Skating Legend Patrick Chan Retires from Competitive Competition

Zemgirl said:
Wasn't there something like that at 2010 Worlds? And then Joubert said that if Takahashi does quad flip, he will do quad Lutz? (spoiler: he didn't).

I didn't come to appreciate Chan until later in his career. The skating skills were so pretty, and once he wasn't dominating anymore and didn't put his foot in his mouth so often, I could really appreciate what he was doing on the ice. He'll be missed, and he surely did Mr. Colson proud.
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I kind of enjoyed the press conference from 09 Worlds..Patrick and Joubert..Evan looked straight ahead..Good times!
 
Lori Ewing for The Canadian Press: Patrick Chan hopes to open skating school in Vancouver; Three-time world champion moves on ‘with a huge smile’
“I’m just running around town doing what I want to do, and moving on with a huge smile on my face. I feel good and light,” Chan said, ahead of Monday’s retirement announcement.
“I had three or four things lined up that I wanted to just learn about, and that’s what I’m doing. I’m meeting people and picking their brain and understanding what life is like. I don’t think I had any sense of that when I was in the competitive world. It’s awesome. I’m just a sponge again. I’m just absorbing and learning.”
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“Now I basically have three highlights to my life: doing shows (like Stars on Ice), getting familiar with the commercial real estate world, which has been a lot of fun, and finally the third dream would be to have the skating rink going and building a skating program,” Chan said.
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“At the end of the day, the foundation of it all is the joy of skating and the glide and the power, that’s what’s amazing,” Chan said. ”I think eventually quads will all look the same, they’ll all look like triples. But the one thing that can differentiate a skater and create excitement in the sport is what skaters can bring to the table when it comes to interpretation and how they can match the beautiful glide of skating to music and to a performance.
“I want to play a part in making sure people don’t forget how important that aspect is.”
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I think eventually quads will all look the same, they’ll all look like triples. But the one thing that can differentiate a skater and create excitement in the sport is what skaters can bring to the table when it comes to interpretation and how they can match the beautiful glide of skating to music and to a performance.
“I want to play a part in making sure people don’t forget how important that aspect is.
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This X 10,000.
 
I was first introduced to Chan as a junior, I think it was 07. It was clear that he was a huge talent, and so exciting to see him take the title from Buttle and watch his ascent in the sport.

His edges are such a thing of beauty - I don't think that there has ever been anyone, or will be anyone, with better edges.

His Four Seasons, which I had the privilege to see live at 2008 Nationals, remains my favorite program.
 
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I started falling in love with Patrick's skating from about 2012-13, with "Aranjuez", but even more with Rachmaninov, when his skills and musicality started (to me) to match, and from then on it was just divine. So many amazing memories. I also think that Kathy Johnson/ Jeff Buttle/ David Wilson brought Patrick to new expressive heights. So happy he got Olympic Team Gold, he deserved it so much. I will miss seeing him compete, a lot.
Thank you, Patrick. Best of luck for everything in the future!
 
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Japanfan said:
I was first introduced to Chan as a junior, I think it was 07 and am quite he won. It was clear that he was a huge talent, and so exciting to see him take the title from Buttle and watch his ascent in the sport.

His edges are such a thing of beauty - I don't that there has everyone been anyone, or will be anyone, with better edges.

His Four Seasons, which I live at 2008 Nationals, remains my favorite program of Patrick's.
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Patrick won silver behind Stephen Carriere at 2007 Jr Worlds. Voronov won bronze.
 
I remember that Jr Worlds in 2007 - didn't he drop the F-bomb in the KnC? :lol:

ETA: Yes it was!! https://youtu.be/M3z9Tq1nakU?t=470

So many skates to look back on but one that really sticks in my mind was his exhibition at 2012 Worlds in Nice. He'd had a rough week and there was a lot of drama and backlash around the result but then he came out for the exhibition and skated as if pure magic were flowing from his blades. I loved the SP that this was to become but this was the first time I had seen it and is one of the rare moments when someone's skating left me speechless and in tears at its beauty. :swoon:

2012 Worlds Exhibition - Rachmaninov

Enjoy your retirement Paddy and thanks for the great skates :respec::cheer:
 
floskate said:
I remember that Jr Worlds in 2007 - didn't he drop the F-bomb in the KnC? :lol:

ETA: Yes it was!! https://youtu.be/M3z9Tq1nakU?t=470

So many skates to look back on but one that really sticks in my mind was his exhibition at 2012 Worlds in Nice. He'd had a rough week and there was a lot of drama and backlash around the result but then he came out for the exhibition and skated as if pure magic were flowing from his blades. I loved the SP that this was to become but this was the first time I had seen it and is one of the rare moments when someone's skating left me speechless and in tears at its beauty. :swoon:

2012 Worlds Exhibition - Rachmaninov

Enjoy your retirement Paddy and thanks for the great skates :respec::cheer:
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Gorgeous!
 
One of my all time favourite male skaters! Sounds like he is doing really well! I had no idea he was dating Liz Putnam.
 
