Figure skater Online 8月6日的采访（来自PJKwong的博客）
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Catching up with....Adam Rippon
我逮到Adam Rippon了
August 6, 2010 09:49:01
Posted By SkatingPj
Sitting down recently with American 2 time Junior World Champion and 2010 Four Continents Champion, Adam Rippon, I was delighted to find an intelligent, thoughtful young man with a wonderful sense of humour. He told me about trying skating once when he was 8 and again at 9 and "retiring" each time. It wasn't until he received group lessons for his birthday in the Fall that he turned 10 that figure skating "stuck." With pasion and single minded determination as his drving force, his mother eventually secured keys to the arena building so that Adam could have the access to the ice when he needed to. I am even more impressed by a Mom who was able to balance the needs ot a demanding and talented skater's schedule with that of his 5 younger siblings!!
坐在两届世青赛冠军、10年四大洲冠军、美国选手Adam Rippon身边，很高兴地发现这个聪明、体贴的年轻人充满了惊人的幽默感。他告诉我，他8岁和9岁两次试图学滑冰，但两次都以“退休”告终。直到他10岁生日得到的礼物是一组花滑课程，他才被花样滑冰“迷住”了。他的激情和大胆果敢使他乐此不疲，妈妈甚至没收了他的冰场钥匙，让他在需要练习时才能够进去。我很佩服这位妈妈，能够让这位天才选手得到足够练习又不会过头，同时还要抚养他的五个弟妹！
Adam has had some great support along the way and credits first coach Yelena Sergeva with great basics and a satisfying mentor relationship with current coach Brian Orser, whose guidance he sought in moving to Toronto to train in 2008.
一路走来Adam得到过很多支持，启蒙教练Yelena Sergeva给了他扎实的基本功，他和现任教练Brian Orser的关系就像良师益友，2008年他搬到多伦多成为后者的门生。
Before our interview, I watched him skate and was drawn by the elegant simplicity and beauty of his line and his unbelievable speed. I saw him run through this year's short program to Romeo and Juliet choreographed by David Wilson and Sebastien Britten. He says that "it was quite an experience" on the ice with David and Sebastien in which their passion for skating came through and was passed from one skating generation to the next. Adam says: "I've always felt the music and had a connection - the biggest thing was to harness it and use it in the right way." Capitalizing on his musicality, the team has chosen Rachmaninoff's 2nd Piano Concerto for the Free program,.
采访前，我看了他的表演，被他的朴素优雅、美妙的身姿和难以置信的速度所吸引。我看他在排演今年的短节目，由David Wilson 和 Sebastien Britten编舞的罗朱。他说在冰场上与David和Sebastien合作，这是他们在一代代花滑选手中迸发的激情，“这经历太棒了。”Adam说：“我总是能感受到音乐，并找到切合点——最重要的是驾驭它，以正确的方式去表现它。”依靠他良好的乐感，编舞团队选择了拉2作为他的自由滑曲目。
I watched as Adam stay upright on the landings of all of the Quad Toes that he attempted. They are a work in progress and he says:. "The Quad is just one more element that I can add to my score. I have never understood the hype - it's important to have but more important to skate well."
我看到Adam那天练过的所有4T都完美落冰了。训练进步很大，他说：“四周跳只是另一种加分手段。我不会去炒作它，它是必不可少的，但更重要的是不能失误。”
Not knowing much about him personally, I was reminded of a young John Curry as I watched Adam skate. The same grace, elegance and attention to physical detail that I had seen in ( the late) 1976 Olympic Champion Curry's skating when he skated on this same ice surface in Toronto one summer about 20 years before Adam was born. John Curry is one of Adam's idols and in fact would like to one day have his own large, well-produced skating show and tour featuring the very best skaters like Curry had done. Although John reportedly didn't like to compete and Adam does, the pursuit of a World or Oylmpic title to facilitate this dream is the same for both men and is a source of Adam's inspiration. In hearing that he was on the same ice surface where John Curry had once skated, Adam said with a smile: "It makes sense on a spiritual level that I am drawn here."
我跟他本人不太熟悉，看Adam滑冰令我联想到年轻的John Curry。优雅，高贵，对于细节的关注，在Adam出生前20年的某个夏天，我在多伦多同一块冰场上所看到的1976年奥运冠军Curry，也有着同样的状况。John Curry是Adam的偶像之一， 实际上，他希望有一天也能组织一场浩大、完美的滑冰秀，吸引最优秀的选手参加，就像Curry所作的那样。虽然John已退役，但对于世界冠军和奥运冠军的追求，是他们共同的梦想，也是Adam灵感的源泉。听说这块冰场也是John Curry曾经滑过的，Adam笑着说：“难怪我跟这里有缘分。”
Our conversation naturally flowed from one subject to the next and I was interested to hear his idea of having a GOE scale of -5 to +5, especially for men's footwork and ladies' spiral sequences, that could more accurately reflect what the skaters do. He is conscious of those skaters coming before him and admires the confidence with which Olympic Champions Evan (Lysacek), Evgeni (Plushenko) and Alexei (Yagudin) skate. He has taken in the way they reach up and connect with the audience and the fact that no matter how they skate "you believe what they are selling."
我们的话题又换到另一个，他有个想法，应该把GOE规则的-5修改为成+5，尤其是男子的步法和女子的螺旋接续步，这样能更加精确地反映选手的能力，我对此很感兴趣。他很了解他之前的选手，钦佩那些跟奥运冠军Evan (Lysacek), Evgeni (Plushenko) 和Alexei (Yagudin) 同场竞技者的信心。他已成为他们前进道路上的拦路虎，并有观众作为后援，其实，无论他们滑成怎样，“要相信他们所推崇的。”
He counts clean short and free programs at every outing this season among his goals. He says that being technically sound at GPs in Canada and the US as well as the Japan Open is required to allow his skating to come across. In describing himself: "Fun-loving, hard-working and passionate - I'm a person who loves what they do." It shows.
这个赛季，他把能够在短节目和自由滑中保持不失误作为目标。他说会在即将参加的日本公开赛以及大奖赛加拿大和美国站上进一步完善技术。正像他自我描述的：“风趣，刻苦，充满热情——我就是这样一个人。”这些显而易见。 |
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