Figure skater Yuzuru Hanyu, left, and his coach Yoshiko Kobayashi react after seeing his results in the men's short program figure skating competition at the Iceberg Skating Palace in Sochi on Thursday night. Hanyu set a new world record score to open up a 3.93-point lead on three-time world champion Patrick Chan of Canada.
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slumdog
Personally, I love this photo! Real reactions to a great result!
philly1
Too bad you missed it, Tit. It was the perfect blend of art and sport. I hope it ends in Yuzuru, Patrick and Daisuke on the podium. I don't even care what order. But in this sport anything can happen. It all comes down to having all the right stuff and laying it on the ice in the moment that it counts.
darbysan
well done bring home the GOLD.
Badge213
Remember photos only take a fraction of a second of time. I'm sure all of us have had photos taken at strange timing where our facial expressions looked crazy! or drunk.
nath
The coach looks terrified rather than happy. That is an end-of-the-world face. Hilarious.
jerseyboy
Watched this live on TV here in the states. Hanyu was awesome -- easily the class of the field. Hope he brings it home tomorrow night.
DaveAllTogether
Maybe not, but if Hanyu can pull off the gold I don't think she will care much about it.
MarkG
Great photo and a brilliant performance! Congratulations!!!!!
gogogo
I can't understand how a judged by points sports even can have world records.
dbsaiya
He's ready to blow up into a blond haired, blue eyed "su-pa saiyajin!"
LFRAgain
Agree with Dave. if Hanyu managed to land the gold, she'll live down this photo just fine. :-)
titaniumdioxide
Hanyu wins gold!
titaniumdioxide
Huge mouth for a huge score. I failed to to watch this. Why? T-T
ka_chan
He did a good job but it's only the short program.
HongoTAFEinmate
Hate to lower the tone of discussion, but this photo is a classic. Reminds me of the HUMANCENTiPAD episode. Almost like somebody has been eating too much cuttlefish.
rickyvee
with the russian out, i guess the russian judge could finally score the other skaters unbiasedly.
Kurobune
Ganbarre, Yuzuru-san ! (That coach is not going to be able to live that pic down !)
dcog9065
That's a pretty hilarious photo
wangchi
shine bright little angel...i pray to God to bless you win (gold, yes!!!) this time again and may your hard work pay off with tremendous results. let the asthma be gone... love you tons. fighto!!
oldman_13
This is Japan's best hopes for gold medal in the sport.
Mao Asada has no chance of gold, probably not even silver.
smithinjapan
Not the greatest picture. Looks Like Hanyu is about to explode or transform into some hideous creature, and the coach about to flee in terror. That said, he deserves to explode -- with joy -- over his excellent performance (didn't watch it, but if his score was that high it must have been). I don't want to jynx it by saying this may well be Japan's hope for gold, but it certainly looks that way. Looks like Chan gave it a pretty good go as well. Best of luck to both in the second round.