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Yeah. It's a shame. I genuinely think they did like each other at first. But it seems like after Zhenya left was when they started to resent each other.
Yuzuru has always struggled breathing ending his programs. I don't think it's a matter of age. I would say it's quite the opposite, if you watch him younger he was more exhausted at the end of his program than now. Perhaps more to do with his asthma.
Yuzuru's 4A attempts cannot affect him in the free as he attempted it in the Gala practice. According to the interview he popped as he jumped at the same spot he bore a hole on the ice during 6 min practice. That's why he was pouting and tapped the spot where he popped after the free.
I CANT explain how much i love this ladies podium (not because of the order, but bc of these ladies), Anna is such a consistent and unproblematic little person, she just gets things done and gives all she has at the moment. I fell in love with Kaori when she won 2020 NHK Trophy, i did not pay attention before that sadly, beheading some judges was her path into my heart, she is having a nice season and i am rooting for her like crazy. Finally, Liza its just amazing, she is a f e n i x, she was always there but seeing her performing the shit out of this season its bonquers and i hope it lasts!
Plushenko is delusional but I love that because him being crazy makes my day 😂😭 . Honestly AOP is just gonna be Plushenko and Trusova. She’s the only one he seems to care about anyways
@@holopipel I'm so sad lolol. I thought Sasha and Pulshy were a great match. I'm pretty sure it was her father's decision as he is a master of sports at sambo & it's olympic season friendship and chemistry between student and teacher mean nothing if you aren't winning
I heard that Yuzuru suffered from an asthma attack before his FP at Worlds and that's why he was shaky during it (even though he has stated that the attack isn't the reason for his performance, but I'd wager it does give him problems).
I love to see Liza's consistency and ability to push in a field that people have written her off in but her skating and other behavior (racism and disregard for Covid) has really put me off her recently. I want her to be at Bejing because of the story but not necessarily because I support her as a person or because of stellar skating :/
@@linkzelda8610 A tweet from 2018 resurfaced of Mishin pulling back his eyes while standing next to an Asian skater, not surprising he's 80 and lived in Soviet Russia. Liza is not responsible for her coache's actions but she did respond saying "He was looking for my components" not sure how to bold on here but components was bold, impling it was a joke. I'm not sure if it was an attempt to cover up his actions or brush it off but it came off as rude and insensitive, not to mention how long she took to come up with and answer for how she felt about her japanese inspired program at this comp. Sis took like 2 minutes it looked like anna was feeding her a politically correct answer. A 20 something year old should not be looking to a 17 year old to help them explain a program with stereotypical "asian" music that they preformed with badly written kanji on the back of their costume. Just not great vibes there Edit: a Russian speaker has kindly informed me through the comments that Anna was just translating for Liza and the long response time was just issues with English. Doesn't detract from the issues in the program but she doesn't necessarily have complete control over that. My bad, thank you for informing me 🙂
@@kay4675 About the press conference. After the question, she said to Anya "here I'm a slowpoke", Anya shortly translated the question into Russian, then Tuktik asked guys how "dedicated" translate into English. This situation was hilarious and it wasn't about racism, it was about speaking English skills 😆 p.s. Anya just translated the question and didn't suggest an answer
nathan is like a walking embodiment of TES his PCS is flat ngl and when he has higher than yuzu and jason its like,, really?? he's a nice skater but not a higher score than those two at least, its kinda hard to judge the isu judging without being a bit rude about the skaters :/
Judges are humans at the end of the day, when you have a stellar athlete giving such phenomenal skates the wow factor would obviously impress the judges. Even if you take away 5-10 pcs point he is still destroying every competition by miles
@@mooony94 I mean he's scored fairly, but that's the point his goe always matches his jumps and other elements that energy is simply not there for other skaters that are generally under/overscored judges barely judge by their own ISU official rules anymore evident by the eteri skater flutz habit and clear bias in scores of some skaters, this isn't to say that none of these skaters aren't good they've all worked hard to get there but judging as a whole is one of the most annoying things about the sport although I do actually believe Nathan deserves his achievements despite his outfits being the most flat thing ever even though that's not part of scoring
Apparently he had an asthma crisis before his free program (maybe these crazy 4A attempts didn't helped too lmao). That's why I disagree with you about his body, I think he is still becoming stronger, ( he gained muscles, an stamina) when he was young he struggled to finish his programs and he was much more tired.
"I want somebody to come in here and shake things up. I am up for the storyline of the random girl that nobody saw coming taking the gold medal at the 2022 Olympics. I just want the CHAOS, the PANIC to ensue"... giiiiiiiiiirl you have no idea lol
To be honest, I am not able to wrap my head around the reason why Yuzuru doesn't go train to Canada to the Cricket Club where his coaches are if he so desperately wants to land the 4A in the past few months and instead insists on staying alone in Japan, plus barely having any Zoom call training sessions with them as Brian has stated - sure, he has enough experience to train on his own at this point and actually make some sort of progress, but not when it comes to the 4A, where one definitely needed some supervision and extra pair of eyes. And while I want him to finally land that "stupid" jump, I genuinely don't want him to get injured in the Olympic season, which is very likely going to be his last Olympic season, let's be honest - I don't think that he would still be around for the 2026 Olympics at the age of 30. The other attempts of his at the WTT that were caught on camera were without a doubt on the edge of another nasty ankle injury, which would be the least convenient thing he would need to deal with this season.
I agree with your points. One of the reasons he is isolating so strictly might be because of his asthma. Contracting Covid with that pre-existing condition could very well end his career/this Olympic season. The Russian ladies all took such a hit with Covid (Anna hyperventilating, Aliona losing 3A...) and they are so much younger. (Not everything can be blamed on Covid but we can't forget that almost every single skater has some sort of pre-existing injury/health risk)
@@est-fm9ui yes I agree and I also heard that Canada closed its borders so he has to train in Japan :/ I hope this will change...I think training with a coach is very important and would help him, especially in the olympic season
@@lottesdailydreams I don't know about the current situation but Paola has talked about Evgenia being stranded in Russia without a coach cause she couldn't fly back to Canada due to its borders being closed.
