Yuzuru Hanyu: 2016-17 Season

[Altie]

The excitement in the arena was palpable (lit. as if the arena would burst open). Fans letting out a collective breath they hadn’t realized they’d been holding as they prayed for a successful quad loop. A warm sigh of relief at the sight of a health Hanyu-senshu after a season of injury. Frenzy radiating from within their bodies. This heat met the cold air in the rink, forming a haze. Or, the air shimmers with heat between the warmed seats and the cold atmosphere, refracting the light and bringing distortion to the lens. A rare phenomenon that you only see at events the like of boxing world title matches.

thank you so much fr this surreal translation


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Thermical lensing and haze due to heat radiating from the entranced audience ???
I know Yuzu is hot, but it seems that his fans are litterally burning for him

 

[gladiolusc]

Is the uncle saying that the heat of excitement of people watching yuzu literally, actually fogged up everyone's photographs? Yuzu's power so strong even professional photographers cannot take eyes off him!

thank you so much fr this surreal translation

:rofl2: :rofl2: :rofl2:
Thermical lensing and haze due to heat radiating from the entranced audience ???
I know Yuzu is hot, but it seems that his fans are litterally burning for him

It's hilarious isn't it? Fans burning for Yuzu, fogging up poor photographer uncles' lenses.... :shame:
:laugh15: Yuzuru, what are you doing to these poor people?!

 

[mcq]

I cross all my fingers and toes every time I think of Yuzuru these days, and I think of him pretty often even when I should be working lol. I allocate some fingers for Javi and Patrick too. I wish they all don't need it but given the judging trend... <---laugh so I don't cry

Me too, and trust me worlds is where I was always so anxious. Last year was a torture, the years before I was not yet his uber so I am somewhat more relaxed and it was a more enjoyable viewing.

Anyway, I know people like to write Javi off, but his skates at Euro and CoR sans GPF scored higher than Shoma's personal best. He is still the guy who will score around 320 when clean or over 300 with 1 mistakes, so I am really baffled by how people just write him off right away. It is funny because he is the reigning world champ but he always has the advantage of going into the next world not having the biggest pressure time and time again, which could also factor in his relatively better skates there. 2015 and 2016 Yuzu was the favorite; 2017 it was between Yuzu, Nathan and Shoma. Once in a while I would actually like to see how he would skate IF he has the pressure of a reigning world champ at worlds. :hopelessness:

 

[Danibellerika]

Me too, and trust me worlds is where I was always so anxious. Last year was a torture, the years before I was not yet his uber so I am somewhat more relaxed and it was a more enjoyable viewing.

Anyway, I know people like to write Javi off, but his skates at Euro and CoR sans GPF scored higher than Shoma's personal best. He is still the guy who will score around 320 when clean or over 300 with 1 mistakes, so I am really baffled by how people just write him off right away. It is funny because he is the reigning world champ but he always has the advantage of going into the next world not having the biggest pressure time and time again, which could also factor in his relatively better skates there. 2015 and 2016 Yuzu was the favorite; 2017 it was between Yuzu, Nathan and Shoma. Once in a while I would actually like to see how he would skate IF he has the pressure of a reigning world champ at worlds. :hopelessness:

I can understand writing him off but at the same time, I think after looking at the judges panel being heavily European, I think they will do what they can to make sure there is Euro representation on the podium. That sealed the deal for me more than anything.

 

[narcissa]

I can understand writing him off but at the same time, I think after looking at the judges panel being heavily European, I think they will do what they can to make sure there is Euro representation on the podium. That sealed the deal for me more than anything.

So one of Shoma or Nathan is on the chopping block... :think: Or Yuzu (but let's not go there..)

 

[gladiolusc]

Me too, and trust me worlds is where I was always so anxious. Last year was a torture, the years before I was not yet his uber so I am somewhat more relaxed and it was a more enjoyable viewing.

