I don't think all Japanese guys are humble. Machida, for example, is not humble at all. Before GPF he said he wants to win 2018 Olympic gold medal. After Worlds he said he will grab the gold medal from Yuzru at next Worlds.
I don't think all Japanese guys are humble. Machida, for example, is not humble at all. Before GPF he said he wants to win 2018 Olympic gold medal. After Worlds he said he will grab the gold medal from Yuzru at next Worlds.
From time to time, I am wondering whether Chan's inconsistency is the result of bad techniques or just his mentality?
From time to time, I am wondering whether Chan's inconsistency is the result of bad techniques or just his mentality?
That all depends on the structure of his program in terms of beating Yuzuru. Of course this if both are skating cleanly. By next year, I'm sure Yuzu will probably have landed the 2+ quads in addition to his high valued axel combinations. If Chan can get around his mental block with the axels, then maybe. But PCS isn't going to save Patrick anymore, looks like the judges have found a new favorite.
Agree with pangtongfan and Panpie
I think Sochi was poorly organized in that the men only had one night in between their skates. I mean Worlds was a much better performance from both women and men's singles because they spaced out the event nicely (of course it leaves room to get injured in the day between).
I think that extra night would have made all the difference for all of the skaters at Sochi considering how relatively poorly everyone did. Denis was amazing but overall even before the final group it was just a splatfest. People were especially cruel as to why they didn't understand why Yuzu and Chan even placed and how anti-climatic everything was, but then again they probably don't know how the system works since to the amateur viewer, a clean performance is better than a flawed but harder program.
And awful costumes.Still I think 2009-2014 will go down in history even 100 years from now as the all time dark age of mens skating. Awful judging, awful skating, awful competitors, awful scoring system. Thank goodness it is over and worlds this year was a sign of better things to come.
BTW you are right lbc2138 Japanese inflation anywhere near as bad as Chanadaflation or Russianflation when there are events held there so it wasnt meant as a dig at the Japanese.
god yes, what is it that Hanyu wins. Who the heck is his costume designer, Johnny Weir, LOL! It looks like he borrowed some netting from a hornet or bee factory and sewed it together with some lace to make a costume.
Chan should stick to school or whatever he plans now off the ice
that is where he should stay now and where he belongs
I don't know who I felt more sorry for, Patrick, Elvis or Curt. They all bombed at the Olympics when they were the favorites and should have won. Patrick will recoup and move on just like the others did.
Elvis never bombed at the Olympics. He skated very well in all 4 Olympics he was ever in for that matter. Skated his absolute best in 92 (not as a serious contender) and 94, and many felt should have won in 94 but the judges went with Urmanov. In 98 he had a pulled groin and turned in one of the most heroic performances in history to win silver, skating a clean 8 triple program with a pulled groin, while many of his fully healthy rivals like Eldredge and Yagudin bombed to let him win that silver. 2002 past his prime he again skated very well with only a small error in the short, and an almost clean LP with 2 quads.
Actually while I liked him alot for the same reasons you do, this was true in his amateur days. He whined constantly about how he was scored, when outside the 94 Olympics (underscored in LP) and 94 worlds (deserved his scores) he was in fact overscored relative to his competitors, especialy Eldredge, Sandhu, Zagarodniuk, the Chinese men, at times Kulik and Yagudin. I often though it was an intimidation tactic to get higher marks, and based on the scores he often received I suspect it worked.
I don't know who I felt more sorry for, Patrick, Elvis or Curt. They all bombed at the Olympics when they were the favorites and should have won. Patrick will recoup and move on just like the others did.
Patrick did not bomb in 2010. He actually had one of his best competitions of the season at the Games. Remember he had been injured and was clearly not up to speed that season.