He's amazing, his 4axel is really stable he's doing it like it was 3axel

@aray2588

Жыл бұрын

Ханю 8 месяц назад сделал 4А

@lillianscott4194

Жыл бұрын

@@aray2588 He did not succeed

@trylogic4084

Жыл бұрын

@@aray2588 Do you mean the one at the Olympics that was under rotated and that he fell on?

The Axel is my favorite jump. It's so wonderful to see people who are natural at it -- Malinin, Hanyu, Kostornaia, Sakamoto...

@paulluk7515

Жыл бұрын

Why u people always make Hanyu relevant in every video which is not about him?

@pennyinheaven

Жыл бұрын

@@paulluk7515 Bruh, why are you concentrating on Hanyu when OP mentioned 4 names???

@paulluk7515

Жыл бұрын

@@pennyinheaven Three to be exact as this video is all about Malinin. Hanyu is the only male skater mentioned and don't pretend u didn't know why.

@pennyinheaven

Жыл бұрын

@@paulluk7515 "The axel is my favorite jump." The OP is about axel and the skaters who did axels the way OP likes. So stop bitching and making it just about Hanyu. Ffs. Fans are bad but haters are worse.

@angieortizurena3327

Жыл бұрын

@@paulluk7515 you are supposed to take the pills daily

Читаю комментарии где пишут что жаль Ханью, мне это более чем странно. Будут когда- нибудь и более сложные прыжки, которые исполнят другие фигуристы, но Юдзуру-это один из первопроходцев. А уж его талант артиста на льду-вне времени.

@Catalina_Estevez

Жыл бұрын

De acuerdo 👍 Hanyu pertenece a la historia moderna del patinaje artístico varonil. Hanyu está en el podio de los grandes del siglo 21, junto con Yagudin y Pluschenko.

@user-bg3mc1yo9x

Жыл бұрын

Отличный комментарий. Юдзуру-величайший фигурист. Он Легенда фигурного катания. Я видела его один раз и это невозможно забыть!!!

@hrvojmarinovic1198

Жыл бұрын

Isabella concuerda con todos ustedes

@ekaterinaaitbalaeva5175

Жыл бұрын

Насколько я помню, первому на соревнованиях засчитали Ханю.

@aray2588

Жыл бұрын

Ханю 8 месяц назад уже сделал 4А

What a brilliantly performed jump! Ilya is a real hard worker. It started to pay back.

Супер! Илья - молодец! Он о себе заявил ещё в прошлом сезоне, сделал прорыв, а сейчас только утвердил его.

What a way to start a season. Congrats Ilia. Keep up the good work.

Он великолепен! Крутка такая высокая, как будто он на удочке, его кто то невидимый крутит

Вот это высота прыжка 😮 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

Wow, amazing, although I'm kind of sad for Hanyu, I was expecting him to be the first to get it. Specially because of how much he wanted to do it, and ended up with an injury 😔

@pennyinheaven

Жыл бұрын

Technique and age has got to do with it. Malinin started early which is a great strategy! And he went straight and then did a back entry, which is the best technique to get 4A. Hanyu does it a bit different because he has his own style but he'll get it in his own time. Just proud of Malinin. He'll be able to polish his as he continues to perform it in competitions.

@huiyinglu4514

Жыл бұрын

@@pennyinheaven : could you explain what's back entry? Hanyu followed the classic Axel jump definition: take off left forward outside edge. His left foot skates "forward" toward outside (his right foot followed) to take off (his left foot did not skate toward outside too much before leaving the ice), his right foot forward rotate almost the same time. I see lots top skater skate 3A (including Nathan Chen, Kamila, Mao Asada) that way. To be honest, Ilia's jump confused me a lot: when he skate forward (his right foot follow) with his hands down, he continue to slide left (or outside) about 90 degree, then his left foot hold off (or skid??? or simply reduce the speed), timestamp: 0:47. His right foot lift high, give a power kick/or forward rotate. His left foot just stretch up and rotate. Timestamp: 0:48. He does not look like follow the Axel jump definition: take off left forward outside edge since there is no "forward"/or "outside" force, there is only "upward" force to lift up his left foot. Besides above, turning 90 degree may introduce other force like centrifugal force. This will be different than take off forward.

