To be honest, I wasn't sure what you were getting at when you were pointing out the time equivalent. So, I probably did interpret it a different way to what you intended.
Sorry about that.
Although, I still don't think there were be many North American skaters who could keep to their regular sleeping pattern if they were in the final group in a competition that started at 8pm and finished around midnight...
CaroLiza_fan
probably not, but I find all this talk about how early the competition was a little bit questionable, especially since the North Americans all arrived only like 2-3 days prior to the competition - it's not likely they had the North American time zone sleep schedule, then changed it to South Korean time zone sleep schedule in those 2 days and then changed it back to early competition sleep schedule on the day of the competition ...
on the other hand, it's more like they had the North American time zone sleep schedule, then came to South Korea and tried to keep that sleep schedule as it fits perfectly with the 10am competition ...