The discussion on the Junior Women's thread reminded me of videos I had seen a few years back, of all the Junior World Champions (singles) to 2020 and their subsequent careers (to that date, so Shoma's WCis not there). I dug them out of youtube, watching them is a marked corrective to the impetus to call every brilliant JWC turn a surefire senior or Olympic champion (for the men, only 16% made WC and only 11% OGM, and for the women 26% made WC and only 9% OGM) and is a reminder how punishing a longterm career in this sport can be.
I thought maybe some other folk would be interested.
I thought maybe some other folk would be interested.
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