Chinese Skating News, Pt. 4: Fresh Noodles for Milan 2026

[On My Own]

The reason David Day has his name written in Western name order and like a Christian name is because I'm guessing he requested it. Chinese would be Dai Dawei.

The Uyghur team doesn't have "Chinese" names, their Islamic names are transcribed in Chinese in the regular/Western name order. So 穆妮热·罗合曼 (Munire Rahman) instead of 罗合曼 穆妮热. Or Munira Rahman. Munire doesn't return hits to me, but I did find Münire (Turkic).

@raruki Since it's all uneven like this with the various names, I agree western name order for everyone is better. The others here will already understand it, too, without needing to adjust.

 

[Alilou]

Sorry Guys, I don't notice that the playlist doesn't match the orders of the final rankings(The playlist of SP did match the orders of the rankings in SP though). I have edited the post again and inserted the specific links of each skater. And thanks for following the Chinese skating news.

Thanks for posting it! I try to keep up a little bit.

 

[On My Own]

3. Cao Luchang/ Chen Jianxu 136.59 (Queen Sui choreographed their FD!)

Oh some of this is so nice! Would love to see what she can do with a more skilled team, paging Zheng Xun!

(please don't @ me with how this team being based in Qiqihar means now Wenjing can no longer choreograph for any other city ever)

 

[Sylvia]

Cong HAN article in English (April 13, 2023):

Olympic figure skating champion Han Cong ready to open new career chapter

Olympic figure skating champion Han Cong ready to open new career chapter-

english.news.cn

The 30-year-old veteran followed the two-day competitions at China's season-ending National Championships, which concluded here on Thursday.
"I took the certification exam to be a national-class figure skating technical specialist before I came here, and was just told that I had passed," Han said.
"I'm here trying to learn from the technical panel and to get a better understanding of everything that surrounds a figure skating tournament," he added.

Sui, who is studying choreography at Beijing Dance Academy, wrote on social media that she is pondering a possible return to the ice rink, while Han admitted to Xinhua that his fitness plays a big part in the prospect of the pair's return, which seems impossible in recent days.
"My body condition is not good enough for me to resume training. My hip is still hurting, maybe not as bad as before when it hurt every time I sneezed, but yes, it's hurting," Han said with a wry smile, adding that he has been busy away from the rink lately.

"I'm doing my duty as a member of the ISU (International Skating Union) Technical Committee, as well as calling out for athletes in a continental forum," said Han, who was appointed as the skater member of the Single & Pair Skating Technical Committee by the ISU last September.
His schedule in March included the OCA (Olympic Council of Asia) Athletes Forum in Bangkok, Thailand before he flew to Saitama, Japan for the ISU technical meeting.
"This part of the job is complicated, comprehensive and detailed, but I feel fresh and very interested," he said.
"I love figure skating and won't leave the sport, regardless of whether I return as an athlete or not," he added.

ETA - posted on April in this thread:

新闻

Sui Wenjing, Han Cong, and Jin Yang have qualified to be technical specialists at the domestic level.

 

[On My Own]

Wenjing did indeed say it on weibo a couple times. I hope they're not forced to return, but unfortunately I doubt Cong'll be given a choice (it won't be Wenjing's choice either assuming she changes her mind). Probably will depend on how the Pairs do next season, fingers crossed for them as well as for Cong.

 

[Karen-W]

Wenjing did indeed say it on weibo a couple times. I hope they're not forced to return, but unfortunately I doubt Cong'll be given a choice (it won't be Wenjing's choice either assuming she changes her mind). Probably will depend on how the Pairs do next season, fingers crossed for them as well as for Cong.

I don't think they'll be forced to return. Cong's moving on from actively competing and I'd guess with their resume, they are in a stronger position to say no than other skaters.

 

[On My Own]

I don't think they'll be forced to return. Cong's moving on from actively competing and I'd guess with their resume, they are in a stronger position to say no than other skaters.

I'm not really sure tbh. I doubt China will want to lose face in Pairs, and as @Gris mentioned earlier, cases like Li Na's should be rare when it comes to sports because of the state-funding that goes on. Sui/Han would be the prime candidates to bring back through the emotional blackmailing she mentioned, it's the others that are more dispensable (a la Yan Han and Chen Hongyi, whereas Jin Boyang might be told to stay on after Milan for previously winning world medals).

Of course, the form and physical condition do matter, so that might come into picture, and might be why Cong made sure to mention it.

 

[raruki]

Nini performed her SP from the 19-20 season, "Opportunity”, for her high school's ice hockey competition.

【安香怡 妮妮】opportunity北京市高中校际冰球联赛开场表演_哔哩哔哩_bilibili

-, 视频播放量 42475、弹幕量 47、点赞数 1200、投硬币枚数 159、收藏人数 352、转发人数 45, 视频作者 安香怡视频站, 作者简介 多读书，多看报，少刷手机，多睡觉！，相关视频：花样滑冰&云之羽《赐梦》+《头发乱了》哈尔滨体育学院第三十五届冰上运动会开幕式女子单人滑表演⛸️，/安香怡2019.12.21 冬奥有我 冰纷万象 深圳万象城十五周年表演滑 some thing never change 首秀，小学生花滑这么牛？以为是个青铜～没想到竟然是王者！，【安香怡 妮妮】 “留一盏灯”Leave a Light...

www.bilibili.com

 

[On My Own]

Maybe we can separate the Chinese skaters social media updates and all to a cheer thread in the trash can (including rumour discussion I guess)?

 

[Sylvia]

Or we could create a new thread in GSD something like "Chinese skating news & social media updates, 2023-24"?

I'm already tired of the "Fresh Noodles for Milan 2026" part of this title.

 

[On My Own]

I'm already tired of the "Fresh Noodles for Milan 2026" part of this title.

Well we did have some fresh noodles, like Nini, the Harbin dance teams, the Luan Bo pairs, and Boyang moving to TCC. But yes, maybe there won't be more fresh noodles after this.

@Sylvia okay I did it

 

[Sylvia]

Are the posters here who regularly post links to Chinese news and social media sources okay with closing this one now and moving to this new thread? https://www.fsuniverse.net/forum/th...ews-pt-5-social-media-updates-2023-24.110661/

ETA:

Thanks again to @raruki for taking the time to post scores & video links to the "Champion Competition" that was held in Qingdao on April 12-13.