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Well, it's not official yet. It's just a rumour. But I remember rumours about them splitting up for the last 2 years. So, who knows...
I seriously hope this is just a rumor but yeah, as you said when there is smoke....
Well, it's not official yet. It's just a rumour. But I remember rumours about them splitting up for the last 2 years. So, who knows...
6. Eventually represent Kazakhstan or Uzbekistan? Is she ethnically Kazakh or Uzbek?
Just now read from this twitter
https://twitter.com/Balbeska_k
"Yes, it is true about I/K. All the question to Lena, it was her intention to give up sport"
"And it is true about Nikita and Victoria. It is hard to imagine though. They have such a different character and emotions"
I have call myself for being shallow when I root for the skaters that has better costumes/better looking. It couldn't be helped. But ice dancers usually have better costume than skaters.No!!!!!! I hope they reconsider! Call me shallow, but they are both so good looking I could watch them skate all day. :scowl:
This article has Morozov saying he has no idea about it, and Gorshkov saying there's no comment from the federation because they don't know anything about couples splitting up & new couples being formed.
http://www.sovsport.ru/news/text-item/698158
From FSU:
I don't know but this doesn't sound a real denial. I mean, if it's not true you just say It is not true. It's all bollocks!
Instead the coach says "I've no idea" and the President of the Russian Fed. also says I have no comment because "I have no idea".
How about asking their skaters? Simple as that.
Honestly, something just doesn't seem right in this story. I/K is one of the couples that have the best chemistry, are very supportive and you could clearly see that they care about each other... I wouldn't be surprised if even B/S split up, because they don't have that connection... But Nikita and Elena always seemed like they belong together.
Maybe it's just gossips, but i heard that Elena is planning to get married. So, maybe that's why she wants to quit skating. Actually i can understand her. Team OGM and Olympic bronze is a great achivement. She sacrificed a lot for it, perhaps she just want to have a normal life now.
As a C/B and ShibSib fan, is this is true it is very good news for them. And--even though I am probably going to be lambasted for this--for ice dance in general. I/K to me have always been a 6.0 couple in an IJS world. I've been dreading a major watering down of tech content and a subsequent rise in the Uber!Trauma!Drama! quotient this upcoming quad.
It IS ice dance, after all!
And I was waiting for Elena to become a true diva a la Barbara Fusar-Poli, Marina Anissina or Pasha Grishuk.
I'm so going to use your "Uber!Trauma!Drama!" quote in professional correspondence today. Thanks!
Oh I would say you never can tell what goes on behind closed doors (or in closed ice rinks).
If it is true, it is going to make things VERY interesting indeed. Changing partners is a tricky thing--as we learned after Vancouver with the musical chairs of ice dance teams. Those "new" partnerships are only now really beginning to gel. In fact, I've been waiting for this summer to see if the ID world was going to have another go at it.
As a C/B and ShibSib fan, is this is true it is very good news for them. And--even though I am probably going to be lambasted for this--for ice dance in general. I/K to me have always been a 6.0 couple in an IJS world. I've been dreading a major watering down of tech content and a subsequent rise in the Uber!Trauma!Drama! quotient this upcoming quad.
Well the off season may be just as interesting as this very interesting season has been.
The classic nondenial denial.
It IS ice dance, after all!
And I was waiting for Elena to become a true diva a la Barbara Fusar-Poli, Marina Anissina or Pasha Grishuk.
I'm so going to use your "Uber!Trauma!Drama!" quote in professional correspondence today. Thanks!
I/K had a higher TES and tech base value than both C/B and Shibutanis though, both in levels and GOE, and in both SD and FD. So they are not watering down their tech at all. Earlier in the season when they first debuted their programs, even when they were not getting the levels, they had high GOEs because of their superior edge quality and glide. Their lifts are more interesting and have improved a lot since last year (level 4s too, didn't Shibutanis only get level 3 for one? ). Most importantly they got level 4s in BOTH Finnstep patterns of the SD and a level 4 footwork in the FD, which Shibutanis and C/B couldn't get all season. Elena's charisma was part of her personality, yes, but she didn't just rely on that to "sell" her performances. Their skating earned their Olympic medal, and well deserved.
C/B, B/S, W/P must be breathing sighs of relief. This is a big void in ice dancing. With P/B retiring this is going to be chaos.
I think I will hope for the best with B/S now
C/B, B/S, W/P must be breathing sighs of relief. This is a big void in ice dancing. With P/B retiring this is going to be chaos.
i know some people were tired of the d/w-v/m dominance but they always put out very quality programs and were excellent skaters with a lot of charisma.... which i can't exactly say about any of these teams. i hope at least one of them decides to pull a 'sike we're not really retiring'