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Team USA Champs Camp (starting Tue Aug 21)

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We'll be bringing you loads of tweets/photos/info from #ChampsCamp beginning tomorrow. Safe travels to all the Team USA athletes!
1:06 PM - 20 Aug 12
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Who knows, maybe the Shibutanis and their partners in crime will have an opportunity to dream up a new video?!
In any case, sounds as if everyone is bringing a sense of fun ;) [as well as serious purpose, of course!].

John Coughlin ‏@JohnCoughlinUSA
I want to Tweet a parody of Champs Camp, but I think I'd get in trouble
7:10 AM - 20 Aug 12
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Ashley Wagner ‏@AshWagner2010
Off to Champs Camp...@adaripp @AlexShibutani let the shenanigans begin...:)
11:59 AM - 20 Aug 12
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Alex Shibutani ‏@AlexShibutani
.@AshWagner2010 @adaripp OH BABY! #fastenyoseatbelts
12:35 PM - 20 Aug 12​

ETA:
USFSA's Facebook cover photo is taking a look back at the whole happy gang at 2011 Champs Camp:
http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?f....10150591668151342.376458.209118026341&type=1
 
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Wed and Thu are the official days for performances of programs, per USFSA press release today re Champs Camp:

" ... Skaters will spend time on the ice at the World Arena, where they will perform their short programs and free skates in a simulated competition environment on Wednesday and Thursday. A panel of specialists will meet with each competitor to offer technical feedback on the programs. After arriving and going through an orientation process, athletes will gather Tuesday night for a special keynote address. ..."

Full press release: http://www.usfsa.org/Story.asp?id=48365&type=media
 
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Previous Champs Camp keynote speakers:
"An accomplished person in the world of athletics is brought in each year to be the camp's keynote speaker. These have included John Nicks (2007), Paul Wylie (2008), Peter Carruthers and Dorothy Hamill (2009), USOC Managing Director of Sport Performance Alan Ashley (2010) and Olympic speed skater Dan Jansen (2011)."
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http://usfsa.org/Athletes.asp?id=428

I got the impression from whatever I read about Jansen last year that the speaker's identity is kept secret as long as possible - to give the skaters a nice surprise.
 
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If I recall correctly, the keynote speaker last year was Dan Jansen, the Olympic speed skater.

I got the impression from whatever I read back then that a high-profile speaker (not from USFSA) who can be an inspirational role model typically gives the keynote. And that the speaker's identity is kept secret as long as possible - to give the skaters a nice surprise.
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Dan Jansen? That is seriously cool. If I remember correctly do certain skaters as well give short presentations? In the past I believe competing skaters that were taking part in the Camp were invited to talk about their mental preparation/sports psychology.
 
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Let the fun photos begin:

- Davis/White, Wagner, Abbott, Denney/Coughlin
http://twitter.com/JohnCoughlinUSA/status/237978951497170945/photo/1/large
http://twitter.com/USFigureSkating/status/237981731960025088/photo/1/large
http://twitter.com/USFigureSkating/status/237978606016528384/photo/1/large

- Wagner
http://twitter.com/USFigureSkating/status/237982447285985280/photo/1/large

- Abbott, White, Coughlin
http://twitter.com/JohnCoughlinUSA/status/237994496669908992/photo/1/large

The "Western" theme of the photo shoot seems to be a reference to Omaha as the site of upcoming Nationals.
 
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Wagner and Abbott photo:
http://instagram.com/p/OmipEPG8JK/

Might be the best one yet, LOL.

ETA:
USFSA Facebook page says that this "Western" photo shoot today with all the national champions was for the January SKATING magazine cover.​
 
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2012 class photo of all -- or at least most -- of the attendees (in other words, this is not from the Western shoot):
http://twitter.com/USFigureSkating/status/238072080409702400/photo/1/large

[The resolution is not high enough for my eyes to identify every single face, but I do not see Lysacek, BTW.]

[Rachael Flatt had tweeted that she was arriving very late tonight because of her academic schedule.]
 
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^ That is my guess, too. I was figuring that chances are that the only person wearing sunglasses would be Weir as well.
 
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golden411 said:
^ That is my guess, too. I was figuring that chances are that the only person wearing sunglasses would be Weir as well.
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which makes me think his attitude hasn't changed as much as he wanted folks to believe...
 
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2012 class photo of all -- or at least most -- of the attendees (in other words, this is not from the Western shoot):
http://twitter.com/USFigureSkating/status/238072080409702400/photo/1/large

[The resolution is not high enough for my eyes to identify every single face, but I do not see Lysacek, BTW.]

[Rachael Flatt had tweeted that she was arriving very late tonight because of her academic schedule.]
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Update: Lysacek, Flatt, and Madison Hubbell all had late flights last night - per USFSA tweet last night.

Too bad that they missed the first group photo op, but no doubt that we'll see them in posed and candid shots to come.
 
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