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Fair. Yuzu was going much faster in the short program though. He still deserves all the points in the world, but it makes me really excited t see Yuma develop.
2020-21 Japanese Nationals: Men's Free Skate
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He'll add magic
These are the programs he chose at the end of last year, for himself, purely for himself. If he goes for Beijing, they'll be there with him.Seriously folks, think about it. Nine months without a coach in the same continent, practising at night on his own, his additional worries over covid, his first competition since March and all new programs... and he does that.
Brian said it in 2018. Never underestimate Mr Hanyu.
That is among the most assured I have ever seen Hanyu since 2015. Damn.
The pandemic has actually done wonders for his training and conditioning. I wonder if it's because it's let him train completely in peace and at his own pace, without having to undergo the grueling GPF cycle.
The pandemic has actually done wonders for his training and conditioning. I wonder if it's because it's let him train completely in peace and at his own pace, without having to undergo the grueling GPF cycle.
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Right, Hopefully the ISU does what's safe for everyone. Maybe we could postpone Worlds till the fall or something?
After he safely elbow-bumped with Shoma. C'mon Lambert, read the room!Stéphane hugging Yuzuru and congratulating him, how is this man even real?
Yuzuru already gave the best performance of the year by anyone, worlds can wait.
I'm sure he doesn't have to undergo the grueling GPF cycle ever again if he doesn't want to.
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Yeah, but the JSF would be pretty upset, considering he's the only one who could potentially beat Nathan right now.
our god is humble too...
Yuzuru is untouchable. JSF would never go out of their way to make him unhappy.
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Protocols are up. Eat away.
Random thoughts:
1. Yuzuru's last spin got a V. Youch. He won't be happy with that.
2. How many skaters get higher GOE on a quad than on a triple? Yuzuru's 4Lo got marginally higher raw GOE than his 3Lo.
3. 4T-Eu-3S = 19.39 points. Wow. Who even needs the 3F?
4. Yuma lost silver entirely because of his 3A mistake. Land the 3A-Eu-3S cleanly and he wins silver. The 4T error, in comparison, was tiny.
5. How do you jump a 1T<< !?!?!!?!?!?!?!?! I cannot help but laugh at that. Rip Shoma.
6. The GOE on Shoma's 4F was wild man. People gave anything from 0 to 4.
7. Just look at how many +5s Yuzuru got, and compare that to the field. It was a stingy panel, and he still got the GOEs for it.
8. Compare this performance to Yuzuru's 2019 SC free skat. That one scored higher by a point, but I think it wasn't the cleanest?
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From what I have read, it was a deliberate decision to limit his (slightly) weaker ones to keep the skate squeaky clean, given his lack of coaching, competitions etc. Yuzuru calculates these things out precisely, he - like his fans - knew he was in a difficult place, and he was out to win.
I mean, he skated two clean programs back-to-back for the first time since...In Poohniverse, TCC goes to him.
Training by himself, even arranging his programs.
With an intelligent layout. Jumps that he has high success rate on. No toe jumps (3F/3Lz) probably to let his injured foot rest.
He's doing fine with video coaching (if there was much video coaching).
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I'm in awe.... I was surprised that he had a semi-clean SP yesterday. And now a clean FS?! In his first outing??This never happened before, right?
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