Chinese skating news pt. 5 & social media updates, 2023-24

[raruki]

https://results.isu.org/events/wc2024_IceDance.htm

As expected, Wang/Liu has been replaced by Chen/Xing. Wonder which "disease" Liu suddenly gets this time.

 

[Gris]

Good.

 

[otisgear]

The most surprising thing was that it took this long to make it official...

 

[Aceon6]

https://results.isu.org/events/wc2024_IceDance.htm

As expected, Wang/Liu has been replaced by Chen/Xing. Wonder which "disease" Liu suddenly gets this time.

One less team to face away from during their bows.

 

[Karen-W]

I guess there's one thing good to come out of the awful CCP social scorecards after all...

 

[Rukia]

Wang/Liu are cooked now. See ya.

 

[raruki]

Rumors said that Yongchao Yang retired and joined a local club as a coach in Beijing.

 

[raruki]

Rumors said that Yongchao Yang retired and joined a local club as a coach in Beijing.

This is probably the worst time in Chinese figure skating. We got the worst result in WC in history and the officials in the sports authority started to “abandon” figure skating.

 

[otisgear]

Yang/Deng number two senior pair team now??....

 

[Karen-W]

Yang/Deng number two senior pair team now??....

What about Wang/Zhu?

 

[otisgear]

What about Wang/Zhu?

Yang/Deng are outscoring them now. Wang/Zhu have always struggled to get positive GOEs on their lifts, and were falling on spins and crashing into each other on their SBS jumps at the NWG... Their recent performances remind me very much of Zhao/Liu and their downwards trajectory earlier this season before splitting/retiring.

 

[raruki]

The future number 2 Chinese pair could be Jia(The giant misogynistic baby)Ziqi/Zhao Wantong? the new pair. HATE HIM but still have to admit that he is one of the few Chinese men in pair skating who is technically capable. Zhao is also a good pair girl. Hope that he can stick with her for a bit longer, unlike his previous partners.

But honestly, I don't think any of them might get a chance to compete internationally, and many of the senior pair skaters in China are pretty mediocre at international competitions. I also seriously doubt that Wang Yihan will be strong enough to carry and lift his current partner Zhang Jiaxun when Zhang starts to get puberty based on his poor work ethic and fitness level, even though they can land harder SBS combo and quad twist. The pair skating in China is just devastatingly hopeless in this Olympic cycle, I just hope that Luan Bo and Sui can make some magic on their junior teams in the future after Milan 2026.

 

[otisgear]

Jia(The giant misogynistic baby)Ziqi/Zhao Wantong

I believe they were just pairing up for shows with no intention to compete together. She's also almost as tall as he is...

 

[On My Own]

Seems there is some investment, at least at provincial team level.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1780357780895137823

 

[raruki]

Seems there is some investment, at least at provincial team level.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1780357780895137823

They are Team Wang Jialei (Chinese Samba school and Chinese Eteri LOL).
Training in Coach Higuchi's rink is a good choice IMO.

 

[On My Own]

They are Team Wang Jialei (Chinese Samba school and Chinese Eteri LOL).
Training in Coach Higuchi's rink is a good choice IMO.

Hope you guys are feeling bit less gloom and doom, btw, I felt gutted for your team and you fans.

 

[Sylvia]

Yudong Chen is back training at Great Park Ice in Irvine, CA: https://www.instagram.com/reel/C6XKz-FPK-K/

 

[On My Own]

Yudong Chen is back training at Great Park Ice in Irvine, CA: https://www.instagram.com/reel/C6XKz-FPK-K/

He's been there since the end of March.

 

[raruki]

Rumors said that Yongchao Yang retired and joined a local club as a coach in Beijing.

Zhang/Yang will attend the pair skating training camp later this week, so the rumor of their split-up turns out to be wrong.

Sina Visitor System

 

[On My Own]

https://www.instagram.com/gsa_figure.skating GSA Figure Skating (Whatever it is) is holding summer camp in Beijing?

I spy Lakernik and Dudakov there...

 

[raruki]

Sina Visitor System

Chinese Junior Ice dance team Xiao Zixi/He Linghao are now officially training in IAM.

 

[On My Own]

Sina Visitor System

Chinese Junior Ice dance team Xiao Zixi/He Linghao are now officially training in IAM.

I wish they wouldn't, given all that surfaced with IAM.

But it's good that, despite all the despair, Chinese skating clearly shows investment.

 

[raruki]

I wish they wouldn't, given all that surfaced with IAM.

But it's good that, despite all the despair, Chinese skating clearly shows investment.

I believe they pay most of the fees by themselves, not the China Fed.

 

[On My Own]

I believe they pay most of the fees by themselves, not the China Fed.

Surely the provincial team will pay some of it?

 

[raruki]

Surely the provincial team will pay some of it?

That's for sure. But Xiao is rich and she can pay the full fees. She got the IAM's choreography and went to Montreal a couple of times at her own expense last season.

 

[On My Own]

That's for sure. But Xiao is rich and she can pay the full fees. She got the IAM's choreography and went to Montreal a couple of times at her own expense last season.

LOL. Dowry situation for He Linghao then...

 

[raruki]

Some updates on Chinese skaters.

Jin Shuxian(金书贤/eligible for the next JGP season and NWG gold medalist) is now training and having new choreography in Korea.

shine team on Instagram: "작년보다 밝아졌다ㅎ조금씩 웃기도 하고ㅎㅎ 한국에 있는 2주~열심히 하장~ #샤인피겨팀#花样滑冰"

135 likes, 0 comments - shine_fg on April 23, 2024: "작년보다 밝아졌다ㅎ조금씩 웃기도 하고ㅎㅎ 한국에 있는 2주~열심히 하장~ #샤인피겨팀#花样滑冰".

www.instagram.com

Wang Yihan from Beijing(王一涵) is now training in Sofya Fedchenko's skating club in Russia

小红书

www.xiaohongshu.com

Liu Yuxuan from Guangdong(刘玉萱/11 yrs old）caught my attention in NWG this year, and she nailed 3Lo+3Lo+2A in training recently. Can't wait to see her performance next season.

小红书

www.xiaohongshu.com

Dai Daiwei’s new programs will be choreographed by Nikolai Moroshkin

Sina Visitor System

 

[Sylvia]

https://www.instagram.com/gsa_figure.skating GSA Figure Skating (Whatever it is) is holding summer camp in Beijing?

I spy Lakernik and Dudakov there...

That’s Lakernik’s project that he started last year: https://globalskatingacademy.com/

Xiaoyu Yu was invited to join the camp in Beijing: https://www.instagram.com/reel/C6c93iFv37M/

 

[raruki]

No matter how desperate the current situation of Chinese FS is, the Chinese drama is always there.
Some insiders say that there will be a big swap in most of the Chinese Ice dance teams.

 

[raruki]

No matter how desperate the current situation of Chinese FS is, the Chinese drama is always there.
Some insiders say that there will be a big swap in most of the Chinese Ice dance teams.

From my sources, It seems that only Lin/Gao and Xiao/He(Or Liu/Ge？)will be saved, most of the teams, including Chen/Xing, Li/Wang, have to end their partnership and pair up with the other skaters.