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Tanya Drubetskaya
During the brief press conference following the free program pairs d'' art at Trophee Eric Bompard, there was some interesting considerations on the part of the three pairs on the podium: Pang / Tong, Duhamel / Radford, Denney / Coughlin. Here is the content of their statements.
Saturday 16 November 2013 4 minutes reading time
Pang / Tong, you said this was your last chance to win here at the Grand Prix of Paris, how do you feel knowing that you have succeeded?
Tong: Today we got the win. This is our last season so this gold medal is really cool thing for us. We tried to skate well, thank you all very much.
Pang / Tong, your music for free this year is "I Dreamed a Dream," a song very sad, how did you choose it?
Tong: We chose the music based on the fact that this was our last race program, all the skaters would like the Olympic gold medal. It 's our last season. It 'an impossible dream .. we try to give our best and put your heart, that's why this particular song.
Duhamel / Radford, yesterday you said that you are used to second place here at Bompard.
Radford: In fact it was a really tough program, we knew what was at stake and we wanted to skate well but the real goal was the final of the Grand Prix. We fought valiantly trying to stay standing on all items. Looking back at what happened this season and in past seasons, I think we have never expressed to the fullest. Usually we bring in the perfect programs in the second half of the season, but we still tried to push hard to center the final.
Denney / Coughlin, in the past you had gotten the invitation to attend the grand prix but have you had to withdraw due to injury.
Coughlin: yes it is true, and neither I nor Cadee had never come to Paris before, we are excited about this new experience, we love the city and we are pleasantly surprised by the fantastic audience, very warm: it seems to be at a football game. We are excited about our performance, we now know what to focus on in the race in Boston and, hopefully, in view of the Olympic race. The most important thing for us is that it is an honor and a privilege to be on the podium with Pang / Tong at their last grand prix, are role models for us to imitate, congratulations to them.
All skaters: quail are your plans for next season, where you will be at this time next year?
Duhamel: We hope to meet here this time with the gold medal. I have two bronze medals and two silver ..
Tong: I want to study at university, foreign languages. We would also like to become technical specialists and judges.
Coughlin: We try to live our lives a long program at a time, do not even know what we will do Monday.
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