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Notice that except for Shaun White, he's the only one who has a full 1/2 hour to himself!
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I think Nathan does too (typo): Monday 5:45-5:15 p.m. MT should be -6:15 p.m. MT

I was told he's not doing a pre-Skate America media call so this is the one media opportunity before he makes his season debut in Las
Vegas.
 
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Getting ready for SkAm.

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Olympic preview with Javi. He discusses men around the 20min mark.
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Figure Skating 2021/22 preview with Spanish former Skater Javier Fernandez; Yang Yang and Charles Hamelin on the new Short Track season

<p>Welcome to a bumper edition of The Ice Skating Podcast!<br>This episode we’ve got three top interviews.<br>Spanish former Figure Skater Javier Fernandez, a bronze medalist at PyeongChang 2018, is the perfect man to preview the season ahead - and the road to Beijing 2022.<br>He tells us what...
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Nathan interview with Nick McCarvel (and plays guitar!)

Podcast: Nathan Chen previews Olympic season

Three-time world champion figure skater Nathan Chen looks ahead to Beijing 2022 on the Olympic Channel Podcast.
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Nathan's Team Panasonic page

Nathan in Chinese media

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Skate America digital program. (Don't read page 7 if you don't want to know about his new programs!)
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2022 Skate America Program_digital

This interactive flipbook is created with FlippingBook, a service for streaming PDFs online. No download, no waiting. Open and start reading right away!
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Skate America digital program. (Don't read page 7 if you don't want to know about his new programs!)
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I think it's okay to list what's printed here in his fan thread ;):
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SP: "Eternity" and "Nemesis" by Benjamin Clementine
FP: Mozart medley
Choreographer: Shae-Lynn Bourne
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Looking forward to seeing his first practice run through via Peacock online tomorrow!

We don't know yet which group he'll be in - the men will practice between 11:35 and 12:55 Pacific time on Thursday.

ETA another article based on his Team USA Media Summit video interview with journalists on Oct. 18:
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Nathan Chen Says That, When the Time Comes, Athletes Need to "Do What's Best For Us"

Nathan Chen shared during a 2022 Winter Olympics media summit this week that he was inspired by the Tokyo Games to put his mental health first.
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Article based on his interview with Nick.

World champ skater Nathan Chen brings focus inward for Olympic season

“This is a very big season,” says the three-time world champ who is eyeing an individual medal at Beijing 2022.
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Accompanying video

How Nathan Chen is seeing things differently this Olympic season

Three-time world figure skating champion shares how the help of a psychologist and change of approach have given him a new direction since PyeongChang 2018
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Shout out from Team Panasonic
 
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Fan cam of Nathan's Mozart medley FS partial run though in Las Vegas: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bTAty6k2_PQ

1st part is the Adagio movement of Mozart's Piano Concerto No. 23 (memorably performed by Kostner in her 2011-12 FS & Papadakis/Cizeron in 2014-15 FD); then Lacrimosa from the Requiem Mass in D Minor; with a techno/modern version of Lacrimosa (his footwork) to end.

ETA: Think the last part is the Apashe version of Lacrimosa but wihout any of the voiceovers, thankfully. :D
 
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Phil Hersh's tweets re. Nathan's program music: https://twitter.com/olyphil/status/1451307613149437967
1 / Nathan Chen just texted me with some more info on his music. The Mozart-based remains work in progress in terms of the Apashe section: "We originally added the `that was Mozart' drop but it actually reduced the energy in the end. . .
2 / "The rest of the cut we found differed too much from the main melody of Lacrimosa and no longer remained recognizable and so ended up with the version I have now. . .” (more).
3 / "Again, as with all things, we are using this competition to learn, so if it doesn’t seem quite right in competition we’ll update for future competitions."
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4 / On reprise of Nemesis for the short: ”Everything up until last step sequence is new. Just revisiting Nemesis for the step sequence. Will be done with all jumping passes before nemesis kicks in.” Most of the short is from “Eternity” by the same composer, [Benjamin] Clementine
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Jackie Wong's tweets re. Nathan's FS music: https://twitter.com/rockerskating/status/1451272059695165440
Chen told me he's been saving Mozart for the Olympic season: "I watched Amadeus a few yrs back & was drawn to the music. It's the perfect season to finally skate to it. Each section allows me to tap into diff styles of my skating - from ballet to contemporary to modern movement" ...
"We actually listened to the remixed version first and were really excited with how it sounded."
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Another one: https://twitter.com/rockerskating/status/1451272791756468230
Nathan Chen's FS layout this week:
4Lo 3Lz 4F3T 4S 3A 4T1Eu3F 4T3T
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Christine Brennan's article (no new quotes AFAIK - some are from Nathan's virtual media summit presser):
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Nathan Chen begins four-month journey for redemption – and for elusive figure skating gold

Nathan Chen will perform Friday night at Skate America in Las Vegas, the first major international skating competition of the Olympic season.
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Nathan debuted his SP today in practice to Benjamin Clementine's "Eternity" with "Nemesis" coming in at the end for his footwork sequence that he skipped in his run through because he had fallen on his 3A (after landing 4Lz and before landing 4F+3T) and so "In typical NChen fashion, after he fell on the 3A in program runthrough, he drilled a whole bunch, landed 5 of 5" according to Jackie Wong: https://twitter.com/rockerskating/status/1451645825797398528

On he process of his SP music selection: https://twitter.com/rockerskating/status/1451644600435625985
"Shae and I originally didn't even consider Nemesis, but the end of Eternity wasn't strong enough, so we played Nemesis again while we were looking for more pieces & we were like, 'yep that's it, that's the one.'
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10 photos from his Friday practice: https://www.instagram.com/p/CVWLeqGvNEQ/
 
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I know it's an odd thing to say after the jumping mistakes and score, but I like Nathan's short program.

Hopefully, he's just getting out the cobwebs. When I read the article where he discussed Simone Biles, I hoped it was a sign of a good perspective and not a sign of him getting into his head and feeling the pressure. I hope he has a great skate tomorrow.
 
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Yes, he fell at Worlds on the same 4Lz in the SP. I personally feel putting both 4Lz and 4F in the SP is overkill and he should just pick one plus the 4T. IMO, the extra little bit of BV from doing both isn't commensurate with the added risk and I would rather he just do the WTT layout with 4F and 4T.
 
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sheetz said:
Yes, he fell at Worlds on the same 4Lz in the SP. I personally feel putting both 4Lz and 4F in the SP is overkill and he should just pick one plus the 4T. IMO, the extra little bit of BV from doing both isn't commensurate with the added risk and I would rather he just do the WTT layout with 4F and 4T.
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I agree with this. I don't think he needs both in the short. I'm sure they will be playing with his jump layout.
 
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