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SKATE CANADA 2016
Videos
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SKATE CANADA 2016
Videos
This video is the broadcast of the japanese TV, they show the warm up and the long program. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9bkvOG01TnU
Edit: During the warm up he did simple jumps, I can understand why Brian was worried
A commentary-free video. (I was ready to find Grishin and throttle him by the end of the gala!)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uXMjASBKbbk
Yuzuru's EX SC 2016 by B Eurosport
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VxqwgCQpGCk
Not even 20 seconds in and already gushing.
Hi everyone, I wanted to share my recording of Yuzuru's practice session for his new exhibition piece to Notte Stellata (The Swan).
You'll notice that there were a few other skaters on the ice with him, but at some point everyone moved to the sides and it was just Yuzuru skating by himself on the ice. While the gala performance of this piece was beautiful, this particular practice performance had a different feel to it that may not come across in my video. Maybe it was because there were fewer people in the audience, but it definitely felt like Yuzuru was in his own little world here.
Someone uploaded the German ESP for his FS and Ex on youtube
FS : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cG9k9h-L_Sw
EX: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gmJfpcD_cCg
Here's one video I took at the Gala rehearsal. He is eating food & then gets called over by the choreographer. It's so adorable!
https://youtu.be/vW7FvlHMBro
I'll make another video of all my shorter clips into one video later...probably this weekend. Also, random but Yuzuru has an iPhone! He was checking it periodically during rehearsal.
Here you are, I've uploaded them:
EX: https://vimeo.com/album/4228295/video/189629744
FP: https://vimeo.com/album/4228295/video/189629678
(Tiny Comment abt final result: https://vimeo.com/album/4228295/video/189629649)
I found this version of the EX (the image isn't high quality) and this is now my favourite commentary for this program thus far. It sums up my thoughts well.
https://youtu.be/9hquFQibTQ4?t=225
I have no idea where it is from though, maybe Universal? Above it says "Super Sports 3" but I've never heard of it for skating. Actually the guy has some british accent, or maybe scottish? idk the difference well
This instagram account posted so many precious moments from the Gala practice, I can't compute.
https://www.instagram.com/anadnah/
One of my personal favourites is Chanyu Look at the progress, look at them being polite with each other. I can feel the awkward. *single tear* I'm a sucker for friendly awkward rivalries.
My other favourites are the ones with Satoko plus Misha and the fancams of the EX practice for course.
If it was already posted sorry for being late.
Pictures & Stuff
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x4zup37_sc男女結果_sport
Morning news
I love how the news cut out his little loss of balance at the end
According to this article, Yuzuru chose his new EX music from the CD which Tarasova had given him after Boston. With the music she wanted him to skate to.
http://www.nikkansports.com/sports/news/1731653.html
And another one from Zhenya
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CwDhOPZVIAA8JL5.jpg
And from the gala
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CwCcCcHXgAAaOIX.jpg
Idk if this was posted already: Yuzu playing with Luca's hat
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZzK7R1nSaEA
Taiwanese commentator mentioned that Yuzuru's upper body has inproved, his shoulder is more open than before. and glad that Team BO and Yuzuru himself continue striving to improve despite all his achievements,
Some photos of the beautiful swan
https://twitter.com/mutta0605/status/792989122814017536
https://twitter.com/mutta0605/status/793057933265252352
Not sure if this has been posted (if it does I will delete), but Nick Verrreos, former contestant of Project Runway and fashion commentator, wrote a commentary about costume of figure skaters from Skate Canada
http://nickverrreos.blogspot.co.id/2016/10/ice-style2016-skate-canada.html
SP
Yuzuru Hanyu of Japan Short Program to Let's Go Crazy by Prince: At first, when Yuzuru came out, I was like "What the Heck!!??" and then, the Prince music came on and I was like "Done and done!". Hanyu wore a jumpsuit that resembled a white shirt and pants outfit with a multi-colored embroidered vest with black, white and purple being the dominant colors. There was also a nice "Prince"-inspired detail on his pants. The whole look was right for the program and 80's cool enough to make fashion fans happy.
