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- Little
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- Nov 07, 2020
The Olympics have really motivated me, ever since I started skating as a little kid.
- Family
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- Nov 07, 2020
I have a very close family. I have four older siblings: two brothers and two sisters.
- Born
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- Nov 07, 2020
I am a first-generation American of Chinese decent. My parents were both born and raised in China and moved to the U.S. in their 20s.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
My parents always enforce the idea of never giving up upon all of my siblings and me, and I think that's something that will stick with me my whole life.
- Passion
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- Nov 07, 2020
You have to have passion for what you do, or else it's difficult when the going gets tough.
- Matter
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- Nov 07, 2020
Regardless of what I do, no matter how good it is, it's never, in my mind, 'flawless.'
- I Can
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- Nov 07, 2020
There's always things that I can improve on.
- Kid
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- Nov 07, 2020
Really, I'm just a normal kid.
- Name
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- Nov 07, 2020
My Chinese name is Chen Wei. I can speak a tiny, tiny bit, just basically get around, but I understand it decently well.
- Never
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- Nov 07, 2020
In terms of, like, interviews, I used to struggle a lot with interviews; I never knew what to say.
- More
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- Nov 07, 2020
I tend to be a little bit more quiet and just to myself. I'm a little bit more introverted than extroverted.
- Like
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- Nov 07, 2020
It's like you get a high off the jumps, and you crave it, and you want to do it again and again and again.
- Skater
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- Nov 07, 2020
I want to be a full-package skater.
- Genuinely
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- Nov 07, 2020
I genuinely dislike sequins.
- Like
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- Nov 07, 2020
I like biology a lot.
- Enjoy
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- Nov 07, 2020
I really enjoy traveling to... I went to Spain. That was really cool. Japan was really cool. France was really cool.
- Medicine
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- Nov 07, 2020
I want to do something in medicine, for sure. I don't know what, exactly, that entails, but something along those lines.
- Hard
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- Nov 07, 2020
We were all just taught to work as hard as we could, use these opportunities to advance, and just really appreciate all that we had.
- Nov 07, 2020
Team U.S.A. is awesome.
- Food
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- Nov 07, 2020
If it's time to indulge, I love desserts, especially Hershey's chocolate. I also love sushi and Japanese food. Food is my favorite in general.
- Night
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- Nov 07, 2020
I try to get as close to 10 hours of sleep each night, as sleep is the best form of recovery.
- Mine
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- Nov 07, 2020
I do very scientific-based training. However, for skating, that's a little bit out of the ordinary. Many skaters base their off-ice training around plyometrics, whereas mine is very strength- and power-based.
- I Am
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- Nov 07, 2020
I really like to bike outdoors and love the weight-based workouts that I do. I am not the biggest fan of other cardio-based workouts. Off-season cardio sessions are pretty grueling.
- Doing
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think doing a quint is very, very difficult.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
I never got to go to prom or homecoming or a lot of the typical teenage stuff. But, if you think about it, I've gotten to go and meet different people and travel all over the world.
- Motivated
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- Nov 07, 2020
As a family, we are all intrinsically motivated.
- Best
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- Nov 07, 2020
My parents always wanted the very best for me and pushed me further and further, so that stuck with me.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
Never give up. There are always tough times, regardless of what you do in anything in life. Be able to push through those times and maintain your ultimate goal.
- Bad
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- Nov 07, 2020
There are always benefits and good things, bad things that come out of every performance.
- Difficult
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- Nov 07, 2020
Skating in itself is a difficult sport, and the amazing athletes within the sport are very challenging.
- Different
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- Nov 07, 2020
I would love to be working in a hospital or in a completely different realm, working with or exploring the lives of animals.
- I Am
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- Nov 07, 2020
I am proud to be a first-generation Chinese-American in the sport of figure skating.
- Day
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- Nov 07, 2020
I start in the morning with something like a breakfast burrito and a smoothie, something that gives me enough protein and carbs to start my day.
- Breakfast
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- Nov 07, 2020
Throughout the day, I'll snack a lot. I always have some breakfast cereal, like Kellogg's cereal, something on hand, so that I can just quickly get some carbs in.