Anyway, I know people like to write Javi off, but his skates at Euro and CoR sans GPF scored higher than Shoma's personal best. He is still the guy who will score around 320 when clean or over 300 with 1 mistakes, so I am really baffled by how people just write him off right away. It is funny because he is the reigning world champ but he always has the advantage of going into the next world not having the biggest pressure time and time again, which could also factor in his relatively better skates there. 2015 and 2016 Yuzu was the favorite; 2017 it was between Yuzu, Nathan and Shoma. Once in a while I would actually like to see how he would skate IF he has the pressure of a reigning world champ at worlds. :hopelessness:

Advantage is right. I roll my eyes when people say they cheer for his win over yuzuru mainly because he's the underdog. 2015 maybe, 2016 he's the friggin reigning world champion And this year he's the 2-time and defending world champion. It's both such a slight and such a good thing, mentally speaking. Not to mention what Danibellerika said, a heavily European panel is going to be heavily supportive of Javi. Period.

Don't they still have to draw judges from the 12 countries on the list though?

 

[fishheadanon]

Me too, and trust me worlds is where I was always so anxious. Last year was a torture, the years before I was not yet his uber so I am somewhat more relaxed and it was a more enjoyable viewing.

I was introduced to figure skating by SOMEONE *cough cough* showing me Yuzuru so I didn't ever have that relaxation lol. 2 months ago I didn't even know who Plushenko was now I understand what a back counter 3A is. It's Yuzu power at its finest, give me so much enjoyment but also anxiety...

Anyway, I know people like to write Javi off, but his skates at Euro and CoR sans GPF scored higher than Shoma's personal best. He is still the guy who will score around 320 when clean or over 300 with 1 mistakes, so I am really baffled by how people just write him off right away. It is funny because he is the reigning world champ but he always has the advantage of going into the next world not having the biggest pressure time and time again, which could also factor in his relatively better skates there. 2015 and 2016 Yuzu was the favorite; 2017 it was between Yuzu, Nathan and Shoma. Once in a while I would actually like to see how he would skate IF he has the pressure of a reigning world champ at worlds. :hopelessness:

I'm just guessing but it's maybe that he nearly always skates his best best during worlds? The media may also have something to do with it, we all know how Japanese and US coverage is like I also want to see how he would skate if he has the kind of pressure on him that nearly every other top guy does (tho Patrick this year is a curious case), not to mention prove himself again against the younglings...

 

[fishheadanon]

So one of Shoma or Nathan is on the chopping block... :think: Or Yuzu (but let's not go there..)

Haha, I'm sure it's not for lack of trying. My crossed fingers and toes are not only for wishing luck to be on his side, but also to appeal to the skating gods to let him emerge victorious despite all sorts of ...man-made difficulties...:hopelessness:

 

[mcq]

I can understand writing him off but at the same time, I think after looking at the judges panel being heavily European, I think they will do what they can to make sure there is Euro representation on the podium. That sealed the deal for me more than anything.

Well, he still has to skate well, no amount of judge panel can help him if he did what he did at GPF. But you get my point, he is still a strong podium and even title contender

Advantage is right. I roll my eyes when people say they cheer for his win over yuzuru mainly because he's the underdog. 2015 maybe, 2016 he's the friggin reigning world champion And this year he's the 2-time and defending world champion. It's both such a slight and such a good thing, mentally speaking. Not to mention what Danibellerika said, a heavily European panel is going to be heavily supportive of Javi. Period.

Don't they still have to draw judges from the 12 countries on the list though?

It's in Europe, it would be Europe-biased regardless of the judges. USA and JPN don't even make the final cut so I would not hold my breath I'd say that is his fortunate advantage, somewhat. He tend to peak at the later part of the season. On the contrary, it is not the case with Yuzu, Shoma and Nathan, judging from their past history. Bright side is, Yuzuru at the very least has shifted his peaking to around February, which is great. I'd say that is his biggest gain so far this season aside of recovering from injury, getting his 4Lo consistent and landing 4 quads in FS.

I was introduced to figure skating by SOMEONE *cough cough* showing me Yuzuru so I didn't ever have that relaxation lol. 2 months ago I didn't even know who Plushenko was now I understand what a back counter 3A is. It's Yuzu power at its finest, give me so much enjoyment but also anxiety...

