NYT19980123.0869 NEWS NEWSWIRE Although her injured foot continues to improve, Michelle Kwan has kept to a reduced training schedule since the national figure skating championships. And though she wants to attend the opening ceremony at the Winter Olympics on Feb. 7 in Nagano, Japan, she said she may remain in California to continue physical therapy on the stress fracture in the second toe of her left foot. Since she delivered perhaps the greatest pair of performances ever skated at the national championships in early January, Kwan, 17, has taken a conservative approach in her recovery. In a conference call Friday, she said she was not taking pain medication, she was still limited to two workouts per day, totaling 80 minutes, and she has attempted only three triple toe loops since the nationals. The toe loop is the easiest of the triple jumps, but it causes pain when she launches the jump by planting her left toe pick. ``I did one triple toe today and I felt it, but it was tons better than at Skate Canada,'' Kwan said from Lake Arrowhead, Calif., referring to the autumn competition where she aggravated the stress fracture. ``My doctor seems happy with how the foot is recovering. He's allowing me to increase my skating. At the Olympics, I'm hoping to be pain free and to take no medication. We're close to that now.'' The women's skating competition is scheduled near the end of the Nagano Games on Feb. 18 and 20. As for the opening ceremony, Kwan said: ``We haven't decided. I still have to go to the physical therapist three times a week. I'd like to go; I want to get the whole feel of the Olympics.'' ELDREDGE REVAMPS ROUTINES The men's national champion, Todd Eldredge, who previously said he would revamp his short program, has also decided to overhaul his long program after a dull performance at the nationals. While he has not abandoned his efforts to refine a quadruple jump, Eldredge said he felt he was not paying enough attention to his total program. He is looking to add more engaging footwork and choreography. ``I watched some of the tapes from nationals,'' Eldredge said Thursday. ``I didn't like a lot of things. The things between jumps didn't have the excitement level they should have.'' LIPINSKI'S SILENT TREATMENT Throughout her struggles last year, Michelle Kwan continued speaking with reporters, saying Friday that she felt it was therapeutic. But Tara Lipinski has decided not to speak with reporters before the Olympics. Her parents were grim-faced after her second-place finish at the nationals, even though their 15-year-old daughter made the Olympic team and has a chance to become the youngest Olympic champion. Many in the skating community are concerned that by publicly showing their disappointment, her parents and publicists are placing unnecessary pressure on the world champion.