New Pair team Marchei and Hotarek

bluebell0710 · Jul 2, 2014

New Pair team Marchei and Hotarek?

From http://www.gazzetta.it/Sport-Invern...c-progetto-marchei-hotarek-801105454382.shtml

Berton & Hotarek split
Marchei & Hotarek team up ----------They're thinking about it. And Marchei has not made a decision about her career in singles.

So how's going with B/H slot in SA & RC?
How's going with Marchei's slot in SC & RC if she ends her single career?

FSGMT · Jul 2, 2014

Well, the article actually says that "they're thinking about it", there is nothing official! And Marchei has not made a decision about her career in singles...

blue_idealist · Jul 2, 2014

Wow. Is Marchei not too tall for pairs? Although Berton was also tall..

bluebell0710 · Jul 2, 2014

Thank you very much for the clarification. I update in the first post.

FSGMT said:
Well, the article actually says that "they're thinking about it", there is nothing official! And Marchei has not made a decision about her career in singles...

ice coverage · Jul 2, 2014

Back in May, Marchei had us joking about a new pair team :think: when she showed off an off-ice lift. [Max Aaron happened to be her partner in crime in that instance

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http://instagram.com/p/nyBIO6Q06X/ (from @valemarche14)

CaroLiza_fan · Jul 2, 2014

I really hope this is not true!

Much as I may like Ondrej and want to see him continue, I do not want to see Valentina leave singles skating.

But, this is a newspaper we are talking about. And, as the scandals in the British press in recent years have shown, you can't always believe everything you read in the newspapers.

So, I hope that this is the same.

Anyway, Valentina has already been given GP assignments in singles skating. So if she was contemplating switching to a different category, you would have thought her slots would have been put down as "TBD" in the list...

CaroLiza_fan

breathesgelatin · Jul 2, 2014

It was widely rumored that Berton and Hotarek had split. Then the Grand Prix assignments came out and they were on them.... hmmm....

FSGMT · Jul 2, 2014

The worst part of Marchei switching to Pairs would be that Italy would be left with only a couple of decent Ladies skaters (Rio, Rodeghiero and the young Tagliapietra who has landed 3Lz+3T in Italian Nationals), and no-one really competitive at a good level internationally

Well, at least we're still the best in the world in roller skating :biggrin:

breathesgelatin · Jul 2, 2014

IceNetwork just tweeted the link to the Gazetta article. hm.

centerpt1 · Jul 2, 2014

Nooooo!!!! Marchei is one of my favorite ladies singles skaters!!

And isn't she 5"3 or so?

sky_fly20 · Jul 2, 2014

I thought it was April Fools ? but its July

supsu · Jul 2, 2014

WHAT? Why are Berton and Hotarek splitting? They were good together..

Alba · Jul 2, 2014

I'm not surprised about B&H, but I hope Marchei switching wiht Pairs is not true. She wrote two days ago on FB saying that she was happy about the GP's and that she is going to USA for training.

About Gazzetta. It's not a newspaper that writes things without having something. Most probably this is an idea of Marchei's coach, Franca Bianconi, which is also the coach of B&H.

bartlebooth · Jul 2, 2014

Back when Berton teamed up with Hotarek, she intended to carry on her career in singles as well, but then she decided to focus only on pairs, because it was too much.
For Marchei, at her age, it would be hard to compete both in singles and pairs, especially because she is currently Italy's #1, so she has GP assignments and so on.
Marchei and Berton are about the same height, around 5'3.

Alba · Jul 2, 2014

bartlebooth said:
Back when Berton teamed up with Hotarek, she intended to carry on her career in singles as well, but then she decided to focus only on pairs, because it was too much.
For Marchei, at her age, it would be hard to compete both in singles and pairs, especially because she is currently Italy's #1, so she has GP assignments and so on.
Marchei and Berton are about the same height, around 5'3.

If Marchei is switching to Pairs of course she is not going to compete in singles as well. Maybe they're still trying now and see if they fit together, but if the news is out there is defenitely some truth.

CaroLiza_fan · Jul 2, 2014

Alba said:
I'm not surprised about B&H, but I hope Marchei switching wiht Pairs is not true. She wrote two days ago on FB saying that she was happy about the GP's and that she is going to USA for training.

Well, that's an encouraging sign.

Alba said:
About Gazzetta. It's not a newspaper that writes things without having something. Most probably this is an idea of Marchei's coach, Franca Bianconi, which is also the coach of B&H.

Ah, sorry. I was led to believe that "Gazetta" was one of those papers that print things without checking their sources. (Our bike commentators must have got the wrong end of the stick). I'll amend my earlier post.

Let's hope Franca doesn't go any further with this idea...

CaroLiza_fan

bartlebooth · Jul 2, 2014

Alba said:
If Marchei is switching to Pairs of course she is not going to compete in singles as well. Maybe they're still trying now and see if they fit together, but if the news is out there is defenitely some truth.

Well, that would be a pity, because Marchei is really getting it together lately: of course, she lacks something to reach the very top, but maybe that goal of hers (Euros medal) is within reach, even if it depends a lot on what Russian girls do.
A Marchei/Hotarek pair would mean great sbs jumps, on the other hand, for all pair elements, it's quite a gamble: not impossible, but it will likely require time.

Alba · Jul 2, 2014

CaroLiza_fan said:
Well, that's an encouraging sign.

Ah, sorry. I was led to believe that "Gazetta" was one of those papers that print things without checking their sources. (Our bike commentators must have got the wrong end of the stick). I'll amend my earlier post.

Let's hope Franca doesn't go any further with this idea...

CaroLiza_fan

There is no need to amend. They write a lot of bollocks as well. :biggrin:

It happens in football section usually, because there is a lot of movement there and different interests involved. They are based in Milan and I'm sure there is some truth behind this news. Now she is going to USA, to Ina and Jason. I would not be surprised he Hotarek goes with her. We'll see...

bartlebooth said:
Well, that would be a pity, because Marchei is really getting it together lately: of course, she lacks something to reach the very top, but maybe that goal of hers (Euros medal) is within reach, even if it depends a lot on what Russian girls do.
A Marchei/Hotarek pair would mean great sbs jumps, on the other hand, for all pair elements, it's quite a gamble: not impossible, but it will likely require time.

I agree, but who knows. Maybe the level of girls in Europe will raise thanks to the russians, so maybe she thinks she has more chance with pairs? I don't know...I have a feeling that this is Bianconi's idea.

IcyEdges · Jul 2, 2014

Alba said:
There is no need to amend. They write a lot of bollocks as well.
It happens in football section usually, because there is a lot of movement there and different interests involved. They are based in Milan and I'm sure there is some truth behind this news. Now she is going to USA, to Ina and Jason. I would not be surprised he Hotarek goes with her. We'll see...

Are you talking about Valentina in the bolded part? Because if so, she has trained with Jason for awhile now in singles...

Skater Boy · Jul 2, 2014

Oh good grief there must be something the water - teams splitting and skaters having trouble retiring lol

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