Zhang completed six triple jumps. She opened with a triple Lutz-double toe-double loop combination. About a minute earlier while waiting for the scores of the previous skater, she did a triple Lutz-double toe as a warm-up. Maybe it is a way to relieve her nervousness.
“I get nervous when they announce my name,” said Zhang, who skated to “Meditations.” “I don't get nervous when they start my music.”
Then she launched herself into three different combinations in a routine highlighted by her flexibility in spins and spirals, at times with her skate over her head.
The 13-year-old Zhang was pleased with her program.
"I thought it was pretty good - one of the best ones I have done this year,” she said. “So I am really happy with it.”
Zhang is coached by Mingzhu Li, who used to coach former World champion and two-time Olympic bronze medalist Chen Lu.
Zhang and Li communicate in both Chinese and English.
"They (Zhang and Lu) have good coordination,” Li said. “She (Zhang) has more flexibility, but Lu-Lu had more stamina and power. They have pretty much the same technique at the same age.
“Lu-Lu was 11 when she was able to land the five triples. Caroline was a little older. She could do all the triples last year (when she was 12) ... but not very cleanly.”
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