Amazing how Russia looked like they were going to return to it's glory days in Ice dancing and dominate with D/W and V/M retiring and they have self destructed in a matter of weeks. B/S aren't the team to return Russia to it's heydey of Ice dancing.
Lithuania was well represented from the mid 1990's to 2002 by ice dancers Margarita Drobiazko/Povilas Vanagas. They were 3 time GPF bronze medalists, 3 time European bronze medalists and 2000 World bronze medalists. They retired after the 2002 Olympics, but returned to compete again in 2006. In 2002, they placed 5th and filed a petition stating the 2 teams ahead of them fell and weren't penalized. Personally, they were the team that first made ice dancing a consistent favorite discipline for me.
Margarita Drobiazko / Povilas Vanagas. The record holders for the most Olympic appearances in figure skating. And now that I've seen them, I can understand why. 8 years since they retired, and they have not lost it at all! If Tobias and Stagniūnas had to pull out of the Sochi Olympics for whatever reason, I could imagine this couple standing in, and still finishing in the top 10!
1. What is the record for the most Olympics competed at in figure skating, and who holds it?
And, taking this further:
2. What is the record for the most Olympics competed at in each category of figure skating, and who holds it?
And for a “Brucie Bonus”, can you name all the Games that each answer competed at?
It only took me a few clicks to find out the answer for the overall record holder (and hence the category that this answer competed in). But, I have no idea what the answers are for the other categories.
I believe the record for dance would be Margarita Drobiazko & Povilas Vanagas of Lithuania.
They were at the 1992, 1994, 1998, 2002, and 2006 Olympics.
Their highest placement was fifth at the 2002 Olympics.
Correct! They are the record holders not just for ice dance, but for figure skating as a whole.
And did you know: they won the Lithuanian Championships every year from 1992 to 2002, retired for a couple of years, and then came back and won again in 2005 and 2006!
13 National Championship titles???!!! That is bound to be a record in itself!!!
Sorry, wasn't sure how to add the quote...Please forgive...
No proof. I saw info about Tobias/Tkachenko and Ryazanova/Guereiro on Russian skating board fsonline.ru, but the poster said specifically that these are rumors. If anybody has better info, pls post. There were rumors earlier this year that Tkachenko will be retiring after this season, and Ryazanova recently started posting pics with Guereiro - old and new - on her Instagram.
Are they all trying to catch up with the North American teams now? It seems that the sudden appearance of all three Canadian teams (including two lesser-known ones) in worlds top 10 and the consistency of the Americans may have contributed to some shuffling
Maybe I'm reading too much into this, but most of the names / teams appear to be Russian or from former Soviet states. Are they in rebuilding mode again? Are some of these partly affected by the I/K split? To what extent is the Russian Skating Federation behind some of these splits? Are they all trying to catch up with the North American teams now? It seems that the sudden appearance of all three Canadian teams (including two lesser-known ones) in worlds top 10 and the consistency of the Americans may have contributed to some shuffling (and may be a sign that they're not into B/S). Just my thought from what little I've read of it. Although I'm sure that no teams would split unless (1) they were not gaining traction / progress, or (2) there were already deep-seated issues within the teams.
So many teams splitting up! I can't believe it, seems like ice dance is internationally a big problem other than the US and Canada. Who would've guessed?
With everything going down next thing you know, we'll see Weaver and Poje and Gillies and Poirier do a partnership a la I/K and S/Z!
Weaver is 5'6, so she's too tall for Poirier. She needs a guy that is 6 feet +, like Poje. Although Gilles might help bring out a bit of Poje's personality, like she did with Poirier. Poje is a little bit muted at times, and could do with a fire being lit under him.
But you cannot deny that Andrew Poje is super hot!!!!!
But you cannot deny that Andrew Poje is super hot!!!!!
Unfortunately Simone and i will no longer compete together...that really saddens me and despite all the difficulties and the sacrifices that an athlete has to face, my passion for this sport is still alive. I would love to find a new partner to compete with at a high level and, though it's not easy to find the right person, i still have hope and i'll try my best to make it happen.