Kaori tried to jump the quad toe at gpf torino to stay competitive she fell and never tried again in competition but i hope she can do it and can do the 3a she had a great base to do it!!! Ps: i love your review, your sense of humour and you are not afraid to speak so Thank you. Sorry my english are not good. I'm from France
I never know wether i should be worried or inspired by Yuzu going for the 4Axel... About WTT: Liza and Kaori are the ones to look out for, imo. Jason SP is pure art and emotion, i love it ♥️
I think you should talk about the French skater Kevin Aymoz too, he’s a really good skater ! I think his presentation grades weren’t high enough. Great videos btw
for me the highlights were (of course) Kaori but also Evgeni Semeneko, what a season he has had! And I would also like to mention Roman Sadovsky and Kevin Aymoz, two very magnificent and beautiful skaters
About Alina-Zhenya, After that photo moment Alina is no longer hugging with Eteri in the final photo, it was Valieva, like RN Eteri-Alina relation is not the best
Yuzu has to take a break like every other human- with asthma and stuff too- but he did say he wanted to work on quads and doesn’t entirely mind the olympics which is better?- but nathan omg he’s popping off on everyone😭
if trusova leaves plushenko, eteri will be the ruler over russian figure skating, and it'll just be over for plushenko, cuz sasha is like the last one left that actually is more famous/competitive. (tho in 2nd place would probably be veronika zhilina, because we can ALL tell that she's clearly plushenko's favorite )
@@МаринаФейнман yes, yes i know. and to be honest, mishin is probably is my favorite coach . im just saying that if trusova were to ever leave plushenko (which i doubt), his career won't mean as much at that point anymore, because sasha is like his #1 skater there 😅
@@isabellapurygin7966 well, I was watching one russian podcast about fs with former skater Maxim Kovtun, who is learning to be a coach now. What he said about Plushenko and all this situation with students and coaches going towards and backwards is that you just can't achieve everything at once. It takes years to build a good team and make your own strategy that will be working. And as bad as it may seem, there is a good side - Plushenko will gain a lot of experience out of this and have a chance to learn on his mistakes. He can't become the best coach in the field at once, it's simply impossible. It took more than 20 years for Eteri to become who she is now. And she is still learning, especially how to deal with elder girls.
I’m not Yuzu’s doctor or anything and I don’t know how he’s taking care of his health but as someone who deals with asthma as well I hope he’s properly treating it
I agree with you, Zhenya and Alina don't have to be friends but they should be respectful to each other in front of many fans around them. I think Zhenya doesn't need any more friends; she has a lot of skaters beside her. I don't wanna say anything about Alina though 😂
@@fsmilka8021 Can you read my comment again? "I don't wanna say anything about Alina." What is bad about it? Alina is not my favourite but i didn't write anything bad about her LOL
@@1995_Leoo yeah, it's a passive aggressive thing called "I'm really SO nice, I'm not gonna say anything about her *hehe" BUT!! " And YOU are the one calling this person rude when he just asked a question. 🙃
Yes! Kaori!! I loved her fs ever since the NHK! I love the WTT! I was kind of confused about Canada because def I would loved to see Keegan Messing and Madeline Schizas and they would have performed probably a little better. Also why Shoma and not Yuma? Cause if someone would have needed a little more experience would be the latter. And he could make the difference of Japan being 2nd and not 3rd. Anyway, great event!
Nathan used to wear some sort of bolero jacket in his SP and it looked so cool, but maybe it was a little uncomfortable when jumping(?) So he stopped wearing it, that's my theory. Love your videos!
The weight of the costume sometimes make it harder for the skater to skate more freely.. it could be possible that was the reason he stopped wearing it
@@hannibaljustincase9985...Nathan's clothes aren't stopping him from being a winner. As far as I'm concerned, he can wear whatever the heck he wants and feels comfortable in. It's not like he wore a chicken suit. It was a pair of black pants and a white shirt. It's nowhere near as bad as some are making it sound.
@@divinearia1601 what he wore in short was okay, but the free costume? I'm sorry if I don't like my skaters to look borderline homeless. I'm not asking him to wear something Yuzuru would, but I'm tired of those pajamas. and he can't wear whatever he wants, there actually costume regulations for men as well.
I am so sorry to correct you, because I love your videos - the are my highlight through all lockdowns. But Elizabetha won the silver medal. Not bronze, didn't she?? (14:27)
I absolutely love your videos and watch them as soon as you post a new one! My question is: Do you think Alexandra Trusova actually has a chance of going to the Olympics considering several talented juniors are moving to senior and with the judges usually underscoring her?
I like Zagitova, she's not phony (not saying Zhenya is). I've adopted her approach with a person at work, few words and let's not pretend friendship hahah.
honestly, i'm really dreading the olympic season. i feel like one of the russian girls isn't gonna get an olympic ticket bc of Valieva and whoever it is, it's gonna influence russian figure skating A LOT. if it's Tuktamysheva it's gonna prove that grown women aren't really competitive anymore, if it's Shcherbakova it proves the Eteri expiration date (and i really want Anna to kinda "achieve the impossible") and if it's Trusova it's more or less over for Plushenko and he's right now one of the only ones fighting against the Sambo 70 domination.
Im actually a little worried for anna and her quads, because in the worlds she didnt land it, same with the WTT. I hope it's not the eteri expiration. I hope she gets it more consistent
quads are naturally finicky and hard to be consistent with. she's popped/fell on them sometimes and landed them other times throughout last season as well. during russian nationals she was having trouble landing them in warmup, but landed it in competition without issue, and at wtt she landed them in warmup and stepped out on the landing in competition itself. it's a problem that you see in men's figure skating as well, and even among the rest of the quad jumping ladies as well - you see both Sasha and Kamila pop jumps or fall or step out on the landing from time to time. also the issue here is a step out, not a lack of rotation/air time. her axis is right for the jump as well so i sincerely doubt its a long term jump problem per se
Realistically, for the Olympic, Kamila gold, Anna silver, bronze will be anyone really (Kaori, Rika, Liza, Sasha, Aliona, Daria, Miia), but I personally root for Sasha, Kaori and maybe Liza for gold.