FS
Yuzuru Hanyu of Japan Free Skate to Hope and Legacy by Jo Hisaishi: For his FS, Yuzuru wore this ensemble of black stretch velvet pants with a multicolored green, creme, royal blue and black chiffon top. It was VERY Yuzuru for sure; he does love multicolored ombre-ing and cascading ruffle detail. I'm going to be honest here: If it wasn't Yuzuru Hanyu, I might be critiquing it and saying it's tacky and soooo 80's. But, because it is him, I actually think it works. Somehow with his height and beautiful skating, he is able to pull this off. What do you guys think? Do you like???
Another report, with Akiko.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BhXGOO7ax5I
other PICTURES & VIDEOS
Also, I'm not sure if this has been posted before, but it looks like he is looking at the messages written to him by fans through the P&G initiative? It's so heart-warming to see him so surprised at the volume of messages.
https://twitter.com/enmi_g/status/793107868199243776
TRANSLATIONS
The whole text is shown in this twitter. The summery is as follows. Further, i found another article about mental issue regarding the starting order. I remember you were concerned for it after Worlds 2016.I assume this article is new? http://www.asahi.com/articles/ASJBZ4DYXJBZUTQP01G.html
I hope someone can help with the summary. Thank you in advance.
the newspaper source is from the twitter: https://twitter.com/sami_stream (sorry, i cant show it specifically)
At the 6 minutes warmup, he skipped some of the planned jumps, which was different from Orser’s instruction. he failed the first 4 loop and popped 4 sal. On the other, he succeeded another 4 sal and got 4t in latter half, when is the hard time for stamina.
He had a firm strategy. He had the experience that he’d run out of stamina when he had been the second order. Thus, he tried not to decreese his stamina for the second order performance this time.
Orser who’s worked with him for 5 years has well known about his character. he says, “ there weren’t before a 6 minutes warmup like this. He is like a child before a new toy. He is obssesed with quad.” but he doesnt deny hanyu’s thought and is not impatient. “he is not injury at present. Im satisfied with just that.”
Orser plans to let him tackle other elements than jumps, taking 5 months from now on and to heighten the perfection. he thinks making the peaking later is also OK considering the last two seasons, when he won GPF, but lost Worlds title.
Hanyu has the sense of achievement for that he got quad in latter half and seems determined saying that he will do his best with practice.
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the newspaper source is from the twitter: https://twitter.com/sami_stream (sorry, i cant show it specifically)
(On SP day,) He came back to the hotel late around midnight. Cutting down his sleep, he just continued to ponder and repeated the image training. He had the sense that he was not good at the second order. He reflected how to get over it. As a result, he reduced the number of his jumps at the 6 minutes warmup and prevented losing his stamina....
First part is about Javier and his preparation for Boston, then she says:This twitter has the video of woman free of worlds 2016, where Tarasowa seemed to talk about him (and the CD of his ex?).
https://twitter.com/dara_z/status/792871779345821697
Further she wrote down the text for translation.
https://twitter.com/dara_z/status/792985141526364164
Would someone please tell me what’s she’s saying about him?
"I was sitting having rest from endless TV live streaming when Yuzuru came to me he kneel down and apologized , I am not his coach but it doesn't matter, I am his fan and he is perfectly aware of this. I even brought music for him , maybe one day.. maybe one day.." Grishin - "apologized for what? for disappointment? (not making your hopes?) " Tat: "yes, but it doesn't matter , this is not end of the world".
First part is about Javi how he managed to win and that he approached TAT and said like all men do- that everything fell into place, in the right time- all of his efforts and hardwork paid off.Further she wrote down the text for translation.
https://twitter.com/dara_z/status/792985141526364164
Would someone please tell me what’s she’s saying about him?
"TAT: Yuzu also had approched me. I've been sitting there trying to relax and unwind in between our multiple broadcasts. I've been having my rest and he approached and... he just came to me, kneeled down on the floor and said: "Forgive me" (you can say "I am sorry" here but the meaning would be slightly different, I think he did a dogeza poze. Is it called like this in Japanese?) I am not his coach but anyways I am huge fan of his and he sure knows that. And that was it, I even brought a music for him here (to Boston) so who knows, maybe, maybe... Grishin (male commentator): He was sorry for what? That he did not meet your expectations? TAT: Yes. Well. No big deal, really. Not the end of the world."
