Efimova may have struggled with her jumps as a single skater, but definitely not as bad as now. For pairs all she needs is two reliable triples. She had five different triples, and yet now she can’t even find two that would be reliable. I don’t know if her problems are connected with puberty or with the fact that as a pair skater she doesn’t work on jumping as much as she did when she was a singles skater, but I don’t think the prognosis looks very good. And that’s a pity because I really like them! :sad21:
I understand that pair males prefer smaller girls. I just don’t understand why they are not choosing them from the right age group. If 21 year old searches for a small 16-17 year old, the chance are that she will already be post puberty. If he chooses 13 year old, she won’t be senior eligible while he is not junior eligible, and it is going to get wrong when puberty hits. Morozov was able to do the elements with Tarasova who is only two years younger, so it can be done. One doesn’t need a 13 year old girl when he is 21. If the guy works on his strength, he should be fine lifting a girl over 16 years old.
