Nathan Chen
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Omg at Shoma, unexpected
Yea the ice is crap, nobody was landing their jumps right.
But it’s over with and he can focus on his finals now. Hope he gets some good rest during thanksgiving break and have a couple of days with Raf. Considering his schedule, I felt IDF was kinda the one he’d have to wing it in terms of performance because not much time between his first GP and this and he’s missing class/in the middle of midterms for it. He got the job done and did well all things considers.
Yea the ice is crap, nobody was landing their jumps right.
But it’s over with and he can focus on his finals now. Hope he gets some good rest during thanksgiving break and have a couple of days with Raf. Considering his schedule, I felt IDF was kinda the one he’d have to wing it in terms of performance because not much time between his first GP and this and he’s missing class/in the middle of midterms for it. He got the job done and did well all things considers.
Yeah I thought it was funny, that they showed Raf having this stern, stone-faced expression right after Nathan's skate, but the moment Nathan was skating towards him, laughing, getting off the ice, Raf was grinning all over his face!
I honestly think he couldn't stay "mad" when he saw Nathan being his endearing, laughing self.
That is correct. But I still wouldn't be so fast to blame the ice, at the most maybe for the 4S, but other than that I think it was more likely the usual nerves coupled with feeling not as prepared and in shape due to his tight schedule.
Congrats to Nathan! It’s not the skate he wanted, but considering the quick turnaround time and being sick after SA and school, he got the job done. Now rest, recovery and Raf (the 3 Rs). LOL. And he still won by over 30 points even with the not perfect skate.
And all three, the spreadeagle, the take-off and the landing were on the music/musical accents.
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- Feb 28, 2018
Yeah I thought it was funny, that they showed Raf having this stern, stone-faced expression right after Nathan's skate, but the moment Nathan was skating towards him, laughing, getting off the ice, Raf was grinning all over his face!
I honestly think he couldn't stay "mad" when he saw Nathan being his endearing, laughing self.
That is correct. But I still wouldn't be so fast to blame the ice, at the most maybe for the 4S, but other than that I think it was more likely the usual nerves coupled with feeling not as prepared and in shape due to his tight schedule.
That Raf's face was the highlight of the event to me lol.
Nathan mentioned a lot of mistakes due to the ice being hard.
https://olympics.nbcsports.com/2019/11/02/nathan-chen-grand-prix-france/
https://olympics.nbcsports.com/2019/11/02/nathan-chen-grand-prix-france/
omg I HATE skating on hard ice!! I can totally relate.
(...with my non-existent multi-rotational jumps, ahem... 
)But most likely Romain will be there, so it would be more fun and relaxing for him.
FS Fancam
https://youtu.be/LLoTnMS0krI
IDF helps him adapt to different ice situations at least
And no plate this year, they are giving out medals.
No way! out of... out of metal?? :shocked:
ETA: Never mind, just tuned in. Huh, metal indeed... but they still went with that shaky disco ball podium.
One step at a time France, one step at a time...ETA 2: Oh hey, biggest surprise of the event for me: Nathan managed to defeat the carpet!!
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IDF is always the worst. Please skating gods, don’t let him have IDF next year
As far as memory helps, all French events are some kind of disappointing. Who can forget the plastic medals and then plastic stars instead of medals? I really don’t like to see my favorite skaters there
- Joined
- Jul 27, 2003
Remember those days when the French GP used to be so French and the prettiest GP event by far? :’’(
Crepes w/ Romain
https://twitter.com/aboutNathan0505/status/1190695056442834944
https://twitter.com/aboutNathan0505/status/1190685734874886144
The Fam wearing matching Nikes
https://twitter.com/nwcgold2019/status/1190691164359233536
https://twitter.com/aboutNathan0505/status/1190695056442834944
https://twitter.com/aboutNathan0505/status/1190685734874886144
The Fam wearing matching Nikes
https://twitter.com/nwcgold2019/status/1190691164359233536
The Fam w/ the Yeti?
https://instagram.com/p/B4YKrNCIS8T/
Eating crepes while cheering Mariah
https://twitter.com/nwcgold2019/status/1190738057231654912
https://twitter.com/nwcgold2019/status/1190740663245033472
https://twitter.com/nwcgold2019/status/1190733828895076352
Back on the ice
https://twitter.com/nwcgold2019/status/1190756378098274305
Taking pics of Mariah and Romain
https://twitter.com/yonkaitenpooh/status/1190757773073616897
https://twitter.com/sweetmilkt_e_a_/status/1190756676678365186
https://instagram.com/p/B4YKrNCIS8T/
Eating crepes while cheering Mariah
https://twitter.com/nwcgold2019/status/1190738057231654912
https://twitter.com/nwcgold2019/status/1190740663245033472
https://twitter.com/nwcgold2019/status/1190733828895076352
Back on the ice
https://twitter.com/nwcgold2019/status/1190756378098274305
Taking pics of Mariah and Romain
https://twitter.com/yonkaitenpooh/status/1190757773073616897
https://twitter.com/sweetmilkt_e_a_/status/1190756676678365186
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- Oct 21, 2017
@aboutNathan shared IDF videos in here
https://aboutnathanpic.blogspot.com/2019/11/idf19-vids.html?m=1
Opening gif
https://twitter.com/cozy0505/status/1190711896661352448?s=21
https://twitter.com/nathanchengifs/status/1190639042192240641?s=21
Ice is really not good, but all of replays are so good
hwell:
And I think this year, I didn’t find any CBC commentary.:think:
Does anyone know they have a plan for commentary?
https://aboutnathanpic.blogspot.com/2019/11/idf19-vids.html?m=1
Opening gif
https://twitter.com/cozy0505/status/1190711896661352448?s=21
https://twitter.com/nathanchengifs/status/1190639042192240641?s=21
Ice is really not good, but all of replays are so good
hwell:And I think this year, I didn’t find any CBC commentary.:think:
Does anyone know they have a plan for commentary?
- Joined
- Oct 21, 2017
He said more about ”ice problem” in here
"I think a lot of the mistakes are actually due to the ice being a little bit harder. But we have to be able to adapt to the situation, we can't use this as an excuse for our failures"
https://twitter.com/hideg_y/status/1190653868272750592?s=21
- Joined
- Oct 21, 2017
