Aw... Dear Patrick!
Here's PJ Kwong's interview with him after the SP:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hlSPb-aBslY
Anyone notice that he looks even thinner than before?
I hope he gets better in the FS. He didn't look well today.
He definitely looked thinner than before.
It was actually a bit worrying. his face looks gaunt. I hope he's ok. --P.S. I'm used to seeing Yuzu like that, but not Pat.
PJ Kwong: Tell me, what your strategy is for the free program?
Patrick: I don't know right now... I think I'm just gonna stick to the plan, obviously, and focus on practice tomorrow.
“We’re already doing so much out there on the ice so I don’t really think about the rules going into the program,” Chan said. “I don’t study the rulebook off the ice.”
Curiosity got the better of me and I watched the SP with no sound so I wouldn't have to hear the commentators. In his last two SPs, he's made mistakes that he's never made before. Did he not realize he Zayaked until he got his scores? I couldn't tell if, in the interview, he was "surprised" about the rules or just frustrated by his program. Skaters get criticized a lot online when they Zayak, but I would imagine that it's sometimes hard not to do it when you're in the moment of the program and your mind is already racing because of often unexpected mistakes. If during the program Patrick was indeed thinking, "3Lz+3T will get me some points back," then after the scores he was probably thinking, "Dang it, my hard work to do that combo got me nothing! " All he needed to do to avoid Zayaking was 3Lz+2T, but that would have been an invalid element. What a fighter though. The whole program was a bit off, but he fought.
I could be wrong, but I think skaters can't do a triple-double as the combo in the SP. According to this chart, double-triple is allowed but not triple-double. Does anyone know why double-triple is allowed? Is triple-double allowed too? I'm confused now.Why would a 3Lz-2T be invalid?
I could be wrong, but I think skaters can't do a triple-double as the combo in the SP. According to this chart, double-triple is allowed but not triple-double. Does anyone know why double-triple is allowed? Is triple-double allowed too? I'm confused now.
I could be wrong, but I think skaters can't do a triple-double as the combo in the SP. According to this chart, double-triple is allowed but not triple-double. Does anyone know why double-triple is allowed? Is triple-double allowed too? I'm confused now.