Who is retiring /might retire after 2018 ?

Anyasnake · Apr 27, 2017

Potential skaters :

Patrick Chan
Yuzuru Hanyu (but worlds 2019 are in Japan so he might change his mind)
Javier Fernandez
Nathan Chen ONLY if he has OGM
Ashley Wagner
Carolina Kostner
Savchenko/Massot (if they have the gold)
Duhamel/Radford
Virtue/Moir
Weaver/Poje
Bobrova/Soloviev (they said that they'll take time-off but not "really retiring")
Cappellini/Lanotte
Guignard/Fabbri

For a lot of them that is still speculation ! Anyone else ?

andromache · Apr 27, 2017

Kavaguti/Smirnov

moriel · Apr 27, 2017

I suppose we may see some russian ladies retiring because the field is too deep.

Fish in the sea · Apr 27, 2017

Sergei Voronov?

ralucutzagy · Apr 27, 2017

Anyasnake said:
Potential skaters :

Patrick Chan
Yuzuru Hanyu (but worlds 2019 are in Japan so he might change his mind)
Javier Fernandez
Nathan Chen ONLY if he has OGM
Ashley Wagner
Carolina Kostner
Savchenko/Massot (if they have the gold)
Duhamel/Radford
Virtue/Moir
Weaver/Poje
Bobrova/Soloviev (they said that they'll take time-off but not "really retiring")
Cappellini/Lanotte
Guignard/Fabbri

For a lot of them that is still speculation ! Anyone else ?

Nathan Chen?!?! Really? Even with the OGM, why so early? Did he said something?

blackey · Apr 27, 2017

ralucutzagy said:
Nathan Chen?!?! Really? Even with the OGM, why so early? Did he said something?

He said he will consider retirement depend on his performance next year.

Anyasnake · Apr 27, 2017

ralucutzagy said:
Nathan Chen?!?! Really? Even with the OGM, why so early? Did he said something?

From an interview (if someone finds it it'll be nice)
He wants to go to school too.

Anyasnake · Apr 27, 2017

moriel said:
I suppose we may see some russian ladies retiring because the field is too deep.

Do you think that if someone like Anna or Liza gets a medal, they'll retire ?

I think Sotnikova might too.

Jammers · Apr 27, 2017

Plus i think even Nathan knows that his body can't possibly hold up for another 4 years if he keeps doing as many quads as he is doing right now.

sheetz · Apr 27, 2017

Jammers said:
Plus i think even Nathan knows that his body can't possibly hold up for another 4 years if he keeps doing as many quads as he is doing right now.

No, but he could take 2 years off and come back for the 20-21 season to make a push for Beijing. His technical content should still be more than competitive at that time.

janav · Apr 27, 2017

Gracie Gold said she would retire after 2018.

ralucutzagy · Apr 27, 2017

blackey said:
He said he will consider retirement depend on his performance next year.

Anyasnake said:
From an interview (if someone finds it it'll be nice)
He wants to go to school too.

Thanks for answer. It would be a shame and a loss for the sport, he is so talented ... but only he knows what's best for him.

Moxiejan · Apr 27, 2017

Anyasnake said:
From an interview (if someone finds it it'll be nice)
He wants to go to school too.

I remember reading this, too ... that he has a timetable that includes school & advanced degrees, and has no wish to delay that for a long competitive skating career.

Rissa · Apr 27, 2017

ralucutzagy said:
Thanks for answer. It would be a shame and a loss for the sport, he is so talented ... but only he knows what's best for him.

Yeah, if he retired after 2018, it'd be before he'd become a fully developed skater. Look how far Yuzu has maturrd and improved since Sochi. I hope Nathan stays. I had him, Shoma and Boyang pegged as dominant forces post PC to Beijing.

I guess this is what Patrick should be morr concerned about, not young skaters' health but their retirement way before maturing.

Anyasnake · Apr 27, 2017

janav said:
Gracie Gold said she would retire after 2018.

Really ? I read that she would if she gets a medal but maybe not otherwise.

drivingmissdaisy · Apr 27, 2017

blackey said:
He said he will consider retirement depend on his performance next year.

I hope he stays, if he remains healthy. If he improves his PCS, he can probably get away with doing less technically and training fewer quads.

HanDomi · Apr 27, 2017

I don't think Hanyu will retire. He wants to land 4A in competition and this is plan after Oly

MaiKatze · Apr 27, 2017

To be honest, it sounds like a plan. Go in, snag the Gold and leave. You surely won't become the greatest of all time like this, but it worked for a a lot of Ladies skaters in the past. I think that's the reason why Aratunian looked so displeased at Nathan's PCS. They had a plan on where they wanted to be at the end of this season, and it didn't quite work out. I wouldn't worry too much, though. Nathan won 4CC which was the Olympic Test event and in February. If he's having another season like this, it can become reality. Worlds 2018 simply won't be that important.

andromache · Apr 27, 2017

janav said:
Gracie Gold said she would retire after 2018.

I think that's an outdated interview. At this point with the upheavals and changes she has faced in her career, she might decide to continue.

In a recent interview with Ashley Wagner, Ashley said that she would've retired after 2010 if she had made the Olympic team, and would've considered just being on the team to be the peak and endpoint of her career - which means that not making the team was the best thing that could've happened to her. Very interesting how these things work out.

moriel · Apr 27, 2017

Anyasnake said:
Do you think that if someone like Anna or Liza gets a medal, they'll retire ?

I think Sotnikova might too.

Well, I think Leonova and Sakhanovich may retire based on their results (with the current juniors turning seniors, those two may have trouble with funding, GPs and so on).
I think that Lipnitskaya may retire before 2018 (last interview with urmanov sounded like she is yet to decide if she retires or keeps skating)

I think Sotnikova will not retire but will linger forever training and saying she will be back next season.

I also don´t think that any of the ladies will retire if they get a medal - they are all fighters, thats not just their style. Cannot imagine them retiring just because they got an oly gold.

Who is retiring /might retire after 2018 ?

Anyasnake

andromache

moriel

Fish in the sea

ralucutzagy

blackey

Anyasnake

Anyasnake

Jammers

sheetz

janav

ralucutzagy

Moxiejan

Rissa

Anyasnake

drivingmissdaisy

HanDomi

MaiKatze

andromache

moriel

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