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Nathan Chen

LutzDance said:
This is perhaps the most under-rotated quad toe I've seen from him. It's almost like he checked out half a revolution too early. Such a weird fall.
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I think either this was towards the end of the session and he was already tired and lacking the strength to rotate quickly enough (you would know better than me when it happened, because I take it you watched the practice session on Peacock?) or he felt that he was a little off-axis (which I think he was, if we look at it from that one perspective where he's coming towards the camera) and so he decided to open up earlier, probably planning on turning it into a triple, but then he mistimed the moment.

This always makes me wonder how often elite skaters fall during practice at home and/or at competitions, and which falls they consider 'bad' and which ones might look shocking to us, but are not really uncommon or noteworthy to them.
Like this one, which looks more rough to me, simply because it's almost like he fell straight out of the air, instead of after his feet already made firm contact with the ice, taking away some of the impact. These kind of falls look particularly scary to me, reminds me a bit of Shoma's fall during his FS at Worlds 2016, although that one was much, much worse, because he was literally hurled into the ice.
 
I think either this was towards the end of the session and he was already tired and lacking the strength to rotate quickly enough (you would know better than me when it happened, because I take it you watched the practice session on Peacock?)
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I only remember it was right after his runthru (where he was last on the list so after that everyone was just finishing off) and he probably wanted to do the euler combo that he missed earlier. Too bad Peacock doesn't allow practice cam playback, boo.

I have no idea how elite skaters can take the most scary looking falls and still get up and skate. I also suspect that Nathan just doesn't fall that much as he usually fights to land his jumps where others might give up, so when he falls it's often pretty rough.
 
I missed some of the IG live interview he gave with Nick McCarvel but one cute thing I learned was that he's been playing tennis with Raf! LOL
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Olympics also posted it on their instagram account: https://www.instagram.com/tv/CGvtp_gJGNV/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link

Another cute thing is that he's been learning to cook during the pandemic. Not sure about his culinary proficiency pre-pandemic, but so far he's already made dumplings, tried Chinese cuisine as passed on by his parents, and picked up a few recipes from tik tok.
 
The ice dancers were practicing at the Orleans arena today, presumably for the Las Vegas Skating Spectacular which is scheduled for broadcast this Sunday Nov 1 on NBC. H/B were doing their Swan Lake program, so I wonder if this is really the gala repurposed as a competition? Wonder what Nathan will skate to, Rocketman or a new EX?
 
I just watched his SP again and it hit me just how much presence and absolute command Nathan has. He’s growing into such a superstar and I wish he was able to perform like normal times :( especially since this is proabably the peak of his physical abilities.
 
When I watch him now I feel like he can and should be able to do anything he wants to on the ice. In his interview with Nick he talked about his gymnastics background and said he had reached level 9. I know nothing about gymnastics but according to my research that's CRAZY GOOD! For reference Level 10 is NCAA Division 1 standard. He should be able to backflip on ice blindfolded with one arm tied behind his back.

Congratulations from Vera. Edit: Just noticed an applause from Serena Williams' coach, Patrick Mouratoglou!

And from Team Toyota
 
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shine said:
I just watched his SP again and it hit me just how much presence and absolute command Nathan has. He’s growing into such a superstar and I wish he was able to perform like normal times :( especially since this is proabably the peak of his physical abilities.
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Oh I did the same, yesterday right before going to sleep, I rewatched the SA performance of his SP. And I was really blown away by how powerful and sharp his performance was, and the speed of his movements. And yes, it's such a shame that now, when he's finally back with Raf and can spend more time on polishing his programs, we don't get a regular season and so few opportunities to see him perform and compete.

LutzDance said:
Another cute thing is that he's been learning to cook during the pandemic. Not sure about his culinary proficiency pre-pandemic, but so far he's already made dumplings, tried Chinese cuisine as passed on by his parents, and picked up a few recipes from tik tok.
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I had to smile when he said "for those who follow my career, I was at college these past two years...". I think it's really sweet and humble that he's making it clear, that he doesn't 'expect' people to know this. But it's so funny too, because let's be honest, by now, everyone and their mother knows that he went to Yale. The way we've been beat round the head with that information, with every commentator mentioning it at every competition, every article making sure to include it... 😄
 
Nathan is mentioned in a couple of Russian interviews. Use Google translate.

Shcherbakova
rsport.ria.ru

Анна Щербакова: я себе в голове объявила войну

Двукратная чемпионка России по фигурному катанию Анна Щербакова выиграла этап Кубка страны в Сочи, после чего рассказала Анатолию Самохвалову о битве с... РИА Новости Спорт, 26.10.2020
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Mariah
sport24.ru

«Я была бы счастлива быть старшей сестрой Алины Загитовой». Американка Белл выиграла 1-й этап Гран-при сезона-2020 - 26 октября 2020 - Sport24

Sport24 пообщался с Мэрайей после победы.
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Great Park is closed today because of wildfires in the area. I don't know if any skaters have had to evaculate. :(
 
The Brezinas report that they have evacuated and are safe. Not sure how close they live to Nathan and Mariah. Sean Rabbitt has also evacuated from his home in Yorba Linda.
 
I'm hearing crazy rumors that there's video of Nathan attempting (and possibly landing) a 4A!?!?

And in fire news Great Park is still closed and everyone is still evacuated.
 
sheetz said:
Yes, during practice.
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Yes, there is a video of a 4A attempt at SA. The video is not allowed to be shared according to the owner of the video, however, some people, despite being told not to do so, shared it privately via instagram one time view. I saw the video and I guess in the next few days someone is about to publish it despite it being disapproved of.
 
Lunalovesskating said:
Yes, there is a video of a 4A attempt at SA. The video is not allowed to be shared according to the owner of the video, however, some people, despite being told not to do so, shared it privately via instagram one time view. I saw the video and I guess in the next few days someone is about to publish it despite it being disapproved of.
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Wow, was it a decent attempt? Now we know why he screwed up his 3A.
 
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