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Yuzuru Hanyu: Fans battle outside the arena... "A year of fate" until his first meeting with the "god of quadruple", the up-and-coming American skater

Yuzuru Hanyu (28) is currently performing in the "Stars on Ice" ice show that opened in Osaka on March 30. His "first collaboration" with American skater Ilia Malinin (18), one of the performers in the show, has attracted some attention. The two have a "history. It all started about a year ago, last spring. A video of Mullinin landing a quadruple Axel in practice was posted on SNS," said a skating fan. It had been Hanyu's long-cherished dream, and he attempted it at the Beijing Olympics in February last year, but failed to succeed due to a fall and a lack of rotation. Hanyu's fans were still hoping that "Hanyu would be the first one to succeed. Perhaps that feeling went too far, but there were some aggressive online voices against Malinin, who was also on the verge of success in the competition.

Some people also rejected Malinin's Instagram account name, which includes the word quadg0d, meaning "quadruple god," and called her a "cocky girl. Malinin herself was perplexed to hear that people were disappointed with her success," said a skating fan.

Some so-called "anti-skaters," those who are critical of Hanyu, used Marinin's success as a pretext to put Hanyu down. Hanyu's fans got angry and started an off-the-cuff battle on the Internet, such as ......." As for Hanyu himself, he said, "I don't know how Hanyu feels about Malinin's success, because he didn't say much about it.

He said on a local TV program, "I have a lot to learn from him. ......" (skating fan) After a year of agony, they performed together at the show this time. Unfortunately, at the Osaka show, there was no opportunity for the two skaters to skate a number together, and no interaction was seen between them. They each performed individual programs. "On the first day, both Malinin and Hanyu jumped quadruple jumps, though not axels. Many skaters don't do difficult jumps in the show, but it is as expected.

Hanyu appeared as the last skater, but he instantly took the audience's attention. It was like an "instant kill. I felt the difference between her and Malinin, who is 10 years younger than her," said a skating fan!

Source: https://news.yahoo.co.jp/articles/354978b5f8a8223cdbc26a4e1f81e8e57691b23e