Article in l'équipe:
https://www.lequipe.fr/Patinage-art...on-plus-jamais-une-robe-ne-va-s-ouvrir/878634
translation:
The dress unhooked itself right at the start of the program even though most from the audience and the judges didn't even notice but P/C knew.
MFD acknowledged she could not have skated in those conditions but stop everything would have cost 5 points.
GP " I didn't have the feeling I had to choose like telling myself "am I gonna stop?" . Stepping back from all of it now, we can say we're proud of the way we handled it, we didn't skate as well as we could have, but for good reasons. We really fought against it all"
GP " I finally accepted what happened but right there and then it was like a nightmare where you're at school and everyone looks at you while you realize you're naked. The fact my dress opened and I finished somewhat naked is one thing, but as a sportswoman, what really pisses me off is it affected our ability to skate well. The rest doesn't matter."
GC "It's not the kind of moment one wants to be alone. What's special about this sport is that what happens to one happens to the other. Of course it was not my dress which opened but I lived it with her. It's not easy to go through such a moment where we're both weakened by all these emotions and where there is so much media attention. It makes us stronger to be together"
It was not the first time this happened and that's why she was sewed in before every competition. But this was the first time the sewing didn't hold. They have regrets of course.
GP" we should have sawn it better but sewing plus hooks plus snap buttons, you could think it would have been enough."
GC "we weren't careful enough, such is life" "we're not able to go back in time so we don't have many options but to be a bit fatalists. Either we keep wallowing for three weeks, or we enjoy this great silver medal and experience. We try to learn from this mistake. Never will a dress open again in competition."
Bouncing back in the Free:
GC" It was hard yet simple at the same time. It's auto-conditioning, we've learnt to have a certain control on our thoughts." Their mental coach played a great role.
"We never know if we'll be able to do it, we don't have 20 years of experience in senior competitions either. Hence the emotions at the end. We're so proud to have succeeded not to medal but to have overcome this difficult moment."
They just want to remember the Games, those are just Games. They could have ended up fourth too. They could have known a more cruel fate like their coaches MFD and Patch who after a bad fall on their favorite lift couldn't even compete for the free. To see how they managed to overcome that and set up a successful school enables P/C to see past this incident.
After the gala, they'll try to skate the best they can their short in Milan. Then it'll be time to think about the next quad. "We just thought we would let the Games wrap up, we didn't even plan our vacation" said GP. Which type of music to choose from ?
"Roxanne, that would be amazing" said ironically GC (my favorite answer, oh Guillaume, he always cracks me up this one
)
"Four years ago, we were coming to Canada, we hadn't consciously planned anything, we were young. Now we have more experience and a more mature vision. It's a new chapter"
) Also, I think I see Gaby's mom waving the flag shortly after they ended! I saw Guillaume's parents in the crowd after their SD as well.
Cheeky beggar.
for Gaby and Guillaume. This is a cute little moment. The only thing is H/S and P/C have definitely a chance in 2022, but it might be much harder for her. With all those young Russian superstars in the making it will be hard to come on top in four years.
