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New page, new subject, Boyang Jin.
From the article shared in the OP, these are his comments:
Like I said in the other thread, his skates here were miles better than earlier in the season so if he can keep this trajectory and this mindset for worlds, I hope to see him contend for a medal there.
What do you think of the strategy of lowering the difficulty so that he could go as clean as possible?
This is actually what I think the rule changes were aiming for, to make skaters consider what elements it was realistic to include and which were Hail Mary elements.
In my opinion, it worked for Boyang here and helped him rise to the silver medal position.
From the article shared in the OP, these are his comments:
I'm thrilled to see Boyang beginning to rise again, since he sounded a bit disheartened and sad in the last interview I read that had been translated.“I’m satisfied overall, but it’s not as good as my training these days,” said last year’s champion. “My skating wasn’t that relaxed. Two minutes before stepping on the ice, I decided to not do the quad Salchow in my program and change some of the choreography. After the nationals, I wasn’t able to skate this program that much, so having one less quad makes it a little easier for me.”
“I think I adjusted myself mentally a little bit now,” said the 21-year-old of his marked improvement. “I just want to use the competition experience I have now to compete and enjoy the competition. I think I’m way calmer than before, so I feel like there’s no such difficulty that I cannot overcome in the future.”
Like I said in the other thread, his skates here were miles better than earlier in the season so if he can keep this trajectory and this mindset for worlds, I hope to see him contend for a medal there.
What do you think of the strategy of lowering the difficulty so that he could go as clean as possible?
This is actually what I think the rule changes were aiming for, to make skaters consider what elements it was realistic to include and which were Hail Mary elements.
In my opinion, it worked for Boyang here and helped him rise to the silver medal position.