I know they all made National Team. But money is not the only way to support a team. And I was just asking if it's maybe partly (because I would never say that it's fully) Fed fault for that... It doesn't have to be. I've read on FSU, that from 14 Ice Dance teams that competed at Seniors last season at Canadians, only W/P and G/P are left, is that true? Or exagerated? Because it's hard to believe, but if it is, then well... hard to not make connection.
cathlen, you are welcomed to discuss the state of Canadian Ice dance on our Canadian skaters thread in the edge... Briefly, and not to burden this thread, what's more alarming is what happened in the juniors... TGee raised some very good points. Regarding the seniors, I think that not every team is competing to become top 5 in the world... however, when not finding their way to top 5 in Canada, it's difficult to get international assignment and when this is going to be the scenario for at least two years, considering health, time, money, studies etc, I think these young adults in their almost mid-twenties just make a sensible decision. I quit swimming when I was 18-19... I wasn't growing any taller, it was expensive, I had to study and if at 16 I were winning my races (not at national level but still) at 18 I was barely making finals... so sometimes, being competitive is a wake up call as well... With or without Tessa and Scott, most of these teams had very little chance to make it to the Olympics.... and the next ones were already too far... It's quite a commitment to think 6 years down the road. I think that explains some splits and retirements.
Ice Dance, I will use your post for discussin, it's so neat! Great work!
I'm afraid what it is is a record of the loss of an entire generation of Canadian ice dancers.
Evgeni Plushenko retired 31 March 2017.
Has Misha Ge offcially retired?
Has Misha Ge offcially retired?
Jeremy hasn't announced retirement, and said he would when the time came, he was training last I knew in order to make a decision.What's going on with Jeremy Abbott?
Speaking of Jeremy Abbott. Do you guys remember when he used to talk about switching from singles to Ice Dance? I remember reading an article about Jeremy skating with Alissa Czisny as an Ice Dance Team. Would something like that even be possible at their ages??
Many many hints on Social Media (could be my last skate, may be my last year) but nothing official there.
I love me my Misha, but he sure knows how to up the on and off the ice.
ETA: typing simultaneously with CL Fan. But the Free iPad pop up site slows me down
Kanako Murakami has announced her retirement at WTT :sad21:
Do you know the face Kanako makes when she's crying? I'm doint that right now. Goodbye Kanako and thank you from the heart!