@lillianscott4194

Жыл бұрын

So? Stop starting with " Yuzuru " bla bla bla... Don't express your inner thoughts under other people's 4A videos, disrespect Malinin, he is the protagonist of today, what purpose do you keep mentioning other skaters?

@wujen8718

Жыл бұрын

No need to feel sad for Hanyu. He has responded positively in a recent TV live stream. He has a big heart and brilliant! 😊😊

@huiyinglu4514

Жыл бұрын

@@wujen8718 I watched a video a few weeks back - it's about Yuzuru explained how he did his 4A in Beijing Olympic. Not sure we are talking about the same video. In that video, he mentioned his left foot left the ice less than 45 degree away from the straight forward. He also talked about take off angle like 90 degree. Besides, there are pictures showing his continuous motions on the ice. He talked about when took off, his left toe-pick touch the ice etc. I didn't quite get why he specifically mentioned toe-pick. I watched quite a few Axel jump video (in slow motion mode). I think I understand a little bit more about that edge jump.

very well deserved, good job illia!

Молодые смелые.они не боятся пробовать что- то новое.у них за спиной крылья.пусть ангел хранит этого мальчишку.мы ещё о нем услышим и увидим его катание.

Congrats to Ilia! He is a brilliant athletes. BTW, I hope he spent sometime to stabilize all his jumps. He still made some mistakes and is not very consistent yet. 4A is eye catching and will make him a star. But it's extra, not the basic. Basic is more important.

@johnsk8967

Жыл бұрын

hes just new. He has been pretty consistent but as a new skater you will typically be shaky

@keigotakami1741

Жыл бұрын

Not only his jumps he also needs to work on his skating skills

@huiyinglu4514

Жыл бұрын

Lot's people said they like ISU increases the BV for 4A - imo, 12.5 is good and don't let GOE go above 1. (remain what it is now is good enough). Why? 1) ISU let go the pre-rotation - I don't want to be specific to Ilia (he slide about 90 degree after he skated forward). Today many skaters pre-rotate in 3A. The definition of Axel jump is "take off left forward outside edge". The reason why Axel jump is hardest jump is it taking off "forward" (before taking off, skaters need to skate forward) on left leg, while the skaters need to do forward rotation on their right leg - these are all done without the help of toe-pick. Increase BV may let a lot cheating jumps become valid. Now allow 90 degree of pre-rotation already deviate from original Axel jump definition. It's actual not that hard if we allow pre-rotate. (Try your both leg - both leg have speed toward forward is harder, compare to turn 90 degree of your body then jump). Besides pre-rotate 90 degree may introduce some other force - like centrifugal force. ISU need to do some investigation before doing anything further to promote this jump. Don't distort original idea/value of Axel jump. 2) 4A is really extra. Skaters need to focus on stabilize other basic jumps - don't count on landing a 4A as a short cut to gain big advantage by sacrifice their basic jump quality.

@johnsk8967

Жыл бұрын

@@keigotakami1741 definitely

@johnsk8967

Жыл бұрын

@@huiyinglu4514 he mainly did it to accomplish a historic feat

Awesome!! Stunning talent at only 17! But also did they forget to sell tickets to this event? 🤔

@createchaosgossip

Жыл бұрын

It’s a very small challenger event without a lot of big names. There was a crowd on one side but it’s never many people.

@lunalexi2462

Жыл бұрын

I bet people are regretting not buying tickets now 😒

He will be the first to do a QUINT too ! look how easy he does the 4T

@yugiohlegend

Жыл бұрын

^ THIS! His 4T looks like a 3T 😭 Id bet that he’ll become the first and possibly only person in the world to land a quint.

@lulaulaf7111

Жыл бұрын

@@yugiohlegend claro, está subrotado, no es un 4A de manual

Как же нравится этот мальчик! Радость родителям! Сколько труда, боли, пота!

@user-wr2yy6qv1j

Жыл бұрын

Радует то, что мужское Русское имя будет вписано в историю покорения квадов. Причем самого сложного прыжка. Мужчины покоряли квады 34 года. Если провести параллель, то женщины покорят 4А в в 2036 году.

