True...but they can reach out to skating contacts they have as far as locating ice time for them in Toronto area and bring everyone together in a few BNB's close at hand. It is a 45min plane ride to MTL right b4 Worlds or rent a bus and driver for the 5hr drive to MTL.
Seems sensible to me. It must be expensive to send them over.
There is a rumor that Peng/Jin did not go back to China. Instead they are staying in Korea, training in an Incheon rink.
No Han Yan for Worlds
Trust me, after what Zhao and the Chinese fed did to Yu and Jin, I'm already there.
Can you add Peng to that list? Her gorilla partner was trying to break every bone in her body and he plus Zhao treated her like garbage. When they did the switchover she was being discarded. There was no way they expected Peng/Jin to be such a great pair and so loved by fans.
Yan Han did publicly complain about how he was treated. That said no one knows the details.
It is almost criminal. He should have been sent right to Canada right after 4cc.He was in Korea for a few wks before the competition so he would not have been quarantined in Canada- just checked out.
I didn't say that Han Yan was an afterthought. I said the Pang/Tong were the original afterthoughts, ie treated by the Chinese Fed as afterthoughts -- left alone and in another city, with Tong having to coach them himself, treated as second class at least until they were useful -- so they would empathize with Han Yan's situation and support him, knowing what being in that position is like.
Well it would be too little too late for worlds. He is in a punitive country where you are punished for having any desires not allotted to you. He cannot move to another country to train without their permission(never mind $)as they would refuse to give him assignments. Also they do not only punish you but your family.So he is really between a rock and a hard place. I wonder if he would pay for any attention drawn to him. I hope I am wrong. Does anyone in the know feel there is anything people can do?That sounds so awful. I feel so sorry for Han Yan. It would have been such a good thing for him to have been allowed to train with Raf. This is a sad and disgraceful way to treat so talented a skater. There are truly no words for such treatment.
I hope Han Yan does not give up and that he can find a way. Maybe fans can help by sending messages of support to Han Yan.
I had thought things might have loosened up in China with the Federation sending skaters outside of China for skating and even with Brian Orser coming in on the off season to work with the kids with members of his team and some of his students but really?. I watched Cup of China...pairs....as my fav pair anything is Lubov.This has absolutely nothing to do with their placements or scores etc. in fact I thought the judging was really good. They were rewarded with levels where deserved and good GOE's. Silver was theirs to throw away.......and they did. The problem is the crowd. The stands were packed. On one element you could hear a few claps, on the rest absolute silence. I thought at least there would be some reaction to their last lift...which is sensational...but you could easily count the claps. Peng and Jin who skated third to last had polite moderate applause here and there, louder on a few spectacular elements...then Lubov and Charlie- crickets...then Sui/Han...who did get good applause on each move and a little bit of excitement even on some elements but nothing compared to what it should have been for the best in the world on their home ice. It shook me. It was like someone was holding up a banner saying Clap and another Stop. How do you control people like that? Something in the water? Punitive actions? Threats? I really don't get it. Clip starts with Sui/Han...lubov skated right before it.
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