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Wang/Liu are training in Montreal long-term now :)

 

Zijun Li uploaded a video of her skating saying: skating now feels so fulfilling: https://m.weibo.cn/status/4242588942920584

 

no news from Boyang, but we'll see him at THE ICE 

 

Han Yan gave a speech about his journey in figure skating: https://m.weibo.cn/status/4241773783727880?luicode=10000011&lfid=100101B2094654D168AAFE4999&featurecode=20000180

 

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Korea....the magic land, where every single arrangement with TCC happens.

 

IMO, I think the setup for Boyang's move was already decided almost immediately after the Olys. Going back to interview they had with Zhao, he did keep on saying that Yuzu had the "best" professionals of everything, and that Yuzu's competitive mentality is the most intriguing aspect of him. So it was going to happen at some point-it seems Zhao is determined to see if some of Yuzu's mentality magic would rub off. So the Fantasia on Ice was mostly for TCC team to decide how Boyang works with other skaters from TCC.

 

Also, Boyang didn't update his Weibo since mid/late April. There were also reports in Chinese sports sites that sounded very sure that Boyang is heading to Canada in early June, after he rests up in Beijing and gets new gear ready. But nothing in those reports indicate long term, so I didn't want to bring them up. Just the tone sounded so definitive, and CSA didn't say anything publicly to contradict that.

 

As for people worried about rivalries and so on. I'll just say this, the CSA would rather send skaters to locations which has skaters the CSA wants their skaters to "aspire to."  For Boyang, it's clearly Yuzu. And no, Chinese sports world probably does not see Boyang and Yuzu as rivals to a degree, because rivals indicates a level of equality in skills which we do not believe exists yet with Yuzu and Boyang, we're not US media okay. Boyang's "rivals" are Shoma and Nathan, possibly Kolyada and Aliev. It also indicates that to a degree, Cha and Gogolev are not viewed as direct rivals in a sense, which might come back and bite us in the butt, but maybe CSA also figured, it's a type of rivalry that will help push Boyang. China doesn't have that many top men now, so finding a good environment which would motivate Boyang, is also a priority. If China can't provide that, then overseas it will be.

 

@SparkleSalad: hmm...I think China wants to get on the podium first and foremost, because China does not view itself as having the quality and depth in the men's field as other countries. So I don't think China's goal, at least CSA's, is gold in men's individual. Especially if Yuzu is still skating at Beijing. If Yuzu still goes to Beijing in top form, and skates clean, then yes, it can settle for Boyang taking silver next to Yuzu, because that is one skater we do not doubt. We don't view him and Boyang as "rivals" since there is some implied consensus that Yuzu is superior in all aspects. Now, if we go to Nathan, Zhou and Shoma, that's a different situation, in which case CSA will aim for the gold (and this is where the move to TCC originates). So moving Boyang on a long term basis to TCC is a good move to safeguard against most possibile scenarios heading into Beijing.

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