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The Calgary Olympics and era leading up to that had so many amazing rivalries. Since then the great rivalries have not produced at as rapid a rate, but there still have been a few. What are some rivalries since then you have enjoyed or found significant. Here would be mine:
Pairs:
Brasseur & Eisler vs Miskutienok & Dmitriev 1990-1994
Shishkova & Naumov vs Kovarikova & Novotny 1991-1995
Eltsova & Bushkov vs Woetzel & Steuer 1993-1998
Shen & Zhao vs Totmianina & Marinin 2002-2006
Savchenko & Szolkowy vs Volosozhar & Trankov 2011-2014
Men:
Petrenko vs Browning 1989-1997
Stojko vs Urmanov 1994-1997
Yagudin vs Plushenko 1998-2002
Lambiel vs Joubert 2004-2008
Dance:
Klimova & Ponomarenko vs Duchensays 1990-1992
Usova & Zhulin vs Gritschuk & Platov 1992-1994
Anissina & Peizerat vs 3 or 4 challenging pack (Bourne & Kraatz, Krylova & Ovsiannikov, Fusar Poli & Margalio, Lobacheva & Averubhk) 1998-2002
Belbin & Agosto vs Denkova & Stayviski 2004-2007
Delobel & Schoenfelder vs Belbin & Agosto 2005-2010
Davis & White vs Virtue Moir 2009-present
Ladies:
Yamaguchi vs Ito 1990-1995
Harding vs Yamaguchi 1989-1992
Kerrigan vs Harding 1990-1994
Yamaguchi vs Sato 1995-2002
Lipinski vs Kwan 1997-1998
Slutskaya vs Lipinski 1996-1997
Kwan vs Slutskaya 2000-2005
Hughes vs Butyrskaya 2000-2002
Kim vs Asada 2005-present
Asada vs Ando 2005-2011
Butyrskaya vs Slutskaya 1996-2002
Some overhyped non existent rivalries:
Kwan vs Cohen- what rivalry. Kwan always won
Stojko vs Eldrege- what rivalry. Stojko only lost 1 time from 1992-2000 and it was when he bombed the short program. Kulik and Urmanov were Stojko's rivals, and Eldredge was a rival to Kulik and Urmanov, but Stojko was always certain to beat Eldredge.
Sale & Pelletier vs Berezhnaya & Sikharulidze- What rivalry. Sale & Pelletier always won. Jamie could even miss all her jumps and they still came out ahead.
Gritschuk & Platov vs Krylova & Ovsiannikov- again what rivalry. K&O dont even have one head to head win.
Pairs:
Brasseur & Eisler vs Miskutienok & Dmitriev 1990-1994
Shishkova & Naumov vs Kovarikova & Novotny 1991-1995
Eltsova & Bushkov vs Woetzel & Steuer 1993-1998
Shen & Zhao vs Totmianina & Marinin 2002-2006
Savchenko & Szolkowy vs Volosozhar & Trankov 2011-2014
Men:
Petrenko vs Browning 1989-1997
Stojko vs Urmanov 1994-1997
Yagudin vs Plushenko 1998-2002
Lambiel vs Joubert 2004-2008
Dance:
Klimova & Ponomarenko vs Duchensays 1990-1992
Usova & Zhulin vs Gritschuk & Platov 1992-1994
Anissina & Peizerat vs 3 or 4 challenging pack (Bourne & Kraatz, Krylova & Ovsiannikov, Fusar Poli & Margalio, Lobacheva & Averubhk) 1998-2002
Belbin & Agosto vs Denkova & Stayviski 2004-2007
Delobel & Schoenfelder vs Belbin & Agosto 2005-2010
Davis & White vs Virtue Moir 2009-present
Ladies:
Yamaguchi vs Ito 1990-1995
Harding vs Yamaguchi 1989-1992
Kerrigan vs Harding 1990-1994
Yamaguchi vs Sato 1995-2002
Lipinski vs Kwan 1997-1998
Slutskaya vs Lipinski 1996-1997
Kwan vs Slutskaya 2000-2005
Hughes vs Butyrskaya 2000-2002
Kim vs Asada 2005-present
Asada vs Ando 2005-2011
Butyrskaya vs Slutskaya 1996-2002
Some overhyped non existent rivalries:
Kwan vs Cohen- what rivalry. Kwan always won
Stojko vs Eldrege- what rivalry. Stojko only lost 1 time from 1992-2000 and it was when he bombed the short program. Kulik and Urmanov were Stojko's rivals, and Eldredge was a rival to Kulik and Urmanov, but Stojko was always certain to beat Eldredge.
Sale & Pelletier vs Berezhnaya & Sikharulidze- What rivalry. Sale & Pelletier always won. Jamie could even miss all her jumps and they still came out ahead.
Gritschuk & Platov vs Krylova & Ovsiannikov- again what rivalry. K&O dont even have one head to head win.