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This will be the first Worlds in six years Patrick will not compete in. I miss him already.
Really? Really? What a pity!!!
This will be the first Worlds in six years Patrick will not compete in. I miss him already.
Which just underscores how relatively injury-free he has been throughout his entire career. It still amazes me that, other than this Worlds, he only missed one international event in six years. I miss him already too. I want to see Four Seasons in competition at least one more time. There's only so many times you can rewatch TEB. I WANT MORE!!! Maybe if he comes back, he'll get a new short but keep that as the long.This will be the first Worlds in six years Patrick will not compete in. I miss him already.
I'm not surprised that Chan isn't going since he had been hinting at it for the past few weeks, and I caught part of his appearance on Tout Le Monde En Parle on French CBC the other night where I think he said he was taking a year off to decide what he wants to do next.
I watched it again, and to the question will you be in Korea in 2018, he said that 4 years was a long time to do the same thing every day, and that he would take a year off "avant de recommencer à nouveau" - before starting over again.
ETA: Apparently the French audience was quite impressed by the fact that Patrick was bilingual.He talked about his Olympic experience, Joannie's tweet (the co-host asked Joannie for a scoop about Patrick and apparently she said he was ticklish - which Patrick confirmed to be true), why he started skating (his hockey coach told his mom to put him in figure skating to learn the basics), how he learned how to speak French (his father grew up in Montreal and thought it was important for a Canadian to be bilingual).
On a Monday afternoon media teleconference, Chan called skipping worlds a relatively easy decision.
"I know myself at this point in my career," the 23-year-old Chan said. "How I feel now was how I felt [for] the last three World Team Trophies (held after worlds). I do not have the best track record there. If I'm not fully invested and attentive to be there, I don't skate well."
Whatever happens in the future, I am a Patrick fan for life!"My long, long-term goal is to win another world championship," he said. "I don't even know if I want to go to another Olympics.
"I got off of the plane and sat down in my car and thought, 'I don't feel like this is the end,'" he added.
Whether that meant competing next season or taking a break and returning at a later time, he couldn't say.
Whatever happens in the future, I am a Patrick fan for life!
I saw another similar article about Pat:
http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/sports/398097/chan-won-t-defend-world-figure-skating-title-in-japan
"Honestly in my heart, I know I want to win another world championship."
"For the immediate moment, I know I don't want to be involved in the competitive side but in the future -- 2016, 2017, 2018, or even 2015 world championships -- I may tackle those challenges and those goals."
I hope Pat can go to next year's worlds! Can't wait to see him again!
ETA: Apparently the French audience was quite impressed by the fact that Patrick was bilingual.
He is actually more than bilingual though not quite fluently trilingual.
Patrick trying to speak Cantonese is so adorable. He's way ahead of me.I just watched two old vids of Pat where he each speaks one sentence of Cantonese. You guys probably have seen already. It seems his Cantonese is very limited.
Here, he was practicing how to say "Chan Wai Kuan is on Hong Kong's A-sport headline". He is so cute. I love his voice "Chan Wai Kuan" is his Cantonese name.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_gA1mKuPkQs
Another vid four years ago where he said "I really love skating" in Cantonese.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SnwJ2IW931E
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TzU7iBFI2_0
That picture blows my mind. They all look SO young! Patrick was 15 at 2006 TEB and it's amazing that he won it the very next year! It's a different experience to watch that program without the 3A.Violet, here's a vid of Patrick speaking Cantonese - 'welcoming people to watch the Worlds in London'.
Look at these young cuties ... Yuna, Patrick, Mao, Veneer, Amodio .... I think this pix was taken at a Worlds Junior?
Found this old vid of Patrick skating to Vivaldi at TEB 2006. I think he's only 15/16 yo then?
Thank you for the vids & pic! Even as a mandarin speaker, I still can't figure out every single word he said... I will consult my Cantonese friends.Violet, here's a vid of Patrick speaking Cantonese - 'welcoming people to watch the Worlds in London'.
Look at these young cuties ... Yuna, Patrick, Mao, Veneer, Amodio .... I think this pix was taken at a Worlds Junior?
Found this old vid of Patrick skating to Vivaldi at TEB 2006. I think he's only 15/16 yo then?
I will miss Patrick at the Worlds. However I can understand why he is not going. If he is not ready to put what happened at the Olympics behind him yet, than he shouldn't go. He's only 23 so I hope he finds his feet again. I want to see more of his fantastic skating.
Thank you for the vids & pic! Even as a mandarin speaker, I still can't figure out every single word he said... I will consult my Cantonese friends.
Here is an old interview where at the beginning he said in mandarin "I am Patrick Chan. I come from Canada". The grammar was not correct for the second sentence I heard Pat has been learning mandarin, not sure if he has made any progress...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ioxjeY-0THk
so sad that Patrick will not go to Worlds. I already miss him. Worlds is not the same without him, not so interesting for me. But I understand him. Hope, he will be back more stronger
This quote makes me feel all warm and fuzzy inside and I agree with it completely. I love the music that Patrick makes with his blades. I’ve never felt like his program music overpowered him at all. With Patrick, the music is an extension of his body and his movement on the ice. People can say whatever they want about his perceived “lack of artistry,” but to me every program he does is its own unique work of art. He is, and always will be, an artist in my eyes.“The unique feature about this piece of music is that there’s a lot of quiet moments. It takes a really, really experienced skater who is comfortable with those silent moments. You can make beautiful moments out of where there’s no music. You create your own music.”