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Is this her first 3lo? Is that why Nathan is so excited lol?
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Haha - I wonder if he's going to join the new International Rafael Academy and do the stroking exercise with the rest of his skatesr?
That will be so cute
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thanks sheetz!
That choice of photo tho ...
Air Chen (Nike needs to make these)/the Chen factor:
Concerned about Air Chen turning men’s skating into a jumping competition and embarrassed by the results of Chen’s rivals unsuccessful — and often brutal — failures to follow into the sport’s stratosphere, top ISU officials are considering rule changes that would diminish the quad and the Chen factor.
Fabio Bianchetti, chairman of the ISU singles and pairs committee told veteran Olympic writer Philip Hersh that the sport needs “radical change.” That change, Hersh reported, includes a proposed rule change that would reduce the value for three of the four quad jumps by as much as 10 percent.
Chen laughed when the topic came up in an interview this week.
“It’s kind of funny,” said Chen, who turned 19 over the weekend. “I don’t know if it’s entirely (because of me), I feel I definitely have contributed to that.”
That choice of photo tho ...
Air Chen (Nike needs to make these)/the Chen factor:
Concerned about Air Chen turning men’s skating into a jumping competition and embarrassed by the results of Chen’s rivals unsuccessful — and often brutal — failures to follow into the sport’s stratosphere, top ISU officials are considering rule changes that would diminish the quad and the Chen factor.
Fabio Bianchetti, chairman of the ISU singles and pairs committee told veteran Olympic writer Philip Hersh that the sport needs “radical change.” That change, Hersh reported, includes a proposed rule change that would reduce the value for three of the four quad jumps by as much as 10 percent.
Chen laughed when the topic came up in an interview this week.
“It’s kind of funny,” said Chen, who turned 19 over the weekend. “I don’t know if it’s entirely (because of me), I feel I definitely have contributed to that.”
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more from OC Register article:
“The sport could go in many different directions right now especially with the new rule changes that are coming up,” Chen said. “That being said the rules still allow for skaters to technically improve themselves, keep on pushing the sport forward from a technical aspect. I don’t know what that is yet.
“I still want to continue challenging myself technically, keep trying to learn new things, keep trying to things that I haven’t done before and if it happens to coincide with those (changes) that’s (fine). I’m still trying to work on new things.”
Chen’s next major challenge is off the ice—the Ivy League. Chen has been accepted to Yale and starts class in late August.
“I’m super excited,” he said. “Skating obviously is very important to me, but it isn’t my whole life. And I want to have a main path after skating. Who knows how long I’ll even be able to skate for. So having something that’s more concrete than skating will definitely help me with what I do with my life after skating.”
at reading the bolded - but he's just being realistic. He is so super excited about Yale though and working towards non-skating goals
Air Chen from 2017 Nationals:
https://youtu.be/URek0bwdakY?t=116
“The sport could go in many different directions right now especially with the new rule changes that are coming up,” Chen said. “That being said the rules still allow for skaters to technically improve themselves, keep on pushing the sport forward from a technical aspect. I don’t know what that is yet.
“I still want to continue challenging myself technically, keep trying to learn new things, keep trying to things that I haven’t done before and if it happens to coincide with those (changes) that’s (fine). I’m still trying to work on new things.”
Chen’s next major challenge is off the ice—the Ivy League. Chen has been accepted to Yale and starts class in late August.
“I’m super excited,” he said. “Skating obviously is very important to me, but it isn’t my whole life. And I want to have a main path after skating. Who knows how long I’ll even be able to skate for. So having something that’s more concrete than skating will definitely help me with what I do with my life after skating.”
at reading the bolded - but he's just being realistic. He is so super excited about Yale though and working towards non-skating goals Air Chen from 2017 Nationals:
https://youtu.be/URek0bwdakY?t=116
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They’re mainly changing the rules to avoid the splatfest of guys trying to keep up with him and the other quadsters but the guys wouldn’t be trying that at all if Nathan wasn’t doing 5-6 quads consistently so he’s partially the reason.
Regardless of how the rules change, so long as the quads are the highest valued jumps, it won’t change a thing. They will still be the most attempted even with the new GOEs so it won’t really change for guys like Nathan, Shoma, Boyang, and Hanyu because they have consistent quads that can get positive GOEs. It’s for the rest of the field to stop them from trying before they’re actually ready to do the jumps or even for the quadsters to not do too many of them if they know they’re not well prepared that day (like in Worlds).
Can someone explain this statement though, the sentence structure makes it confusing to me what he means, what was not necessarily needed and negatively impacted what?
“It definitely helped at Worlds and then everything negative that happened those are the things that I don’t really think about. I just set aside. It was something that not necessarily needed to happen but something that I think negatively impacted it.”
Regardless of how the rules change, so long as the quads are the highest valued jumps, it won’t change a thing. They will still be the most attempted even with the new GOEs so it won’t really change for guys like Nathan, Shoma, Boyang, and Hanyu because they have consistent quads that can get positive GOEs. It’s for the rest of the field to stop them from trying before they’re actually ready to do the jumps or even for the quadsters to not do too many of them if they know they’re not well prepared that day (like in Worlds).
