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Karen has boot problems according to her Instagram story
Karen is working with Rohene Ward on her short program for next season:
https://www.instagram.com/p/Bg4hCgGBkgV/
I can't wait to see the result!
Thanks for the update, Katmari. I love to see who Rohene is working with, so I know what ladies to watch, but I think this could be a great pairing:agree:
Now we know why he is in LA!
I really want Karen to work with a jump specialist this off season. Her jumps are HUGE but slower rotation I really want her to shine of the GP this season, as she hasn’t been able to in the past.
Wow! It looks better than ever! I'm so glad Jackson is working out for her.https://twitter.com/tegomass/status/981535408109502464 Karen's triple lutz from SOI practice. Looks like the new skates are working out for her?
Since Nathan CHEN will go to the YALE, is there any information about which College Karen choose?
I dont remember where I heard this from, but I believe Karen is taking a gap year (off school)
really? I can understand Nathan and Vincent took a gap year because of the Olympic season. But for Karen, WHY???
people can choose to take gap years for various reasons, whether or not they're elite athletes. University is a big commitment. Maybe she wants to focus on skating, maybe she doesn't know what she wants to do, etc.
Since Nathan CHEN will go to the YALE, is there any information about which College Karen choose?
Possibly University of Michigan - https://www.mercurynews.com/2018/04/17/olympian-karen-chen-lands-in-a-mess-with-former-bootmaker/
A couple other skaters' 2018-19 college admissions: Vincent Zhou - University of Colorado at Colorado Springs (his interview), Alexandra Yao - Columbia University (her instagram)
Don't want anyone to misinterpret your post, so will underline that Karen should not be lumped into the category of "2018-19 college admissions."
Sounds as if she has not even applied to colleges yet. Maybe(??) she eventually will end up at UMich, maybe not.
But she also faces a big transition with applying to colleges that will determine where she trains.
Throughout the two-month Stars on Ice tour, she has been based in Canton, Michigan, where brother Jeffrey Chen trains as an ice dancer.
Karen said the University of Michigan is a possibility but she also will explore schools on the East Coast and the University of California campuses.
Nitpicking, but Yao's name is Alexandria.
And sorry to go off topic, but has Vincent said definitively in an interview that he is going to UCCS?
I know that he said he "probably" would go to college in Colorado Springs. And I assume that it would be no problem for him to be admitted to UCCS.
But do you know whether he has confirmed that he is going to attend UCCS?
Glad to know that Avanta was not the reason that Karen withdrew from Worlds. At least I think that is what the article meant.
Chen declined to explain why she didn’t compete a year after finishing fourth.
“It’s not that I am uncomfortable talking about it but it’s just that I have moved on from it,” the skater said. “It’s best for me to not talk about it anymore.”
The situation, though, had nothing to do with Avanta.
“I’m not one to back down and I’ve always been one to keep pushing and not be afraid to fail,” she said. But “we felt like with the circumstances it was probably best to sit it out and just figure things out.”