2020-21 Japanese Nationals: Men's Free Skate

[treblemakerem]

Anyone catch the back cross roll exit off the ice. He is so extra.

 

[lzxnl]

Extra thoughts:

1. He's the only clean skater I saw in the last two groups, maybe even the whole free skate. That by itself guarantees that he'll win gold by like 50 points, and that he'll lead 4th place by almost 100 points. That's pretty nuts.

2. This program gives me real Hope and Legacy vibes. So many moments seemed familiar, like the hydroblade and the Ina Bauer, some other parts of the choreo.

3. Who even needs a coach?

 

[figureskatingandrainbows]

Now THAT is a performance worthy of 97 PCS, Russia

 

[Sai Bon]

319.36!!!

 

[Yuzuruu]

35 points lead, yup

Jeez Yuzu, you never cease to amaze me in new ways. Literally a skating Emperor in class of his own.

 

[pianistliz]

Now I can relax. Sad for Yuma since he had a chance to overtake Shoma, but if he had, I'd be super sad for Shoma.

 

[Sai Bon]

"Damn, should have got Level 4 for the step sequence," he says!

 

[figureskatingandrainbows]

WOW... Yuma was going 2.2 km/hr faster than Yuzuru... that should say something

 

[Lamente Ariane]

All right, what a way to end the competition! See some of you in the Russian Pairs thread

 

[lzxnl]

So, I may have gotten carried away when I estimated a 50 point lead over second. 35 points is close enough. And he led 4th place by 80 points. You could really see the hierarchical structure of the Japanese men's field in this competition. I wonder if the ladies will be something similar too.

Presuming Yuzuru keeps these program for next season (because why ditch a program if you only perform it once?), I'm curious what he's going to add to them. Some of his expressions were a bit blank and part of the skating was a little empty, but of course, you can only make these comments if you're comparing this to his other programs.

 

[cohkaix]

Protocol: https://www.jsfresults.com/National/2020-2021/fs_j/nationalsenior/data0105.pdf

 

[Znowflake]

I am speechless after Yuzu today!

 

[Yuzuruu]

WOW... Yuma was going 2.2 km/hr faster than Yuzuru... that should say something

it says he's a generation younger

 

[figureskatingandrainbows]

Well, Yuma let me down, Shoma seems really happy, and Yuzuru is a literal god.

 

[MaiKatze]

WOW... Yuma was going 2.2 km/hr faster than Yuzuru... that should say something

Yuma is almost 10 years younger than Yuzuru.

 

[figureskatingandrainbows]

Seriously, though, if Shoma and Yuma pull it together, they are going to do very well at Worlds. And Yuzuru, with these new programs, could actually beat Nathan. Wow. And then Beijing 2022... Japan has never looked stronger.

 

[zanadude]

This year's competition was won by Shoma Uno.

There was also a special appearance by Yuzuru Hanyu, who, as a skating god, does not qualify for a skating competition of mere mortals.

 

[Sai Bon]

Will I even sleep tonight?! But I must go to bed, it's 1:30am. Thanks everyone for keeping me company! What a competition!!!

 

[zanadude]

Seriously, though, if Shoma and Yuma pull it together, they are going to do very well at Worlds.

Yuzuru was the only one with the balls to say "if there is a Worlds" in his interview.

 

[MaiKatze]

Stéphane hugging Yuzuru and congratulating him, how is this man even real?