Nathan Chen

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One more article from Reuters

Figure skating: Chen more anxious about travel than world championships

A haircut, double-masking and a few prayers will all be part of Nathan Chen's preparations as the American heads to Stockholm to defend his world championship figure skating singles title with the cloud of the COVID-19 pandemic hanging over the competition.

www.reuters.com

 

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@Mamamiia While enjoying some older videos of Nathan, I rewatched your Sun Valley recording of his La Boheme practice out in the sun. The way he moves looks so beautiful and effortlessly elegant! His speed and the way he's floating across the ice, stunning! Thank you so much again for capturing it, and with such high video quality at that!
(also still voting for him to put on his casual practice attire for competition instead of a costume, still think he looks the best in those clothes)

Makes me so sad that we didn't get to see him skate his current programs in their raw form during last summer, in a carefree, relaxed setting such as Sun Valley practice usually is for him. And who knows what's going to happen this upcoming summer...

 

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^ I rewatched those videos over the weekend too! Wish I had handled the camera better during Caravan open practice!

 

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^ I rewatched those videos over the weekend too! Wish I had handled the camera better during Caravan open practice!

I especially love those first Land of All outings from that summer, I really enjoyed that first shortened version of it and the way he skated it at Sun Valley.

 

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Im pretty curious as to what kind of sponsorships these entail. Like does he get paid a salary? Or they are just giving him free stuff?

 

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Im pretty curious as to what kind of sponsorships these entail. Like does he get paid a salary? Or they are just giving him free stuff?

I'm guessing there is money along with bonuses for medaling at major events like Worlds/Olympics. Even though he is retired I'm sure Michael Phelps is not on Team Panasonic for the free headphones.

 

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Nathan updated IG w/ Team Panasonic

https://www.instagram.com/p/CMfST1bMrF7/

Also Tuesdays with Team Toyota on USFS's IG

https://www.instagram.com/p/CMfSrHnnx-i/

 

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New Hersh article

Reigning champ Nathan Chen doesn’t hide his anxieties about getting to, competing at figure skating worlds in Sweden

To face longtime rival Hanyu Yuzuru and defend his world title, Nathan Chen will travel more than 14 hours - his longest flight since the COVID-19 pandemic.

olympics.nbcsports.com

 

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Nathan on Japanese TV speaking about Yuma

https://twitter.com/NathanChenJP/status/1372212424175087616

Play Team Toyota "roulette" to get Nathan as your lucky athlete!

https://www.instagram.com/p/CMh7jvtHhzC/

 

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New Hersh article

Reigning champ Nathan Chen doesn’t hide his anxieties about getting to, competing at figure skating worlds in Sweden

To face longtime rival Hanyu Yuzuru and defend his world title, Nathan Chen will travel more than 14 hours - his longest flight since the COVID-19 pandemic.

olympics.nbcsports.com

I think he should wear at N95 mask (if he isn't already planning to). Airplanes are SCARY.

 

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I think he should wear at N95 mask (if he isn't already planning to). Airplanes are SCARY.

I would assume so... I sure hope he's not planning on just wearing plain cloth or surgical masks (or a combination of both, since he's planing on double masking).

Would it make sense to frequently switch your seat during the flight? (if that is even allowed, and assuming the plane is not flying with full passenger capacity)

Because I was thinking, what if you happen to be sitting in proximity to an infected passenger? Even when both are wearing a mask for the whole duration of the flight, but knowing that masks don't keep in and out all of the air (and then, I'm sure many passengers do take them off at least a few times to eat or drink). And taking into account that most of the air gets diverted by the air filtration system, but not all of it (I've read that it doesn't eliminate all horizontal air flow) leaving a small amount of potentially contaminated air that might still reach you via a horizontal stream of air that's passing by your seat. And assuming that there's a constant air flow pattern in the cabin, with constant exposure over many hours, that small amount might be enough to contract Covid.
So wouldn't changing your seat every few hours be a good precaution?

 

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Practice schedules and music rotations up

http://www.isuresults.com/schedules/WC2021_MusicRotationAll.pdf

2nd episode of Ice Skating Podcast contains a few previously unheard parts of Nathan's interview

Podcast - International Skating Union

The International Skating Union is the international sport federation administering Ice Skating sports throughout the world.

isu.org

 

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So... are we expecting another chapter in the evolution of Nathan's costumes? Or will he keep the ones form Nationals?
At this point I'm living for Nathan's costume reveals.

Practice schedules and music rotations up
http://www.isuresults.com/schedules/WC2021_MusicRotationAll.pdf

Don't quite get the logic behind putting skaters form the same country together in one group, potentially eliminating a whole country's team should someone in that group test positive. Or do they expect them to be in contact anyways (even though they're not training together back home), outside of practices?

 

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Don't quite get the logic behind putting skaters form the same country together in one group, potentially eliminating a whole country's team should someone in that group test positive. Or do they expect them to be in contact anyways (even though they're not training together back home), outside of practices?

Maybe so they can avoid a certain federation's skaters without an international outcry?

 

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Baby Brezina boogieing to Desperado practice just before Worlds.

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vk.com

ISU Preview of World's Men

https://twitter.com/NathanChenJP/status/1373048984286097408

 

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Worlds preview article from Yale paper

Nathan Chen ’23 looks to three-peat at Worlds

In the spring of 2017, Nathan Chen ’23 went to his first World Figure Skating Championships with the goal of earning a spot on the […]

yaledailynews.com

 

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Planned program content. I assume this is just a dummy layout and what he eventually attempts depends on how practices go.

https://twitter.com/NathanChenJP/status/1373882886714093573

SP: 4F3T 3A 4T
FP: 4F3T 3Lo 3Lz 4S 4T1Eu3F 4T3T 3A

 

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Wow what happened to the 4Lz?

Ah well, he will most likely change it up at the last minute. Hopefully he gets a new shirt for the FS and not wear ShaeLynn's blouse.

 

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Practice video

https://twitter.com/intonathanchen/status/1373976036728246278?s=20

some screenshots

https://twitter.com/skaesthetique/status/1373974387754291203?s=20

He did have a haircut

https://twitter.com/On_vam_ne_Rafik/status/1373970561102192640?s=20

Super happy he's being cautious and masking even during his run through. The video was grainy but it looks like some of the ppl in the rink had no masks on.

 

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Shmuratko uploaded the entire practice session with focus mostly on Nathan. Wasn't perfect but pretty good for first practice session. 4Lz looked good.

https://www.instagram.com/tv/CMuL-08JrcU/