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Yuzuru Hanyu: My amateur (but not completely uninformed) analysis on his chances of dominating at PC 2018

I’ve been wondering for a while, if it comes down to just one thing, would Hanyu rather win the next OGM or would he rather try to skate his ideal skates (which I will sum as one performance). 

See, from what I can tell of his astonishing evolution, and I’m pretty sure is not just in my head, his ideal performance = OGM, but OGM ≠ his ideal performance. This basically means he has more than enough under his belt to win it,  even without the intricately woven fabric of exceptional and unparalleled beauty that he undoubtedly has in his head, no matter what anybody else in the field does (more on this later). In fact, he has more than one way he could choose to do it. 

Here’s the first:

Yuzuru Hanyu: Precious/Fabulous/Etc. Since 1994, Slaying Since Forever

Nice interview from 2011. Screenshots taken from the video because uploader doesn’t allow linking. Video can be found on youtube. Uploaded by the user “rio pota” on Nov 7, 2011. (If you find it on youtube, please make sure you don’t link or embed it.)