Всегда верила в Малинина!

increíble!! ojalá podamos ver a más patinadores realizando el salto. Y para la gente que mete a yuzuru, como si el hubiera perdido algo, les recuerdo que ya se retiró de las competencias, más que satisfecho con todos sus logros a lo largo de su carrera

@hrvojmarinovic1198

Жыл бұрын

De acuerdo con todo

@corinnewegher6357

Жыл бұрын

Hai ragione Yuzuru ha dato tanto nel pattinaggio non deve più dimostrare niente.È un professionista non è più in competizione

@trylogic4084

Жыл бұрын

@@corinnewegher6357 He never had anything to prove, that's why I thought it was unwise for him to keep trying to land the 4A on his weak, chronically injured ankle. I would think that he would come to the conclusion that it's not worth it.

Woo hoo what an amazing abilities ! Such perfect control .❤️

Йеее 4А🎉🎉🎉 это было ожидаемо от него😊 Но почему-то я ооочень восхищен выполнению 3Lz 3A . Просто🤯🤯🤯 как это ????😱😱😱

@trylogic4084

Жыл бұрын

The 3Lz+3A was clean!

@streptococcus1

Жыл бұрын

@@trylogic4084 I was shocked that it’s possible 🙀🙀 the first ever well done combination . For me it’s like 4A

Congratulations to iIlya keep up the hard work....best wishes for the season

really fast spinning speed, amazing work! He was already very close months before, I know he can do that

Круто!!! Красавчик!!! Браво!!!

Умничка!!! Браво👏👏👏👍👍👍 Удачного сезона🙏🙏🙏

Это природные данные ! Он просто парит , работает против законов физики .Красавчик , он достойно будет представлять славить свою страну и будет радовать нас,любителей фигурного катания

Fanyu please stope with you're "hanyu did it first" you're just making yuzuru look miserable, he's not, he achieved most of his dreams, he had a great carer and he finished it wining everything, so stop what you doing he's 27old better for him to stop trying 4axel for his healthcare.

@maouimaisnon2535

Жыл бұрын

He already spent 27y of his life ruining his health especially his ankles, one or two more years trying 4A definitely won’t make a difference. It’s up to him if he wants achieve his 4A, it’s his body, his mind and his decision. As he has a full career behind him he’s not as fresh as a 17yo but it’s not what’s gonna stop him. He’s already a legend and he has nothing to prove anymore, that’s especially why he has nothing to lose anymore.

@user-wj7nb5pl6r

Жыл бұрын

@@Moons_dreams5050 ханю легенда... Без акселя.... А с акселем его еще надо догнать по артистизму и красоте

@claudiaalvarez6315

Жыл бұрын

Completely agree, can you believe they are comparing a retired veteran skater to a skater who is just making his senior debut? They really leave a lot to be desired as a fandom

@joy5605

Жыл бұрын

@@Moons_dreams5050 well, that’s actually why he’s still trying! He has nothing more to achieve, nothing more to prove so hes still trying, solely for himself

@lillianscott4194

Жыл бұрын

@@maouimaisnon2535 Today's protagonist is Malinin not Hanyu, don't mention other skaters under his video, disrespect. If you want to praise Yuzuru, go to his own video, not here. very annoying. Every time his fans want others to focus on him🤷‍♂️

this kid is insane🤯🤯

Great 4A! Is he ready for a 5T ...?

Nunca achei que eu viveria pra ver isso!! Maravilhoso!!!!

A MIRACLE OF MIRACLES !

Как жалко, что на трибуны пустые. В прошлом году на этот турнир приезжала Саша Трусова с попыткой выполнить пять квадов, и народу было куда больше...

YES HE DID. 🥰🥰🥰🥰

Quint next! I think he can pull it off!! Amazing 👏🏼

yooo that execution was crisp!! good for him :))

why all seats are empty ?

По высоте огромный запас.

Awesome!

congratulations to ilia!!

Good luck on Quints, Ilia!❤❤❤

Wow!!!!! Great

Can you imagine the adrenaline ?!?! He must have been shaking all over after that jump from excitement !

Молодец, Илья.

New generation of yuzuru hanyu, gorgeous

@daria5846

Жыл бұрын

I have yet to find someone with the level of artistry he has 😢

@joy5605

Жыл бұрын

He’s himself and Hanyu is Hanyu, incomparable

@DamlaFazla

Жыл бұрын

@@joy5605 ofc there is only one of Hanyu in the world and there will never be another like him, its just they just give a similar vibe of success little bit.

