Oh, right. They definitely should use the time to win things, since they have rare opportunity.
They probably were doing a trial period together, but it didn't work out in the end.
Really? I think that would be news to China. They've been trying for a long time to come up with promising young pairs teams to replenish their pairs discipline, even going so far as to recruit U.S. female skaters of Chinese descent. Nothing has worked to date.
It's not as if they simply decided to stop. They are just coming up empty in terms of talent. The well has not been deep for awhile, as the focus has centered almost exclusively on helping Sui/Han weather another four years to win Olympic gold. Mission accomplished in that respect. But their pairs field reportedly is currently not in great shape. Perhaps Chinese fed has been overly demanding, overly manipulative and forceful, as well as hidebound with over-expectations of younger fs athletes, with not much ending up panning out.
Yeah, that's nice to hear. I felt so sorry for Isabella and what happened. Hopefully, she and her new partner will shine. Here's Ivan with his former partner competing on the GPF last season, in Gdansk, Poland:
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It’s not a rare opportunity for them to win things. It’s s rare opportunity to win everything.
I loved Hase/Seegert and will really miss them. I am also gonna miss Mueller/Dieck - Joker was my guilty pleasure this year. Please Tim keep skating
And I thought I was the only one who liked their joker programme
Seems like Nolan plans to retire now, because he said that he is almost 30 years old now and doesn´t want to start all over with a new partner. He wanted to keep skating with Minerva for 1 or 2 years, because with the actual situation in pair skating they would have had good chances for good results.
it's good that Tim decided to keep competing, i have at least other 2 or 3 years of jokes based on his name to useSeems like Nolan plans to retire now, because he said that he is almost 30 years old now and doesn´t want to start all over with a new partner. He wanted to keep skating with Minerva for 1 or 2 years, because with the actual situation in pair skating they would have had good chances for good results.
Maybe this is the reason why they have split. Minerva is only 23 years old and probably wants a partner she can skate with for more years. But a German coach said, it is almost impossible to find a matching partner for her in Germany.
Müller/Dieck have split because Tim wanted to commit completey to skating, probably with an international coach. And Katharina wanted to focus on university and come back to Germany for training. They are both looking for new partners now to continue their careers.
It´s really a sad situation for German skating.
That's too bad. But I'm not understanding why they split, unless it's another Moore-Towers/Moskovitch situation, with Minerva wanting to find a younger partner now instead of moving forward at least one more season with Nolan and gaining good results that she could have on her resume and simply search for a different younger partner next season. That would seem to make better sense, unless Minerva is worried about Nolan's health prospects??? If Minerva doesn't have a partner already lined up and ready to go, splitting with Nolan seems risky for her career prospects, doesn't it?Seems like Nolan plans to retire now, because he said that he is almost 30 years old now and doesn´t want to start all over with a new partner. He wanted to keep skating with Minerva for 1 or 2 years, because with the actual situation in pair skating they would have had good chances for good results.
Maybe this is the reason why they have split. Minerva is only 23 years old and probably wants a partner she can skate with for more years. But a German coach said, it is almost impossible to find a matching partner for her in Germany.
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