Vincent Zhou is honored at the WH & praised for his Quad lutz.

[Tinami Amori]

Vincent Zhou is honored at the WH & praised for his Quad lutz.
https://www.mercurynews.com/2018/04...figure-skater-other-olympians-at-white-house/

President Trump singled out Palo Alto figure skater Vincent Zhou at the White House on Friday when he and around 200 other Team USA Olympic and Paralympic athletes were given a champions’ welcome.

Trump, who mentioned a few of the athletes by name, took a particular interest in the Olympic feats of the 17-year-old Zhou. At the Pyeongchang Winter Games, Zhou may not have medaled, but he was remembered more for pulling off a first-ever maneuver at the Olympics than his sixth-place finish. “Vincent Zhou landed the first quadruple lutz in Olympic competition,” Trump said. “Quadruple! Wow. That’s a lot.”

https://www.mercurynews.com/2018/05/03/the-lonely-road-of-a-teenage-olympic-ice-skater/

 

[Sylvia]

There's also a thread in the PI forum; I mentioned Vincent and linked to the video here: Winter Olympians & Paralympians will visit the White House on April 27

ETA that @seabm7 posted the 2nd article link in the Programs/Choreographers thread earlier today - relevant excerpt from Elliott Almond's May 3rd article:

The skater was talking the other day from Toronto where he worked with well-known choreographer Lori Nichols on next season’s short program. He plans to enlist Jeffrey Buttle to choreograph the free skate. Buttle did both of his programs this past season.

 

[AxelAnnie]

Wow! What an honor.

 

[MAXSwagg]

What was he doing there?

 

[allezfred]

What was he doing there?

Meeting the U.S. President?

 

[olympic]

No. Being the first to land a Quad Lutz

 

[DreamSkates]

No wow for Chen's quads and higher place finish?
But kudos to Zhou for landing a first!

 

[Deleted member 53443]

No wow for Chen's quads and higher place finish?
But kudos to Zhou for landing a first!

Chen boycotted the thing, no?

 

[Sylvia]

Stars on Ice had a show in Pittsburgh that day (April 27) and all the 2018 Olympians who were regular cast members of SOI did not go to the White House... only Adam Rippon publicly stated (tweeted that same day) why he was not going.

There's also a thread in the PI forum; I mentioned Vincent and linked to the video here: Winter Olympians & Paralympians will visit the White House on April 27

 

[Deleted member 53443]

Well I watched the actual sequence, and it was so ad lib and casual anyway lol