It is .touching episode. The article describes his comments further.According to this article, Yuzuru chose his new EX music from the CD which Tarasova had given him after Boston. With the music she wanted him to skate to.
http://www.nikkansports.com/sports/news/1731653.html
He says he was so deligted at her words. To see the battle of Plushenko and Yagudin, he decided that he would devote himself to figure skating, aiming for Olympic Gold Medal. he thanks Tarasowa saying that he found him really a happy guy that he’d got music directly from the teacher who'd tought the skater who won the title at Salt Lake.
https://twitter.com/gototaisuke
Further, about the theme of music, he says it is the same theme as the program which motivated him to keep skating (after the disaster). He has something rising up from his heart. The previous program shows until (the swan? he?) can come to fly up (again from the pain). This time, the image was like embracing everything tenderly and moving on.
I had to download these because they're blocked for me, so I can't tell if there are any subtitles. Anyway, a summary:Someone uploaded the German ESP for his FS and Ex on youtube
FS : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cG9k9h-L_Sw
EX: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gmJfpcD_cCg
He mentions that Yuzu was only 4th after the SP, but that what he had shown in the short was not "the real Yuzuru Hanyu" (feel like I've heard that one before). When he falls on the 4Lo (still irritates the heck out of me when they call it Rittberger, as I rarely watch with German commentary), the commentator is like "oh well, one day this is gonna work", and after the program he basically goes, well, that quad loop didn't work, but some of the other jumps were brilliant, and once he manages to go clean on those elements, there will be a few more points to gain, so there really is no need to worry about this diligent athlete. (this is a recap, so I guess his comments are related to the fact that he "only" came second in the end)
After the EX he talks about how Yuzu was behind after the SP because the 4Lo hadn't worked, and that he partly does that jump because he's got some trouble with the toe loop, and that he still managed to catch up in the FS. There's a bit of fanboying when he goes on about what a hard worker Yuzuru is, that he's a fighter, that we've already seen great things from him and that we've been through some stuff with him (ain't that the truth), that he'll never forget the WC after the Olympics, when most of the pressure of the season was already off and everyone's batteries were pretty much empty, but how Yuzuru then fought for that WC title.
He does think Yuzu's totally awesome that much is clear
Thank you very much Lys. I always appreciate the italian comments a lot, and especially those of Massimilano and Angelo.Here you are, I've uploaded them:
EX: https://vimeo.com/album/4228295/video/189629744
FP: https://vimeo.com/album/4228295/video/189629678
(Tiny Comment abt final result: https://vimeo.com/album/4228295/video/189629649)
I roughly translated what was said during the Ex performance so that people here can have an idea of how positive those two are when talking about Yuzu. (Italian is my second language, and although I'm pretty good at it I may also be a bit rusty, so for the Italian people on this forum, don't hesistate to tell me if I mistranslated something )
M :And now Yuzuru Hanyu who was again unable to dispel the Skate Canada malediction. However he showed us hints of some very promising things in both programs. Besides he won the FS.
A :He won with a clear margin : the technical content he presented is very high. It may not seem high to his standards, but it definitely is for the other skaters. He couldn’t overtake Chan because of too many mistakes in the short though.
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M :Lately Ex programmes have become competitive ones for a number of skaters (ie Kostner and Chan). Here there is everything to do so with Hanyu. What a prospect !
A : Yes. This is a skater with very exceptional skills. And even here where he finished second, he gave us a hindsight of what is to come next. Probably the greatest skater to have ever graced the ice in terms of what he is able to express through his skating.
M : Obviously people will wonder why he didn’t win. The answer is simple : he was unable to complete this season’s newest element , which is the 4L. Had he landed at least one he would have won. Anyway this is good enough to secure him a spot at the GPF.
A : There is still the NHK to come where he had historically faired better compared to Skate Canada. It is also later in the season so he’s more in shape there. He’s clearly upping the ante yet again this year. To think about the mindblowing things he did last year, we are now anxiously waiting for the NHK to see if he’ll repeat these kind of performances this year.
--> So Massimiliano is thinking of a possiblity for this Ex to become a competitive programme. I wish he is right !