I reeeeally think that de Olympic season would be like i dont now THE HUNGER GAMES only between russian ladies, i mean, who would go to the olympics? Is totally unpredictable with the jouniors like Valieva competing against the last olympic girls like Alina and Zhenya
As usual, your commentary is flawed and your hyperbole is around the bend. But it is very amusing, I'll give you that. I want to know what you're stoned on when you put these things together - because I want some so I can annoy my friends, too. This particular effort is really entertaining and you do get more things right than you get wrong. A turn around of many of your previous opinions that is overdue. Cheers to you! I'm not sure which ISU Worlds Ladies event you were watching, but in the real one that actually happened and the rest of the world saw, Liza Tuktamysheva took the Silver medal, not the Bronze. Or are you confusing Stockholm with Osaka? But how could you do that? Liza won the Bronze for the FS in Osaka, and it hadn't even happened yet at that point in your clip. As I have commented before to one of your other posts, Team Plush was bound to self destruct - and I'm glad you have seen the light. Welcome aboard. Evgeni is no coach, he's a promoter using his wife's money to blow up his own skirt. I do agree that the best surprise of the World Team Trophy was Kaori Sakamoto. Best she's ever skated and she could be a new face of Japan Ladies skating. If she can get a 3A and a quad or two ... but that's a lot o' mass to get up in the air and turn so fast. Also, I'm glad that you can see/admit the grit and excellence that Anna Shcherbakova has displayed since she turned Senior. 12 wins (Gold or 1st) out of the 15 competitions she has entered as a Senior is not because of rigged scoring. She's just that good. She's also been adjusting to her physical growth and biological maturing surprisingly well - and my bet is that she will prove all of the 17 yo expiration date yodelers wrong. Her internal steel has proven over and over that she is the most balanced skater at the Senior competition level (that is, if Tuktamysheva hasn't already done that). Her only threat is likely to be Kamila Valieva - whose nickname ought to be 'The Beast'. She is already more athletic than Trusova and has more artistry than Sasha has ever displayed. The real battle for Ladies at the 2022 Beijing podium will probably take place in Russia for who makes the team. Time for fans of others (Kihira, etc.) to quit on the excuses and attacks when things don't go so well for their fave skater(s). Boo hoo. Lots of skaters either skate injured or bow out until they recover. It's wha sensible athletes do. The best skaters usually make out.* *Exception being Trusova at the Worlds, who should never have skated two programs that she knew would be fraught with missed jumps and would look terrible - no style, no real choreography - just skating from jumping pass to jumping pass to rack up points whether she hit or missed, with other content sprinkled in because it was required. It's the flaw of technical scoring value(s) - too much base score and/or not enough GOE penalty for bad quads - that she abused to get the bronze at Worlds. 12 > 3? No way. The smirk on her face until Lady Tuk knocked her out of the leader's chair said it all. She needs a real coach or she will be digging snow cone divots out of the ice on her falls for the other skaters avoid until she ends her career. She's the best advertisement for Zamboni that I can think of. Prattle on, Paola. It is amusing for sure, and I can't help but watch your schtick, even though at times it infuriates me. I do get a lot of laughs, too. Note to self: "Why so serious, son?" And ... what do you get stoned on? I gotta get me some o' that.
I will never forgive JSF for making team Japan quarantine for no reason and didn't do the same for the other teams. Of course they will be tired and have no good results. They needed to rest and train properly after WC as other teams did... they already have their disadvantages at being underscored...
Because you probs will continue to say Plushenko further on. It's PlUshenko, not PlushEnko) If you care at all, of course 😅 About Liza...Mishin taught her quads and 3a before 15 y.o. She did loose everything for some time.
Russian media said Brown was overscored?! Bwahahaa! Quads aren't everything. Jeez 🙄. He has the BEST spins, best step sequence, choreo and quality of footwork all through the programme. Those "basics" are worth a ton of points alone! Like you I'd have Jason anyday, before a quad machine with no artistry or good edgework!
@@zeynepzeynep5249 Kosto was in bad shape at the Russian Cup and took only 6th place, despite the fact that Anya and Sasha were not there (so Tuktik went to the Worlds). After that, she left Plushenko for Eteri and now she seems to be recovering quickly. Sasha is still with Plushy. Look at Paola's previous videos, there are few about Kosto
quick question: do you happen to know, why ISU multiplies the components of the skaters in the end with 1,0 in sp and 2,0 in fs for men, but 0,9 in sp and 1,6 in fs for women?? i found this and were wierdly aroused because it feels like being hella sexist. www.isu.org/figure-skating/rules/fsk-regulations-rules this link page 17 paragraph m)
I think 4A is possble. But there is a very narrow corridor of conditions in which it can be executed. Yuzu is close, but I don't think that it can be performed stably. There will always be a disturbing factor, even the state of the ice
I'd say it's possible, but not by Yuzuru. None of his attempts ever looked even close to landing it, not to even think of fully rotating. I'm convinced some Russian tiny teen is going to land it sooner than Hanyu.
@@hannibaljustincase9985 that's true, a russian girl will only need prerotated axel with 3,6 rotations and they will call it a quad and throw 5goes at her if she's an Eteri's girl. Coming soon
Why didn't you mention that Yuzuru has Asthma that's why he's so winded after a FS. Plus he drives himself so hard to improve i.e. 4A. Chen doesn't even try that. Also he has little artistry compared to Yuzuru and Jason Brown. I don't admire him at all or very little and I'm from USA.
