So, yeah, this is the Bee I have in my Bonnet. But it really irks me. Not to mention it makes me hate NBC. Every individual event has a 10 AM start time as well, apparently, if I'm not mistaken. In this article by Phil Hersh, Patrick Chan and Nathan Chen both talked (very little, but to the point) about how it affected them in the Team Event.
Someone said in the comp thread that if you're doing a quad at 10 a.m., you're doing triples at 6 a.m. ... and you got up at 4. Which puts it even more into perspective.
The schedule, with a 10 a.m. local start time to accommodate prime time TV in the United States, was disconcerting for everyone.
"None of us have competed this early, let alone at the Olympics," Chan said.
Two-time U.S. champion Chen got to the rink at 6 a.m. for a warmup session an hour later and did not have time to return to the Olympic Village before the competition began. He performed at 11 a.m.
"We practice at home around this time (10 a.m.), but I don't get to the rink at 6 for warmups," Chen said. http://web.icenetwork.com/news/2018/02/09/266183266
"None of us have competed this early, let alone at the Olympics," Chan said.
Two-time U.S. champion Chen got to the rink at 6 a.m. for a warmup session an hour later and did not have time to return to the Olympic Village before the competition began. He performed at 11 a.m.
"We practice at home around this time (10 a.m.), but I don't get to the rink at 6 for warmups," Chen said. http://web.icenetwork.com/news/2018/02/09/266183266
Someone said in the comp thread that if you're doing a quad at 10 a.m., you're doing triples at 6 a.m. ... and you got up at 4. Which puts it even more into perspective.