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Sadly, this. Since you are from Spain, if he getting lot´s of coverage? How it was before the Olympcis?
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Sadly, this. Since you are from Spain, if he getting lot´s of coverage? How it was before the Olympcis?
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IMO, it was good. The media hype began just a few days before the competition and they kept the expectations at bay, the message was "he is our most clear option to medal". I found it healthy, specially after watching what NBC did with Nathan. The day after the final he was in all the media and as soon as he arrived from Korea he did a marathon with the press and was in the media again (you can see that by Tureis posts and links).
After watching the interview videos, I find the interview with El País the most interesting (Xibsuarz translated it). There's another one interesting, the one with EFE, it's more technical and Javi express his opinión about skating more openly than ever. Tureis posted the link but it is not translated yet (sorry), it's more complex, it will take more time, I'll try to find the time for it next weekend.
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Thank you.
I always wonder if too much attention really hurts an athlete, but good for media in Spain for being restricted, and now giving him the attention that he deserves.
Don´t worry I´m from a Latin America country so I speak spanish way better than my english, didn´t see the EFE one posted but look for it.
In Latin America focus from the transmition is lightly to the countries of the area.
Do anyone knows if Javier is doing the Gala? Figure that he should be going to South Korea now if he wants to attend...
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Yeah I saw that, but is a day and 8 hours flight... now I wonder what would happens if he doesn´t appear? does he get punished? does it matter? he is retiring any way...
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I've read so much that I can't remember where I read it, but he was supposed to be arriving in the afternoon and the practice was in the morning. Time wise, I'm all mixed up with what that means. For other competitions, they receive a fine and the money is deducted out of their prize money. Don't know if it's the same here. Who knows? Maybe at this point he would say "I don't care about $3,000, I'd rather sleep! (That's probably what I would do! 
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I've read so much that I can't remember where I read it, but he was supposed to be arriving in the afternoon and the practice was in the morning. Time wise, I'm all mixed up with what that means. For other competitions, they receive a fine and the money is deducted out of their prize money. Don't know if it's the same here. Who knows? Maybe at this point he would say "I don't care about $3,000, I'd rather sleep! (That's probably what I would do!
Thank you, yes, I just wondering if he will go in full IDGF anymore with the gala...
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Thank you, yes, I just wondering if he will go in full IDGF anymore with the gala...
On the other hand, I was just thinking that Javi knows he has a lot of fans, and I'm sure he wouldn't want to disappoint them. What if someone is coming to the gala with the hopes of seeing him one more (last? :sad4
time. I would think he would not want to let them down. In the meantime, I suppose we have to just guess. (Sorry, didn't mean to bug you with all these messages!)- Joined
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On the other hand, I was just thinking that Javi knows he has a lot of fans, and I'm sure he wouldn't want to disappoint them. What if someone is coming to the gala with the hopes of seeing him one more (last? :sad4
Not a problem, thank you for the engaging conversation
Hielo Español has tweeted that Javi returned to Korea today to participate in the Gala.
Javi will close out the 1st half of the gala. As he should! :agree: Here's the full program: https://twitter.com/absoluteskating/status/966943783408586752
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It’s not really last time if he does the ice shows in Japan as usual (except if he’s too busy, I guess) But yeah, you probably meant “after-competition” gala.On the other hand, I was just thinking that Javi knows he has a lot of fans, and I'm sure he wouldn't want to disappoint them. What if someone is coming to the gala with the hopes of seeing him one more (last? :sad4
To be honest, I don’t get why he wouldn’t stay in TCC to learn coaching with Brian, if becoming a coach is his goal? (Is it? I hear left and right different things, like wanting to concentrate on developing ice shows in Spain instead). Of course, he doesn’t need to be there all-year long (especially if he doesn’t plan on going to competitions), but he could get the right experience in Canada. But at least, Brian and Tracy will come for his summer camps.
And there it is, Eurosport confirms Javi will be the flag bearer during the closing ceremony! 
(They also say he will do SuperJavi at the gala...)
(They also say he will do SuperJavi at the gala...)I doubt even Javi knows for sure at this stage what he wants and when. It seems his first decision about gradually stepping away from his competitive career has been made, and Javi planning to move back to Madrid attests to that. But we don't even know what that means. He says he's not doing any more Olympics or Worlds, but plans Europeans. If he does, he can't just show up there with 2 weeks of training and being away from competition experience for a year. So that would mean going back to Toronto for periods of time and doing a couple of senior B events at least. But who knows, maybe that won't happen at all because he will realize he doesn't need competition in his life anymore. Or the opposite happens and he realizes he misses competing and he decides to do Worlds even.
As for coaching, he speaks about this as more of a longer term plan. He seems more interested in doing it in the most professional manner, through establishing a high performance center, rather than just standing by the boards next Monday to start giving instructions to the first kid skating by. That high performance center will take years to get funding for and build. The president of the Spanish skating federation spoke about this not long ago and I remember him saying they have some funding of their own but will need the government to subsidize the project as well. Also, I doubt he would bring up Brian's offer to take up a coaching job at TCC next to him in so many interviews if he wasn't considering it, maybe not right now but a few years down the line.
But for now it looks like his main focus will shift to shows more than anything. He is already booked to do Stars on Ice in Japan and then in Canada. Then I expect he will be invited back to do Fantasy on Ice in Japan, just like every year. Then there's his own Revolution on Ice tour, with talk of 5-6 shows now for November and December (Madrid, Barcelona, Bilbao, Malaga already sort of confirmed as locations), and with all the planning and promotion work he will no doubt have to do, that's pretty much his entire year. And even beyond that, I expect for quite a few years there will be a high demand he couldn't always meet until now because of his competitive career. If he wants to take full advantage of that, he will have to put any full time coaching plans on hold anyways because he wouldn't be able to disappear from his students' side all the time to do shows and potentially even prepare for his own competitions.
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Good points. He has time to decide what he wants to do. When Brian Joubert retired, he was still doing shows and then when he started as coach and got his licence a few years later, he gradually reduced the number of shows he did over time (he still do some but less now).
I would not be surprised if Javi did something alike in the coming years. I doubt he’ll stop doing shows (beside his own, I mean) anytime soon, but we’ll simply see in the future.
Javi is doing tighter turnaround between Korea and Spain than the crew working on these flights! 
According to this article in Marca he's already back in PyeongChang, but then will return to Spain immediately after the gala and the closing ceremony, because on Tuesday Javi will be received by Mariano Rajoy, Prime Minister of Spain, and then Javi and Regino together will be welcomed by the Spanish Olympic Committee.
According to this article in Marca he's already back in PyeongChang, but then will return to Spain immediately after the gala and the closing ceremony, because on Tuesday Javi will be received by Mariano Rajoy, Prime Minister of Spain, and then Javi and Regino together will be welcomed by the Spanish Olympic Committee.
I'm tempted to open a GoFundMe for "let Javier Fernández get a good night's rest"
At this rate Javi will be crawling up the stairs to the Prime Minister's office and falling asleep halfway on the red carpet. Good thing he gets a bucket of water in his neck during his SuperJavi routine, otherwise he may already fall asleep right then.
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Javi will perform Aerobic Class, for the gala. After all, why not? If he’s stopping competitions (we don’t know yet, but supposedly), he may as well use his most famous EX.
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