Various Chinese skater/ex-skaters news

[jlai]

Workers going after Chen Lu for backpay
http://cq.qq.com/a/20100920/000358.htm

Qing Pang not happy with her outfit (and their "messing up" six elements in practice)
http://sports.sohu.com/20101013/n275605753.shtml

[Sylvia]

Posted in GSD on Oct. 11 : Li Chengjiang married!

According to this article (http://sports.sohu.com/20101007/n275445995.shtml), Li, on 10/2, married his long-time girlfriend, Wei Peipei, who is a nurse.

Article also mentions that he became an asst coach of the ladies team (coach Li's asst) two months ago. Before that he was a tech specialist at a skating club. The article says the tech spec job paid well and was relaxing but Li wanted more.

Thanks for starting a thread for Chinese skater news!

[jlai]

Brief article re: Chinese skating
冠军暂不敢想 女单缺少竞争环境
http://sports.xinmin.cn/2010/11/06/7556978.html

Li Mingzhu said in the article that Zhang Kexin is shy and still lacks passion. Li Jijun has what it takes but isn't as tough/hardworking as Benggua and Kexin.

(This is a very loose translation.)

[jlai]

China trying for the 2014 figure skating world championship
http://news.ifeng.com/gundong/detail...238933_0.shtml