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- Nov 19, 2010
Patrick doesn't exactly call the media to announce his skating plan. He is one of the stars of the events, and last year, without Tessa and Scott, he was the sole headliner for the promotion of the event. A "show down" with Kevin Reynolds was hyped and a conference call with journalists was arranged with him and the quad question was asked and answered. I'm quite suer there would be some sort of media event before the competition and the new quad question will quite likely be posed to him then.
I wouldn't rule out him including a new quad. It depends on how well he will have trained since the GPF, possibly the longest stretch of training time he has had since last Worlds. Last year at this time he had just come off the GPF with clean programs with his 4T so everything was on track to include another 4T as planned. While last year's obstacles were mental, which he overcame by the GPF, this year's troubles have been more physical, with lack of training time as well as some health issues causing the subpar performances thus far. I think only Patrick and his team know for sure his readiness and the way he likes to stick to plans, I wouldn't be surprised if he actually goes ahead with adding a new quad. This year he is going to 4CC which involves no travelling for him so it's another practice opportunity before Worlds to put in the new quad if he doesn't do so at the Nationals.
The Nationals is really an ideal place to try something new and difficult because by then the program is familiar and the event offers no competitive stress. The home crowd support adds energy so why not go for it then?
I wouldn't rule out him including a new quad. It depends on how well he will have trained since the GPF, possibly the longest stretch of training time he has had since last Worlds. Last year at this time he had just come off the GPF with clean programs with his 4T so everything was on track to include another 4T as planned. While last year's obstacles were mental, which he overcame by the GPF, this year's troubles have been more physical, with lack of training time as well as some health issues causing the subpar performances thus far. I think only Patrick and his team know for sure his readiness and the way he likes to stick to plans, I wouldn't be surprised if he actually goes ahead with adding a new quad. This year he is going to 4CC which involves no travelling for him so it's another practice opportunity before Worlds to put in the new quad if he doesn't do so at the Nationals.
The Nationals is really an ideal place to try something new and difficult because by then the program is familiar and the event offers no competitive stress. The home crowd support adds energy so why not go for it then?