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Maryland.
Really? I never looked a map for them, but I always thought they were located in Delaware.
Well every day is a school day around here. Thanks for the correction!
Maryland.
Really? I never looked a map for them, but I always thought they were located in Delaware.
Well every day is a school day around here. Thanks for the correction!
The thing that stings to me the most is that I never got to see them skate in person. I wish the best of luck on both of their paths in life.
I feel fortunate to have seen them many times in person at the Lake Placid summer Ice Dance competition. There were so well matched in every way. Going to be missed.
Olivia McIsaac has just announced her retirement on her Instagram (can't link to the entry on this iPad). She skated with Corey Circelli for Canada in ice dance. She's going on to Queens University in the autumn.
Corey also skates singles so he's probably not retiring but whether he continues with ice dance is going to be another question.
is she going to the same Uni that I went to? i.e. the Queen's University Of Belfast, to give it it's full title. Or is there another Queen's University somewhere?
I think it's probably Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario that she'll attend.
I hadn't realized Corey was from Great Britain/England. I found an interview where he said he came to Canada when he was 3, so he probably thinks of Canada as home. Though he could probably skate for GB if he found a partner from there.
AFAIK, there is one "unattached" Canadian junior ice dancer, Irina GALIYANOVA. She was born in Moscow! I think she may be too short for him; to me she looked a bit short for her previous partner, and Cory is tall and looks even taller because of his body type.
Ivan Pavlov retired :sad21:
https://www.instagram.com/p/CAvabIzJnes/
TJ Nyman has a new partner a; Russian pairs skater from 2018 Nats
Am I the only person who has trouble supporting a skater after they dump a previous partner unceremoniously? And have an extra soft spot for previously dumped skaters? It’s a pity so many of the dumped skaters have had to end their careers.
Am I the only person who has trouble supporting a skater after they dump a previous partner unceremoniously? And have an extra soft spot for previously dumped skaters? It’s a pity so many of the dumped skaters have had to end their careers.
I don’t feel too bad for the ‘dumped’ skater if it was done decently. After all, it is working relationship and if things don’t work for one of them, he/she should not have to sacrifice their career just so that they don’t hurt another person. However, the person who was ‘dumped’ deserve to be told in a proper way. For example, Atakhanova came to the practice one day and found her friend Kudriavtseva skating with Spiridonov; to make it even harder they were skating Atakhanova/Spiridonov’s new program! That’s not the way to find out and I was surprised that neither Spiridonov nor their coach Pavlova had the decency to tell her before she came to the rink. Another example - what Katsalapov did to Ilynikh. Everyone knew he would dump her and she found out when they were at world championship, the night before they skated! And how Bilodeau split up with Iliuschetchkina, that’s also not the way to do it. In those cases I completely lose any respect for the skater (Spiridonov, Katsalapov and Bilodeau) and would not watch them even if they found a brilliant partner and became world champions.I feel you with the dumped skaters- I always feel so bad for them, especially if they can't continue. But at the same time, we never know the true nature behind these splits as we weren't there at the time so I don't necessarily agree with disliking the one who ended the partnership. There have been some where they've been bitterly attacked and rooted against for years which I never think is fair. I see where you're coming from but I do think it's better to move on than keep bringing it up.