I'm just guessing but it's maybe that he nearly always skates his best best during worlds? The media may also have something to do with it, we all know how Japanese and US coverage is like I also want to see how he would skate if he has the kind of pressure on him that nearly every other top guy does (tho Patrick this year is a curious case), not to mention prove himself again against the younglings...

He tends to on the past 4 seasons. He doesn't skate that well under pressure imo, which could be why he bombed his GPFs at home, but it could also be peaking problem. Patrick will always have Canada pressure, just like how Yuzuru or Mao will always carry Japan pressure no matter where they placed.

 

[d6886]

Advantage is right. I roll my eyes when people say they cheer for his win over yuzuru mainly because he's the underdog. 2015 maybe, 2016 he's the friggin reigning world champion And this year he's the 2-time and defending world champion. It's both such a slight and such a good thing, mentally speaking. Not to mention what Danibellerika said, a heavily European panel is going to be heavily supportive of Javi. Period.

Don't they still have to draw judges from the 12 countries on the list though?

Hello! I was lurking in this thread for a long time, decided to post because I think I know the answer (and because I'm cheerleading you all to get those 4000 peges and Yuzu's face as avatar ) There is 13 countries on the list. 9 will be drawn for short, the rest will automatically get to judge the free. 5 judges for free will be drawn form judges that will judge the short (so 5 judges will be on the panel for both programs). If I remember right, 8/13 judges for men (or something about that) will be from Europe. Hope you will understand my english (not my mother language)

 

[sallycinnamon]

Are you having difficulty downloading online videos to your computer?

Partly, yes. The main problem is that I watch HUN ESP only on TV, because I never find live streams for that. And I can't record it from my TV.
The other thing is that I can rewatch the videos on Eurosport Player, but from that it is not possible to download the videos (ok maybe someone smarter than me can do it, but not me )

Could anyone translate this from German?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MbNqkpK9K4g

I gave it a try. It's not nicely translated and I missed 1-2 short things (I marked it with [...]), so if a native speaker could help it would be very nice.
The lady (actually I don't know who she is....) is clearly a Yuzu fan

Yuzuru Hanyu GPF SP 2013 German Eurosport

And the last instructions for Yuzuru Hanyu from Brian Orser, his trainer, a two-time Olympic silver medalist. At this Grand Prix he is with only one of his students, at the last two GPFs, Javier Fernandez, the European champion was also there, but in this season, he was not that good at the GP events and he missed the Grand Prix Final.
Here it is with his short program, Yuzuru Hanyu, 18-year-old, but not too long as he is having his 19th birthday on Saturday.

During the program:

Yes...he did the quadruple toe-loop, great beginning for Hanyu!

After the program:

Superb Yuzuru Hanyu, what a short program! And you can see the Japanese spectacors jumping, they give a standing ovation, but it is, of course, absolutely deserved! The 18-year-old with an insane[ly good] program here, and the pressure, is of course, great, the Japanese would like to have a winner here at home field. There were four times - it is the 4th time - when the GPF was held here and a Japanese male skater has never won it so far. Anyway, he took a great first step, and this could be a new personal best score for this nice man, who has been training in Canada for longer now…

Yes...he barely can even get through...the ice is littered with flowers, plushies and many others for Yuzuru Hanyu. The next skater, who is also a Japanese, Tatsuki Machida, has to be a patient until the ice will get cleared again. He can't even carry all these…

Good job, good job, you did great, Brian Orser's words for his student, he was second at last year's Grand Prix Final, he was also there in Quebec City two years ago, where he was 4th, at the age of 16.

During slow-mo:

And here we see the beginning once again, the quadruple toe-loop, delivered greatly. It's a very nice triple axel, from steps..as if it was nothing. Here we can see it again. He also did the combination, and after it, he only had to enjoy it, we could see then how fun he has had. And a nice picture, with Brian Orser here in the background, he jumped up, because he knew that this is it!

During kiss&cry:

This season he had problems with the quadruple jumps, but just in time for the Grand Prix Final, it seems that he gained control of it….Yuzuru Hanyu.
99.84, it is an absolutely unbelieveable. Look at Brian Orser! No skater has ever made it..it is a new world record! So he basically broke the best score held by Patrick Chan.

 

[riminin]

Partly, yes. The main problem is that I watch HUN ESP only on TV, because I never find live streams for that. And I can't record it from my TV.
The other thing is that I can rewatch the videos on Eurosport Player, but from that it is not possible to download the videos (ok maybe someone smarter than me can do it, but not me )



I gave it a try. It's not nicely translated and I missed 1-2 short things (I marked it with [...]), so if a native speaker could help it would be very nice.
The lady (actually I don't know who she is....) is clearly a Yuzu fan

Yuzuru Hanyu GPF SP 2013 German Eurosport

And the last instructions for Yuzuru Hanyu from Brian Orser, his trainer, a two-time Olympic silver medalist. At this Grand Prix he is with only one of his students, at the last two GPFs, Javier Fernandez, the European champion was also there, but in this season, he was not that good at the GP events and he missed the Grand Prix Final.
Here it is with his short program, Yuzuru Hanyu, 18-year-old, but not too long as he is having his 19th birthday on Saturday.

During the program:

Yes...he did the quadruple toe-loop, great beginning for Hanyu!

After the program:

Superb Yuzuru Hanyu, what a short program! And you can see the Japanese spectacors jumping, they give a standing ovation, but it is, of course, absolutely deserved! The 18-year-old with an insane[ely good] program here […] the Japanese would like to have a winner here at home field. There were four times - it is the 4th time - when the GPF was held here and a Japanese skater has never won it so far. Anyway, he took a great first step, and this could be a new personal best score for this nice man, who has been training in Canada for longer now…

Yes...he barely can even get through...the ice is littered with flowers, plushies and many others for Yuzuru Hanyu. The next skater, who is also a Japanese, Tatsuki Machida, has to be a patient until the ice will get cleared again. He can't even carry all these…

Good job, good job […] for Brian Orser's student, he was second at last year's Grand Prix Final, he was also there in Quebec City two years ago, where he was 4th, at the age of 16.

During slow-mo:

And here we see the beginning once again, the quadruple toe-loop, delivered greatly. It's a very nice triple axel, from steps..as if it was nothing. Here we can see it again. He also did the combination, and after it, he only had to enjoy it, we could see then how fun he has had. And a nice picture, with Brian Orser here in the background, he jumped up, because he knew that this is it!

During kiss&cry:

This season he had problems with the quadruple jumps, but just in time for the Grand Prix Final, it seems that he gained control of it….Yuzuru Hanyu.
99.84, it is an absolutely unbelieveable. Look at Brian Orser! No skater has ever made it..it is a new world record! He got the new best score from Patrick Chan.

Thank you for the translation, sallycinammon. And so quick! I'm neither German nor English native but I do understand both languages. So I allow me to make just a few comments.

This commentator's one of the regular German ESP commentators (rather boring one at that lol). Actually she hasn't particularly struck me as Yuzu fan so far. I'd say she's actually neutral and nice to almost everybody.

a Japanese skater ... She's speaking of a Japanese "male" skaters here (ein Japaner=masculine). Mao in fact won twice at GPF held in Japan. But the commentator's a bit confused here about how many times the Final was held in Japan (she said it's the 5th time).

He got the new best score from Patrick Chan...I'd suggest: "So he basically broke the best score held by Patrick Chan." I hope you'd agree with me?

I didn't know that this video existed so I enjoyed watching it very much!

 

[Fayruza]

Worlds 2014 FS
Rus ESP
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x1k84tw_wc-2014-yuzuru-hanyu-fs_sport

