Thank you for that informative post xiangfuzi
Since that competition is so important I understand even less what her coach was thinking. Really, the more important a competition, the better it should be planned .... meaning: prepare for the high altitude, jeez
I have been thinking for a while now (since 2013 to be exact), that zijun should be sent to the US or Candada for training. She has stable jumping technique, what she needs is better SS, better stamina, more polishment and expression in her presentation. And if the federation doesn't want to send her away, at least let her train together in one rink with the top pairs teams. I don"t know
Why, bit they have SS and expression!
Actually the men and ladies national team are training in the same rink with pairs. They are just trained at different time and by different coach team. It's hard for Chinese skaters to get advising from different coaches for complex reasons including the struggle among different local governments. The pairs are exception results from YAO Bin's great success. There were also a true team for ladies in a short period from 2010~2014 when LI Mingzhu coached them. But the results of Sochi did not reach the expected and then Coach LI left. The leader of CSA said for years that they planed to do something good for FS in China, such as sending skaters out or hiring foreign coaches, but never fulfill. After Beijing successfully got the host right of OWG2022, let's wait and see if they will finally do something.
) and see its potential. The music cut is well suited and challenging especially the latter half going to be stamina crazy to hit every beat of big band with little margins for error.
