I just love how there was absolutely no hesitation in any of his jumps. Once he has his jumps down like that he's virtually untouchable in everything else.
Congrats, Patrick. Happy to see a great come back. Just enjoy your skating as you say, and all will (fall) into place medal or no medal.
The skate is even better as video replays. You know, watched with relaxed appreciation.
Okay, who here was too excited to go to sleep last night after Patrick's performance? (Raises hand)
Just watched and listen to a bunch of different videos of his performance and the analysis, and they seem to agree that although Patrick's program was technically not as difficult as Hanyu's, the quality in every element was undeniable.
Also forgot to mention that I loved how PJ Kwong asked why Patrick put his face in his hands at the end, and Patrick said it was because he couldn't believe it. Just 4-5 minutes before his program he was still going through that roller coaster of emotions, and then the talk with Kathy was what he needed. What a remarkable turnaround in such a short time! If Patrick can do this every time he competes, he will be unstoppable!
Article: http://olympics.nbcsports.com/2015/...-figure-skating-daisuke-murakami-adam-rippon/
I didn't sleep until 2 am ET.
Thank heavens I got an extra hour of sleep but I still slept only 4 hours.
But I am now retired and have time to catch up on my sleep!
It was a good reason worth staying up for, eh? And we were very understandingly gifted an extra hour.
Yes! Alas, I think I shall have to catch up on my sleep tonight, as my toddler daughter woke me up at 4 a.m...
So, being bleary-eyed and bushy-tailed, I've been trying to find a large image of Patrick from last night so I could see exactly what his top looks like up close. Is is a thick shirt? A light sweater? And is it light gray with mottled dark gray all over?
From this image I can see sequins? all over it. I know there are some colored ones around the cuff and on his chest. Tis the most mysterious pattern I've ever seen a skater wear! I wonder who designed it? Did they get their inspiration from marble countertops or video games? Here's another picture. It seems like it would keep him warm while skating.
Congratulations! Patrick, it is golden again. Thank you very much for the master piece performance and it is a joy to watch it again and again.
Yes! Alas, I think I shall have to catch up on my sleep tonight, as my toddler daughter woke me up at 4 a.m...
So, being bleary-eyed and bushy-tailed, I've been trying to find a large image of Patrick from last night so I could see exactly what his top looks like up close. Is is a thick shirt? A light sweater? And is it light gray with mottled dark gray all over?
From this image I can see sequins? all over it. I know there are some colored ones around the cuff and on his chest. Tis the most mysterious pattern I've ever seen a skater wear! I wonder who designed it? Did they get their inspiration from marble countertops or video games? Here's another picture. It seems like it would keep him warm while skating.
I concur the right key for Chopin is the low key as far as the costume is concerned. All neutral so the focus is on the performance itself.
However, it seems quite a few people are distracted by his beautiful physique revealed by the tight fitting costume.
Lol, perhaps I should clarify that my question about Patrick's costume is purely out of curiosity and interest, and not because I am bothered by it.
If Patrick had on a silver wig or a Halloween costume last night, I still would have been curious regardless of how he skated. The writer and fan in me is fascinated by every aspect of him and his life.
Masterful performance from Patrick! Lucky to have him back and another present for figure skating world. Who cares about his costume, when he and only he can skate like this.
Can someone provide me the links to Patrick's last year JO FS. I would like to watch that great performance as well.
Honestly, I think Patrick's skating really suits this particular Chopin piece, cannot imagine anyone else to pull it off like Patrick. only Patrick can!
But between the six-minute warm-up at the Enmax Centre on Saturday night and the moment he had to perform, Chan had a tearful emotional meltdown. The weight of the moment, he said, was overwhelming.
"Kathy and I were talking, I'm like 'Why did I make this choice? Why do I make myself do this? Why do I fear competing so much, and why do I put myself in such an uncomfortable position?"
He laid down for a few minutes with his legs propped against the wall. And after a pep talk from Johnston, he went out and laid down a beautiful long program to Chopin.
Chan will compete in the Trophee Bompard Grand Prix in two weeks in Paris. The Grand Prix Final is in Barcelona in December, and the world championships are in March in Boston, where he'd like nothing better than to add a fourth world title, tying Canadian Kurt Browning.
Chan plans to compete until the 2018 Olympics in South Korea.
His opening quad toe-triple toe combo was spectacular, as was the triple Axel that followed, a jump that has been extremely inconsistent for him over the years. It wasn’t just that he landed them. It was the way they soared through the air and the speed and flow he had on the landings. They were so good that the quad combo went from a base value of 14.60 to 16.89 and the Axel rose from 8.50 to 10.64. Looking at his score sheet, it’s the same all the way down. Huge positive grades of execution meant that it didn’t really matter that he turned his second planned quad toe into a triple. He made up for it elsewhere, such as with his step sequence. Not only was it graded at the most difficult level four, he got +3 almost across the board from the judges, making it worth 6.00 instead of the 3.90 it started at.
So whereas Hanyu went from 90.50 on his planned technical content to the 98.35, Chan went from 76.92 to 95.17