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- Nov 19, 2010
As someone else pointed out - in Russia they are not likely to make it out of the internal fight to get to the Worlds/Olympics stage.
Here's a thought (I'll admit I don't watch a ton of pairs so feel free to correct me if I'm way off base) Yuko is originally from Japan, could they go compete for Japan? Japan doesn't seem to be all that strong in Pairs, their pair didn't even advance to the FS at Sochi.
Not only has she given up her Japanese citizenship, the original reason/problem which caused this action still exists, i.e. Japan's Pairs issue lies with lack of decent male partners. Same situation for Takahashi but she would not give up her citizenship.