- Gorgeous
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- Nov 07, 2020
Emma Watson definitely is my celebrity crush. I love 'Harry Potter.' Plus, she's gorgeous, which really helps.
- Nov 07, 2020
I hate spiders; I'm terrified of spiders.
- Built
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- Nov 07, 2020
Maybe it's innate: I have a body built to jump.
- Look
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- Nov 07, 2020
There's a lot of skaters that I look up to, and I think my biggest skating role models were the two Russian competitors at the 2002 Olympic games in Salt Lake City. They really motivated me to follow my passion in skating, and it really blossomed from there.
- Forward
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- Nov 07, 2020
I can't decide the results, but I can still put my best foot forward and try the best I can.
- Body
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- Nov 07, 2020
These big jumps take a big toll on the body, especially a young body. So, it's kind of risk or reward, I guess.
- Doing
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- Nov 07, 2020
Once you land a jump, you put it straight in the program. That's the way I've always been doing it.
- First
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- Nov 07, 2020
Once I landed the triple Salchow, I put it in the program. First landed triple toe, straight into the program. That's what I did with my quad suite.
- Every
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- Nov 07, 2020
Every day's a new day.
- I Am
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- Nov 07, 2020
Honestly, I am human. I make mistakes.
- Keep
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- Nov 07, 2020
I just like to keep pushing myself and the sport.
- I Can
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've skated after Yuzu a handful of times. The only thing I can take away from it is to be prepared for the Pooh-bears to be raining down from the audience.
- End Of The World
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- Nov 07, 2020
It's something I have to remind myself about, that at every competition, I put a lot of pressure on myself, almost like it's the end of the world, and I have to keep reminding myself it's not.
- Forever
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- Nov 07, 2020
My skating career won't last forever.
- Down
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- Nov 07, 2020
I remember being a little kid walking down the grocery aisle seeing athletes on these cereal boxes.
- Learning
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- Nov 07, 2020
I like the challenge and instant gratification of landing a new jump or learning a new element. That made me fall in love with the sport.
- Being
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- Nov 07, 2020
Being able to land all the quads, especially doing them all in one program, is mentally huge.
- Learning
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- Nov 07, 2020
Half of learning a new element is just getting over the fear of doing it. Once you mentally prepare yourself enough to do the jump, that is really half the battle.
- Being
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- Nov 07, 2020
Just being here at the Olympics is pretty incredible in itself. Seeing the unity of the athletes and to see how everyone has worked so hard to get here - and we are all so excited to be here - it's awesome to be able to experience it.
- Outside
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- Nov 07, 2020
A lot of the things I do outside the rink are just to relax and recover. We spend so much time at the rink, so it's nice to decompress a little.
- Making
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- Nov 07, 2020
Ever since I started skating, making the Olympic team was my ultimate dream. It's what has inspired and motivated me throughout my entire career.
- Inspiration
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- Nov 07, 2020
An artistic standpoint - I've watched a lot of ballet and source some inspiration from how they move, connect with each other, and find meaning in their movement.
- Love
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- Nov 07, 2020
There are always times when you don't want to go to the rink, or you don't want to do all the things you're supposed to do. Sometimes you're exhausted, or it's been a long week, but I always remind myself that this is my Olympic dream and the passion, because I love the sport very much.
- Path
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- Nov 07, 2020
It's reassuring knowing that people are supporting me and want to know more about me. It comes with being the national champion and making the Olympic team. I think that it's telling me I'm on the right path.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
Skating is a sport that I found a lot of interest in from a very, very young age. Ultimately, I think that being on the ice, being in the cold, and trying things and challenging myself in different ways is something that made me really interested in skating.
- Lake
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- Nov 07, 2020
I began skating when I was 3. It was during 2002, the year the Olympics were held in Salt Lake City.
- Mom
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- Nov 07, 2020
Largely, I began skating because I wanted stuff to do outside of school. My mom decided to put me into figure skating.
- Day
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- Nov 07, 2020
I began skating in the official practice venue of the 2002 Games. It was a huge Olympic atmosphere with Apollo Ohno sitting on the wall every day when I walked into the rink. That was really cool and very inspiring to see.
- Like
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- Nov 07, 2020