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: