Reigning World Silver Medallist! That has a nice ring to it.  It was a fantastic way to end the season and he’s now got the entire summer to train and be even better next season!  Patrick will be back in Toronto for a bit although he will be taking some trips here and there.  His main thing for the next few months is an Asia trip to visit his family and relatives in Singapore.  Hopefully he’ll be able to get much needed rest then.

So for the Cheerios Contest, the last day to submit your questions is this friday!  After that, Patrick and I will sit down and go through them all and pick which question is the most interesting.  Results will be posted soon after so stay tuned!  Hopefully Patrick took some photos in Turin as well that I will post up on his site.

More to come…

Aivory

A silver medal for Patrick Chan at the world figure skating championships last night felt like gold, he said after atoning for a frustrating season of injury and disappointment.

The 19-year-old skater from Toronto had to endure hardships all season -illness, his first major injury, being unprepared for the Skate Canada Grand Prix event last November, skating badly, and trying to play catch-up all Olympic season.

“From the beginning at Skate Canada, it got better and better,” Chan said. “I’ve been learning so much. I think this is by far the most challenging season. The season I’ll remember because I learned 80 per cent of what I have to learn in my competitive career in this one year. So next year will be a breeze.”

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Turin, Italy — Refreshing.

That’s the way Patrick Chan is – refreshingly honest.  And he discusses matters in such a way that he separates himself from most other elite athletes out there.

“It stinks,” he said of his fifth-place finish at the Vancouver Olympics.  “Then it settles in and you understand that you’re not the only star here Patrick.  You’re not the only one working his butt off to get somewhere.”

That qualifies as an epiphany.

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TURIN, Italy – With the pressure of the Vancouver Olympics off his shoulders, Canada’s Patrick Chan finds himself in the hunt for a medal at the world figure skating championships.

The 19-year-old from Toronto finished second in the short program, scoring 87.80 points with a virtually flawless performance.

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Hey Everyone!

If there’s anyone out there like me who was obsessed with the Olympics, the red mittens, and all the hype that surrounded it than you’ll all feel like life has gotten way too monotonous since then.  Regular tv just doesn’t cut it anymore and even my favorite tv shows have lost its luster compared to the reality and the raw emotion that the Olympics had.  Another four years! Don’t steal my idea but I intend to search for hotel rooms and flight tickets sometime soon for SOCHI 2014!

Anyways, Patrick is off to Italy today.  Talked to him last night and he said that he’s been training really well and has been feeling really good about his skating.  Aside from some “silly” mistakes that he made in Vancouver he said that he has overcome them and is looking forward to Italy.  If your from Canada, don’t forget to watch him next Wednesday live on either CBCSports.ca or CBC Bold.  You can even judge the event yourself at Skatebuzz! Patrick will be taking his camera along so hopefully he will give us some behind the scenes stuff again like he did for Vancouver (which by the way there are more to come).

Just in case you haven’t seen the video yet, we have launched a new (yet small) contest for all of Patrick’s fans.  Basically, he has read several questions over the past month and promises to respond to them.  However please send in your questions through fan mail or commenting and try to be extremely unique!  The most interesting question will win a signed box of Cheerios! (and yes you will get the cereal inside it as well)

Side Note: Yesterday was St. Patty’s day and I received this awesome fan mail for Patrick.  Such a cute story that I thought I had to share it.

Yesterday, when our 5 yr old woke up I told him it was St. Patrick’s Day – that it was a “holiday” and we would wear green…he went along with it all. Later in the day he asked me when we were going to see Patrick Chan skate, confused I said I didn’t know. (Our kids both recently met Patrick at the Olympics) Throughout the day he would ask the question repeatedly. In the evening, we were shopping and he saw all the green gear for St. Patrick’s Day – he was so excited and wanted to buy some for “St. Patrick Chan Day”!! He was convinced that we were going to see Patrick skate and that we were to celebrate all day!! March 17th will be Patrick Chan day in our house!

Thanks Kristy for sharing your story! Anyways, stayed tuned for more updates and keep sending in your questions!

- Aivory

Patrick Chan says Olympic gold medalist Evan Lysacek helped him “feel better and move on” after a disappointing fifth-place finish at his first Games last month.

It’s not what the 25-year-old American figure skater said or did. Quite the opposite, in fact.

First, there is Lysacek’s gold – not the one around his neck in Vancouver, but the one he didn’t win four years ago at his rookie Games in Turin. If Lysacek could rebound after a fourth-place finish, 20-year-old Chan figures he could trade fifth for a podium in four years, too.

Read More: http://www.theglobeandmail.com/sports/chan-takes-inspiration-from-lysaceks-rise-to-gold/article1504085/

Patrick Chan may not need a quadruple jump in his routine to win at future global events or the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, but he definitely wants one.

It just won’t be next week in Turin, Italy, at the 2010 world figure skating championships.

The three-time national champion, who finished fifth at the Olympic Games in Vancouver, told a conference call on Wednesday the big jump is on the to-do list.

Read more: http://www.cbc.ca/sports/figureskating/story/2010/03/17/spf-chan-worlds-quad.html#ixzz0iXVW3xhy

Hey PChiddy Fans!

Patrick is offering one signed box of Cheerios to the fan who sends in the most unique and interesting question.  He also answers some questions in this youtube video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rq1qPIuKMxk

Check it out and send in your questions here! We will be monitoring them over the next couple weeks.

Aivory