Patrick Chan knows that he is considered the man to beat at this year's world championships. He also knows that
there are other men out there who are making their own headlines.
You need only log in to the various fan sites for figure skating across the world to know that Patrick Chan is a favourite topic. Not only did he take his fifth Canadian title in Moncton a week ago, but he did it by posting extraordinary scores and breaking his own record in the short, free and overall scores.
National championships notwithstanding, Chan broke the 300-point overall total barrier for the first time anywhere with two sensational programs.
Chan knows that he is considered the man to beat. He also knows that there are other men out there who are making their own headlines.
PJ KwongPJ is a self-proclaimed Word Broker who goes by the motto: I read them. I write them. I speak them. A degree from the University of Toronto studying Modern Languages has been put to good use as a bilingual PA announcer for, among other things, the last 5 Olympic Games, the FIFA U-20 2007 Men's World Cup and numerous international figure skating events since 1993.
Working as a figure skating coach for the last 25+ years led to commentating opportunities from CTV/TSN, ABC, Tokyo Broadcasting, CBC, Fuji TV, Seoul Broadcasting and CCTV among others. CBC has been home to Pj's skating voice, writing and commentary opinions since 2007. She would tell you that although working in skating is where her passion lies; she is the voice of lots of commercial projects, a blogger on her own site, a public speaker and with "Taking The Ice: Success Stories from the World of Canadian Figure Skating" a published author. You want opinions? She's got them. Follow her on Twitter to see.
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