Interview in Monteal:
http://globalnews.ca/video/1298443/three-time-world-champion-patrick-chan
http://globalnews.ca/video/1298443/three-time-world-champion-patrick-chan
Happy to hear that Patrick is not absolutely ruling out competing, and that if he competes, it is likely to be in Boston Worlds 2016. Now I have to be patient.Interview in Monteal:
http://globalnews.ca/video/1298443/three-time-world-champion-patrick-chan
The three things I love most about this interview:Interview in Monteal:
http://globalnews.ca/video/1298443/three-time-world-champion-patrick-chan
Thank you for the translation and for this happy post!!!Well, this is for those of you who want to know if he will retire or not
Patrick Chan Interview on TVA Sports (in French)
At the beginning he talks about Stars on Ice who took place yesterday at the Bell Center. He says that there is no pressure and that they can enjoy the show, but that it resquests a lot of preparation for the group numbers, but it's fun because they can try different styles. To sum up, he talks about how it's a different experience.e
She then asks him his impression about his 2013-2014 season. He says he would have wanted to win gold in Sochi but that it wasn't his day and he made mistakes. This said, he's happy to go back home with two silver medals.
The final question is about his future. He says that before Sochi, he didn't want to keep competing next year, but after he got back home, he changed his idea. He'd like to compete again and MAYBE go to Korea in 2018 if he's healthy. He says it's a possibility and that he's really thinking of it.
Yayyyy
Looks like we'll see him competing again !
Thanks for the vids Spiky!!! The Michael Buble Ex is PERFECT for the way Patrick skates - so smooth and relaxing. It must feel great for all the skaters to skate without pressure just for the fun of it. I too am excited for emdee's thoughts about CSOI.Some CSOI vids.
Best of Me by Michael Buble
Bits and pieces of the group number, The Walker.
Vid one
Vid Two
Vid Three
Don't forget to report here, I would love to see some happy smile of PChan in some photos (if you have chance to take some photo of him). Thank you!Seeing him tonight... cannot wait.
Thank you so much. It seem PChan was very happy in Japan. This part crack me the most"And the feedback from Japan? Chan received so many gifts, that he had to buy an extra suitcase to bring them back. “It’s overwhelming,” he said. “It’s crazy. It’s a whole different culture.”"
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The gifts would depend on the sorts of interviews or social media information he did in Japan, he said. One day, U.S. ice dancer Alex Shibutani sent out an instagram photo of Chan with holes in his socks. So Chan began to get socks as gifts: piles and piles and piles of socks. “Actually I use a lot of them,” he said. Fortunately, some of them worked well as skating socks, something that Chan is very picky about. He also received clothes, stylish shirts, dress shirts, ties.
The comment from the reader is GREAT!!! The article, not so much. It's so negative. Patrick sounds really negative in most of it. A lot of the other stuff I've heard/read of late is the "I'm so happy to have the silver medal" angle, but this is the "I skated horribly" angle. It is true that he didn't skate well in the FS and we all know that, so I'm not denying it. But, really, why is that the FOCUS of the article? Heck, Patrick, even I as your fan haven't been able to bring myself to watch your Sochi FS again. It's still on my DVR and I'm thinking I'll watch it one more time on the one-year anniversary of you winning your individual silver medal and then delete it. It's just very hard to watch for me, and it's likely infinitely worse for you.Article: Chan's figure skating future remains unclear:
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/spor...hi-disappointment/article19143936/?cmpid=rss1
here's a comment by a reader:
Patrick Chan has brought international skating to a higher level since he first appeared. The amount of pressure to perform a highly technical sport flawlessly is beyond reason. These athletes already put tremendous pressure on themselves to perform and then the media more or less demands a gold medal. Chan won a Silver medal and yet is disappointed. Seems wrong somehow. This is the guy who is responsible for the high level of skating we are currently privileged to view. He, along with our pairs skaters, have been leading the pack for years."
Well, anything Patrick has done has been amazing, but if I had to choose, I'd say the latest Four Seasons, just so he could have better parting memories of it. Then again, he had a magical moment with it at TEB, so maybe not. For another LP, I would say Aranjuez or Rachmaninoff. A perfect Aranjuez would leave me in tears and I've always wished that he had gotten more out of the Rachmanioff program. I wonder if it could be rechoreographed with his current jump layout; that would be very interesting. I doubt Patrick would want to go back that far though.I've been thinking, - now stop your ! - if and when Patrick comes back to competition after the GP season, will he use one or two of his old programs instead of starting a new choreography so late? What program would you like to see him skate again?
For me, definitely Aranjuez, my favorite. It was so wonderful even though he never did a technically perfect performance with it. I would love to see a flawless breathtaking rendition of this masterpiece.