I agree, although I think she really wanted that Olympic title! But she invested too much from an athletic and artistic point of view to say that it was only that. She simply loves this sport.
By the way - I think that Stolbova Klimov skipped Worlds in 2015 because they were afraid of losing to Duhamel/Radford. They wanted to be the No. 1 team going into the next Olympics. I think that was the worst decision they ever made. Ok, maybe not. Maybe splitting is the worst decision they ever made.
I agree with you 100 percent on all of the above!