Why would you insinuate that Nathan doesn't try or work hard just because his ego isn't big enough to care about being the first person to ever land a 4A? His goals are different from Yuzu's. You don't need to put another skater down just to make your favorite look better. That's so petty of you. Also, Nathan's artistry isn't at all like Yuzu's or Browns but it doesn't mean he doesn't have any. He has a completely different style. He has a style that feels very natural and genuine. Yuzu and Jason Brown, IMO, come off as way too artificial. It's like they're 'putting on an act' and there's a lot of over-acting involved...which, feels cheesy at times. Jason is a sweetheart but I find his skating the most artificial and, thus, not at all easy on the eyes. You're from the US and you don't admire Nathan. That's fine. Each to his or her own. But I and many others are from the US and we love Nathan. There's no need to trash him by making it sound like even his own country dislikes him...because that is not at all true.
I don't know if it's just me but I found Anna scherbakova extremely robotic to watch. I don't know if she enjoys skating herself. The other skaters (flaws and all) seem to have a passion for what they're doing. I wouldn't say her programme is boring, it's just her interpretation of it.
@@soyculeila for a world record for artistic components I would expect Yuna kim worthy choreo. Anna's programme is just another programme among many other eteri girls. It doesn't make you burst with emotion at the end of her skate (especially her step sequence).
@@Jeremy-wp4yh Give her a break. Her ending performance at nationals was very emotuonally involved. Now she's just a little tired. Jet lag; performing at the Eteri show; winning worlds. Remember she's also a COVID survivor.
@@everydayislikesunday6124 well that's eteri who's pushing her to do all these things and not rest before competitions. So you can't blame the audience to take it "easy" on her.
Tbh, I think that Yuzuru will not be able to do the quadruple axel. I think he will waste his chances to get 1st in competitions because his triple axels aren’t the best anymore (he isn’t used to 3pls anymore) and he’ll retire because he’ll be too old and his body too worn out
The first 7 minutes is other topics people wanted me to talk about. Then the WTT recap and stay till the end for some special announcements! Any Q&A questions reply to this comment with. :)
How do you feel about the way the men's PCS is graded compared to the ladies?
whats your favourite ladies' program!
Do you remember the first time you've seen a figure skating performance?
which ones are your favs in terms of artistry in both mens and ladies in both the current gen and OF ALL TIME
tell us about how you got into figure skating please
Medvedeva and Zagitova give off big “exes who had a bad breakup but tell everybody that they’re still friends” energy
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Yeah. It's a shame. I genuinely think they did like each other at first. But it seems like after Zhenya left was when they started to resent each other.
Yuzuru has always struggled breathing ending his programs. I don't think it's a matter of age. I would say it's quite the opposite, if you watch him younger he was more exhausted at the end of his program than now. Perhaps more to do with his asthma.
Yuzuru's 4A attempts cannot affect him in the free as he attempted it in the Gala practice. According to the interview he popped as he jumped at the same spot he bore a hole on the ice during 6 min practice. That's why he was pouting and tapped the spot where he popped after the free.
True, she missed that one
your videos are the true highlight of every skating competition thank you so much for serving us 😭
I CANT explain how much i love this ladies podium (not because of the order, but bc of these ladies), Anna is such a consistent and unproblematic little person, she just gets things done and gives all she has at the moment. I fell in love with Kaori when she won 2020 NHK Trophy, i did not pay attention before that sadly, beheading some judges was her path into my heart, she is having a nice season and i am rooting for her like crazy. Finally, Liza its just amazing, she is a f e n i x, she was always there but seeing her performing the shit out of this season its bonquers and i hope it lasts!
Plushenko is delusional but I love that because him being crazy makes my day 😂😭 . Honestly AOP is just gonna be Plushenko and Trusova. She’s the only one he seems to care about anyways
and maybe sofia titova
@@hazelseng1998 I’d say Zhilina
oh how the turn tables
@@holopipel I'm so sad lolol. I thought Sasha and Pulshy were a great match. I'm pretty sure it was her father's decision as he is a master of sports at sambo & it's olympic season friendship and chemistry between student and teacher mean nothing if you aren't winning
I heard that Yuzuru suffered from an asthma attack before his FP at Worlds and that's why he was shaky during it (even though he has stated that the attack isn't the reason for his performance, but I'd wager it does give him problems).
Yuzu is gonna land that 4A, it's just a matter of timw
i honestly dont care if Jason Brown does quads because his skating is incomparable and just makes me happy. His programs are total joy
Kaori Sakamoto is my best friend even if she doesn't know it, I don't need reciprocity.
All I want is to see Liza at the Olympics. She deserves it, I deserve it, we all deserve it
I love to see Liza's consistency and ability to push in a field that people have written her off in but her skating and other behavior (racism and disregard for Covid) has really put me off her recently. I want her to be at Bejing because of the story but not necessarily because I support her as a person or because of stellar skating :/
@@kay4675 wait what happened in regards to racism?
@@linkzelda8610 A tweet from 2018 resurfaced of Mishin pulling back his eyes while standing next to an Asian skater, not surprising he's 80 and lived in Soviet Russia. Liza is not responsible for her coache's actions but she did respond saying "He was looking for my components" not sure how to bold on here but components was bold, impling it was a joke. I'm not sure if it was an attempt to cover up his actions or brush it off but it came off as rude and insensitive, not to mention how long she took to come up with and answer for how she felt about her japanese inspired program at this comp. Sis took like 2 minutes it looked like anna was feeding her a politically correct answer. A 20 something year old should not be looking to a 17 year old to help them explain a program with stereotypical "asian" music that they preformed with badly written kanji on the back of their costume. Just not great vibes there
Edit: a Russian speaker has kindly informed me through the comments that Anna was just translating for Liza and the long response time was just issues with English. Doesn't detract from the issues in the program but she doesn't necessarily have complete control over that. My bad, thank you for informing me 🙂
So the question - who doesn't deserve?
