- Joined
- Dec 25, 2012
2 seconds? Keep going. I timed it and he took 38-39seconds to get in place after his name was called. That's 8-9 over, not 2, and the referee was well within their rights to give the deduction since there were no extenuating circumstances. Hanyu is not above the rules.
He learned his lesson quickly. In the free skate, first to skate again, he did all his prep as skaters were getting off the ice, zoomed to the starting point and was within his time limit.