Patrick Chan: Daredevil Returning to Competitive Arena
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Did you watch the World Championships?
I will be deadly honest. I did not watch the men’s event.
The only event I watched was the ice dance because of Kaitlyn and Andrew
and all of them. I did go back on YouTube and skim through Javier’s program
and Yuzu’s program – and that in itself says a lot – that I skimmed through them.
Not because I did not like them. I love Javi’s jumps and Yuzu’s triple Axel.
I admire them and I admire a lot of elements of their programs but that is just what it is.
I literally fast forwarded to their biggest jumps and then stopped watching.
I am going to be honest; their skating has not changed. It does not look any different.
They are skating to the same pieces of music and style. Javi very much has that Charlie
Chaplin style which totally works for him. It is great, but I would love to see him do
a classical piece. That is what I would do if I was in that position – I would challenge myself.
I want to see something exciting and that is one of the reasons I want to come back.
I want to bring back programs that I have never done. I finally get to skate to lyrics,
which can open up a whole new realm of music and expression, so that is really exciting for me.
David Wilson will be doing my short program and revamping the one I used at the Japan Open for the free.
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Yuzu is back
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@LynnRutherford: Great interview w/Brian Orser @Peak_Skate; @namnamnoodle landing quad toes; Yuzuru Hanyu on way to Toronto for new FS from @shaelynnbourne.
Japanese stars debut programs at 'Dreams on Ice'
Hanyu goes in surprising new direction; Miyahara shows exhibition number
Posted 6/12/15 by Wei Xiong, special to icenetwork
ttp://www.icenetwork.com/news/2015/06/12/130204078/japanese-stars-debut-programs-at-dreams-on-ice
＞Without a doubt, the biggest surprise of the night was reigning Olympic champion Yuzuru Hanyu's new free skate.
＞He has chosen a very Japanese-style piece of music, "SEIMEI," a selection from the soundtrack of the movie Onmyoji.
＞In it, he portrays the character Abe no Seimei, an eccentric Japanese astronomer who lived in the 10th century.
＞"I want to expand my performing scale," Hanyu said in the post-show interview,
＞ "and I want to do something Japanese.
＞I think among all amateur male skaters I am the one who fits traditional Japanese style the most,
＞and I want to interpret the delicateness and strength, to pay more attention to body lines,
＞in order to create a program that reflects my characteristics."
＞In a shortened version of the program, he didn't change the opening elements from last season,
＞opening with a quadruple salchow (which he fell on). That was followed by a quadruple toe (which he turned into a triple),
＞a triple flip (preceeded by several 3-turns) and a flying change combination spin. After skipping the step sequence,
＞he raised the difficulty from last season, trying another quadruple toe in the second half of the program, resulting in another fall.
＞Nevertheless, he still did his trademark triple axel-triple toe wonderfully and excited the audience with a choreographic sequence,
＞in which he performed two more of his trademarks: his hydroblade and layback ina bauer.
＞Regarding the falls, Hanyu said, "I think I've found out the reason, so no worry on that."
＞He came into the evening with specific goals in mind.
＞"It might sound not so appropriate to the audience, who've paid so much money to come in,
＞but I want to be further polished and improve the consistency and completeness (of this program) by leveraging this show," Hanyu said
