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4CC won't pose an issue for the East Asian skaters. The Koreans are obviously at home, and the Japanese and Chinese are each only 1.5 hour plane ride away, plus some additional surface time to get to the competition city from Incheon Airport. The time zone won't be an issue. So logistically if they and their federations want them to compete, it's possible. For the US skaters, it's just dawned on me (forgive, I'm a bit slow) that the scheduling vis a vis US Nationals doesn't work, so I'm not sure how the US Fed is planning to play this, even for the skater that aren't going to the Olympics. Wow. Hopefully USFS has reserved a block of seats on the Asiana nonstop Seattle-Seoul flights.
And also remember that when you travel westbound to Asia, you cross the dateline and move forward in time, so the flights that leave the US around 1 pm on Day 1 don't arrive until about 6 pm Day 2, Korea time. So there's even less time than you think! (No the skaters won't need visas to get into Korea, and I'm sure the Koreans already have the path smoothed for competitors coming, so that's not an issue).
And also remember that when you travel westbound to Asia, you cross the dateline and move forward in time, so the flights that leave the US around 1 pm on Day 1 don't arrive until about 6 pm Day 2, Korea time. So there's even less time than you think! (No the skaters won't need visas to get into Korea, and I'm sure the Koreans already have the path smoothed for competitors coming, so that's not an issue).