@@kay4675 About the press conference. After the question, she said to Anya "here I'm a slowpoke", Anya shortly translated the question into Russian, then Tuktik asked guys how "dedicated" translate into English. This situation was hilarious and it wasn't about racism, it was about speaking English skills 😆
p.s. Anya just translated the question and didn't suggest an answer
I'd actually love if Zhenya and Alina openly despised each other. Just let the girls not pretend again they are all buddy buddy, it felt so tense omg
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Can we talk about how Nathan got the highest PCS in the free when you have Jason Brown and Yuzuru Hanyu in the same group? Really? Reaaaaally????
nathan is like a walking embodiment of TES his PCS is flat ngl and when he has higher than yuzu and jason its like,, really?? he's a nice skater but not a higher score than those two at least, its kinda hard to judge the isu judging without being a bit rude about the skaters :/
@@bonita8992 I agree... I guess sometimes it's better not to judge...
(judge the judging, that is)
Judges are humans at the end of the day, when you have a stellar athlete giving such phenomenal skates the wow factor would obviously impress the judges.
Even if you take away 5-10 pcs point he is still destroying every competition by miles
@@mooony94 I mean he's scored fairly, but that's the point his goe always matches his jumps and other elements that energy is simply not there for other skaters that are generally under/overscored judges barely judge by their own ISU official rules anymore evident by the eteri skater flutz habit and clear bias in scores of some skaters, this isn't to say that none of these skaters aren't good they've all worked hard to get there but judging as a whole is one of the most annoying things about the sport although I do actually believe Nathan deserves his achievements despite his outfits being the most flat thing ever even though that's not part of scoring
Purely because Jason and Hanyu made tonnes of mistakes. Mistakes lower PCS
Apparently he had an asthma crisis before his free program (maybe these crazy 4A attempts didn't helped too lmao). That's why I disagree with you about his body, I think he is still becoming stronger, ( he gained muscles, an stamina) when he was young he struggled to finish his programs and he was much more tired.
I just have to say, people needs to notice more of how cute Rika is😅😆😆
"I want somebody to come in here and shake things up. I am up for the storyline of the random girl that nobody saw coming taking the gold medal at the 2022 Olympics. I just want the CHAOS, the PANIC to ensue"...
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Always so happy when you upload🥰 love your videos, they're amazing💫
thank you!!!
To be honest, I am not able to wrap my head around the reason why Yuzuru doesn't go train to Canada to the Cricket Club where his coaches are if he so desperately wants to land the 4A in the past few months and instead insists on staying alone in Japan, plus barely having any Zoom call training sessions with them as Brian has stated - sure, he has enough experience to train on his own at this point and actually make some sort of progress, but not when it comes to the 4A, where one definitely needed some supervision and extra pair of eyes.
And while I want him to finally land that "stupid" jump, I genuinely don't want him to get injured in the Olympic season, which is very likely going to be his last Olympic season, let's be honest - I don't think that he would still be around for the 2026 Olympics at the age of 30. The other attempts of his at the WTT that were caught on camera were without a doubt on the edge of another nasty ankle injury, which would be the least convenient thing he would need to deal with this season.
Agree!
I agree with your points. One of the reasons he is isolating so strictly might be because of his asthma. Contracting Covid with that pre-existing condition could very well end his career/this Olympic season. The Russian ladies all took such a hit with Covid (Anna hyperventilating, Aliona losing 3A...) and they are so much younger. (Not everything can be blamed on Covid but we can't forget that almost every single skater has some sort of pre-existing injury/health risk)
@@est-fm9ui yes I agree and I also heard that Canada closed its borders so he has to train in Japan :/ I hope this will change...I think training with a coach is very important and would help him, especially in the olympic season
@@lottesdailydreams I don't know about the current situation but Paola has talked about Evgenia being stranded in Russia without a coach cause she couldn't fly back to Canada due to its borders being closed.
@@est-fm9ui yes I saw this video too cx
Jason is such a good skater, I love watching his programs.
Kaori tried to jump the quad toe at gpf torino to stay competitive she fell and never tried again in competition but i hope she can do it and can do the 3a she had a great base to do it!!! Ps: i love your review, your sense of humour and you are not afraid to speak so Thank you. Sorry my english are not good. I'm from France
thank you! also it's ok my english is not good either hahaha
It wasn’t GPF, it was Four Continents 2020
@@SamKreinberg yeah that true i made a mistake
Musings of a baby FS fan: am I the only one happy there were so many season's bests at this competition?
Thank you Paula, i am so happy that you made a video! Much love from Turkey ^^
thank you!
Found your channel through your video “Beginners Guide” and honestly, I don’t even watch skating regularly, but your videos are just too good!
I never know wether i should be worried or inspired by Yuzu going for the 4Axel... About WTT: Liza and Kaori are the ones to look out for, imo.
Jason SP is pure art and emotion, i love it ♥️
I think you should talk about the French skater Kevin Aymoz too, he’s a really good skater ! I think his presentation grades weren’t high enough. Great videos btw
for me the highlights were (of course) Kaori but also Evgeni Semeneko, what a season he has had! And I would also like to mention Roman Sadovsky and Kevin Aymoz, two very magnificent and beautiful skaters
About Alina-Zhenya, After that photo moment Alina is no longer hugging with Eteri in the final photo, it was Valieva, like RN Eteri-Alina relation is not the best
Gosh, it's just photo. Stop making conspiracy theories. You are delusional
Thank you so so much. This is pure entertainment.
Daaaamn. You are fluent in Spanish? Wowowowow. I didn't know!
Yuzu has to take a break like every other human- with asthma and stuff too- but he did say he wanted to work on quads and doesn’t entirely mind the olympics which is better?- but nathan omg he’s popping off on everyone😭
if trusova leaves plushenko, eteri will be the ruler over russian figure skating, and it'll just be over for plushenko, cuz sasha is like the last one left that actually is more famous/competitive. (tho in 2nd place would probably be veronika zhilina, because we can ALL tell that she's clearly plushenko's favorite )
Russian figure skating is not only about girls 🙄 actually, in this regard, Mishin has more boys AND girls at major competitions than Eteri.
