Having been a figure skater myself (decades ago), I’ve always known how corrupt the sport is. That’s why after I quit, I never followed fs closely but just occasionally watched competitions on tv (which was fun AND frustrating).
But Yuzu drew me in. He was special. At age 17, he started setting WRs, and it soon became clear that if anyone could beat Patrick, it would be him. I was happy to see him set new WR after WR, not because he was succeeding, but because the fs world seemed finally capable of