Can someone explain this statement though, the sentence structure makes it confusing to me what he means, what was not necessarily needed and negatively impacted what?
“It definitely helped at Worlds and then everything negative that happened those are the things that I don’t really think about. I just set aside. It was something that not necessarily needed to happen but something that I think negatively impacted it.”
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I couldn't find any video of this...where can I see it:luv17:
Did they write that correctly - anyways - I'm reading it as his Olympic experience helped him at Worlds - but he doesn't specifically think about the negative stuff that happened. The OG SP's didn't need to happen - but they were negatively impacted by the circumstances he faced at the Olympics
The word choice in this article !
Yet for all of Chen’s brilliance, skating’s powers that be were embarrassed by the carnage left by those trying to keep up with him. The next five finishers combined for 14 falls in the Worlds free skate, a display that only bolstered those pushing for rule changes.
“It’s kind of funny if I think about it I did sort of change (the sport),” Chen said. “But I don’t want to give myself props for doing that.”
carnage, brutal - it sounds like a bloodbath
The word choice in this article !
Yet for all of Chen’s brilliance, skating’s powers that be were embarrassed by the carnage left by those trying to keep up with him. The next five finishers combined for 14 falls in the Worlds free skate, a display that only bolstered those pushing for rule changes.
“It’s kind of funny if I think about it I did sort of change (the sport),” Chen said. “But I don’t want to give myself props for doing that.”
carnage, brutal - it sounds like a bloodbath
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To be fair, Men’s group 4 free skate can definitely be classified as a bloodbath lol. Nathan survived but my god, I’m still shell shocked by Boyang. Vincent not so much since he’s inconsistent especially when he’s nervous where he tends to UR ALOT, Kolyada is rarely clean, and Shoma was injured so none of that was surprising but Boyang...[emoji22]
I know people who went to see it live and said it was pretty demoralizing seeing the guys take such brutal falls. You just knew it hurt. They said Nathan breathed some new life into the audience and were just happy he made it out in one piece [emoji23] he save the day in Milan
I know people who went to see it live and said it was pretty demoralizing seeing the guys take such brutal falls. You just knew it hurt. They said Nathan breathed some new life into the audience and were just happy he made it out in one piece [emoji23] he save the day in Milan
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Milan Worlds definitely blind sided me, I think some said Boyang’s old injury may be the cause of his falls, I felt bad for him.
OC Register sport writers are known to write odd sentences while inserting poor sarcasm, I will just take it Nathan will be prepared for the new rules change. However based on what’s been shared, I don’t believe they’re on the right track, aside from the quads, a few other rumored changes make no sense.
OC Register sport writers are known to write odd sentences while inserting poor sarcasm, I will just take it Nathan will be prepared for the new rules change. However based on what’s been shared, I don’t believe they’re on the right track, aside from the quads, a few other rumored changes make no sense.
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Air Chen 
I look forward to him pushing the boundaries of the new rules. :laugh15:
And the final group at worlds was a brutal and a bloodbath. I remember everyone on twitter screaming at him to just do triples.
And sending out prayers to protect him from the ice. It was wild. I hope I never see something like that again.
I look forward to him pushing the boundaries of the new rules. :laugh15:
And the final group at worlds was a brutal and a bloodbath. I remember everyone on twitter screaming at him to just do triples.
And sending out prayers to protect him from the ice. It was wild. I hope I never see something like that again.
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Thank goodness I didn’t look at the results in real time. I checked twitter after I knew the competition was over and I saw Nathan trending so I figured he won and then I checked the full results. First I just saw the top 3 and I was like “ok, not surprising”, more or less what I expected. I look further down and I’m expecting Boyang/Vincent to be 4-5, like barely missing podium and I can’t even find them until I get all the way at the bottom of top 20 [emoji15]. Then I saw the scores of everyone and was like [emoji15][emoji15][emoji15][emoji15][emoji15][emoji15][emoji15][emoji15][emoji15]
So I ran through Jackie Wong’s TL to catch up on what the heck happened while I was gone lol. Just reading it was a wild ride, can’t imagine actually being there or seeing it in real time. The nerves must of been through the roof. The spirit of Mao was really with him that day, looking after him. Thanks Mao [emoji144]*
So I ran through Jackie Wong’s TL to catch up on what the heck happened while I was gone lol. Just reading it was a wild ride, can’t imagine actually being there or seeing it in real time. The nerves must of been through the roof. The spirit of Mao was really with him that day, looking after him. Thanks Mao [emoji144]*
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He was indeed Mao’s last dancer that day-
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i don't understand how the rule changes affect him ... especially with his decent consistency and 5/5 quads to choose from. although he does get a big chunk of his TES on his 6 quad programs which is 4F/4LZ/4T alone or in combination with 2/3T, and often with 2x 4F and 2x 4T. So if they reduce quad BVs by 10% that's at least 7 points removed? and if they only allow one of each quad max then the score goes that even more. kinda unfortunate, he's the world leader. shouldn't be constrained because others haven't caught up yet
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