So sorry for those of you who planned to go to the competition.
I’m sad we won’t get to see Kazuki compete, but I guess health comes first. Coupe du Printemps probably do not have as much health security measures in place as Junior &Senior Worlds
Kazuki posted a story yesterday showing off his new hair - he dyed it after a long time: https://twitter.com/takeyo55098794/status/1234935105790959616
(looks nice but I still prefer his natural hair)
He also reposted a lovely IG story with him, Sota and Mitsuki - 'Coupe du Printemps in Nishinomiya'
https://twitter.com/FSIgstories/status/1235017258222657537
It seems Kazuki had a convo with Yuhana on Twitter, but I couldn't understand what was it about, sorry...
https://twitter.com/Joh77531395/status/1235224257614843904
Original tweets:
https://twitter.com/yuhachin0519/status/1235191455448096770
https://twitter.com/yuhachin0519/status/1235222531268694018
https://twitter.com/naniwatomono/status/1235223550400712710
Thank you so much for this! So they were watching junior worlds...Mediocre Japanese speaker here, but basically like this:
Y: Watching through twitter! (presumably JWC men)
Y: Thank you for all the reports! Just seeing the scores wasn't enough
K: Yes, it was the greatest. Good night zzz...
Sadly, I have no faith that he will ever get some fed love :sad21: The way they go out of their way to ignore and undermine him, makes me thing that there must be a strong reason for this, either political or even personal against him or Hiraike-sensei. SIGH.I do also hope that Kazuki’s hard work is awarded and recognized by the federation.�� I’m currently concerned about his GP spots for next season. What are the chances of him getting two assignments? From what I understand, his SB should be enough to get him 1 spot. His world standing, though, might go further down after the points from 2017-2018 season have been taken out :S And with the lack of love he gets, I’m doubting he’d be the host pick at NHK...
His expression distracted me from noticing his hair Oh Kazuki and his meme faces.On a lighter note, he posted an IG story yesterday showing that his hair went a bit... wild...
https://twitter.com/KiraraChin/status/1235584569405030400
I think this is definitely true, but Kazuki's been undermined for so long, I feel like maybe there's a lot more to it than we know.Re fed support, rather than having something against Kazuki or his team, I think it’s possibly more of the fed going out of their way to support younger up and coming skaters which results in Kazuki missing out on opportunities as a collateral damage ��
But I think he did enough this season to earn two GP spots
Unfortunately I have made the difficult decision to cancel my trip to Luxembourg :sad21: As they have borders with both France and Germany, two countries that have had a spike in coronavirus cases recently, I didn't want to take the risk of being sick/quarantined in a foreign countryI think I'll be coming to this thread to cheer myself up now. Enjoy Luxembourg, Kirara! I am guessing you are leaving the UK soon. Let us know when you participate so we can at least give you a virtual wave when we cannot participate in person.
Kazuki won the USFed Gala Madness quarterfinal, with 71% v 29% of votes against Sasha Trusova! Well done, Kazuki!
However, the bad news is that his next opponent is Yuzuru Hanyu The semifinal will go today at 6pm U.S. eastern time!
Also, unless the ISU decides to hold Worlds 2020 in the autumn (which is very impractical IMO), Kazuki finishes with the 15th SB and 19th in World standings, that's a strong position to get 2 GPs
Exactly! That's my rationale too, I want to raise the percentage as much as possibleWe all know the results then, still I'm going to vote for him to raise the percentage as much as possible
Yeah, I'm starting to see some big figures speaking up against this idea already. The season just before the Olympic season is too important to be messed up with.To be honest the autumn WC idea just sounds like the ISU saying "Maybeeee...?" and crossing fingers, I doubt it's going to happen. So if GP spots are decided with the current SB and WS lists (and that's a big if) then he should get 2 GP tickets as he deserves
Right, going onto positive things... Kazuki won the USFed Gala Madness quarterfinal, with 71% v 29% of votes against Sasha Trusova! Well done, Kazuki!
However, the bad news is that his next opponent is Yuzuru Hanyu The semifinal will be today at 6pm U.S. eastern time!
Also, unless the ISU decides to hold Worlds 2020 in the autumn (which is very impractical IMO), Kazuki finishes the season with the 15th SB and 19th in World standings, that's a strong position to get 2 GPs
I asked around, unfortunately they go with the ranking after dropping the 2017/18 points Which means, it's possible that Kazuki's position in the rankings will drop a bit. But the good news is that his SB is really good, and it seems they consider SB first instead of world rankings. So I still think he's in a good position to get two assignmentsFor Worlds cancellation , Kazuki’s SB and World standings holding up is definitely the silver lining
in the case of using WS to determine GP spots, do they go by the current ranking or the ranking after dropping the points from 2017/2018?)