Misha plans to add it in later in the season. With the rule changes, his focus right now is going clean, even if it means lighter technical content. I wouldn’t be surprised if we didn’t see it again until russian nationals
Oh and welcome!
It seems like everyone except Shoma is going with this go-slow approach on jumps.
I expect it will be a quad fest by GPF though.
A quick skim of mainstream Japanese media (Asahi/Nikkei) suggests that Yuzu has changed his programmes to put jumps in the 2H. He wants to win.
I'm getting cocky now that my long-time cactus Brezina did so well at Skate America.
He'll make GPF for sure now!
Yuzuru's zenlike "marks no longer matter, it's all about doing it for me" attitude that made his fans so happy and relieved - and suspicious - lasted right up until... his first competition. Which he did win, but not well enough for him. So everyone's back on the rollercoaster.
Has anyone managed to dig through the practice videos to see how Mikhail and Boyang were doing?
Beginning of Boyang: https://twitter.com/DahliaSkates/status/1058120672675852288
Boyang excerpt (only 20 seconds rip ): https://twitter.com/InTheLoPodcast/status/1057983647481917442
Kolyada excerpts: https://twitter.com/DahliaSkates/status/1058122767692951553
Kolyada's jumps: https://twitter.com/Phantom_Kabocha/status/1058055072582647808
Somebody joked that there is more footage of Yuzu skating to Boyang's music than there is of Boyang
Beginning of Boyang: https://twitter.com/DahliaSkates/status/1058120672675852288
Boyang excerpt (only 20 seconds rip ): https://twitter.com/InTheLoPodcast/status/1057983647481917442
Kolyada excerpts: https://twitter.com/DahliaSkates/status/1058122767692951553
Kolyada's jumps : https://twitter.com/Phantom_Kabocha/status/1058055072582647808
Somebody joked that there is more footage of Yuzu skating to Boyang's music than there is of Boyang
Somebody joked that there is more footage of Yuzu skating to Boyang's music than there is of Boyang
One benefit of being a Hanyu fan? With so much footage, it’s rare not to see co-favorites doing out of focus quads in the back of clips of Yuzu just breathing.
5. Uncle Bychenko, A.K.A. The Fun Uncle
Yes, there is footage of Misha skating to Carmen:Now there is footage of Yuzu skating beautifully to Carmen but no footage of Misha skating to Carmen
Ngl, I'm morbidly curious for a Hanyu Carmen program now
I think of Brezina more like a Venus fly trap: get too close (invested) and you’ll never be able to let go.