Some new names on IcePartnerSearch recently, especially Pietro Papetti who skated with Chiara Calderone. They didn't compete since Lombardia Trophy in september. It means Italy has no alternate teams for Euros.
After the good performances at Universiade last spring and the seasonal debut at Lombardia Trophy, I thought they could have challenged Tessari/Fioretti for the second spot.
I suppose Italian Fed can send Katrine Roy/Claudio Pietrantonio (can they already compete internationally for Italy, right?) to some Spring's competitions in order to have an alternate for Worlds (but it is not a given that R/P would get the minimum TES for Worlds)
Anyone know if Fleur Maxwell ever announced a retirement?
Granted she hasn't completed in a least two seasons but just curious.
According to her website "in 2017, due to an invasive hip surgery, I was forced to end my 20-year skating career." www.bodybyfleur.com
Someone please correct me if I am wrong, but I believe at this year's Japanese Nats, the skaters who concluded their competitive career were Rin Nitaya, Hiroaki Sato, and Jun Suzuki? Anyone else?
Someone please correct me if I am wrong, but I believe at this year's Japanese Nats, the skaters who concluded their competitive career were Rin Nitaya, Hiroaki Sato, and Jun Suzuki? Anyone else?
Hidetsugu Kamata and Sakura Yamada.
They may compete rest of this season like Inter-Collage, National Sports Festival or local competitions.
So Kyueun, Sarah Feng, and Eliana Gropman were all dumped in a similar manner.
And TSL says that talks were ongoing, but USFS was trying to pair Deanna with another US man, until she didn't want to wait anymore.
Because I posted in an emotional way months ago about the split of Kyuen Kim and Maxime Deschamps, I thought I'd post some of my thoughts now. I'm not taking back my feelings or my posts, but it seems to be part of the modern pairs experience. Not excusing behavior in the least, but here goes.
Ashley Cain was dumped by Joshua Reagan, with whom she'd won US novice and Junior pairs titles, in a similar manner in Feb 2012. That same month, Josh teamed with Caitlin Yankowskas ... who'd been famously dumped by Coughlin for Caydee Denney. Ashley has never said a word about it, which to me reflects her restraint and class, but also probably her hurt. She focused on singles and didn't do pairs elements for four years, until April/May 2016, when Mitch Moyer recommended a try-out with Timothy Leduc. And the rest is very happy history.
I hope Kyuen, Sarah and Elliana will hold onto hope if they want to skate pairs again.
Why I'm posting now .... Just a few days ago, I finally watched Deanna and Maxime's skates from Skate Canada Challenge in late November. And I'm amazed. Deanna is such an inspiration. She's learned a different way to do the 5 Reverse Lift. Maybe they both learned the new style. And they both must have worked to adapt to each other's technique, although some pairs say their technique "clicks" from the beginning.
Deanna is sort of an extreme example of the saying, "time is not on your side." And she hasn't let that stop her. From what I can know, which is only the information available to any fan, she's handled every step of her journey with integrity. At the same time, she hasn't hesitated to do what she judges is best for her. I posted in another thread that, watching her skates with Nate from 2 years ago, I really miss them. But now that I've seen her and Maxime's skates, I'm thrilled for both of them, and even (groan!!) for Canada.
Thanks to Sarah Synchro for "thumbs upping" my posts from months ago (that's why I revisited this thread). I hope this POV is seen as balance rather than as "waffling."
Well I guess a new partner is a new interest?Just letting you know that the Junior Ice Dance Bronze Medallists from December's British Championships have split. Lucy Hancock is on Ice Partner Search, while Billy Wilson French is "pursuing other interests" (Lucy's words).
Here's what Lucy put up last night on her new-look website:
https://www.lucyhancock.co.uk/post/a-new-chapter-of-my-life
I wish them both all the best for the future.
EDIT: I was just looking through the full list on Ice Partner Search and saw that Billy is on there too. Mmmmm. Interesting... :think:
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If I'm not mistaken, Shu Nakamura, Junya Watanabe, Junsuke Tokikuni, Kosuke Nakano, Takayuki Yamamoto and Kona Tsuuchi.
And probably Miyabi Oba and Naoki Oda. Every season it makes me feel sad there are so many skaters, mostly those competing locally/domestically, to decide retirement from competitive career upon their graduations from college due to financial reason and/or lack of time for trainings. :no: