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- Dec 13, 2005
Is this now obligatory in all Canadian press coverage of Chan? Do reporters have it as auto-text? Chan didn't even skate that well at Worlds. It was actually a fun interview, why go there? I bet even Patrick has had enough of it.
He didn't skate well at Worlds?? Clean short, a doubled jump and a single toe instead of a double toe in the long. I would say that is pretty darn good.
It is possible to do both - as the large number of entries at the Universiade shows. There are a lot of good skaters who are also students: Carolina Kostner, Tomas Verner, Kimmie Meissner, Kiira Korpi, Yannick Ponsero, Daisuke Takahashi and Nathalie Pechalat (AFAIK, the last two are graduate students) are just a few examples. Aren't a bunch of the Michigan-based skaters (e.g. Evan Bates, Charlie White, Emily Samuelson) taking courses at the University of Michigan? I can see someone like Rachael Flatt, whose academic goals are very ambitious, giving up skating altogether. But it's certainly possible to combine one's athletic career with university studies.
Of course, once someone has had enough of the sport, there's no point in staying. But at the age of 18? I'm kind of surprised.
Having a normal university experience like I have had is VERY different than the experience skaters will have. Maybe after Vancouver he will have gotten all he wants out of the sport and wants to party, meet new people, etc.