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Thanks SF for the news.
Thanks so much for the translation, deedee1. I've always maintained that Patrick knows and is closer friend with his major international rivals than most Canadian skaters since he trains outside of Canada and actually sees the other top skaters in the world more often. He mentioned he had friends in Japan to worry about when he spoke about the Japan disaster last year and he donated half his fees at the event which were originally all slated for the scholarship in his late coach's honour.
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Importantly, I think I have identified his GF:
Tess is Patrick's dance coach Kathy Johnson's daughter so that's probably the connection. I thought he seemed to have a very good relationship with her (Kathy), honouring her by having her with him at the K&C at 4CC. Of course he often speaks respectfully about her and credits her with improving his jumps and artistry.
Now a new question: Is Tess his contemporary Dance partner?
Thank you for your kind words!
To tell the truth, I felt very wierd, a sort of foolish of myself to translate quotes from Partick...what I did here is, you know, I read a Japanese magazine and translated BACK into English about things Patrick originally said in English. @_@
So, I got nervous especially when doing Patrick's part. I do not speak or write this language at my work anymore. Not being used to thinking in English for a while now, I had hard time picking up the right words from English vocabularies in my poor memory...(sigh)
I hope what I translated back is not missing the main points from Patrick initially inteneded to say for this interview.
Importantly, I think I have identified his GF:
Tess Johnson who designed Jeremy Abbott's Olympic costumes. I had a thread about them when Jeremy jokingly insinuated being engaged to Tess.
Her twitter. He is one of her followers among a number of skaters.
Tess is Patrick's dance coach Kathy Johnson's daughter so that's probably the connection. I thought he seemed to have a very good relationship with her (Kathy), honouring her by having her with him at the K&C at 4CC. Of course he often speaks respectfully about her and credits her with improving his jumps and artistry.
Now a new question: Is Tess his contemporary Dance partner?
Does anyone know how Paddy's training is gong? I'd like him to show more well showmanship to silence the critics and make sure he gets all his levels on the spins and footwork.
Very good article up on IN. Patrick sounds great and ready to defend his title.
:thumbsup:Thanks so much! It IS a very good article!
What do you think about the Chairman of the ISU's technical committee's comments about Patrick?