I heard nothing of the sort from anyone. I don't care whether they're green. I enjoy pairs. Also can you provide a link to this social media you're mentioning...They were really derailed by Alexa's illness, and I think they tried to come back too soon. Now there is news of them possibly going to a new coach, so it will be interesting to see if they go to John Zimmerman like many are hoping.I think it is because the best are Chinese and the good Russian team has almost zero charisma and horrible programs.
If you see the social media for SOI USA there are people angry because Alexa and Chris are in the tour. They care about them just because they are American and the most important, they are white, in the olympic Team Event American people acted as if they saved the event , letĀ“s be honest, they are not a great pair, no reason to prefer them when there are another amazing no american pairs. I guess chinese pairs are popular in China but with the restrictions for social media it is difficult to notice. It is necessary that the pair combine charisma and being from a powerful federation or at least a little interested in skating, like France who are more interested than Germany. T/M and D/R are from powerful federations but little charisma, S/H are charismatic but the chinese fan base is not so exposed.
I heard nothing of the sort from anyone. I don't care whether they're green. I enjoy pairs. Also can you provide a link to this social media you're mentioning...They were really derailed by Alexa's illness, and I think they tried to come back too soon. Now there is news of them possibly going to a new coach, so it will be interesting to see if they go to John Zimmerman like many are hoping.
And just for the record, my favorite U.S. pair is Kayne and O'Shea, and not because they're white.
What on earth does "being white" have to do with whether a pairs team is liked or not? Hmmmm. I have many friends who go to SOI religiously and they're all very happy that Alexa and Chris are on the tour. They are a great team to watch and always put on a good performance. It seems to me like someone is just spreading rumors. Social media isn't exactly always a reliable source.
I've always loved watching pairs. Since 1980's or so, when there were 'Soviet All
Stars' skating shows in Helsinki. My mom took me there. And I've been at Europeans and Worlds in Finland, Sweden and Estonia and I've always bought tickets for pairs event. In March I went to ZĆ¼rich to watch Art On Ice as Aljona and Bruno were there ( of course I love Lambiel's skating, too). My all time favorites include Gordeeva / Grinkov, Berezhnaya / Sikharulidze, Kazakova / Dmitriev, Shen / Zhao, Pang / Tong and Aljona / Robin and Aljona / Bruno. I liked Yamaguchi / Galindo as well. I wish we could watch more pairs here and that we actually had some local pairs here in Finland.
Pairs is actually my favourite discipline, but I do sometimes have flashbacks to the Jessica Dube cut incident. If I see a pair drifting closer to each other on the SBS spin, I start yelling at the screen for them to get away from each other.
By the way, Jessica's eye was not cut, just her cheek and nose, and she looks fine now.
Oh, yeah. I know she's good and everything, I think they came right back to competing. But I remember seeing it at the time and being absolutely convinced her eye got obliterated. Traumatic.
Same at yelling at pairs skaters on tv, as if my anxiety will do anything :gaah:
Not only did they come right back to competing, but the scar is hardly noticeable. She had some really good surgeons! They actually had counselling for post-traumatic stress; Bryce was more traumatized than Jessica.