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Agreed. I could also see him being a great coach, if he is so inclined.

Spots, schmots!

It will not be the end of the world nor figure skating if the men don't secure three spots for next year. We're going into a brand new quadrennial.

Let's also remember that, just a few months before Nationals, Vincent became the only skater to actually beat Nathan Chen in three years, winning Skate America where Nathan got third (Shoma was second.) Jason never came close to beating Nathan.

THIS x 1000. The one thing we do know is that the Olympic pressure caught up with Ilia and he wasn't in the right headspace to deliver what he normally does. The End.

Fair enough, but USFS couldn't have sent Nathan 4 years before that.

??? How did the same thing happen to Nathan Chen?

At this rate, it may end up becoming the norm.

Not in this case. My friend was arrested immediately, and the newspapers had a field day with it. The parents disallowed the child to be interviewed. As mentioned, I think Sorenson is guilty as hell. I only posted to assure @kosjenka that yes, sometimes people are unjustly accused. Happy to...

Not true. The parents didn't know what to think, as they were merely informed by the police. And I taught one of their daughters. The teacher involved just knew what they heard from the kid, and reported it to the police. It happened. I do think it's rare. But my friend was scared out of...

Okay, I'm chiming in. I mentioned this several years ago, but I had a very close friend (male) who had a large class of young cello students. He was a very friendly, "huggy" type of guy, he loved everyone, including his young students... he hugged us all, adults and children. And he did it...

Chock and Bates were stunningly wonderful. Sorry haters, this is a GREAT team. Their unison is unparalleled and they are all over the "team" of Cizeron.

It confuses me that everyone is concerned about athletes getting "rest" before their events. Olympic skaters are in peak physical condition when at the Games, train for hours EVERY DAY leading up to that (barring injury), running their programs and building their stamina. And, while at the...

Or at least stay in just for another year or two. Too many singles skaters end up in an "age bubble," where they hang on for a quadrennial, but their bodies/desire/passion quits two years before that.

It will be interesting to see who retires and who stays next season (and for the next quad). Sadovsky strikes me as someone who's retiring. Most skaters don't do a Jason Brown. Tomoki is retiring at 26. Sota Yamamoto is 26 and may not want to go until age 30. Even Torgashev and Naumov would be...