Pang & Tong, We will miss you both. May you continue to have dreams to chase, and may you catch them.
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After their wedding Tong should go give Sui&Han dance lessons. He was formerly an ice dancer before he started pairs wasn't he?
After their wedding Tong should go give Sui&Han dance lessons. He was formerly an ice dancer before he started pairs wasn't he?
After their wedding Tong should go give Sui&Han dance lessons. He was formerly an ice dancer before he started pairs wasn't he?
I rarely have tears in my eyes over skating... aside from a few exceptions, i.e. Irina's win in 2005.
P&T, just thank you. I hope you continue to coach the next generation of Chinese skaters. You definitely deserved the bronze, no doubt.
I don't think S&S should have been 136 something in the FS, which is only a few tenths below P&T. Sure, they had a big lead over everyone else except V&T in the SP. But they didn't deserve such high points given two falls on 2 key elements. P&T had a very minor error on the SBS and that's it. Otherwise, emotional and beautiful. People who know skating know they are survivors and champions.
He was very young and unsuccessful as was Pang - two teenagers who had lost their partners and got put together by Yao who then left them alone for 3 years while he trained S/Z in Beijing. They tried to get advice from others' coaches and they fought badly and constantly with each other. They met up with their coach once and learned a double jump. They copied others' choreography and they always came in last in every competition. Eventually Yao was able to bring them to Beijing to train. Then they came in dead last again. Totally discouraged, they took a walk in a quite street, thinking of quitting. They started talking and ended up crying their hearts out. Thinking back of all the hard times they had, they decided to stay on.
When Tong was thinking of courting Pang, he consulted their coach and Yao told him she was the only one in the world who would truly understand him.
They stayed on to compete this season to get China 3 Olympic spots because S/Z had retired and Zhang had a new partner. They are ready to pass the torch.
I wish them the best and all the happiness they deserve.
He was very young and unsuccessful as was Pang - two teenagers who had lost their partners and got put together by Yao who then left them alone for 3 years while he trained S/Z in Beijing. They tried to get advice from others' coaches and they fought badly and constantly with each other. They met up with their coach once and learned a double jump. They copied others' choreography and they always came in last in every competition. Eventually Yao was able to bring them to Beijing to train. Then they came in dead last again. Totally discouraged, they took a walk in a quite street, thinking of quitting. They started talking and ended up crying their hearts out. Thinking back of all the hard times they had, they decided to stay on.
When Tong was thinking of courting Pang, he consulted their coach and Yao told him she was the only one in the world who would truly understand him.
They stayed on to compete this season to get China 3 Olympic spots because S/Z had retired and Zhang had a new partner. They are ready to pass the torch.
I wish them the best and all the happiness they deserve.
He was very young and unsuccessful as was Pang - two teenagers who had lost their partners and got put together by Yao who then left them alone for 3 years while he trained S/Z in Beijing. They tried to get advice from others' coaches and they fought badly and constantly with each other. They met up with their coach once and learned a double jump. They copied others' choreography and they always came in last in every competition. Eventually Yao was able to bring them to Beijing to train. Then they came in dead last again. Totally discouraged, they took a walk in a quite street, thinking of quitting. They started talking and ended up crying their hearts out. Thinking back of all the hard times they had, they decided to stay on.
When Tong was thinking of courting Pang, he consulted their coach and Yao told him she was the only one in the world who would truly understand him.
They stayed on to compete this season to get China 3 Olympic spots because S/Z had retired and Zhang had a new partner. They are ready to pass the torch.
I wish them the best and all the happiness they deserve.