foreign
at the moment remember he was the
substitute for
daisuki Takahashi
so leading after the short program what
a performance this guy gave it was
probably the performance of his life can
he do it again
he's gonna have to if he wants to win
the Grand Prix finals
he's an incredible Talent
and here he is getting to Romeo and
Juliet
this is yuzuru hanyu
from Japan
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oh
what a shame there was no hesitation
into that that was the quadruple salco
foreign
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though
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thank you
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foreign
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Axel triple toe into the second half of
the program so extra 10 percent
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triple Axel double Toe with the arms of
Loft such a difficult entry too
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Triple Loop
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all right
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and there's the looks half Loop oh how
did he get a triple salco on the end of
that
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this is incredible
triple looks that time on his own
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oh wow you can see he is absolutely
Running on Empty
he dug really really deep particularly
after that horrible fall on the the
quadruple Sal at the beginning
it is tough out there I can tell you
now remember he goes into this free with
12 points in his pocket
but he still needs to get
180.25 on the free and that would be a
personal best for him
you can see technically the score is
going up all the time
he may well do it he may well do it I
think he deserves to do it on today's
performance the he was more fluid the
spins were of great quality those
elements how on Earth you can do a
triple cell count
out of no speed at all in a combination
sequence at the end of the program it's
like levitation yeah it's incredible
and you forget the first jump the first
jump didn't go right but the the
confidence and the speed into the second
there's no hesitation at all and it's
just so beautifully done yeah the judges
will really go with you if you if you
sink all the big elements into the
footwork and the choreography you're
gonna get better goes every time the
axle out of the spread yeah so difficult
just no setup time at all no
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and Brian knows he knows what he's got
to do to beat
Chan
and could it possibly be today
and we're seeing that that soccer could
have been there and you would you'd see
it a much higher score this is the start
would have been a monster score if he'd
uh hang on to that and he was right
there wasn't he he got the rotation
straight back to the other end of the
rink absolutely fantastic
Brian also leading the Applause footwork
was great
our movement was great his expression is
super
the detail and those spins
that's important he's getting the levels
on the spins remember Patrick mucked up
the last spin
you can quite easily lose a couple of
points there
so remember Patrick in the free got a
hundred and 92.61
and he's got 280.08 so
180.25 will do it
Brian's sensing it may well be it could
be and the way that he lands this
confidence this I can do it is there's
no arrogance there
some just a great style and you can ask
that you give no more than that and all
the men here
it's always a battle
gosh
you did a great job
yeah
yeah absolutely fantastic he's an
amazing talent
and Patrick brings all his Heritage and
all those marks from the past to this
and we know how beautiful he is as the
skater and all that will be in the
judge's minds but on today's performance
here we go
180.25 he needs
193.41 he can't believe it that's a
personal best to buy some way even with
a fall an unbelievable turn of event
here yes
wins the short wins the free and the
three-time and reigning world champion
Patrick Chan who we all thought was
unbeatable
has to settle for a silver medal here at
the Grand Prix finals
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absolutely incredible and it is so
important for Japanese figure skating
because Mao Asana
and uh dasuki Takahashi are sure to
retire at the after Olympics they're
looking for new stars those two alone
can fill stadiums and have made figure
skating enormous in Japan they need new
stars and this man is gonna go straight
into that slot isn't he
unbelievable and great job Brian yeah
well done Mr also
super judging
quite incredible
and he's taking in his stride isn't he a
deserved winner yeah
and we know don't be the Japanese ladies
they love figure skating they do indeed
Numero Uno yeah
save of the day this is gonna be the
first of many big big wins
foreign
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and there's confirmation and look at the
end of the day he stretched his lead
over Patrick Chan
quite incredible so hanu wins gold here
Chan the silver and Oda with a spirited
performance gets the bronze medal
phew what a competition that was it's
been an amazing day of Figure Skating
here
from Japan I hope you're enjoying it as
much as we are