Well, the traditional rituals before coming out on the ice of the Olympic Champion, Yuzuru Hanyu. In Sochi, in his FS which brought him a win…
His costume reminds me of Johnny Weir.
Why did you say that about him?
Well, yes, he reminds me of him! So I remembered him.
… he failed in his 4S – he fell. Then he fell in his 3F, so he had 2 points of deductions, though his 4S and 3F were counted in as rotated. And he had a mistake in his combination – he didn’t do 3S, in his combination 3Lz-1L-3S. Perhaps, he can have an ideally clean skate now?
Oh, he made it – he held on to the jump!
He kept on his feet! The quad was borderline, he could have fallen!
Toeloop. Yes, he’s done the quad! The second one.
Yes, he’s already doing better than at the Olympic Games in his jumps. 23.09 for just two jumps. That’s beautiful!
3F!
Beautiful! He really jumps off steps – even his 3A!
I think he finds it more convenient.
Yes, his axel is… off a counter, isn’t it?
3A – hold on! -3T!
There it is, that axel!
Yes, one more axel with 2T.
All the combinations are in the second half.
3L.
In the second half the BV is multiplied by 0.1
3Lz! – oh – and 3S! Is that real!
He did it!
He jumped it almost from a standstill.
He didn’t do it at the Olympics, but here he did – he had to show his character and fight hard for it (‘he did it by the skin of his teeth). 83.73. Keep your balance!
That’s it!
He’s got two spins coming.
Now it’s the choreographic sequence. There are some points on the serpentine (???)
This season, he and Yulia Lipnitskaya are getting very high marks.
That’s dotting his i's! (literally, that was his final full stop).
He’ll receive more than 100 for TES!
101! 101!
101.45 is his record for his SP, dear friends. Here, he got more for his TES – he received 101.49! It’s 0.04 points more than what he got in Sochi for the whole program!
His leg… Now you can see he’s exhausted.
He’s absolutely drained!
I haven’t ever seen Hanyu so tired!
Neither have I!
To see him breathe like that…
Has he got a cramp?
I think so. He’s holding his leg. Perhaps it was his knee – he might have hit the knee against the ice when he was doing his final posture.
That was some skate! Will he go beyond 200? I think the judges will be generous and give him a lot of 10s…
The score is coming down – 100.84.
I think he’ll still have over 100. There were a lot of world records this season. Volosozhar-Trankov – several records, Mao Asada…
And Patrick Chan too.
And Patrick Chan too, a record at a Grand Prix event. And Hanyu, and Mao Asada yesterday in the SP. So this season we’ve seen incredible figures, or rather, we’ve seen the achievement of the athletes in figures…
There’s his 4S…
He did everything! Great! That salchow – how did he not fall? Just like Viktor An overtaking everyone around the bend. They’ll overlook his underrotations today, I think… Oh, that’s a shame!!! There it is…
They may add something…
I dunno… The judges are closing up and you can see the TES going down all the time. They see underrotations, and they lower his marks. Oh, that’s a real shame! At the Olympics his TES was 89.66, so shall we do some calculating? Machida’s TES was 93.85, so the difference is 6 points. The gap was 7 points. Hanyu will get higher PCS and he should overtake Machida, he will overtake Machida though Machida got very good PCS, for instance, his transitions were 8.71, and Hanyu will get something just under 10. Thank you very much? (Laughing)
Thank you, my mascot! (when Yuzuru shakes Pooh’s paw).
I think the audience is being restrained towards him, don’t you think? Asada is worshipped like a deity, but Hanyu… just look… (when Yuzu hushes the audience)
… in order to hear the score!
I think it’s because Fernandez has to skate! He’s first, it’s clear! Well, he didn’t go beyond 200… And there he goes again – ‘Am I the first?’. I saw it with my own eyes during the Olympics – he was in the mix-zone and just then Patrick Chan had just finished his LP. I just saw him dive to the TV next to me to Chan’s score and the words…

 

[Danibellerika]

So one of Shoma or Nathan is on the chopping block... :think: Or Yuzu (but let's not go there..)

While I am trying not to go in with expectations, I do have this weird feeling that Yuzu will either win it all or be off the podium altogether. It's just a feeling I can't shake :gaah:. Kinda like that feeling I had when I knew Wagner would manage to medal at Worlds last year (and I don't like Wagner's skating at all, so it's certainly wasn't from a place of hope). I predicted it the second she popped her last jump at Nats and then Gracie won. And for Shoma, we'll see if his team's strategy was complete brilliance to come in early to Europe and get a mini comp under his belt to build confidence, or completely nuts wearing the poor boy down (#ProtectThisChild). The surest bet I see for the podium is Nate because he really only has to rotate and not be that clean and he'll get points (see Boyang last year and add another quad and and better PCS). And a skate like at nationals could likely win him the whole thing. All in all, slippery ice is slippery.

