for TEB : he picked her up and held on to her until she got to the boards and saw her coach... He stepped aside, not in a careless way IMHO but to let her recuperate....what else do you want him to do ?
4everchan - you have just saved me a lot of venting!
I hadn't seen that video until this morning. But when I did, I saw it in exactly the same way as you!
He did everything a partner should. He helped her up (albeit in a rather ham-fisted fashion). He got her to the side so that she would not be in the way of any unsuspecting oncoming skaters. And then he stepped aside to allow her to get her breath back and get seen to.
For SP at worlds, what I see is a bit different... He saw her fall, yes... but didn't see her hit the board and crumbled... that's why he looked behind his shoulder and saw that she finally was getting back up and trying to rejoin him... his best bet there, to lose as little points as possible is to do the jump in the hope she does hers too... knowing Peng's difficulties on throws and SBS, the real fault here is to allow for those two elements to be skated so tightly back to back, not Z's work.... Also in competition, with adrenaline, it's difficult to really know what happened in his head.... skaters are trained to keep going.
Again, I agree that he did the right thing in looking round to check on her after her fall, and he saw her getting up. But the jury's still out for me on whether he should have attempted the next element when he did.
At the time he looked around, Hao was already well down the rink from Cheng, and she was only starting to get up. She did get up quickly, and really charged down the rink to catch up. But, by the time she did, he had already done his sbs.
Personally, I think he should have improvised for a few seconds to give her a better chance of catching up. But, it all happened so quickly, and you don't have much time to think. So, we shouldn't hold that decision against him.
finally, someone mentioned that he laughs at COR but by looking closely, IMHO, what I see is that he nearly fell down himself.... for an experienced thrower like him, it may be unsettling, like "wow, nothing is working today" kind of mood, hence the smirk.... look at him nearly tripping upon release
Well spotted!
I was too busy looking at her (naturally enough!
), and hadn't noticed him stumbling.
Yes, now that I have watched the incident more carefully, I agree. That is exactly what the laugh / smile was about! A laugh of despair that everything was going wrong.
looking at these 3 excerpts, I do not see why there is a need to project such ill feelings.
I am not good at remembering particular incidents during competitions. So, reading the comments in this thread, I was imagining the incidents as really horrible things to watch. And when the links were posted, I was almost afraid to look at them. But, I am so glad now I did, because they are nothing like what I was imaging from the comments.
it is know that when holding a prejudice about someone, for whatever reason, it is difficult to see good in them
I am not sure, but I think you are right that the people using these incidents as evidence of Hao being a bad partner already have a negative mindset of him. They are looking at the incidents with whatever the opposite of rose-tinted glasses is.
I really don't like the hate messages directed at him...
Although I have tended to agree with most of your post, THIS is the statement I agree with the most.
Thank you so much for posting this comment!
CaroLiza_fan
I'm not too familiar with these two pairs, but I have seen some competitions of Peng and Zhang, and at worlds 2016, Peng fell really hard on her opening throw and hit the boards, and Zhang just skated away from her! I though, wow, he doesn't seem concerned for her at all, lol. And again, I'm now watching their 2015 GPF long program, and Peng again falls down really hard and Zhang just seems frustrated 