@joy5605

Жыл бұрын

@@DamlaFazla I don’t think they’re similar only because that ilia’s a young talent and Yuzu was also one back then, neleri benzio ki

@DamlaFazla

Жыл бұрын

@@joy5605 ok

Молодец👏👏👏👏

Me da gusto que les guste, el primer triple axel fue en 1952, o sea hace 70 años y con la velocidad que entraban con misma aterrisaban y no se inclinaban hacia adelante, esta bien pero nada del otro mundo, anteriormente los patinadores utilisaban los musculos hoy es la inercia, por eso el patinaje no se ve artistico y no tienen fluides, yo patino no solo comento

@artisticskatingpassion7425

Жыл бұрын

Estoy de acuerdo, ya no se ve artistico, se esta perdiendo la esencia del patinage, se llama "patinage artistico" pero ahora es una especie de gimnasia sobre hielo muy aburrida.

Next Olympic champion!!

Malinin well done! It's quite early in the season and there's still a whole lot to improve as he continues to perform this one comp to another. Just imagine how this will look like at the end of the season! Seems like he has a lot of power but lacking in stamina for consistency, he's just 17 after all. He's definitely gonna improve in the years to come but he's already making waves. This is honestly how I imagined Hanyu's 4A would be like, just drop the twizzles, go straight to the jump but of course it's not his style. He'll get it in his own time outside the pressure of comps.

@huiyinglu4514

Жыл бұрын

The approach Ilia used is different from Hanyu. Today ISU allows pre-rotate for jumps. Hanyu's Axel jump (3A or 4A) starts like: left foot skate forward (right foot follow behind) toward outside then took off (his left foot leave the ice quite early - he skate less than 45 degree before leave ice). His right foot do a forward rotation almost the same time. It seems he has some forwarding speed (velocity) on his left foot while his right foot did forward rotation. His right foot is not easy to jump high if he has forwarding speed on his left foot. In Ilia's case: his left foot skate forward (his right foot follow behind), then his left foot skate to the left (or outside) about 90 degree. Then looks like his left foot hold off (skid???, or just reduce the speed). His right foot gave a power kick/forward rotation. When he lift up his right foot for forward rotation, his left foot does not seem to have much forwarding speed. He may jump higher this way. His left foot then stretched up and took off with upward force (timestamp: 048). But at the meanwhile, his jump did not look like follow the Axel jump definition "take off left forward outside edge". (because he has skated toward left/outside for 90 degree then hold off). Besides above, turning 90 degree may introduce other force like centrifugal force. This will be different than take off forward.

@lillianscott4194

Жыл бұрын

Don't keep referring to other skaters under Malinin's videos, disrespectful.

@lulaulaf7111

Жыл бұрын

@@huiyinglu4514 que detestable actitud de algunas personas que odian leer la verdad, antes del 2010 con Hanyu entrando a categoría senior, nadie saltaba en las pistas de hielo algo más que un 2A... llega él con su cabrerío y superadotación de talento para patinar y saltar limpiamente y ahora parece detestable hasta mencionar que no es un 4A de manual. Nadie lo ha hecho, y jóvenes promesas como Ylia han habido todos los tiempos, quiero ver como responde su cuerpo ante la primer lesión. Su Majestad puede ser mencionada cada que se le requiera, si no es un salto de manual de patinaje no es válido, así de simple.

@yulysolgunter2057

Жыл бұрын

@@huiyinglu4514 kzread.info22boT66U72g?feature=share тебе врун я каждый раз буду кидать 4акселя Ханю с преротейшеном 90+ градусов

Прыжки - великолепно!!! Но где программа?! Когда Трусова "только прыгала", только ленивый об этом не написал, а тут что же?! ;)

@NN-nnn

Жыл бұрын

"Это другое"(((

браво!!!

He is doing his quad axle.

Great!

Anybody who was there and saw it are so lucky. The height too

The height on that was insane

Sometimes I wish my parents were into some sport so that I could have learned it when I was a kid

Has anyone watch the whole performance? What do you think of the whole performance?

@babyssmoonlight4658

Жыл бұрын

There's a lot of work to be done but the guy is on the right path

Only 1 point for goe? Shoulvd been at least 2!!!

the fact this was at a senior B comp, where hardly anyone saw it live, is lowkey funny to me. lol

@lydiawulanastri6454

Жыл бұрын

For real! 😂 I'm a casual fs fan so was quite surprised when suddenly news of Ilia's 4A broke out with very minimum footage and (for me) such a sudden time. I read that many thought he was going to debut it in a bigger competition that will be held in a few weeks (where there will be more audience & media coverage) but then already did it here. I don't know much about this reasoning nor Ilia personally as a skater himself, but could it be to avoid the pressure from being watched by a lot of audience both on site amd online? If so, I totally understand and applaud him for deciding it where then he really did could perform the jump flawlessly.