Well, he still has to skate well, no amount of judge panel can help him if he did what he did at GPF. But you get my point, he is still a strong podium and even title contender

True, but he's had plenty of time to rest up and no commitments like those ice shows he was doing did mid-season. He can train relatively under the radar. And that's probably how he'll see himself back on top, under the radar while the others implode to pressure.

If there's an occasion where I think Javi will really feel pressure it will be at the Olympics because he knows that's his last chance to get a medal.

 

[sallycinnamon]

Thank you for the translation, sallycinammon. And so quick! I'm neither German nor English native but I do understand both languages. So I allow me to make just a few comments.

This commentator's one of the regular German ESP commentators (rather boring one at that lol). Actually she hasn't particularly struck me as Yuzu fan so far. I'd say she's actually neutral and nice to almost everybody.

a Japanese skater ... She's speaking of a Japanese "male" skaters here (ein Japaner=masculine). Mao in fact won twice at GPF held in Japan. But the commentator's a bit confused here about how many times the Final was held in Japan (she said it's the 5th time).

He got the new best score from Patrick Chan...I'd suggest: "So he basically broke the best score held by Patrick Chan." I hope you'd agree with me?

I didn't know that this video existed so I enjoyed watching it very much!

Thank you so much for the corrections, I edited the translation.

 

[YuzusHydroblade]

While I am trying not to go in with expectations, I do have this weird feeling that Yuzu will either win it all or be off the podium altogether. It's just a feeling I can't shake :gaah:. Kinda like that feeling I had when I knew Wagner would manage to medal at Worlds last year (and I don't like Wagner's skating at all, so it's certainly wasn't from a place of hope). I predicted it the second she popped her last jump at Nats and then Gracie won. And for Shoma, we'll see if his team's strategy was complete brilliance to come in early to Europe and get a mini comp under his belt to build confidence, or completely nuts wearing the poor boy down (#ProtectThisChild). The surest bet I see for the podium is Nate because he really only has to rotate and not be that clean and he'll get points (see Boyang last year and add another quad and and better PCS). And a skate like at nationals could likely win him the whole thing. All in all, slippery ice is slippery.


True, but he's had plenty of time to rest up and no commitments like those ice shows he was doing did mid-season. He can train relatively under the radar. And that's probably how he'll see himself back on top, under the radar while the others implode to pressure.

If there's an occasion where I think Javi will really feel pressure it will be at the Olympics because he knows that's his last chance to get a medal.

I worry about him if he finishes off the podium... I'm not sure I'm prepared to see his disappointment+swan so early in the ex

 

[Danibellerika]

I worry about him if he finishes off the podium... I'm not sure I'm prepared to see his disappointment+swan so early in the ex

At the time of the ex I will be at the airport headed home. No swan song for me one way or the other! But hey, he did win the Olympics the year after he missed the podium last time, so I guess we'll just wait and see?

 

[nekun]

My Dream podium for PC is still the veterans, but if the miracle happen and the three of Orser boys could medals I'm fine with that.

The irony tho, when Brian himself is the one who help the curse of 'No OGM for Canadian men' continue

I'm scared he will be hated by the entire Canadian

 

[liha]

can we add "off the podium" to the banned words list?? like the r-word????

I gave it a try. It's not nicely translated and I missed 1-2 short things (I marked it with [...]), so if a native speaker could help it would be very nice.
The lady (actually I don't know who she is....) is clearly a Yuzu fan

[1]the Japanese would like to have a winner here at home field. ...

Good job, good job [2] for Brian Orser's student, ...

Why does everyone seem to speak German suddenly?
I just want to fill in the gaps. All in all I couldn't detect any major mistranslations- I would just be nitpicking

1) "Und der Druck ist natürlich riesig..." - "And the pressure, of course, is great..."
2) "... 'Good job, guter Job, das hast du prima gemacht'- die Worte von Brian Orser..." - "...'Good job, good job, you did great'- Brian Orser's words..."

 

[gladiolusc]

can we add "o** *** p*******" to the banned words list?? like the r-word????

yes