@@МаринаФейнман yes, yes i know. and to be honest, mishin is probably is my favorite coach . im just saying that if trusova were to ever leave plushenko (which i doubt), his career won't mean as much at that point anymore, because sasha is like his #1 skater there 😅
@@isabellapurygin7966 well, I was watching one russian podcast about fs with former skater Maxim Kovtun, who is learning to be a coach now. What he said about Plushenko and all this situation with students and coaches going towards and backwards is that you just can't achieve everything at once. It takes years to build a good team and make your own strategy that will be working. And as bad as it may seem, there is a good side - Plushenko will gain a lot of experience out of this and have a chance to learn on his mistakes. He can't become the best coach in the field at once, it's simply impossible. It took more than 20 years for Eteri to become who she is now. And she is still learning, especially how to deal with elder girls.
i loveee your videos fr they give me so much entertainment I cant even tell
I’m not Yuzu’s doctor or anything and I don’t know how he’s taking care of his health but as someone who deals with asthma as well I hope he’s properly treating it
I feel bad for moris for always having to put that blue makeuo/paint all over his face everytime they perform. Must be hard to take off 😂
It's an Instagram mask.
I agree with you, Zhenya and Alina don't have to be friends but they should be respectful to each other in front of many fans around them. I think Zhenya doesn't need any more friends; she has a lot of skaters beside her. I don't wanna say anything about Alina though 😂
No, you wanna say something about Alina. She also has many friends beside her. What are you even talking about?
@@fsmilka8021 "What are you even talking about?" Don't be rude.
@@1995_Leoo I'm rude? Lol
It's you who meant something not really good about Alina and it's you who called me rude after it
@@fsmilka8021 Can you read my comment again? "I don't wanna say anything about Alina." What is bad about it? Alina is not my favourite but i didn't write anything bad about her LOL
@@1995_Leoo yeah, it's a passive aggressive thing called "I'm really SO nice, I'm not gonna say anything about her *hehe" BUT!! " And YOU are the one calling this person rude when he just asked a question. 🙃
NOOooooo the Virtue-Moir videos NO. Evil UA-cam, striking again
just added the link to them in the description box :)
@@paolala thanks
Yes! Kaori!! I loved her fs ever since the NHK! I love the WTT! I was kind of confused about Canada because def I would loved to see Keegan Messing and Madeline Schizas and they would have performed probably a little better. Also why Shoma and not Yuma? Cause if someone would have needed a little more experience would be the latter. And he could make the difference of Japan being 2nd and not 3rd. Anyway, great event!
Nathan used to wear some sort of bolero jacket in his SP and it looked so cool, but maybe it was a little uncomfortable when jumping(?) So he stopped wearing it, that's my theory. Love your videos!
The weight of the costume sometimes make it harder for the skater to skate more freely.. it could be possible that was the reason he stopped wearing it
@@NormaLilia24 yeah! you're totally right, that could've been the reason
@@Ginovits_ but you can have minimal costumes and look decent- look at Misha, Roman, Jason. Nathan looks out of place.
@@hannibaljustincase9985...Nathan's clothes aren't stopping him from being a winner. As far as I'm concerned, he can wear whatever the heck he wants and feels comfortable in. It's not like he wore a chicken suit. It was a pair of black pants and a white shirt. It's nowhere near as bad as some are making it sound.
@@divinearia1601 what he wore in short was okay, but the free costume? I'm sorry if I don't like my skaters to look borderline homeless. I'm not asking him to wear something Yuzuru would, but I'm tired of those pajamas.
and he can't wear whatever he wants, there actually costume regulations for men as well.
That tweet is right! Shoma is not a problematic child though, he's a problematic baby😂
OMG I love your commentary!
I am so sorry to correct you, because I love your videos - the are my highlight through all lockdowns. But Elizabetha won the silver medal. Not bronze, didn't she??
(14:27)
Nathan always dresses in random clothes 🤦♂️🤷♂️.
It's quite entertaining, actually. :D
I absolutely love your videos and watch them as soon as you post a new one! My question is: Do you think Alexandra Trusova actually has a chance of going to the Olympics considering several talented juniors are moving to senior and with the judges usually underscoring her?
That Thanos analogy me to such an elevated place of hilarity and joyousness. Bless!
THANK U FOR TALKING ABOUT NATHANS AWFUL AWFUL WHITE SHIRT... Please king ur at the top of ur game give us something, anything with the outfit...
3:37 Welp, they lost Trusova
The thanos reference! I caaant!
I literally love your videos💕😲
Oh now I know who is Sergei Polunin's girlfriend.
Shcherbakova literally has that russian magic
If anyone wants to know about ice-skating (the professional world) they need to come here.
Everything you need to know is here, lol
I like Zagitova, she's not phony (not saying Zhenya is). I've adopted her approach with a person at work, few words and let's not pretend friendship hahah.
U made my day. Now I have a question.. I have something to say. Do u think Chen can podium at the Olympics or ehat has to happen for her to podium?
I think she will def need some ultra-Cs to even get near the podium. I want her to do well so bad!
@@serenalizinnqui8474 same I want her to crush it
honestly, i'm really dreading the olympic season. i feel like one of the russian girls isn't gonna get an olympic ticket bc of Valieva and whoever it is, it's gonna influence russian figure skating A LOT. if it's Tuktamysheva it's gonna prove that grown women aren't really competitive anymore, if it's Shcherbakova it proves the Eteri expiration date (and i really want Anna to kinda "achieve the impossible") and if it's Trusova it's more or less over for Plushenko and he's right now one of the only ones fighting against the Sambo 70 domination.
