*"m'exercer" (exercise/exert myself) may be better translated here as "do my thing" or "do my best", I think. Then the "it" later would refer to this exercise/thing he did.
It would be better translated by to "practice" or "rehearse".
*"m'exercer" (exercise/exert myself) may be better translated here as "do my thing" or "do my best", I think. Then the "it" later would refer to this exercise/thing he did.
Good for him that he could set his mind like this!
His 3 falls at Japan Open were impressive, and not in a good way.
Yes, I think this is a great way to approach the competitions and the progress. Judged competitions are about performances as there are no interactions among the competitors. It's all about doing one's best at the time that matters. I would tell a skater that competition happens when choreographing, training, stretagizing etc. every day except the day of the competition. That's when a skater should not think about competing or his/her competitiors. It's time to put everything out of his/her mind except the performance. As it's usually said, be in the moment.
When top skaters emerge from different countries, their native fans often oblige to educate us about their languages and cultures. What a great side benefit for figure skating fans to learn and to understand more about our world and appreciate the differences as well as commonalities as humans!
He's the judges' pet? I'm not sure why you have to insult him that way. Did he do something to the judges? Or did he do something to you to make you saying that?and he is also by far the judges favorite and pet. Combine the two and it will take 7 falls for him to lose any event from until Sochi.
Maybe someone can help me with this since I'm not an expert on figure skating. Regarding Chan's new program, I've watched the Japan Open on YouTube. Where is the Footwork on his program? In POTO, the Footwork is at the end right? I really like his POTO Footwork segment. But for this new program, I can't really tell.
How do you compare the two programs in terms of difficulties? Is his new program better than POTO or about the same? If say, he skates cleanly and hit every element, is this new progam enough to get 300 mark?