Ok I found Paloma and Susana's commentary of the
whole men's SP. Unfortunately it's geoblocked but a VPN set to Spain works just fine. Here is the translation of Yuzu's SP
:
P: Well here we have the last skater of the evening. The heavy favorite, Yuzuru Hanyu. Strange of him not to wait until the last day (meaning the last GP event). But as usual he has competed in both of his events, curiously not at home at the NHK Trophy. But anyway, if nothing strange happens Yuzuru Hanyu will have no problems getting into the Final. Otonal by Raul Di Blasio.
(They kept quiet up until the 4T+3T, which they just called out)
P: Look at the changes of position on the combination (spin).
(Program ends)
P: if anyone wants to see an exhibition of step sequences, the counters, the rockers, everything, they should take a look at Yuzuru Hanyu’s step sequences. It looks like he goes from one end of the rink to another and he marks each step, with inside edge, outside edge.
S: No, no, no (as a expression used in disbelief).
P: And what else can we say, Susana? He’s got everything down to a notch.
S: I just keep quiet to enjoy this program, this skating, this skater. So little yet so much to be said, because it’s amazing the place where Yuzuru is getting to. The level of figure skating, because here it we have the word “Figure” in capital letters, I think. (Figure skating in Spanish His technique is amazing, the ease with which he does the quads, effortless, you can barely see it. The triple axel of course, for him it must be like a single axel. The changes of position in the spins he’s got “to give away and sell” and do everything with those changes of position with the arms, the hands, so expressive.
P: Each change of position supposes a level up, so it’s more difficult.
S: And he’s got the top level 4, we can’t give him anything more, in the spins, the step sequence, and well we’re at the beginning of the season, where will he end up at the end of the season?
P: He’ll make the GPF, he’ll win it. He’ll make it to Worlds, he will win it. I think it will be his 3rd or 4th World (title), he’s a 2 time Olympic Champion. I think what Yuzuru Hanyu will do is enjoy while skating. The challenge of each season to do everything right and build such beautiful programs and so well adapted to the music with these choreographies which in concrete were made by Jeffrey Buttle and Shae Lynn Bourne.
S: In this program, with every key of the piano there is a gesture, some artistic movement. Amazing. Here we have the 4T+3T, 1,2,3,4 revolutions and he goes after that triple, and adding the arms above the head, why not. And he follows up with artistic movements after that difficult and wonderful combo.
P: I can imagine the excitement of all of these followers, Japanese ladies watching Yuzuru Hanyu in Moscow…(spins show up), look at that.
S: Look at the positions in that sit spin.
P: That’s it. That’s it. How great, how great. (K&C) That team, with Tracy Wilson, Gishlain Briand, the choreographers, all of the team they’ve got at….
(Scores, seriously they were in disbelief)
S: Look at that, and he keeps going up.
P: He had 106 this season, I figure it was in Helsinki, now he has 110. And he keeps on going and he will keep going. Because he has 21 points over the second place.
or longer , so now the combo is some more seconds after the 2nd half. If I had not seen the video, I wouldn't even realised.
:yay:
for you, Yuzuru Hanyu!
