Get yourself someone who can challenge and support you like Javier Fernandez does to Yuzuru Hanyu
By Ea Francisco | Photo by Terry Matthews/Unsplash
Japan’s Yuzuru Hanyu was all over Twitter last week not just because of his second Olympic gold medal but also because of his beautiful bromance with Spanish figure skater Javier Fernandez.
More than just fan favorites, the two are basically the skating ship of the decade right now. Hanyu and Fernandez have been skating rivals and best friends for as long as we can remember. In fact, you can pretty much Google their ship name Yuzuvier and expect to find hundreds of fanfics and gifs of them together.
When Javier Fernandez said this were his last #Olympics, Yuzuru Hanyu broke down and said “I cant do it without you”
Im not sobbing, you are sobbing pic.twitter.com/Dku9Ioy8bR
— frani. (@dirtypawslou) February 17, 2018
Though it was a memorable moment when they swept the top two spots, it was a heartbreaking scene afterwards. When Fernandez said this might be his last Olympics, Hanyu broke down and said “I can’t do it without you.”
I have just discovered the bromance between Yuzuru Hanyu and Javier Fernandez and I'm not okay 😭💖 pic.twitter.com/vM4V4orTFR
— Anson Ling (@ns0n) February 16, 2018
a thread of yuzuru and javier supporting each other as boyfriends pic.twitter.com/HJwdndkX9H
— laia (@twhiddlest) February 17, 2018
They may be from different countries, but the two skaters actually train under Brian Orser in Canada.
2012 finlandia trophy ➡️ 2018 pyeongchang olympics
their first and last competition together and javier still tickles yuzuru on the podium 💛 pic.twitter.com/EKCa8N7Dvj
— jay 36 🌋 (@hqnsols) February 21, 2018
i love yuzuru hanyu and javier fernandez with all my heart pic.twitter.com/71QOjyXZtJ
— 🥀 tia (@caressyoon) February 16, 2018
Fernandez has even gone so far as to call him his “skating wife” in one of his interviews with Reuters.
“With ‘Yuzu,’ we are everything, we are friends, we are teammates, at some point we have to be rivals,” he said. “It’s like having a wife, your wife is your friend, your wife is everything, but it depends on the time. When we are on the ice, we are competing against each other, but when the competition is done, we are friends again and we work together again.”
A proud father taking a photo of his sons: Yuzuru and Javier pic.twitter.com/byZHwiX6V7
— YUZURU HANYU (@taekookstress) February 17, 2018
Aside from training, the two have also competed against each other in various world championships, but this definitely doesn’t get in the way of their friendship.
*grabs microphone* THERE WILL NEVER BE ANYTHING BETTER THAN JAVIER FERNANDEZ AND YUZRU HANYU. NEVER. pic.twitter.com/r5SKeUY1Es
— YUZURU HANYU (@taekookstress) February 19, 2018
“We’re teammates; in the competition we’re still rivals,” Fernandez said when he was interviewed for his gold at the 2015 Worlds. “Yuzu just told me that he was happy for me. He even dropped a couple of tears.”
“Because I lost last year in this competition, I feel like I have to revenge,” Yuzuru said in an interview at the 2016 Worlds.
Media: Yuzuru Hanyu and Javier Fernandez have been battling it out for years to be the on top. *cuts to footage of Javi and Yuzu “battling it out”* pic.twitter.com/joqhsjyg7O
— YUZURU HANYU (@taekookstress) February 17, 2018