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Summer Homick / Marty Haubrich (CAN, pairs) have split. Summer has switched to Ice Dance and paired up with Nicholas Buelow.
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Liking this as I hope for a better partner for Emmy. Thanks to Jacob for allowing her to compete the last couple years.
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And another Ice Dance split, this time of a US team - Helena Carhart / Volodymyr Horovyi.
Helena is looking for a new partner and Volodymyr has retired and is now coaching. They were unable to compete for most of this season due to injuries.
Helena is looking for a new partner and Volodymyr has retired and is now coaching. They were unable to compete for most of this season due to injuries.
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From the Russian Ladies thread...
That’s disappointing to hear but best of luck to both of them in their retirements. I really liked their skating, they had a nice classical feel. I thought their move to Team Eteri was indicating a push to move up the rankings in Russia.
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Interesting partnership in my opinion. Going from pairs to dance is a big switch because of the different types of skating pairs and dancers do. With the exception of the top teams, pairs aren’t totally known for their skating skills.
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Shae-Lynn Bourne and Jayne Torvill both switched from pairs to dance quite successfully, and they had both been quite low-ranked in pairs.
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True, but ice dance element wise and level has change since then. I’m interested to see how it works. Then again, a lot of Canadian teams have split this year so it’s an open field.
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This will be the third competitive discipline for Homick now. She skated singles, then pairs, and now dance. You go girl!
Also, in reference to a comment upthread, in my humble opinion as a former competitive ice dancer as well as singles, ice dance has actually been dumbed down in requirement and complexity since the days of Torvill and Bourne. Bring all of those requirements and 3 parts of the competition back and we'll talk about it. So in other words, Homick should be fine, she wouldn't be switching if she didn't know what she was getting into and that she could make it happen.
I will be rooting for her!
Also, in reference to a comment upthread, in my humble opinion as a former competitive ice dancer as well as singles, ice dance has actually been dumbed down in requirement and complexity since the days of Torvill and Bourne. Bring all of those requirements and 3 parts of the competition back and we'll talk about it. So in other words, Homick should be fine, she wouldn't be switching if she didn't know what she was getting into and that she could make it happen.
I will be rooting for her!
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Open field in ice dance in Canada ? That's what people thought would happen last year with all the teams retiring, splitting or moving to seniors... and it was a very deep field come Nationals. I expect just as much this year.
Isabelle and Paul Duchesnay also started out as pair skaters. Canadian skaters often train more than one discipline and since dance is all about acrobatic moves nowadays, she will be just fine.
Jamie Fournier who is Everest Zhu's partner was new to dance this season. She skated early on with Gabriel Farand and achieved some good results in pre-novice pairs..
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In Juniors, honestly yes. Because that's likely the age category Homick/Buelow will be competing in.
Of the 15 teams who have competed at Jr Nats 6 have split and 5 more are aging out of Juniors unless an age change happens, though there will definitely be a few new teams moving up from Novices too. The four teams remaining are Veillon/Brandys (1st), Gover/Wilson-French (7th), Cincon-Debout/Celestino (8th) and Carandiuc/Carandiuc (14th). Some other new teams will probably also form before next season (Gans and Boutsan are for example back off of IPS, so either they are skating together again, or have both found new partners), but in general, there are openings in the field for new and inexperienced teams to establish themselves, especially if they have another season of Jr-eligibility after the next one.
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For sure... But it is like this every year almost... Veillon Brandys will be hard to beat. I expect CDC to be much improved... They were already on that trajectory towards the end of the season. GWF were brand new but are so promising. Who knows what is happening with Gans and Boustan. I think that Summer found herself a very great partner who was already in the field 's upper echelon and they could be super good. But to say that the field is open is just forgetting about recent history. Teams moving up last year were even stronger than the ones the field is losing this year, and yet, Nationals were brutal... Anyways, I understand the comment, but I think it deserves some nuance, especially since for next season, there is a clear favourite team returning, which wasn't the case really in 2023-24.
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Billy Wilson-French is a very talented skater - it's a real pity that GB has lost him to Canada, but really I hope his partnership with Sophia Gover flourishes.
If you want to find out more about him, as well as other British elite skaters (including PJ Hallam and Nina Povey), there's an excellent documentary "Freeze" on BBC iplayer (you may need a VPN to access it). https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/p0bjjzw7/freeze-skating-on-the-edge-episode-1
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The Japanese ice dance team, Misato Komatsubara and Takeru Komatsubara (Tim Koleto) have ended their partnership. Misato will retire from skating, whereas Tim seems to be still considering his options.
Misato's comment: https://x.com/miichan728/status/1782334566167925110
Misato's comment: https://x.com/miichan728/status/1782334566167925110
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The translated version of Misato's instagram post states: As for my future plans, I will participate in ice shows as a professional skater with Tim, so please contact me.
This suggests that Tim may also be retiring from competition.
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I'm also surprised by this for the reason ladyjane mentioned. If they both were retiring, that would not be all that surprising, considering how many years they've competed, they reached their Olympic dream, and it looks like they have some promising teams nipping at their heels. And, considering Misato's injuries - I didn't realize she had so many - it also makes sense.
But Tim possibly continuing without Misato surprises me, perhaps because they're married. Although there's certainly precedent for it - ex. Alexa Knierim continuing with Brandon Frazier.
I agree it sounds like he's retiring from skating when Misato mentions she'd be open to skating with him professionally, but apparently he's "considering his options," and he hasn't actually announced retirement, so who knows?
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Many Junior teams in Canada this year have split. However, saying that, new teams always form.
Jamie Fournier did Junior dance with Anthony Haddad before Everest Zhu.
"Forrest Gump" Jamie Fournier & Anthony Haddad's 2022-2023 Junior Free Dance
Canadian Junior Ice Dance team Jamie Fournier & Anthony Haddad perform their 2022-2023 Free Dance to a medley from the 1994 movie "Forrest Gump". They are co...
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Maria Kazakova / Georgy Reviya (GEO, Ice Dance) have split 
Masha is looking for a new partner. With Georgy's extensive history of serious injuries (including a meniscus surgery in February), I would unfortunately not be surprised if he wasn't able to continue.
Masha is looking for a new partner. With Georgy's extensive history of serious injuries (including a meniscus surgery in February), I would unfortunately not be surprised if he wasn't able to continue.
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