He slayed

Это серьёзная заявка. Мужчины фигуристы выходят на пик формы годам к 19 и даже позже, то есть это буквально дебют. И дебют с таким рекордом, это просто фантастика. Аналогия одна - Трусова. Она конечно далека от идеала, но фанаты фигурного катания помнят её победу первым женским квадом, и то чудовищный разрыв, который образовался между поколениями. Загитова, Медведева, Туктамышева, Косторная, Липницкая. Поколение новых российских фигуристок, которые побеждали всех на классе, с трудом, но побеждали. Трусова прыгнула. И всё. Все вышеперечисленные отправились на пенсию. Потому как где Трусова, там и Щербакова. А следом и САМА появилась. Российская школа оказалась готова. Остальные просто в дне. Внезапно. Предполагаю, что и мужское катание ожидает примерно то же самое. Хотя, может и ошибаюсь. Предел человеческих возможностей плюс минус нащупан..... Наверное.

This kid has Russian Gene, natural in free skating.

where was this competition? There is no audience?

OMGGGGG HIS HEIGHT AND SPEED!!

冰上跳跃比赛!!!

@i_love_yuzu0214

Жыл бұрын

😂對，已不是花式滑冰

@lilingo8752

Жыл бұрын

@@i_love_yuzu0214 我不是羽生粉了哦!我早已变♥️了

@i_love_yuzu0214

Жыл бұрын

@@lilingo8752 我只是認同你說 是冰上跳躍比賽 跟羽生沒有關係哦

@lilingo8752

Жыл бұрын

@@i_love_yuzu0214 谢谢你😄

Well done my son!

He’s like cat. He Can land anything❤

That's crazy

He got so much air time🙌

She's the moment!

👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

Wow! So clean and easy. What a beauty. I've always wanted to see a triple flip into a triple lutz. Or even a triple axel into triple lutz. The free leg is in perfect position to reach back and so is the blade on the ice. However that triple lutz into triple axel will suffice. These guys need to get creative now in order to have an edge. That quad axel should give him a huge edge over everyone.

WOW!!

OMG!

OMG!!!

Interesante ver qué el 4A por primera vez en una competencia nivel B de la ISU... Quisiera ver este 4A en una Competencia Internacional A de la ISU (Eventos del GP, GPF, 4Cc y Mundial) enfrentando a los mejores Patinadores Varones del mundo: Los japoneses Uno y Kagiyama. Bien por Malinin es un Patinador con talento, pero también es importante no enfocarse solo en el 4A, tiene que trabajar en sus otros saltos y en sus PCS. Uno y Kagiyama son los mejores Patinadores del mundo y ninguno de ellos tiene 4A.

@Motshidi

Жыл бұрын

No atxutxes tanto! Te olvidas de que solo tiene 17 años?

@Catalina_Estevez

Жыл бұрын

@@Motshidi No sé que significa "atxutxes", solo usted lo sabe... Por otra parte en el actual patinaje artístico varonil, se observa un alto nivel técnico y competitivo. Hay jóvenes Patinadores que a partir de los 17 años hacían 3 quads (Kagiyama) o 5 quads (Chen) y ahora Malinin de 17 años puede hacer un 4A. Mostrando un alto nivel técnico. Y también vemos un nivel competitivo en competencias internacionales por parte de estos jóvenes... Chen a los 18 años ganó en el 2017 4Cc. Kagiyama que a sus 17 años logro el Bronce en 4Cc el 2020 y a sus 18 años la plata en el mundial 2021 y en las Olimpiadas 2022. Cómo ve... tener 17 o 18 no fue un impedimento para que otros Patinadores varones compitan a gran nivel.

@Motshidi

Жыл бұрын

@@Catalina_Estevez Con su edad, Ilia también puede competir a un gran nivel. Por otra parte, sigo el patinaje desde los 7 años. Conozco bien los logros de l@s patinador@s.

