Yuzuru Hanyu
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Chinese fans emulate Yuzuru Hanyu's final split, I would be totally unable to do it:
Here's the full program If (the second answer mentions that Henni147 had suggested a program starting with a spin, some weeks ago):
Here's the full program If (the second answer mentions that Henni147 had suggested a program starting with a spin, some weeks ago):
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Here's a link to a Yuzu-cut 
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FaOI 2023 Makuhari Day3 Opening - IF - Closing - video Dailymotion
Watch FaOI 2023 Makuhari Day3 Opening - IF - Closing - starrynotte on Dailymotion
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Here's Yuzuru Hanyu trying to make Johnny Weir's farewell to Makuhari Event Hall as memorable as possible:
Here's Yuzuru Hanyu's 4T + 3A + 1Eu + 3S + 1Eu + 3Lo sequence!
Here's Yuzuru Hanyu's 4T + 3A + 1Eu + 3S + 1Eu + 3Lo sequence!
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This is beautiful, a Chinese fan wrote Yuzuru's name on bookmarks in various ancient & modern Chinese fonts and exchanged them with others as gifts in HK Emperor Cinema. I adore bookmarks anyway and though I can't have these, the idea - and the generosity, love and sheer work behind it - is really making me happy.
And the whole show is on bilibili, I'll pop the link on the main thread.
And the whole show is on bilibili, I'll pop the link on the main thread.
Yeah, it is, isn't it?
There are some people on the net who remember one of the fans actually suggesting it in his post that he might start some program in such a way and now they wonder if it is a pure coincidence or maybe someone from his inner circle is really following fan accounts and briefing him ....
"Thank you for wonderful cooperation and relationship" message to Yuzuru posted by guest artists playing live music for the first part of FaOI, KIMI and ISSA from DA PUMP, along with a photo of the three of them together. It is their song "If..." that he is skating his FaOI new program to. Awesome.
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It is said that they have praised his dance abilities to their fan club, and they're professional dancers themselves:
And this move?!
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Do you mean Henni147's challenges, the first being a program starting with a spin, and another being a program with no crossover?
Speaking of no crossover, it must be said that before Rondo, Yuzuru Hanyu was already the Gold standard. Top skaters usually have 20 to 25 crossovers in a Short Program, the main visual difference between them being how aesthetically done were these crossovers, and the proportion of difficult steps among other steps.
Since his Ballade program in 2014, Yuzuru Hanyu had set the bar definitely higher with 12 to 14 crossovers in his Short Programs I think? No other skater tried to emulate him, because they needed these crossovers to take speed, while Yuzuru Hanyu's already unique skating skills allowed him to take more speed with each crossover, and marginally to take speed from other steps.
This last ability he improved so much since 2020, as well as the rest of his skating skills and his jumps, that he was able to jump a 4T, a 4S and (this was older) a 3A each with a single crossover to take speed, and to get real speed without basic strokes at all. When you see other skaters and the number of crossovers they need to get enough speed for a quadruple jump, this was insane. But this allowed us to see Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso, his last competitive Short Program, and a first in several regards... all disregarded by the judges, as it is well known. Rondo had only 6 crossovers, two of which so well hidden that even Henni147 didn't detect them at first, and 6 crossunders, if I remember correctly.
Now, If is not a competitive program, it has no quadruple jump, two triple jumps (the 3Lo coming as a surprise out of a box), but it is definitely a complete program. Without a crossover.
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Yes, that's the challenge I meant as the one that gave rise to many currently ongoing discussions regarding the opening spin.
As for your other points, could not agree more. One does not need to be an expert and may not be able to pinpoint what makes the difference, but the visual difference is hard to miss even for a layman's eye.
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Here's a bit of fanart.
Haru-chan (fans call X-chan the chibi character representing a program of Yuzuru Hanyu's, here Haru yo Koi) tells If-chan that they too can do a split (the ending pose in If program):
The fan who made this If banner has tickets for Fantasy on Ice in Kobe:
Haru-chan (fans call X-chan the chibi character representing a program of Yuzuru Hanyu's, here Haru yo Koi) tells If-chan that they too can do a split (the ending pose in If program):
The fan who made this If banner has tickets for Fantasy on Ice in Kobe:
This banner is really a thing of beauty! Thank you for sharing!
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In this Tweet there's a link to a gallery of photos of Yuzuru Hanyu at Fantasy on Ice in Makuhari:
The cherry tree planted in tribute to Yuzuru Hanyu in the park Nanakita in Sendai where he used to ramble as a kid, is having it's first ever fruit, with healthier leaves, after being transplanted last year : what a symbol!
The cherry tree planted in tribute to Yuzuru Hanyu in the park Nanakita in Sendai where he used to ramble as a kid, is having it's first ever fruit, with healthier leaves, after being transplanted last year : what a symbol!