Me too. I can say about Trusova that she is unique. But it seems to me she will not go 😭😭
I like listening to you but I so disagree with so many points 😂 still here and still enjoying your content ✌️
agreeing to disagree but still vibing is my favorite thing
What points? We should know
4:10 omg, I almost chocked laughing. 🤣🤪
Im actually a little worried for anna and her quads, because in the worlds she didnt land it, same with the WTT. I hope it's not the eteri expiration. I hope she gets it more consistent
It's quads. It's Difficult to land it even if you are in your best shape. And she landed two at the warm up right before the skate
quads are naturally finicky and hard to be consistent with. she's popped/fell on them sometimes and landed them other times throughout last season as well. during russian nationals she was having trouble landing them in warmup, but landed it in competition without issue, and at wtt she landed them in warmup and stepped out on the landing in competition itself. it's a problem that you see in men's figure skating as well, and even among the rest of the quad jumping ladies as well - you see both Sasha and Kamila pop jumps or fall or step out on the landing from time to time.
also the issue here is a step out, not a lack of rotation/air time. her axis is right for the jump as well so i sincerely doubt its a long term jump problem per se
she was landing them in practice at both, so at least we know she's still capable of landing them. who knows for how long tho.
Liza won the silver medal 🥈 at Worlds. I think that you misspoke in stating she won the bronze medal 🥉 @ 14:37. 🤷🏼♀️
Realistically, for the Olympic, Kamila gold, Anna silver, bronze will be anyone really (Kaori, Rika, Liza, Sasha, Aliona, Daria, Miia), but I personally root for Sasha, Kaori and maybe Liza for gold.
OMG! Plushenko lost Trusova too!!
Q&A: How did you get started with figure skating? Any advice for beginners? ps. your videos are amazing!
how do you keep up with the drama and the fandom? i want to see and like enter to it but i dont know what or who to follow lol
everyone is racing to be the first to do the quad axel
Eh, actually I don't think anyone is interested but Yuzu and maybe Trusova.
@@serenalizinnqui8474 true
Who is everyone? I only see yuzu hyping it, is there anyone else ?
Forget about “off with your head”....I was put off by the crotch close up in their face!
I reeeeally think that de Olympic season would be like i dont now THE HUNGER GAMES only between russian ladies, i mean, who would go to the olympics? Is totally unpredictable with the jouniors like Valieva competing against the last olympic girls like Alina and Zhenya
9:56 Yeah I don't see his thighs either
(The joke is that "quads" is a short term for "quadriceps", which are basically your thighs.)
Tuktamysheva got silver at Worlds :)
omg you're right my brain facetuned it to bronze. thank you !!
@@paolala haaha no problem ♥️
As usual, your commentary is flawed and your hyperbole is around the bend. But it is very amusing, I'll give you that. I want to know what you're stoned on when you put these things together - because I want some so I can annoy my friends, too. This particular effort is really entertaining and you do get more things right than you get wrong. A turn around of many of your previous opinions that is overdue. Cheers to you!
I'm not sure which ISU Worlds Ladies event you were watching, but in the real one that actually happened and the rest of the world saw, Liza Tuktamysheva took the Silver medal, not the Bronze. Or are you confusing Stockholm with Osaka? But how could you do that? Liza won the Bronze for the FS in Osaka, and it hadn't even happened yet at that point in your clip.
As I have commented before to one of your other posts, Team Plush was bound to self destruct - and I'm glad you have seen the light. Welcome aboard. Evgeni is no coach, he's a promoter using his wife's money to blow up his own skirt.
I do agree that the best surprise of the World Team Trophy was Kaori Sakamoto. Best she's ever skated and she could be a new face of Japan Ladies skating. If she can get a 3A and a quad or two ... but that's a lot o' mass to get up in the air and turn so fast.
Also, I'm glad that you can see/admit the grit and excellence that Anna Shcherbakova has displayed since she turned Senior. 12 wins (Gold or 1st) out of the 15 competitions she has entered as a Senior is not because of rigged scoring. She's just that good. She's also been adjusting to her physical growth and biological maturing surprisingly well - and my bet is that she will prove all of the 17 yo expiration date yodelers wrong. Her internal steel has proven over and over that she is the most balanced skater at the Senior competition level (that is, if Tuktamysheva hasn't already done that). Her only threat is likely to be Kamila Valieva - whose nickname ought to be 'The Beast'. She is already more athletic than Trusova and has more artistry than Sasha has ever displayed.
The real battle for Ladies at the 2022 Beijing podium will probably take place in Russia for who makes the team.
Time for fans of others (Kihira, etc.) to quit on the excuses and attacks when things don't go so well for their fave skater(s). Boo hoo. Lots of skaters either skate injured or bow out until they recover. It's wha sensible athletes do. The best skaters usually make out.*
*Exception being Trusova at the Worlds, who should never have skated two programs that she knew would be fraught with missed jumps and would look terrible - no style, no real choreography - just skating from jumping pass to jumping pass to rack up points whether she hit or missed, with other content sprinkled in because it was required. It's the flaw of technical scoring value(s) - too much base score and/or not enough GOE penalty for bad quads - that she abused to get the bronze at Worlds. 12 > 3? No way. The smirk on her face until Lady Tuk knocked her out of the leader's chair said it all. She needs a real coach or she will be digging snow cone divots out of the ice on her falls for the other skaters avoid until she ends her career. She's the best advertisement for Zamboni that I can think of.
Prattle on, Paola. It is amusing for sure, and I can't help but watch your schtick, even though at times it infuriates me. I do get a lot of laughs, too.
Note to self: "Why so serious, son?"
And ... what do you get stoned on? I gotta get me some o' that.
NECESITO PODER DARLE MAS DE UN ME GUSTA A ESTE VIDEEEEOOO 💖😭 que hermoso canal
I will never forgive JSF for making team Japan quarantine for no reason and didn't do the same for the other teams. Of course they will be tired and have no good results. They needed to rest and train properly after WC as other teams did... they already have their disadvantages at being underscored...