@Catalina_Estevez

Жыл бұрын

@@Motshidi Malinin ya está compitiendo y esforzándose por estar a gran nivel con sus 17 años, al igual que lo estuvieron en su momento Chen y Kagiyama a sus 17 años.... Por lo tanto si en eso estamos de acuerdo...por qué usted se queja de que Malinin tiene solo 17 años? Mi comentario se enfoco en: - Querer que Malinin pusiera el 4A en competencias internacionales A de la ISU. - Que Malinin no solo se concentrará en el 4A, que también trabajé otros elementos de su patinaje. Si usted sigue el patinaje sabrá que la edad no es impedimento para obtener grandes logros a nivel de competencia o récords personales en el patinaje tanto en varones como en damas.

@Motshidi

Жыл бұрын

@@Catalina_Estevez Pero qué tontería! No retuerzas mis palabras Yo no me quejo de que tenga 17 primaveras, todo lo contrario. Mi comentario es de admiración hacia èl y de que a su edad tiene tiempo para progresar y dominar la parte técnica y la artística.

I think whats most impressive with ilia is how confidently he lands his jumps. If you look at his free programm as a whole he lands all of the jumps and only on his combination he looses balance after landing.

NEW G.O.A.T

@adele5914

Жыл бұрын

no.

@huiyinglu4514

Жыл бұрын

Ilia is a new star. But as Brian Oser said, he is still a boy on ice. What's the final score he got in this event? He seems to fall in the short program. I hope he spend sometime to stabilize all of his jumps. Way to go! People will call him GOAT after he got 1 or 2 Olympic GOLD medal!

@yulysolgunter2057

Жыл бұрын

@@huiyinglu4514 он уже по качеству обошел 2кратного чемпиона с грязными прокатами

What is the heights? 80cm?

Класс. Молодец, словинет

I made a quad axel years ago. Downhill on skiers. Accidentally.

😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍

🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

He's a great jumper. In time, perhaps he can achieve Hanyu's artistry. Great future ahead for Malinin.

*This cured my depression*

4Aは勿論凄いけど、他の4回転ジャンプも飛べて、3Lz-3Aが見れるとは😹　新ルール改正で一番嬉しい✨連続ジャンプのバリエーションが増える〜

Ну ваще, что творят, что творят!!!

Молодец пацан

00:45 music?

OMG OMG OMG!!!

Wowwwwwww

whaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaat :o ♥

кто его тренер? who is his coach? неужели никому не интересно кто подготовил этот прыжок? no one's interested who his coach is? not a word about the one who s prepared the sportsman

@NN-nnn

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Его тренирует отец.

He flies

점프 높이 탄력 대단하다

They are REALLY stingy with the points on the 4A. It should be at LEAST base of 15.5

Улетел в космос

GOE only 1.0???

Поздравляю не вериться что такое возможно

Amazing, kinda dissapointed Yuzuru Hanyu wasn't the first

漸く成功者が現れたか。加点が抑えられてるが、こんなもんだろう。 ギリギリ回転不足(q)を免れたって感じだね。

很棒的跳躍，但似乎都只看到跳躍

This kid is so damn good. He absolutely should have been sent to the Olympics last time instead of Brown. He's gonna be the next Olympic champion 🇺🇲. Can't wait to see it happen.

@DeepSeas..

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*Zhou The judges blatantly inflated Zhou’s score at nationals by about 25 points just to place him ahead of Brown so he’d be safe.

@Karamarika

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@@DeepSeas.. no, Zhou deserved to be there. He had quads in long and short. Iirc, Brown had one quad in the long and fell on it. There is no comparison. Zhou worked very hard to be in the best shape he could be for the Olympics and clearly deserved his spot. He got robbed out of competing by what was likely a false positive COVID test. Idk why people defend Brown so heavily. He just does not have the technical skills to make the podium internationally. The spot would have been better spent on Malinin to give him some Olympic experience to lead into the next games (and possibly a medal). There was no point in sending Brown when he had zero chance at a medal. Also, nationals scores are always a little inflated compared to international scores. Perhaps you can supply an apt comparison of Zhou's performances that shows he got an extra 20 point compared to what he received elsewhere for a comparable performance? I felt like Brown was really propped up because they wanted an excuse to send him. He was 13 points behind Malinin. Never medaled at World's. His best international showing is a silver at Four Continents in 2020. Not exactly an achievement. Zhou has 2 World bronze medals. Idk how you can argue that Zhou should have stayed home instead of Brown.