dance at the beginning.Rubbish.
Where they don’t have enough facilities and no coach at highest level for him. Nice. Had Hanyu stayed at Sendai, he would never become Olympic Champion. It’s silly to dream on and think that he could develop all by himself to the current level just by staying stagnant there. There is a reason Hanyu moved to Cricket Club and there is a reason he stays there. He is certainly smarter and knows himself more than the so-called fans who want him to stagnant in a place.