Who is your favourite skater?
the title 😅
ME TOO I WANT A RANDOM GIRL TO SHAKE THAT RUSSIAN SUPREMACY ON PODIUMS
Because you probs will continue to say Plushenko further on. It's PlUshenko, not PlushEnko) If you care at all, of course 😅 About Liza...Mishin taught her quads and 3a before 15 y.o. She did loose everything for some time.
Girl it’s 10k
at 14:35 i think you meant silver!
Liza got silver at worlds not bronze.
what about the pairs\ice dance?
I’m not sure that kaori has the rotational speed to land a quad or 3a
I actually have no idea so can someone tell me if medvedeva retired or is she just taking a break?
Russian media said Brown was overscored?! Bwahahaa! Quads aren't everything. Jeez 🙄. He has the BEST spins, best step sequence, choreo and quality of footwork all through the programme. Those "basics" are worth a ton of points alone!
Like you I'd have Jason anyday, before a quad machine with no artistry or good edgework!
Elizaveta won silver at world's, not bronze
Where do u see the figure skating program live at the time
I've pretty distant to ice skating for a while now so I'm interested where is Kostornaia, Trusova?
Like we've seen Trusova but why Kostornaia isn't competing?
@@zeynepzeynep5249 Kosto was in bad shape at the Russian Cup and took only 6th place, despite the fact that Anya and Sasha were not there (so Tuktik went to the Worlds). After that, she left Plushenko for Eteri and now she seems to be recovering quickly. Sasha is still with Plushy.
Look at Paola's previous videos, there are few about Kosto
why aren't ladies allowed to do quads in the short program? They've proven that they can do them
quick question: do you happen to know, why ISU multiplies the components of the skaters in the end with 1,0 in sp and 2,0 in fs for men, but 0,9 in sp and 1,6 in fs for women?? i found this and were wierdly aroused because it feels like being hella sexist. www.isu.org/figure-skating/rules/fsk-regulations-rules this link page 17 paragraph m)
Do you think the quad axel is possible? Or even quints?
I think 4A is possble. But there is a very narrow corridor of conditions in which it can be executed. Yuzu is close, but I don't think that it can be performed stably. There will always be a disturbing factor, even the state of the ice
I'd say it's possible, but not by Yuzuru. None of his attempts ever looked even close to landing it, not to even think of fully rotating. I'm convinced some Russian tiny teen is going to land it sooner than Hanyu.
@@hannibaljustincase9985 that's true, a russian girl will only need prerotated axel with 3,6 rotations and they will call it a quad and throw 5goes at her if she's an Eteri's girl. Coming soon
I have really enjoyed all your past videos but the way you talked about Kolyada and the American girls sounded really dismissive here.
Have you ever tried figure skating ? Why are you so interested in those kinds of dramas ? Sending love from Italy❤️
Nicely and politely asking for an alena&rozanov video🙏🙏🙏🙏
ELIZEVETA GOT SILVER NOT BRONZE
girl i know, i misspoke :(
@@paolala oh ok 😂
Dale, necesito que admitas que sos argentina (!)
Why didn't you mention that Yuzuru has Asthma that's why he's so winded after a FS. Plus he drives himself so hard to improve i.e. 4A. Chen doesn't even try that. Also he has little artistry compared to Yuzuru and Jason Brown. I don't admire him at all or very little and I'm from USA.
Why would you insinuate that Nathan doesn't try or work hard just because his ego isn't big enough to care about being the first person to ever land a 4A? His goals are different from Yuzu's. You don't need to put another skater down just to make your favorite look better. That's so petty of you. Also, Nathan's artistry isn't at all like Yuzu's or Browns but it doesn't mean he doesn't have any. He has a completely different style. He has a style that feels very natural and genuine. Yuzu and Jason Brown, IMO, come off as way too artificial. It's like they're 'putting on an act' and there's a lot of over-acting involved...which, feels cheesy at times. Jason is a sweetheart but I find his skating the most artificial and, thus, not at all easy on the eyes. You're from the US and you don't admire Nathan. That's fine. Each to his or her own. But I and many others are from the US and we love Nathan. There's no need to trash him by making it sound like even his own country dislikes him...because that is not at all true.
@@divinearia1601 Its called an opinion. I am allowed to have my own.
:0 hablas español????
I don't know if it's just me but I found Anna scherbakova extremely robotic to watch. I don't know if she enjoys skating herself. The other skaters (flaws and all) seem to have a passion for what they're doing. I wouldn't say her programme is boring, it's just her interpretation of it.
That's what I used to think too! But now she seems very very passionate about it and it looks like she skates with her heart (maybe it's just me tho)
@@soyculeila for a world record for artistic components I would expect Yuna kim worthy choreo. Anna's programme is just another programme among many other eteri girls. It doesn't make you burst with emotion at the end of her skate (especially her step sequence).
@@Jeremy-wp4yh Give her a break. Her ending performance at nationals was very emotuonally involved. Now she's just a little tired. Jet lag; performing at the Eteri show; winning worlds. Remember she's also a COVID survivor.
@@everydayislikesunday6124 well that's eteri who's pushing her to do all these things and not rest before competitions. So you can't blame the audience to take it "easy" on her.
I really like her. I think she is the most graceful. When I was younger I didn't care about grace so much and now I do.
Let's pray Elizaveta will qualify for the Russian Olympic Team for the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics.✨💕🇷🇺
My dream for 2022 is that some Chinese skater will be over scored and take the gold and it will come straight into the face of the Russian federation
I am still wondering why there are no competitive Chinese ladies skaters, China is generally good in sports demanding similar skills.
Well, chinese pairs will be over scored for sure.
How is that even about Chinese skaters?
@@fsmilka8021 Its all about Yuna-Sotnikova story.
@@_KotMulder_ Yuna is Korean, not Chinese
Tbh, I think that Yuzuru will not be able to do the quadruple axel. I think he will waste his chances to get 1st in competitions because his triple axels aren’t the best anymore (he isn’t used to 3pls anymore) and he’ll retire because he’ll be too old and his body too worn out