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Mar 25, 2023 • 20 tweets • 8 min read
This thread: Men’s free skate press conference at #WorldFigure
Uno: I'm just happy about all of this because in both programs, I did better than what I expected. In the FS, there were mistakes here and there, I was able to put together the best performance I could do, so I'm very happy #WorldFigure
Mar 25, 2023 • 12 tweets • 5 min read
This thread: Free dance press conference at #WorldFigure
Chock/Bates: It feels amazing! I'm still processing everything - it's been a really big goal for us for a long time. It's an incredibly experience to accomplish it here in front of the incredible crowd. They were literally to the roof of the arena today #WorldFigure
Mar 24, 2023 • 14 tweets • 6 min read
This thread: Women’s free skate press conference at #WorldFigure
Sakamoto: Ideally, I would skate clean and end with a smile. But I made the same mistake as 4yrs ago, so I'm disappointed. But I was able to recover and add the 3T - so I think I've grown from 4 years ago #WorldFigure
Mar 24, 2023 • 18 tweets • 7 min read
This thread: rhythm dance press conference at #WorldFigure - small medals are delayed because Piper Gilles has not arrived yet
Chock/Bates: It was an incredible energy in the arena today - looking around the arena and seeing the thousands of fans, it was really magical. They propelled us in our program and gave us so much energy - it was incredibly fun #WorldFigure
Mar 23, 2023 • 8 tweets • 3 min read
This thread: Men’s SP press conference at #WorldFigure
Uno: Score-wise and content, it wasn't all that bad. I had some missteps in the stepseq, and my 4T3T became 4T2T. But I've been working on this SP for the whole year, and I ahve no regrest #WorldFigure
Feb 18, 2022 • 8 tweets • 3 min read
This thread: Pairs short program press conference #Beijing2022
Sui/Han: It doesn't matter what our draw order is - we just want to show our best and enjoy the competition no matter what #Beijing2022
Feb 18, 2022 • 8 tweets • 4 min read
Meanwhile, in between pairs practice and the pairs competition, there’s gala practice (!!) - Nathan Chen, Boyang Jin, and Vincent Zhou #Beijing2022
Boyang Jin skating to Westlife’s cover of Sarah McLachlan’s Angel for the exhibition. I thought I was in an ASPCA commercial with sad dogs. #Beijing2022
Feb 17, 2022 • 6 tweets • 2 min read
This thread: Women’s free skate press conference #Beijing2022
Trusova: I did do 5 quads - it took me a long long time to achieve this, so I'm really happy with my performance. #Beijing2022
Feb 14, 2022 • 30 tweets • 11 min read
This thread: Yuzuru Hanyu post-competition press conference (starting at 5:30pm local time) #Beijing2022
Moderator: We are holding this press conference because we have received many requests and we don’t have the time to hold all the individual interviews #Beijing2022