Yuzuru Hanyu: 2021-22

[DizzyFrenchie]

Really? Can you point me? I am a bit out of the loop it seems.
Anyhow, I think Yuzuru will not return to Canada, and if he keeps competing, he'll want to stay in his beloved Japan. I wonder how long he'll continue on his own, but experienced though he is, I would like for him to find a coach, even if just for emotional support by the boards (similar to Kazuki and his coach).
I read yesterday that his 4A was not ratified in the end, which means more incentive for him to go to WC this year, I guess?

His 4A was certified, not ratified.
To be ratified a jump must be fully rotated or q (well, we know it was q but it was called <) and receive a positive GOE, which of course excludes a fall.
To be certified a jump can be < but not << and GOEs don't matter.
So Yuzuru Hanyu is officially the first skater to land a 4A but the jump is not ratified (yet).

Regarding his coaches, I hope the link works, I put it under spoiler because it's ugly, I didn't keep the tweet with Tracy Wilson's reaction.

Spoiler: Not nice Tweet

It looks like this Tweet was deleted but many people kept screen saves from all this.

 

[surimi]

His 4A was certified, not ratified.
To be ratified a jump must be fully rotated or q (well, we know it was q but it was called <) and receive a positive GOE, which of course excludes a fall.
To be certified a jump can be < but not << and GOEs don't matter.
So Yuzuru Hanyu is officially the first skater to land a 4A but the jump is not ratified (yet).

Regarding his coaches, I hope the link works, I put it under spoiler because it's ugly, I didn't keep the tweet with Tracy Wilson's reaction.

Spoiler: Not nice Tweet

It looks like this Tweet was deleted but many people kept screen saves from all this.

Thanks for the explanation! I guess I was confusing ratified with certified.
The tweet is unavailable, but if you say it's nasty, I don't think I really want to see it. I just hope it's not the kind of stuff some other coaches ill-famously publish about their students who leave. -_-

 

[ankifeather]

Thanks for the explanation! I guess I was confusing ratified with certified.
The tweet is unavailable, but if you say it's nasty, I don't think I really want to see it. I just hope it's not the kind of stuff some other coaches ill-famously publish about their students who leave. -_-

In some way it is worse because of the backstabbing and backhand nature of it and then deleting it. And Hanyu hasn't left his coach or anything.

Anyways petty people can continue to be petty, Hanyu is living his good life and has lots of commercial activities coming up

Kose's voice cards campaign


Nishikawa's playing cards

 

[surimi]

I think it's the same pattern for Yuzuru like it was with Kurakova - first BO was her coach only on paper, but not in the KnC and by the boards, then she left for real. I think the same is happening here, only it hasn't been made public yet. But, I have literally zero evidence, it's just something I think privately.

I would really love for Yuzuru to perform in shows when he retires. I think his shows would be sold out globally if he decided to tour, because he's popular around the world. I think there are many like me who haven't seen him skate live yet, but would love to.

 

[Arigato]

This is a pleasure to see from Patrick.

 

[cheerknithanson]

What the heck happened?

 

[Jazsun]

This is a pleasure to see from Patrick.

It is nice for Patrick to say these words

 

[Arigato]

 

[ankifeather]

This is a pleasure to see from Patrick.

More from Patrick Chan on Hanyu's Beijing experience & 4A attempt



Also the multiple magazines in Japan Hanyu is on cover in week after Beijing

 

[Arigato]

For some reason, watching it from a distance and seeing the entire ice with this type of lighting brings about a sense of peace. Or maybe it's just me.

 

[DizzyFrenchie]

For some reason, watching it from a distance and seeing the entire ice with this type of lighting brings about a sense of peace. Or maybe it's just me.

His interpretation at practice is usually less intense but no less thoughtful. I too feel a sense of peace.

 

[Arigato]

Since Twitter videos are disappearing right and left from our posts, perhaps this will last longer.

 

[DizzyFrenchie]

Since Twitter videos are disappearing right and left from our posts, perhaps this will last longer.

Oh, thank you! I had read this parallel but in a video it's even more convincing.
In Beijing he looked quite dejected before learning his jump had been certified, because he thought that both his goals (4A and Gold) had been missed, and learning that one of his objectives had been partly reached was such a relief. In Sochi, he had had a fall in the Free, and a wrong invalidation of a combo, he thought he had missed Gold, yet he had not.

 

[ankifeather]

Lotte today did a 'thank you' campaign for Hanyu on the newspapers across 6 major regions in Japan.



Each region had a different photos for their newspaper spread with a different motivational phrase:
＃1 The willingness to bear expectations takes you further ＃2 Nobody can ignore those who have their own voices ＃3 Beauty is when you see the real strength ＃4 To support is to chase a dream together ＃5 Only the courageous can fly high ＃6 To be loved is the most powerful

 

[ankifeather]

Comments from Benoit Richaud and Ted Barton on Hanyu

 

[DizzyFrenchie]

Lotte today did a 'thank you' campaign for Hanyu on the newspapers across 6 major regions in Japan.



Each region had a different photos for their newspaper spread with a different motivational phrase:
＃1 The willingness to bear expectations takes you further ＃2 Nobody can ignore those who have their own voices ＃3 Beauty is when you see the real strength ＃4 To support is to chase a dream together ＃5 Only the courageous can fly high ＃6 To be loved is the most powerful

These photos are gorgeous. Do you know if they were shot the same day as Gum for the Game, or if they are new?
Here is AxelSandwich's translation (she's from AxelWithWings team):

 

[Arigato]

[ICE TIME] Yuzuru Hanyu’s Performance in Beijing Increased His Legend | JAPAN Forward

“Hanyu showed us that he is not just a skater. He is a legend. What he tried to do was not just for himself, it’s to push the boundary of figure skating forward.” ―Benoit Richaud

japan-forward.com

 

[DizzyFrenchie]

AxelWithWings goes on posting translations of Beijing interviews, here with Shuzo Matsuoka:

 

[DizzyFrenchie]

An analysis of the skating skills in four programs of Yuzuru Hanyu's, Introduction & Rondo Capriccioso, Let's Go Crazy, Otoñal and Notte Stellata:

 

[DizzyFrenchie]

Now, that's what I call a fast spin!