Yuzuru HANYU (JPN)

Yuzu has had multiple clean run throughs lately and has done a 5 quad program with a 4S at the end (for fun). You gotta love his competitive spirit!!! He is not about to be left behind. 5 quads??? No problem, but I know Yuzu knows he doesn’t need it! Yuzu’s got this!!

Edit: Please note: I do not believe Yuzu is changing his program to a 5 quad program. Just simply that he practiced a run through and threw in an extra quad salchow at the end. He also did this extra quad salchow at one of the GPF practices at the end of his program run through, maybe to make up for the 4S combo he popped, and maybe just for practice fun. Here is a video link to GPF practice with 4S at end where he technically attempted 5 quads.
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Asked to comment on Nathan Chen's fantastic free program at the 2017 U.S. Championships and how it might impact his own protégés, Orser was quick to answer: "Until now, Yuzuru and Javi had each other to push themselves, and there was a gap behind them. Now other ones, like Nathan Chen, Boyang Jin, Shoma Uno, Alexander Samarin and a few others, are filling the gap. That's where the sport is going. What Nathan did at U.S. nationals was brilliant. I'm grateful of their efforts.

"They are boosting Yuzu and Javi. It doesn't mean that Javi has to learn other quads. Same for Yuzu. With the programs they both have -- the choreography, the steps, the spins, the jumps -- I'm not worried. Their quads are fast, they fill the space, and they get the GOEs (Grades of Execution). The only two skaters who have beaten the 300-point bar in the world are Yuzu and Javi. We see the others' achievements, we acknowledge them, and we stick to our plans.

"I don't want Yuzu or Javi to be defensive -- that is, to react to that (a performance like Chen's) and change something one year before the Olympics. Yuzu was smart to add a quad loop this year -- because it was this year."