He could very well be travelling with Hubbell/Donohue and Chock/Bates - the former are still in Montreal at the minute from IG stories.Well, maybe the Forward got the Jan. 31 departure date right?
How are the ice dancers leaving? Is there a Canadian American Express?
So confusing
I think it’s likely he won’t be in the team event (to my sadness). The FS is now no longer the day before the individual SP so I could possibly see Nathan deciding to do both segments. If they do decide to split, I think Vincent’s higher place finish at Nats would give him the choice of whatever Nathan didn’t want, and I can’t see any athlete declining that opportunity for a medal.
Maybe he'll be flying with Team Canada? I expect that Nathan and Vince will be doing Team. But China apparently doesn't want people entering piecemeal. But if he's back in Canada, he probably won't be traveling with Team USA. That could be true of the Montreal group as well.
Jeremy Allen is a jump coach, among other things. He's worked with Jason before. I hope that means that he was working on his jumps in Chicago. The delay in the US could well have been caused by Tracy's positive test. But it may have been planned. Eventually he'll talk about it, I guess.The only thing I can think was that staying in the US wasn’t planned but came about bc of Tracy’s positive result. And that maybe he’s mostly been working with Ro and that Tracy was just cleared and that they weren’t prepared to leave for China from the US. Otherwise it seems like an awful lot of extra stress and travel time, more exposure to Covid, and going backwards through time zones.
Well at least he’s double masked correctly now (with the N95 closest to his face)
I assumed that he and Tracy were headed to LA. Apparently, I was wrong. They seem to be in Canada until the 31st. There are also 6 Ice Dancers in Canada who are from the US and need to get to Beijing. The first wave might just be the Team Challenge Participants. That would be Vince, Nathan, One or Two Ice Dance Teams and one or two Pairs Teams, plus Alysa and probably Mariah. Karen is probably traveling with them. So that leaves Jason and Jean Luc and Kaitlyn, who are probably all in Canada. If Jason is at TCC, he's not in the Team USA bubble. It's a puzzle.Not sure, but I would guess that Jason would have to fly with Team USA and enter the bubble with them. I would be surprised if he flies with Team Canada; after all, they have their own athletes to worry about. But who knows. It’s also interesting to think about where Tracy and Brian fit in as to bubbles. I don’t know if coaches fly with athletes or not, and given that Tracy is Canadian and coaches a US athlete, and Brian is Canadian but coaches a Korean and a Japanese athlete (not sure if Brian is listed as Yuzuru’s coach?) it doesn’t seem clear how that will work. Stephane Lambiel is in a similar situation (he’s Swiss but has Deniss and Shoma). Time will tell but it’s getting to that time when we’re all impatient!
ETA one reason I think he’ll fly out of US is that all Team USA athletes need to go through Team Processing (completing paperwork, getting gear etc) before they leave and I think I heard that will be done in LA. I suppose it’s possible they could work with Canada to get that done but it seems unlikely. Who knows though - I’m frequently wrong about a lot of stuff!
Although it’s not 100% clear, I’m guessing that’s his arrival in China (not LA) because the article then goes on to say that on arrival he has to undergo a period of required isolation. I think this is true for all of the athletes (ie until they get negative test results). Anyway, we’ll see!Great story. I was an adult roller skater (quad skates) for 20 yrs - retired from skating in 2018. Competitive at the National level. I was a figure (on the circles) and dance skater. Team dance with my ex-husband as well.Yay! So glad to know that Tracy, Jason and Rohene have been working together and all are healthy!
Okay you guys, wanna know something funny? I had my very first adult learn to skate class at this rink, about 5 years ago.
On my first night, the skate shop insisted on putting me in rental skates the same size as my street shoes (little did I know then that you usually wear skates at least a whole size smaller than your street shoe size). I had hardly ever been on the ice before, and that first night I fell four times.
Another rink nearer to my house opened soon after I took that class, so I started taking classes there instead and bought my own skates in the right size. Fast forward a couple of years and my first instructor came to teach at my new rink. She was shocked at my progress.
ETA @el henry, the rink is quite close to HP. Maybe a 15 minute drive.
My surmise is and has been, since Jason went back to Canada, that Jason and Tracy will fly with Team Canada on their charter. That would account for the different departure date. It's a much smaller group, so they don't need as much processing time as Team USA. If the Ice Dance Teams went back to Canada after Nats, they will probably be on the same plane. IAM has Olympians from France. Spain and GB as well. I'm sure the various Feds will reimburse Canada for the ride. Keegan Messing is an interesting case. He may have to fly independently from Alaska. Too far from LA and too far from wherever Team Canada is flying from, which might be Toronto. I have no information at all to back this theory up.
This is interesting because Mariah Bell posted on insta last evening that she leaves for the Olympics in 4 days. That wouldn't be the 27th.
Sounds like air travel is going to be crazy for the Olympics. In this case I imagine skates and luggage will accompany skaters on the plane.