I feel so lucky to be a skating fan during the time of such masters as Lambiel, Takahashi, and Chan. Seeing Chan live several times over the years, no matter how many jumps he landed or how many times he might fall, he always made me feel what he was skating to, and always left me in awe of his mastery over the ice. Wishing him great luck in whatever direction he goes next.

(also proud of being the initiator of the "Panties for Patrick" with a lovely little blue and black lacy thong at Skate Canada in Mississauga!)
 
The skating of Patrick Chan renewed my interest in figure skating. At the end of the 6.0 scoring, it disappeared for a good while. I feel so blessed to have been around when Patrick was competing. When Patrick skates, I can't help but smile.
 
One of the very best ever in skating skills, the ability to interpret ANY kind of music, the determination to master the quads even though his programs would already be top-notch without them - that's Patrick Chan. Let's raise our cups of Tim Horton's to his wonderful eligible career. From here on in his involvement in skating, Patrick will continue to do what Dick Button says makes a skater great: to make the sport different and better because he is in it.
 
RoseAugust said:
The skating of Patrick Chan renewed my interest in figure skating. At the end of the 6.0 scoring, it disappeared for a good while. I feel so blessed to have been around when Patrick was competing. When Patrick skates, I can't help but smile.
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And looking to the future in the era of the multiple quad FS, I find myself wondering if/when we are going to see skating skills like Patrick's again.

At some point, doesn't the pendulum always move back?
 
At his best, Patrick was sublime personified. Mr. SS Extraordinaire! I'm glad to see that Patrick is opening a skating school. It's important for him to pass on his knowledge and experience to upcoming skaters. I'm happy for Patrick that he finally has his Olympic gold medal, shared with his teammates who have always been his greatest supporters.
 
I would love if Patrick could pass on his knowledge and instill good skating basics to his students. However I have to say that at the moment I am skeptical of his ability to teach it to others. Somehow he just doesn't strike me as having the right set of tools for the job. He learned to skate sublimely so early on that I wonder if he even knows how he does it anymore - it's just ingrained and automatic. Does he have the patience and skill to work with students?

He also seems to me to be a bit "flighty" - or at least he has been in the past. I can see him hopping from one grand plan to another, getting quickly bored, then moving on again to something else. I could be all wrong and he may be marvelous at it. Frankly I never would have expected Orser to have the ability to be such a good coach either and I would have been dead wrong so - well I guess time will tell. I would actually love to be proven wrong - the world needs more Patrick-style skating.
 
I saw him live in 2012 when a skating show was in Sudbury. That was also the first time I saw Gabby skate. Seeing him live really, you really get the chance to appreciate his speed.

My highlights were in 2008, when he won his first Canadian title, 2011 when he won his first World Title and broke the World Record, him doing his gorgeous quad for the first time. I remember thinking he was good enough even without it but when he landed it, I thought "If he can do it so easily, why not do it?". His free skate in Pyeongchang. Even if he didn't medal, he finished on a high and I teared up, thinking I'm going to miss him. He can add his name to the list of greats. It's hard to believe he has been around since 2006, when he made his senior debut at the Canadians.

aftershocks said:
At his best, Patrick was sublime personified. Mr. SS Extraordinaire! I'm glad to see that Patrick is opening a skating school. It's important for him to pass on his knowledge and experience to upcoming skaters. I'm happy for Patrick that he finally has his Olympic gold medal, shared with his teammates who have always been his greatest supporters.
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I completely agree. I could watch Patrick do nothing but skate around and do footwork all day. No one matched his skating skills. If I were a coach, I'd make all my students watch him and study his basic skating skills.
 
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Skate Talker said:
I would love if Patrick could pass on his knowledge and instill good skating basics to his students. However I have to say that at the moment I am skeptical of his ability to teach it to others. Somehow he just doesn't strike me as having the right set of tools for the job. He learned to skate sublimely so early on that I wonder if he even knows how he does it anymore - it's just ingrained and automatic. Does he have the patience and skill to work with students?
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The patience and skill to work with students is the mark of a great coach or teacher, not a great skater or ______ (other athlete). Think of Michelle Kwan, so brilliant on the ice, not a coach in the making...

Basically, coaching is one thing, and skating or performing/competing in FS or a different sport is another.

And if Patrick will have his own school, he will probably be hiring coaches and/or contracting with coaches who want to work there with their skaters - not coaching himself. It seems that he is more interested in the business side of running a school, which would put considerable demands on his time and energy.

He also seems to me to be a bit "flighty" - or at least he has been in the past. I can see him hopping from one grand plan to another, getting quickly bored, then moving on again to something else. I could be all wrong and he may be marvelous at it. Frankly I never would have expected Orser to have the ability to be such a good coach either and I would have been dead wrong so - well I guess time will tell. I would actually love to be proven wrong - the world needs more Patrick-style skating.
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I understand the flighty bit you point out.

But, it could work for him in terms of establishing a skating school because other people who do the actual work of putting the school together and organizing it. Patrick would just have his name stamped on it.

Would that we were all so lucky to have such an opportunity!
 
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