--- title: What Yuzuru Hanyu Does With the Pooh Bears Fans throw description: Here's what figure skater Yuzuru Hanyu does with all those Pooh Bears fans throw on the ice. canonical: https://time.com/5163875/what-does-yuzuru-hanyu-do-with-pooh-bears/ author: Alice Park article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2018-02-16T23:38:29.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-10-12T08:59:04.441Z og:title: Here's What Yuzuru Hanyu Does With All Those Pooh Bears og:description: Where they end up will make you smile og:url: https://time.com/5163875/what-does-yuzuru-hanyu-do-with-pooh-bears/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt74c4271e79631991/6989280be76ad2332e63116b/gettyimages-918871950-1.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 4602 og:image:height: 2589 og:image:alt: PyeongChang 2018 Olympics: Figure Skating, Men's Short Program og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Here's What Yuzuru Hanyu Does With All Those Pooh Bears twitter:description: Where they end up will make you smile twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt74c4271e79631991/6989280be76ad2332e63116b/gettyimages-918871950-1.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 video:duration: 01:41 video:published: 2018-02-08 section: sports topics: cheat meals, athlete diet, weight gain program, downhill skiing, comfort food, ice cream, pizza, sushi, nutrition habits genre: interview, lifestyle tones: casual, playful, candid, humorous emotions: amusement (medium), enjoyment (high), craving (medium) sentiment: positive audience: sports fans, Team USA followers, people interested in athlete nutrition, food lovers organizations: Team USA products: McDonald's transcript_source: publisher captions transcript_reviewed: not applicable ---  # Here's What Yuzuru Hanyu Does With All Those Pooh Bears Everyone Throws on the Ice > Sponsored content. 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Their answers range from pasta, gelato and macaroni and cheese to fast food, sweets, sushi and pizza. Some athletes say they do not have cheat meals at all, citing their sport or their strength coach's weight-gain program. The video ends with a joke that every meal is a cheat meal. ## Key points - One athlete names greasy buttery pasta and pistachio gelato as a favorite cheat meal. (00:00) - A downhill athlete says there is no such thing as a cheat meal because the sport is about momentum. (00:17) - One athlete says a strength coach is trying to get them to gain weight and they have been on a weight gain program for 22 years. (00:27) - One athlete says a favorite cheat meal is nachos or chicken tenders, and a cheeseburger is another option. (00:34) - A possible cheat would be a homemade pastry, such as a scone or muffin, from a really cool bakery. (00:57) - One athlete says they are pretty much addicted to ice cream and need to have it every day. (01:19) - One athlete says their favorite cheat meal would be a big hot fudge sundae. (01:27) - One athlete jokes that every one of their meals is a cheat meal. (01:30) ## Chapters - [00:00 to 00:27] Favorite cheat meals and athletes who avoid the idea. Athletes name their favorite indulgences, and a downhill athlete explains why cheat meals do not apply to their sport. - [00:27 to 01:02] Weight gain programs and indulgent food choices. Athletes discuss a long weight gain program, dark chocolate, and fast food, fried chicken, and baked treats they enjoy. - [01:02 to 01:41] Sweets, pizza and ice cream favorites. Athletes list brownies, sushi, cheesecake and pizza, then name ice cream and hot fudge sundaes as favorites. ## Key quotes - [00:00] Athlete: "my favorite cheat meal with definitely be like some type of type of horrible greasy buttery pasta." - [00:17] Athlete: "I am a downhiller, so there is no such thing as a cheat meal." - [00:27] Athlete: "I don't really call them cheat meals, I just call them meals." - [01:19] Athlete: "Anyone call tell you that I'm pretty much addicted to ice cream and I need to have it like every day." - [01:30] Athlete: "I think every one of my meals is a cheat meal" ## Questions this video answers - What foods do Team USA athletes consider their favorite cheat meals? [00:00] - Why does one downhill athlete say there is no such thing as a cheat meal? [00:17] - Why is one athlete on a weight gain program? [00:27] - What would one athlete choose as a cheat meal from a bakery? [00:57] - What dessert does one athlete name as their favorite cheat meal? [01:27]  by [Alice Park](https://time.com/author/alice-park/)  ## Alice Park Senior Correspondent Feb 16, 2018 11:38 PM UTC Team USA Athletes Dish Their Favorite Cheat Meals  by [Alice Park](https://time.com/author/alice-park/)  ## Alice Park Senior Correspondent Feb 16, 2018 11:38 PM UTC Every time Japan’s [Yuzuru Hanyu](http://time.com/5162157/yuzuru-hanyu-japan-figure-skating-short-program/) skates these days, he’s [showered with Winnie the Pooh bears](http://time.com/5162305/winnie-the-pooh-japan-figure-skater-yuzuru-hanyu-olympics/). His supporters have thrown the adorable bears onto the ice after eagle-eyed fans saw the reigning Olympic champion using a Pooh-themed tissue box cover at the rink. Hanyu is apparently a fan of the A. A. Milne character, and the superstitious skater sees him as a good luck mascot. There’s usually a Pooh sitting rinkside when he skates, and Hanyu will bow to or pat the bear’s head before competing. Although Olympic rules don’t allow mascots by the ice, rest assured there was probably a Pooh sitting by Hanyu’s locker backstage in PyeongChang. And the tradition continues at the Olympic figure skating men’s event. His fans have a lot of bears to make up for — Hanyu injured his ankle last November and has not competed since then, so his appearance on Olympic ice for the first time in three months meant a lot of Pooh bears could finally find their home. What does the reigning Olympic champion do with all the bears (and there are a LOT of them, as the poor Olympic sweepers can attest). Hanyu usually donates them — by the bagful — to local charities wherever he skates. Looks like there may be some new devotees of the cuddly Winnie the Pooh in Korea in coming weeks. ## Transcript [00:00] Okay, my favorite cheat meal with definitely be like [00:02] some type of type of horrible greasy buttery pasta. [00:04] Gelato pick, pistachio gelato. Macaroni and cheese [00:09] I don't have one, there's no cheating. I just, [00:13] I eat what I want. One of my favorite meals No, no I [00:17] don't have cheat meal, I'm in a gravity sport. I am a [00:21] downhiller, so there is no such thing as a cheat meal. I [00:23] get to eat everything in site, it's all about momentum. I [00:27] don't really call them cheat meals, I just call them [00:29] meals. My strength coach is trying to get me to gain [00:30] weight. So I'm constantly, I've been on a weight gain [00:32] program for 22 years now. I love dark chocolate but [00:33] it's not really a cheat meal, because I eat lots of it. [00:34] Favorite cheat meal, nachos. Chicken tenders. I'd [00:37] probably have a cheeseburger. I'd [00:42] probably have some McDonalds and break down for a [00:44] day. Burger and a beer maybe. I [00:49] really like fried chicken sandwiches. I have had one in [00:52] a while. If I was gonna. Cheat, it would be [00:57] some kind of like homemade pastry, like a scone or a [00:57] muffin or something like that from a really cool bakery. [01:02] Currently brownies. Anything deep fried I guess. [01:02] Chocolate. A doughnut. Sushi. I love sushi and [01:07] I could eat it all day every day. Cheescake. [01:11] Pizza. Probably pizza. Pizza. Pizza. Pizza and ice [01:15] cream [ LAUGH ] My favorite cheat meal is ice cream. [01:19] ice cream. Anyone call tell you that I'm pretty much [01:21] addicted to ice cream and I need to have it like every [01:23] day. [ LAUGH ] Ice cream. Yeah. Ice cream. My favorite [01:27] cheat meal would have to be like a nice, big hot fudge [01:30] sundae. I think every one of my meals is a cheat meal [01:33] [ LAUGH ] i do a gravity sport. 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